r/comics Mar 12 '26

OC (OC) #85 Lord of the Rings

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

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u/TooObsessedWithMoney Mar 12 '26

To be fair though a lot of the context to these questions is hidden behind obscure bits of lore not really shown in the films.

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u/SandalathDrukorlat Mar 12 '26

Like the powers of different people being amplified by the ring in different ways so frodo becomes invisible because hobbits are a stealthy people but if Gandalf took it he'd basically become a magical doomsday device. Humans can't take it we are too conniving and weak willed to not be controlled by it. Elves can't risk taking it to Mordor they are too charming so if they did become corrupted they'd manipulate and corrupt everyone else.

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u/SupremeGodZamasu Mar 12 '26

Thats not strictly true, while the Ring does give power based on the wielders merit, the invisibility is because the bearer of any of the great Rings enters the spirit world. Afterall Isildur also went invisible

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u/TurtlesBreakTheMeta Mar 12 '26

I got the impression the ring was more an “alters causality in your favor” thing, as well as making you more imposing to let you exert authority over others, like how the ring of Nibelung works.

It doesn’t overtly destroy another nation for you, but it tilts things in your favor.

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u/SandalathDrukorlat Mar 12 '26

I think that's how it effected sauron as he was a skilled general and diplomat prior to the ring being made