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Originally Posted by Feredir
What about Frodo? Excluding the wound he recieved from the WK, would have the Ring simply changed him into the Gollum creature?
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It is implied in both the books and the letters that Frodo may come to master the one ring, at least to a certain degree:
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Originally Posted by Mirror of Galadriel, FotR
Before you could use that power you would need to become far stronger, and to train your will to the domination of others.
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Originally Posted by Letter #246
He needed time, much time, before he could control the Ring or (which in such a case is the same) before it could control him; before his will and arrogance could grow to a stature in which he could dominate other major hostile wills.
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Therefore, becomeing a wraith/Gollum isn't the only possible/probable outcome for him.
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Originally Posted by Legate
He did not wear the Ring as often later - only kept it close to him, and the Ring could not tempt him, because Gollum had no more ambitions at that time than not to be seen.
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Hm, I am reminded of his words:
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Originally Posted by The Passage of the Marshes, TTT
- See, my precious: if we has it, then we can escape, even from Him, eh? Perhaps we grows very strong, stronger than Wraiths. Lord Smeagol? Gollum the Great? _The_ Gollum! Eat fish every day, three times a day; fresh from the sea. Most Precious Gollum! Must have it. We wants it, we wants it, we wants it!
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Besides this, I believe the ring tempted him with simply the idea of having it. The constant struggle between hating and being attached to the ring was taking its toll.
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Originally Posted by The shadow of the past, FotR
But the thing was eating up his mind, of course, and the torment had become almost unbearable.
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