Gimli and the Ring

[Boromir88]

I think, Gimli, would have been the last of the Fellowship members to fall to the ring (if it ever came to that). Gimli saw the ring as another piece of gold to throw on the pile of gold dwarves already have, he didn't see it as Boromir did like a "weapon" to use and wield against Sauron. He just saw it as another piece of gold, but being that the dwarves are greedy and want to accumulate more wealth he would have taken it, but that's why I think he would have been the last. Because he didn't see it as some of the others did.

[Zebedee]

I thought that he would be the last to try to take it if he was to take it at all, but I wanted to see if anyone else knew something about this.

Gimli may not have considered the ring a weapon, but there are other ideas that it could have put into his head. It was discussed at the Council of Elrond that Sauron had offered the dwarves dominion over Moria for all time, if they would reveal what they knew about the Shire.

Gimli could have been tempted to take the ring, and trade it for the fame, and honour of securing Moria for the dwarvish people. He could think of returning to the days of the Second Age when dwarves locked themselves away and largely ignored the problems of the surface world.

I think the ring would use whatever it needed to work away at the resistance of the members of the fellowship. Sooner or later it would have broken everyone.

[The Saucepan Man]

There are some further thoughts on this issue, relating to the Fellowship in general, here:

Which of the Fellowship would have gone ring mad?

[Nimrodel_9]

I believe that sooner or later everyone would have been tempted by the ring, though dwarves probably would have been some of the last.

[Eldar14]

Everyone seems to think that Gimli would be the last of the fellowship to fall to the ring, but that doesn't give much credit to the others. I believe that the other Hobbits would be the last ones to be drawn under its power. Hobbits have latent strength to resist things such as this ring. Also, Gimli would have many more inspirations in his heart that the ring could play on; it could make him think that the ring would be safest ith the dwarfs who would be able to hold it under ground, or maybe could draw upon his desire for Moria, even though I think that temptation less likely. Also, I'm not sure whether Legolas would fall before him; the elves have a pretty good track record with their rings.

[Boromir88]

Eldar:

I believe that the other Hobbits would be the last ones to be drawn under its power.

Good point about the Hobbits, I do think they wouldn't be affected like the other members. I think the only one it would "sway" more then the other hobbits would be Pippin, just because of his curiosity, but I think Merry and Sam would have been very resistant to the ring.

Also, I'm not sure whether Legolas would fall before him; the elves have a pretty good track record with their rings.

There, I'm not sure if I would agree, atleast not me. We know Galadriel and Elrond were power hungy, and I would think Legolas, being an elf from Mirkwood, and being tired of living in a dark forest infested with spiders, would use the ring to turn Mirkwood into a beautiful place like Rivendell or Lothlorien. I think je would just use the ring to turn the slums of Mirkwood into a beautiful Lothlorien. That is my opinion, though.

[Zebedee]

Originally Posted by Eldar14

Hobbits have latent strength to resist things such as this ring.

Smeagol didn't.