Did you trust Gollum/Smeagol? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Firefoot · 12-06-2003, 08:46 AM

I always pitied Gollum/Smeagol. I never trusted Gollum but if I didn't trust Smeagol I wanted to. However, I also really liked Sam and trusted his judgement. I guess it depended on where in the book it was. At times when Smeagol was on top I liked him but I guess I always sort of knew that the bad Gollum would end up on top.

The ring had such a hold on him that he couldn't completely help it. I don't think that Gollum started out bad but he definitely had some bad qualities which the ring played on: jealousy, greed, etc. Also he did not seem to be a strong character. This was also a reason which the ring took such an immediate hold on him.

So I suppose I never completely trusted him. Again, a large part of this is probably because I liked Sam a lot.

12-06-2003, 08:46 AM	#34
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	I always pitied Gollum/Smeagol. I never trusted Gollum but if I didn't trust Smeagol I wanted to. However, I also really liked Sam and trusted his judgement. I guess it depended on where in the book it was. At times when Smeagol was on top I liked him but I guess I always sort of knew that the bad Gollum would end up on top. The ring had such a hold on him that he couldn't completely help it. I don't think that Gollum started out bad but he definitely had some bad qualities which the ring played on: jealousy, greed, etc. Also he did not seem to be a strong character. This was also a reason which the ring took such an immediate hold on him. So I suppose I never completely trusted him. Again, a large part of this is probably because I liked Sam a lot.