Favorite ring bearer

[The Ranger]

Who Is Your Favorite Ring Bearer Sam,Bilbo,Gollum,or Frodo

[Pippin]

I like em all. Bilbo was an nicer guy, Frodo was most committed, Sam was the most funny and Gollum was deliciously sneaky...
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[Elrian]

Frodo, he had the courage to want to volunteer to take it to Mordor, knowing he himself might be killed or inprisoned.

[Enedcolloion]

I gotta say i liked Isildur

[inglorion]

Sauron, at least he knew how to use the Ring to its full extent. smilies/smile.gif

[Letty]

Sam.Definitely Sam!

[Bêthberry]

Certainly not Isildur. He was most unfit for the travail, as he was heedless of advice about its nature and thoughtless about defending his men. Actually, Boromir in some ways reminds me of him. Same pride and vanity and arrogance.

[narfforc]

Deagol, probably the only one oblivious of what he held in his hand.

[Boromir88]

narfforc, you can't forget Ole Bombadil. :p

Everyone forgets about Old Tom, he bore it...or wore it. But I can't say Tom because he isn't my favorite ring-bearer. :p

I got to go with Frodo, what this hobbit put on his shoulders and accomplished is an amazing feat that goes unrivalled.

[ninja91]

gollum
my precious :D

[Estelyn Telcontar]

"Favorite" topics are gathered on the Novices and Newcomers forum. I'm sending this one there so it won't feel so lonely! ;)

[Lindale]

Sauron, at least he knew how to use the Ring to its full extent. smilies/smile.gif


I can't pick a favorite, but I can pick its opposite: Gollum. He had the Ring, why fall down the Crack of Doom? Idiot. He should have left.

[Gil-Galad]

Then my dear Boromir, i will say that Ol' Tom is my favourite Ringbearer

[mormegil]

Sam or Sauron.

I do think it would be interesting to see what Sauron would have done had he obtained his ring and see the full extent of his power in the T.A. But that would be a 'What if" thread now wouldn't it?

[Melko Hunter]

I for one think Sam as that best Ring Bearer. When Frodo was wounded by Shelob, Sam took The Ring to finesh the quest that he and his master started long ago, he took The Ring to destroy it in the fires of Orodruin, not to keep for himself like Smeagol or Bilbo. He took The Ring and left his master who he thought to be dead because The Ring had to be destoryed.

[Brinniel]

I must agree with Melko Hunter. Sam has always been my favorite ringbearer because he did not take it for selfish reasons but simply to finish the task Frodo had set out for. To this day, I still believe Sam would've been the only one of the ringbearers who would've been able to destroy the Ring on his own. Perhaps it was because of his less time with the Ring that left him less affected, but I think his love for Frodo and determination to finish what his friend had started would've kept him going. Sam may be portrayed as the not-so-smart sidekick, but mentally, he is stronger than any other character. After all, it was because of him Frodo made it to Mount Doom in the first place.

[Anguirel]

Let me say, incidentally, it's a foregone conclusion that the majority will pick Sam because he was so unselfish and nice and loyal, disregarding the fact that he had to put up with the Ring for a thousandth of the time of the others. Given five hundred years, I'd say it's a fairly safe bet that Sam would be little better off than Gollum. His meaner, Hobbitish conventions and narrowness would give the Ring plenty of material. So, ahem, he's my least favourite, because he's a blinking glory hogger.

Tempted though I am to pick Bilbo (The Original Hobbit Burglar, and a far wittier character than his successors) or Isildur (a much-maligned tragic character: why was he left out of the very question of this thread?), the real answer has to be Frodo. His insight, humanity, courage and determination made him achieve everything that could have been achieved. His failure was no failure, as his task was an impossible one. Yet (like Gawain) he reproached himself bitterly for it. He shows an excess of moral stamina and heroism which are too often done down by Sam-cuddlers-ironic as Sam himself would presumably have been horrified at the idea of stealing his master's credit.

So, Frodo it is. Frodo lives.

[MatthewM]

DEAGOL!

No really...either Frodo or Sam. Can't really decide. Frodo is the one who took the quest upon himself, but he wouldn't have completed it if not for Sam. Both are great characters, so I can't choose.

[Roon Dorozhand]

I'd have to go with Bilbo. Not because he was good at the 'job' of Ringbearer, but because of the romance that (for him) went along with the Ring: he would always associate the Ring with the great adventure of his life, the Mountains and the great Forest and the Dragon. It is unfortunate that the world became more hollow for him after he gave up the Ring, but with it he was a confident trickster, a joy to his nephews, and a bit of a mystery even to Gandalf.