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Kalimac · 12-29-2003, 04:55 PM

I don't know about Bilbo resisting better than Frodo. It's just that Sauron was less powerful when Bilbo first found the Ring, so it was a little less active, so to speak. Remember Frodo had the Ring for 17 years before the real trouble began, and, at Gandalf's advice, he used it even less than Bilbo did. Besides, I doubt Bilbo would have done any better if he had been bearing the Ring into Sauron's own dominion.

12-29-2003, 04:55 PM	#21
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	I don't know about Bilbo resisting better than Frodo. It's just that Sauron was less powerful when Bilbo first found the Ring, so it was a little less active, so to speak. Remember Frodo had the Ring for 17 years before the real trouble began, and, at Gandalf's advice, he used it even less than Bilbo did. Besides, I doubt Bilbo would have done any better if he had been bearing the Ring into Sauron's own dominion. __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.