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Why not just ignore this irksome intrusion and get back to his slumber?...Fellowship was on its way out anyway
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How was he supposed to know they were just passing through? Besides, he'd just had a rock dropped on his head. He might have taken that as a token of hostile intent.
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But why should the Ring not profit from finding its ways into a Balrog's hands (claws, talons, whatever)?
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The Ring wants to return to Sauron. If the Balrog was the approximate equal of Gandalf (and I think it is pretty clear he was) then he could have mastered it. This was not what the Ring wanted at all.
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evil things are drawn to the Ring
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This is true. If it weren't for the Watcher, I'd say it was more due to Sauron's particular hold over his slaves.
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I don't think that it would have been beyond the wit of the Ring to find its way back to its Master via the Balrog.
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Well, I am obviously of the opinion that this path was one that presented tremendous obstacles to the Ring achieving its goal.