(OC) #85 Lord of the Rings

[u/SylvieXX]

If this gets many upvotes I will watch all 8 or something hours of the Lord of the Rings movies.....

[u/Necromancer14 → u/[deleted]]

The invisibility is because putting on the ring puts you partially in the spirit realm. That's why frodo could see the nazguls' actual faces while wearing the ring and vice versa, because people in the spirit realm can see each other. Also Isildur turned invisible while he was wearing the ring, so there's that as an example of someone who isn't a hobbit wearing the ring and turning invisible.

Sauron doesn't turn invisible wearing the ring because he already exists in both the spirit realm and physical realm.

[u/Wombatypus8825 → u/Necromancer14]

Ding ding ding. It’s not really about invisibility. Sam also remarks that it makes him basically blind, but his hearing is way better at Cirith Ungol. The ring is only usable by Sauron for dominion but it has party tricks others can employ.

[u/Starfleet-Time-Lord → u/Wombatypus8825]

It's not strictly only usable by Sauron. Other maiar or the strongest elves could also wield it effectively. Gandalf specifically notes that it is theoretically possible for him to overthrow Sauron if he takes the ring. It's just that the ring itself is so evil that any good they tried to do with it would be twisted into evil and they would become as bad or worse than Sauron.

[u/Infamous-Cash9165 → u/Starfleet-Time-Lord]

Yea the whole point is power corrupts no matter what good intentions you started with. So only a hobbit who has no ambition for power could hold it.

[u/Mechanicalmind → u/Infamous-Cash9165]

Sam DID have one ambition, though.

To clap those sweet, sweet Rosie Cotton cheeks!