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Originally Posted by Nogrod
Also the fact that Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas decide to go after the two in that dreadful situation just feels odd and / or unbelivable to me. Why follow two insignificant hobbits when there is a real war pouring in? So either after the Ring-bearer or to muster a war... those would have been the choices laid in front of them. But no, they decide to just run after two hobbits taken by the Uruks? That makes no sense for a king to come. "Heh, I'll just avoid these big issues I should decide on and go for the side-track so that no one notices me..."
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As I was discussing
here, perhaps Aragorn knew (after seeing Boromir, most likely knowing the toll the Ring took on Galadriel, and the temptation it presented to Gandalf) that if he stayed in the company of the Ring, he too would be corrupted.