What was Frodo's temptation

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by Nerwen

But... Fordim, this is all based on your personal interpretation of how the Ring works. If it works by twisting a person's nature, rather than by simply developing it, there's no reason to think Frodo always wanted to be the Dark Lord, is there?

I can't really see that Frodo, or any Hobbit (including Gollum) had, or ever had, a desire to dominate and order the lives of others. Wasn't Hobbit humility, coupled with mercy, what allowed Bilbo to keep the Ring for so long without being completely overcome by it, and what gave Frodo the mental fortitude to get the Ring all the way to Mt. Doom?