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They could have fitted the whole ring / tape / mouse assembly into a small paper bag Aragorn could have kept it in his jacket and fed it little bits of lembas on the way how lovely x

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[–] mindbleach 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They say he couldn't keep it safe. And he couldn't - because he does not care. He is the personification of Middle Earth itself, and the ring has no effect on him because the plot has no effect on him. Whatever you think of his inclusion, being a cartoon character set firmly askew in a fairly grounded universe, he is a reminder that Sauron threatens the people of this world... not the world. In his wildest egomaniacal fantasies, Sauron still lacks the power to impact the stage for all this drama. His boss, the devil, can't even do that.

The executive summary of Tolkien's whole cosmology is that Melkor declared he would ruin the song that is reality, and the omnipotent creator of all things told him, "You can try."