Saving Gollum - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 07-07-2013, 12:28 PM

Yes, Gandalf would have rescued Gollum.

No, Gollum would not have been able to live in the midst of a community of Hobbits, had he been able to survive without the Ring. He is too ruined by the Ring, even if he could survive.

Gollum is no wraith. I don't see him shriveling like one. Maybe it would be more like Saruman, but something in this makes me think not. I think that he would return to being just a very, very old hobbit who, having nothing remaining for which to live, would weaken and die.

My two cents.

07-07-2013, 12:28 PM	#7
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Yes, Gandalf would have rescued Gollum. No, Gollum would not have been able to live in the midst of a community of Hobbits, had he been able to survive without the Ring. He is too ruined by the Ring, even if he could survive. Gollum is no wraith. I don't see him shriveling like one. Maybe it would be more like Saruman, but something in this makes me think not. I think that he would return to being just a very, very old hobbit who, having nothing remaining for which to live, would weaken and die. My two cents.