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There's something I don't get in TLOTR. How Bilbo had the ring for about 1 hundred & odd years, but yet managed (with a lot of pursuading) to let it go, but Frdo didn't have it 4 as long, but he couldn't. Why is this? Also, why does Frodo seem a lot more corrupted by the ring than Bilbo?

Bilbo seemed to be more corrupted by the ring more then Frodo not sure what version you watched.

The ring was at the height of its power within Mount Doom. Bilbo wouldn't have done any better.

The most correct answer is: "DO NOT TAKE ME FOR SOME CONJURER OF CHEAP TRICKS."

I don't remember if this line is in the book, in my mind, it's canon.

But no, the closer you get to Mount Doom, the more powerful the effect of the Ring (To the extent that no sub-Valar being, not even a fellow Maiar, could willingly throw the Ring into Mount Doom, which is why Gollum only destroyed it by losing his balance, probably from Valar Intervention).

PIS & CIS is the most correct answer.

I guess if you are ignorant of the mythos.

Bilbo wouldn't have done any better.http://www.hergoods.info/avatar4.jpg

Originally posted by NemeBro
I guess if you are ignorant of the mythos.

Calm down. I know more of LoTR than you; it's okay.

Also, why does Frodo seem a lot more corrupted by the ring than Bilbo?http://www.dingsme.info/avatar4.jpg

Originally posted by Helena85
Also, why does Frodo seem a lot more corrupted by the ring than Bilbo?http://www.dingsme.info/avatar4.jpg Do you genrually want to know or are you questioning my question?

Originally posted by C-3POTheClever
Do you genrually want to know or are you questioning my question?

That's a troll who made up multiple accounts. He/She's been doing that to several of my threads too.

Anyhow, the answer is that Sauron quickly gained power before and while Frodo had the ring, whereas Bilbo's domain of the ring was in a time where Sauron was weak and a mere shadow of his true powers.