Bilbo & Gollum - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Sîdhrîs · 04-06-2002, 07:56 AM

The only reason I can imagine is that after nearly 500 years that Gollum spent with the ring as his only "lifemate", he might have forgotten what he once was and were he came from and so on. As it says, the ring "poisoned" his mind, and maybe it also made him forget everything he knew while "Smeagol" developed into "Gollum". That's how I explain it to myself.

04-06-2002, 07:56 AM	#1
Sîdhrîs Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 60	The only reason I can imagine is that after nearly 500 years that Gollum spent with the ring as his only "lifemate", he might have forgotten what he once was and were he came from and so on. As it says, the ring "poisoned" his mind, and maybe it also made him forget everything he knew while "Smeagol" developed into "Gollum". That's how I explain it to myself.