Frodo had the ring for 17 years? And he and Sam didn't age at all during that?
If your only source is the movies, one of the annoying gripes about them is they have this deceptive editing that makes it seem like Frodo left the Shire within a relatively short timespan after the birthday party.
Frodo got the ring on the 22nd of September of 3001. He leaves Bag End on the 23rd of September...of 3018.
They are Hobbits, they don't really age all that fast.
according to Google they have a life expectancy of 100 years, so they do age a bit slower but a ~20 year difference should still be noticeable
Middle Earth itself has been described as the "ring" that Morgoth poured his own power into. Since a river is an extension of Middle Earth, it means Morgoth really was the true Lord of the Rings.
Sam also had the ring for a short time (longer than Déagol)
1850 years with the ring and accomplished nothing? What did he expect to be different? The ring didn't work. Try something new.
He conquered the kings of men, and turned the dwarf lords to greed and wrath. He built Barad-dur and obliterated Numenor. He caused the separation of Valinor from the rest of Arda. He killed Gil-Galad and Elendil, and triggered the Elves leaving Arda forever.
If not for the hobbits, Sauron would have been unstoppable.
The elves and humans were significantly more powerful for most of the second age. The third age was an era of general decline.
Wasn't it an era of decline specifically due to Sauron's actions?
He did use the ring in the war against Eregion, the siege of Ost-in-Edhil, and to influence the Numenoreans.
To justify the investment, it would need to become mainstream.
https://wiki.froth.zone/wiki/Das_Rheingold?lang=en
Always has been.
Ah shit, ya beat me to it
So like, an animated series featuring river fish, like Finding Nemo but with the One Ring?
I would watch this again and again and treasure it and call it my precious FOREVER.
The movie could be a long story arc with the main fish getting the ring stuck around them and having all sorts of adventures, learning valuable lessons and finally returning to their spawning point to teach the other local fish all the knowledge the main fish had learned. It would all wrap up to this beautifully happy ending and BAM! Déagol grabs it. Movie ends.
That's why you should stab it in the mouth.
