While reading through the thread, something came to my mind.
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How then, did Smeagol fall under the power of the ring so fast. I know that he was an evil creature anyway but he did seem to go a bit crazy with his brother, killing is a bit extreme. Wouldn't it have been better to steal it at a later date?
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To me it's clear that the ring "felt" Sauron rising again far away, and it wanted to be found (I think Gandalf says sth like that in "Shadows of the Past"), and it needed to get out of Anduin, that's why it chose Deagol to find it.
But wasn't it a big error of the ring that it chose Smeagol afterwards? I guess the ring didn't want Smeagol to go deep into Moria and spend such a long time there.
So what would have happened if the ring stayed with Deagol? Would Deagol leave his relatives too, but go somewhere nearer the Dark Lord? Please try to think about this: What happened if the ring chose Deagol instead of Smeagol (meaning Smeagol not killing Deagol and not taking the ring as his birthday present)?