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Sauron999 · 12-03-2002, 05:39 AM

very much has been said here so far so i just want to comment on "Gandalf and throwing the ring in the fire himself".
i think that the moment Gandalf touched the ring in Mordor the desire to use it would become too strong for him. so... what possibility does remain?
let's say: Frodo claims to be the ruler of the ring, Sauron notices, he sends his ringwraiths to Mount Doom in a final effort. Gandalf knows that. And he knows that he must do something VERY quickly. He also knows that he MUST NOT touch the ring.
So what's left to do? Throw Frodo AND the ring into the fire. Not because he hates Frodo or sth like that, of course.
But if I were Gandalf i would rather sacrifice Frodo for Middle-Earth than whole Middle-Earth for Frodo. Seems a rather hard decision, but I think something like that would have happened.
Btw, hiya burrahobbit, Sharku, Heren, and the Wight himself. And burrak, don't panic, I'm back and I will post as often as possible [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

12-03-2002, 05:39 AM	#16
Sauron999 Animated Skeleton Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Austria Posts: 29	very much has been said here so far so i just want to comment on "Gandalf and throwing the ring in the fire himself". i think that the moment Gandalf touched the ring in Mordor the desire to use it would become too strong for him. so... what possibility does remain? let's say: Frodo claims to be the ruler of the ring, Sauron notices, he sends his ringwraiths to Mount Doom in a final effort. Gandalf knows that. And he knows that he must do something VERY quickly. He also knows that he MUST NOT touch the ring. So what's left to do? Throw Frodo AND the ring into the fire. Not because he hates Frodo or sth like that, of course. But if I were Gandalf i would rather sacrifice Frodo for Middle-Earth than whole Middle-Earth for Frodo. Seems a rather hard decision, but I think something like that would have happened. Btw, hiya burrahobbit, Sharku, Heren, and the Wight himself. And burrak, don't panic, I'm back and I will post as often as possible [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Behold the Great Evil!