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Originally Posted by alatar
davem Boromir unsuccessfully tried to take it from Frodo; what chance would someone, even Gandalf, have against one of the Fellowship who took the Ring to do something with it?
What if Boromir got the Ring from Frodo? Would Aragorn or Gandalf have been able to get it back? Would Boromir have run off to Minas Tirith with his prize, leaving the Fellowship to fend for themselves? Somehow I feel that if he did take the Ring, then he would have died shortly thereafter by misadventure.
Would Gandalf have to break 'one of the rules' to rend the Ring from Boromir? Would Aragorn have to kill him? What would or could they do against an invisible warrior?
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I don't think any member of the Fellowship could have taken the Ring & 'done anything with it'. It wasn't someting you could use instantly - as Galadriel points out to Frodo. I also suspect that Gandalf & very probably Aragorn could have overcome even an invisible Boromir. How long had Frodo borne the Ring - yet he still knew Boromir was strong enough to take it from him. You also have to take into account that the Ring did not call to just anybody - it was seeking Sauron & seemed to display some degree of intelligence. I'd say that only someone who had 'mastered' it (ie become enslaved by it to the point that it could work through them) would have been able to wear it & remain visible - ie like Sauron. Anyone who was made invisible by it would not have been able to do anything with it - does that make sense? And in bright sunlight the bearer would still cast a shadow.
I don't think Gandalf or Aragorn were potential victims because they knew the nature of the Ring - so why would it bother trying to tempt them? It chose the weakest - the ones most easily dominatable. If Boromir or anyone else had worn the Ring for any period of time they would have drawn the servants of Sauron to themselves - particularly the Ringwraiths, who the bearer could not have dominated.