he was so weak minded this could never happen to me
>>218970457What would have happened if he had put the ring on his dick instead?
i lack the willpower to wake up to an alarm without snoozing for an hour at least but i'm sure i would've been able to resist the temptation of the ring.
>>218970643i can resist temptation easily because I'm so lazy to do things the ring would have to biochemically change me to have any effect in me
>>218970457you say that now, but once you've been offered the power to become invisible and be hunted by ghouls I bet you'd switch
seeing as hobbits are tiny, could it fit around his wang?
>>218970506Then Sam would turn invisible.
>>218970506Welcome to a joke from the MTV Movie Awards from like 25 years ago.
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>>218970815finally a ring for my cock
>>218970815who gave the one ring to manlytears??
>>218970457imagine being able to sneak into every hot girl in your neighborhood bedrooms and watch them flick their beans.yeah, you wouldnt throw away the RIng either.
>>218970457KAL EL NO
>>218970457>finally I have reached the end of my journey to destroy the object that ruined my life>despite all the odds we actually made it and I'll never get another chance at this>nah, I'll just keep it and let the orcs kill everyone>I don't want to use it or anything, but maybe I can look at it in a cave while turning into a monster>yeah that sounds like a good plan>this all sounds reasonable to me because I'm corrupted or something
>>218970696but that’s the thing anon, you aren’t resisting. You are giving into the selfish desires to do nothing all the time already, the ring would take you instantly. >>218970725
>>218970457This would happen to me but only because I would have planned it in advance>oh.. I-I'll take the ring.. but I don't know the way lol>oh no, Boromir tried to kill me and take the ring. From now on, no one gets to hold it but me>why yes Sam, we can trust this schizophrenic zombie-man who we know has no issues with murdering people, in fact you two should hang out together alone near that cliff or body of water
>>218970457what part of "the RIng drives you mad" did you miss?
>>218971722>sneak into thot's house>she just spends 5 hours complaining at her emotionally-checked-out boyfriend about how annoying the customers at her job were>then gives her bf a very unenthusiastic bj for 5 minutes while he plays call of dutyI mean I guess if you're into watching that sort of thing for several hours...
>>218970457Literally OP.
When Mark Wahlberg first saw The Return of the King he said "If I was on that mountain with my gardener, it wouldn't have went down like it did. There would have been a lot of blood on that ledge and then me saying, 'Ok, we're going to destroy the ring safely, don't worry.'"
>>218973199Jews have been doing the same thing for millenia
>>218973199Ring has its own mind and can corrupt everyone around it.
>>218973199You don't get it. Frodo IS the chicken.
>>218970457Man shut the fuck up and kill yourself immediately
>>218970506Gollum tried it
What happened to all the rings they made for the LotR?
>>218973555>just sat at the bottom of a river for centuries >could have forced a fish to eat it or something so someone could catch the fish and get it
>The One Ring of ancient and terrible limitless power>Put it on>Just turns you invisible except the things that specifically want to murder you can find you instantlyI understand that magical and powerful beings can tap into it a lot more but I never got why fighters and hobbits get obsessed with it
Why the fuck did Galardriel make Frodo give her the Ring?Was she retarded?
>>218970457A sniff of that ring would do you in.
>>218976269>"The Ring would give me power of Command. How I would drive the hosts of Mordor, and all men would flock to my banner!">Boromir strode up and down, speaking ever more loudly: Almost he seemed to have forgotten Frodo, while his talk dwelt on walls and weapons, and the mustering of men; and he drew plans for great alliances and glorious victories to be; and he cast down Mordor, and became himself a mighty king, benevolent and wise.
>>218976269the ring mind fucks you into believing that it'll help you achieving your goals while in reality it tries to beacon to its master and reunite with it
>>218976688Why did Gollum never return it after having it for so long?
>>218976734Gollum has social anxiety, please understand
I don't know what to even do with The Ring
>>218976734because he was too stupid to wear it, the ring was so unlucky it ended up in the hands of the biggest retard in middle earth
>>218970457This happens to you every time you masturbate
>>218970457How come gollum never reached his full potential with the ring? He could get rid of anyone he doesn’t like, even entire nations if he bold enough with the ring
>>218970457nah you'd be worse than smeagol>>218971722>when you put it on a bunch of undead ghouls immediately sprint toward your location to kill youyeah so hot im gooning
>>218976846Luv the films but never read the books. How did he become corrupted from Smeagol if he didn't ever wear it? Or does wearing it hasten the effect?
>>218976688>The ring will help me become God-king of the universe!>By turning me invisibleLike I get it mindrapes you but the initial power tempt is so weak for everyone that's not already god tier
>>218976956it has an aura effect, remember that Boromir never wore the ring and still got fucked up by it>>218976981wasn't the invisibility a hobbit thing because they are sneaky and low ambition? I assume it would give other effects to someone like Aragorn
What if Frodo just put the ring on top of the fridge? I mean, then it's mostly out of sight. And he'd have to reach up there to get it. So he could resist the temptation that way, at least until he gets home from the gym.
>>218977129That's basically what Bilbo did for like 80 years isn't it?
>>218977098That'd make sense, but iirc they never say as such and are weirdly vague about what the most important thing in that universe actually does
What would Frodo even do with the ring? He's already a rich nepobaby
>>218976899The ring has a mind of it own, it only drip fed gollum enough to keep him protective over it until sauron finally returned
>>218977393Turn invisible, duh
>>218976546he literally had it for a few hours of course it wouldn't affect him
>>218977098>wasn't the invisibility a hobbit thing because they are sneaky and low ambition? I assume it would give other effects to someone like AragornNo, this is some internet headcanon bullshit. It makes everyone invisible (pulls them halfway into the wraith-world), and it doesn't "enhance the wearer's natural strengths" or some shit. Even in the deleted scene with bad CGI in the movie, Isildur becomes invisible when he puts it on.Maiar like Sauron can already go in and out of the wraith-world at will without the Ring, so it doesn't affect their visibility.
>>218977322eh I've always seen it as some kind of devil's temptation, the promised reward doesn't matter and if anything it being underwhelming makes its trick even more devious and it underlines how easily people give in to corruption. Some people irl would gladly sell their soul for $10k or something like that
>>218977593The whole point of temptation and corruption stories is succumbing to the promised rewardThere's no lesson to be learned about being a slave to desire if you never actually desired it to begin with and it just mind controls you into being tempted
>>218977838>The whole point of temptation and corruption stories is succumbing to the promised rewardyou said it yourself, the promise is there and the characters don't know that their plans of controlling the ring (like Boromir's belief that he could use it to dominate others) are an illusion. It's the most powerful artifact in the world, the pitfall is that powerful individuals think they can master it
>>218977443Turn invisible and then get hunted down by the Nazgul
>>218978060Literally the entire story could be solved if Gandalf made a PSA that the Ring doesn't actually fucking do anythingTolkien should have at least like let you command the Nazghuls or something until it just corrupted you into Sauron
>>218973555is that a book thing because in the movies the ring only affects people when they can see it. by the movie rules all they had to do was lock it in a magic box and give it to an elf ranger with orders to run up to mt doom and toss it in.
>>218978626That's retarded. Of course the Ring wasn't limited by line of sight, it's fucking magic. I don't think it's implied to be that way in the movies, either, it just happens to be a visual medium, so the Ring is visible in scenes.
What if AI had access to the one ring
>>218979042Al who?
>>218978976if its so retarded how come gandalf wasnt affected by the ring until he saw it and why did he immedially hide it away in an envelope and why did he immediately regain his composure?and why didnt any bad guys notice it during the shelob bit?
>>218979067Al-i Ababwa
>>218979092Gandalf put it in an envelope to avoid touching it again (just in the movies).Sam took the Ring from Frodo's webbed up body before the orcs came. The movie highlights scenes of people noticing the Ring and being mindfucked, but that's just the visuals signifying the Ring's power. No-one says that you can just hide the Ring from sight and it's powerless, the implication is the opposite: that you can't hide the Ring's influence.
why didnt they make a stronger ring to control the one ring that controlled all the other rings
>>218979375so its a book thing. thought so. in the movie the ring doesnt do shit unless you see it.
>>218979688I was talking about the movie. The non-braindead audience understands that the Ring's influence is not constrained by line of sight.
>>218970457It was impossible for anyone to willingly destroy the ring apart from Sauron himself. It took an act of fate (Eru) to cause Gollum to trip and fall into the crack of doom to finally destroy the ring.So yes, you'd be as susceptible as anyone else.>>218973199Retarded argument, someone would eventually just kill the chicken and take the ring, or the ring would 'slip' off of the chicken and be 'lost' for someone else to eventually find.
>>218979537Realistically only the Valar could have accomplished this, and they had very little interest in the going ons of middle earth
>>218970457Not even if it gave you the ultimate power of.... getting transported to a scary wind world and making you a beacon to murderous dragon riding grim reaper phantoms? Being an undying super tweeker?Why did people want this fucking ring again? Has an upside ever been shown?
>>218984196>Why did people want this fucking ring again?Because it gave them immense power to submit others to their will, with the added bonus of invisibility if they willed it so. But the dominion they had over others, whilst real, was only partially true, as the ring would gradually warp the user to its own will, namely to bring it back to Sauron or fall under his command. Only Sauron could truly wield the ring, no one else could, even if they believed themselves to be able to do so. And any power they would exert with the ring would only be in the longterm interest of Sauron, and by extension the ring as well.
>>218984435The ring did nothing for Isildur and it did nothing for Gollum and it did nothing for BilboThe ring was a liar and it could fool even Gandalf and Galadriel (but not Tom Bombadil)
None of Sauron's gay corruption or fear tactics would work on me. The only thing that could tempt me is thot's. Particularly fat assed asians.
>>218984583>The ring was a liarI know, it's why: >Only Sauron could truly wield the ring, no one else could, even if they believed themselves to be able to do so>The ring did nothing for Isildur and it did nothing for Gollum and it did nothing for BilboIt extended Bilbo and Gollum's life, as well as granting them invisibility, and Isildur lost the ring too soon to see what a Numenorian could've done with the ring fully. I do see where you're coming from though, as it's very likely that the ring would do nothing, but if this was the case then it could be more readily dismissed by those who already wielded power, as they would gain no obvious tangible benefit from its use. If it did elevate their power, however, it would make it easier for the ring to bend them to it (and Saurons) will via corruption, as they would be much more likely to continue wearing and using the ring. But like you said, it might all be illusory.
I'd draw out the full power of the ring and overthrow mordor and become king of the world.I can just feel it, I'm built different.
>>218970506It would be extremely painful
>>218984435>>218985369One thing that isn't touched on much in these discussions is the fact that Sauron and the ring's "will" or "nature" are separate, even though it was born from him, and it's essentially a part of his soul, and wants to return to his hand. He's not the total master of the ring, and its corrupting influence has more of a hold on him than anyone else. He's fiending for that ring every second harder than Gollum ever did. If for some reason Sauron felt like killing himself, even he wouldn't be able to throw the ring in the fire.
>>218985692Me? I would take the ring and use it for good, defeat Sauron and restore peace and prosperity to Middle-Earth and then return it and return to my farm to tend to my cabbagesYeah, I'd be the Cincinnatus of Middle-Earth, I'm just a good guy like that
>>218970506https://youtu.be/do9xPQHI9G0
>>218984435How are there still people taking heroin when everyone has known for decades that it does nothing but destroy you?
>>218984435>Because it gave them immense power to submit others to their will, with the added bonus of invisibility if they willed it so.Yeah, I remember that scene of Frodo submitting everyone to his will
>>218985746for you
