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@Shzeah, You are 100% correct. The ring gains power based on how powerful the user is, which is why when a hobbit (a relatively weak creature) wears it it can only turn them invisible. If someone like Gandalf or the Eagles were to get the ring it would grant them godlike power and they would be near-instantly corrupted. Gandalf knows this, and if you notice in the movies he refuses to look directly at the ring and panics when Frodo tried to give it to him.
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@Langenator, That’s pretty close. The ring doesn’t gain power, per se, but rather it expresses the power it already has (all the power of a maiar) based on it’s wearer. This is also shown a different way, Hobbit’s (small mostly quiet creatures) turn invisible, but Sauron doesn’t (neither does Galadriel or Bombadil). And Gandalf already has that Godlike power (in his true form) he has just been given a weaker form so that the peoples of middle earth will use his guidance and not his power to overcome the evil.
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@Shzeah, yea and also from what little I know about the eagles and what we have seen they dont travel very far from their home unless dire circumstances (or requests)ask for them- because they're very independent and never at someones beck and call - (i.e their ex machine during the battle of five armies and battle of the black gate). But also they are a very intelligent race and have helped gandalf several times in the moves and books. And sometimes have helped in just the books. But assuredly they'd know to not go near the ring. Most importantly it's too obvious to fly to mordor and no matter how secret it is they are flying sauron would find out in time. Thus going their by stealth (not flying) is the best option. I think if gandalf really had planned that theres be more subtle or even direct hints/notes from JRR
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@lostnomad, but by what? There’s only the nazgul for air support an d they have a large numerical advantage. Have one eagle carrying Gandalf and Frodo dive bomb from directly over it. Gandalf can protect them using magic long enough for Frodo to throw it in without landing. It’s a fvcking volcano you don’t have to be that close to make it. But yeah retaliatory arrows could kill them but they all agree to lay down their lives to do this.
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@Hot Coffee, I never denied that it couldn’t lead people to make bad choices. It’s the idea that it led them to choose the sneaking method that I disagree with. That’s actually worse for the ring because it’s the one way that actually could have, and did succeed in destroying it. The ring didn’t influence that choice, it often attempted to subvert it.
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@I Are Lebo, What does that have to do with what I’m saying? He suggested the ring was involved with the choices they made involving the path they took. This is not supported by the lore. Yes, they would have been discovered had Boromir taken the ring. But this has nothing to do with the fellowship’s decision to try the pass of Caradhras or the mines of Moria. This was the decision to keep the ring hidden which was detrimental to it’s will.
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@Stealthnuker, He still goes crazy and tries to kill Faramir, but they flesh out the reasons why in the book. Denethor is of Númenorean descent, like Aragorn. And he is only a few years older than Aragorn, which means, like Aragorn he should look much younger than he is. However, he was using the Palantír of Gondor to spy on Sauron. Sauron knew this and was attempting to corrupt Denethor to his side. However, Denethor’s will was so powerful that Sauron was unable to corrupt him and he was even stealing secrets and battle plans from Sauron without Sauron being able to stop it. Unfortunately, he was prematurely aged as a side effect. Also, he knew the full might of Sauron’s armies. Which is why he had fully given up hope by the end. He knew Gondor had no chance against the army Sauron had created. He went crazy because he knew his favorite son was dead and their chances of winning the war were basically zero. He was very flawed but undeniably badass.
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It’s the same reason Gandalf won’t touch the ring. He says he’d try to use it for good, but he fears the power the ring would have through him, and if he were to be corrupted then there would be no stopping him. The Eagles are just as afraid of the rings corrupting power as everyone else, and being god-like beings rather than just giant birds, it’s the same risk that Gandalf has.
If I know my LotR correctly, that would be a terrible idea. The One Ring grants its power based on the user, the stronger the user the greater the power. And the eagles are like the equivalent of a (Demi?) God, so if it corrupted them they’d be unstoppable. Correct me if I’m wrong anyone