Did Frodo REALLY volunteer to Bear the Ring?

[Andsigil]

Originally Posted by Ivriniel

I don't buy it. I never have, down deep. I mistrusted Frodo in Rivendell, from the beginning. Am I being too hard on Frodo? Or Am I being wise?

I never really thought about it. His intentions seemed good, considering what he endured en-route to Orodruin.

In any event, if a person does the right thing for the wrong reasons, they're still doing the right thing.

[Ivriniel]

Originally Posted by Andsigil

I never really thought about it. His intentions seemed good, considering what he endured en-route to Orodruin.

In any event, if a person does the right thing for the wrong reasons, they're still doing the right thing.

Hey there

I dunno.....how can you do anything on-track for any 'right' thing, when you don't even know you're 'off track', especially when in the brewing underlayers Frodo had been chatting with Nazgul, and was then left with a bit of 'fading' in his arm in Rivendell (Gandalf spotted it at the bedside). All seemed a bit 'wraith-ish' at the time, I remember. He was having trouble keeping the ring off his finger by the time he left the Shire. He was already well on the way to 'creepy' by Rivendell.

I don't quite know what to make of Frodo offering the Ring to Galadriel. And running off to Mordor on his own. It all just felt wrong (as in, great story, but it had undertones of 'o-oh, Frodo's wraith-ising again).....

I reckon he didn't want to part with his 'Precious' by Rivendell, and so 'offered' to go on the Quest, and as said in the Silmarillion (narrative) about Sauron after the War of Wrath, that Sauron '....lied even unto himself....' in falsely pleading for Mercy from the Valar. The Bad Boi of LotR then goes to the local Brand Name Elvish clothing store, dons some nice smelling Elvish aftershave (wait, they don't shave) and becomes Annatar "Lord of Gifts".

Lord.....of ha? Gifts? Lord of them.... It was weirdo creepy and somehow seemed just the same as Frodo in the Meeting at Rivendell. Does anyone know what I mean when I say "it all Stank (c.f. stank) of Vanity?