• samus12345@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          Don’t think he counts because the Ring had no power over him. So while he did have it briefly, he wasn’t a “Ring bearer” any more than the river.

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            He had agency and consciously took and held the ring.

            The river only had it because the ring abandoned Isildur, and it fell there.

      • deo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 days ago

        Did he ever actually have the ring? I know he tried to take it from Frodo, but i don’t think he succeeded. Unless i’m getting confused since i have watched the movies more recently than i have read the books…

        Edit: totally forgot about outside moria. apparently i need to do a re-read AND a re-watch lol.