I think it's supposed to highlight the futility of the quest.
Frodo was charged with carrying the epitome of evil into the seat of its power while it tempted and tormented you. Not because you think you can, but because it is the only way to actually solve the problem.
In the council of elrond, some of the elves suggest throwing the one ring into the sea, and Gandalf warns that great rings like these tend to be found because they want to be found. They shouldn't seek a delay, but a final end to the evil.
And the only way to do that is to bring it to Mt Doom and toss it in.
So they do the right thing. They take the ring all the way to Mt Doom and in the midst of where it was made, it is so powerful that none could resist it.
But someone crazed about the ring could be careless enough to fall in. Which is why Bilbo's mercy was so important. Without Gollum, the ring wouldn't have been destroyed.
It was because the Hobbits were lawful good to the core that the ring was able to be destroyed.
I remember reading this a while back and it really vindicates both Frodo and Isildur. Both were always doomed to fail at destroying the ring, but it really fucked up when it let Gollum possess it for over 400 years. Never underestimate what an addict will do for a fix!
No, I meant it literally. He kept the ring as a war trophy/heirloom after his dad died killing Sauron. Years later he had doubts and tried to go to Rivendell for counsel, but was killed on the way there.
He never tried to destroy it.
Edit: I remembered the movie scene. I was basing this on the books, in the movies he did try and fail.
Oh, you're correct. I totally forgot that the movie Mt. Doom scene wasn't in the book! It makes more sense that way, since Halflings being resistant to the Ring was made out to be a big deal.
Eh, I like book Isildur. He kept the ring as a memento, not as a weapon or anything like that, but imo it was still the power of the ring that influenced his decision of ignoring the advice of Elrond and Cirdan when they told him he should destroy it.
Getting stabbed by undead creatures is a pretty easy way to get PTSD.
I blame the Elves, they been alive for thousands of years and they never developed ICBM technology?
put the ring on an ICBM yeet it straight into Mt Doom and problem solved in 20 minutes
Im still pissed that the writer made him fail to let it go in the end. I really wanted him to do it himself willingly.
This made me laugh way harder than it had any right to.
I think it's supposed to highlight the futility of the quest.
Frodo was charged with carrying the epitome of evil into the seat of its power while it tempted and tormented you. Not because you think you can, but because it is the only way to actually solve the problem.
In the council of elrond, some of the elves suggest throwing the one ring into the sea, and Gandalf warns that great rings like these tend to be found because they want to be found. They shouldn't seek a delay, but a final end to the evil.
And the only way to do that is to bring it to Mt Doom and toss it in.
So they do the right thing. They take the ring all the way to Mt Doom and in the midst of where it was made, it is so powerful that none could resist it.
But someone crazed about the ring could be careless enough to fall in. Which is why Bilbo's mercy was so important. Without Gollum, the ring wouldn't have been destroyed.
It was because the Hobbits were lawful good to the core that the ring was able to be destroyed.
I remember reading this a while back and it really vindicates both Frodo and Isildur. Both were always doomed to fail at destroying the ring, but it really fucked up when it let Gollum possess it for over 400 years. Never underestimate what an addict will do for a fix!
Isildur never even tried to destroy it, though.
Neither did Frodo, then. They each made it just as far as the other.
No, I meant it literally. He kept the ring as a war trophy/heirloom after his dad died killing Sauron. Years later he had doubts and tried to go to Rivendell for counsel, but was killed on the way there.
He never tried to destroy it.
Edit: I remembered the movie scene. I was basing this on the books, in the movies he did try and fail.
Oh, you're correct. I totally forgot that the movie Mt. Doom scene wasn't in the book! It makes more sense that way, since Halflings being resistant to the Ring was made out to be a big deal.
Eh, I like book Isildur. He kept the ring as a memento, not as a weapon or anything like that, but imo it was still the power of the ring that influenced his decision of ignoring the advice of Elrond and Cirdan when they told him he should destroy it.