Which of the Fellowship would have gone ring mad?

[Olorin_TLA]

Yes, nobody would have been able to destory it, and Frodo's corruption is a sure sign anyone else (with some incredible excetions, such as Bombadil) would hav ebeen corrupted if they bore it, but what about if the Fellowship had simply gone with Frodo (or the other way around)? Though still exposure, it's nowhere near as intense as the ordeal Frodo had to go through, and though I think that some might have fallen, I don't think everybody would have.



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By the time that anyone else in the Fellowship succumbed to it, I don't think that Frodo would have been able voluntarily to give it up. So it would either have to be stolen (unlikely to succeed) or taken by force.

Oh, I didn't think he would. But whereas Boromir went into a mad attack, I think Aragorn and Gandalf would have been a lot more cold and calculating. They would have taken it by force, but used their reputations to act as if they were doing what was rihgt and that Frodo was driven insane by the Ring. Kind of like a twisted psychiatrist might persuade people that someone sane is insane.

[ElberethVarda]

Hroom, this is a very interesting question...

I think that it very likely would have beem Frodo. After all, he was carrying the Ring, and had the most contact with it. It was his burden, appointed to him. And we all see, that by the end of the book, at the Cracks of Doom, he succumbs. So, in a sense, he really is the next after Boromir to give in.

[The Only Real Estel]

I agree with Son of Númenor that, given a long enough exposure, every member of the Fellowship would have succumbed to its power.

Given the right amount of time, they probably would. Another question: Are we saying which of the Fellowship would've gone Ring mad had they all gone with Frodo into Mordor? Or are we asking who would've gone Ring mad first given the proper amount of time (basically saying that if there was no limit on time, what order would they go in)? There's a pretty big difference, but unfortunatly, I only realized the possibility that we were talking about the 2nd scenario about 10 minutes ago .

And finally, let's not be too down on Isildur. If you accept that no one could willingly have destroyed the Ring, then Isildur can hardly be blamed for refusing to do so.

And I suppose it might as well follow that nearly no one could pass up the Ring if it fell in front of their face, but Faramir might've, and Isildur could have.
Btw, the way it is portrayed in the movies, it seemed that Elrond would've been able to destroy it; although I suppose that's the movie not wanting to admit that no one could voluntarily throw it away, that would lessen the dramatical element of it, I suppose :/.