A rather silly question came up

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by Formendacil

Didn't they...

I wonder.

What with all the discussion currently going on in the CbC discussions concerning Frodo and the Ring on Mount Doom, the use of the Ring on the slopes of Orodruin to cow- to control- Gollum, makes one wonder if Frodo actually did NOT fantasize about such things...

After all, he DID ask Galadriel about doing so...

Just a few thoughts.

Indeed!

When I read the following quoted passage something clicked into place:

You have not tried. Only thrice have you set the Ring upon your finger since you knew what you possessed. Do not try! It would destroy you. Did not Gandalf tell you the rings give power according to the measure of each possessor? Before you could use that power you would need to become far stronger, and to train your will to the domination of others.

Is some kind of 'training' of his will behind the scene when Frodo appears as a vision to Gollum with the 'wheel of fire' at his breast? It is not the first time he has attempted to make Gollum bow down before his 'will' either; in the Emyn Muil he reminded me of a dog trainer in the way he got Gollum to obey him. And he could also be quite forceful with Sam too...