what if Sam had kept the ring?!!!!!

[Sleeping Beauty]

If Sam has kept the ring, I agree with Rose Cotton, he would have done all he could to keep his promise to Frodo, that cannot be denied. But stout-hearted as Sam is, not even he could have stood under the power of the ring. It would have crept into his heart and mind and would have played the same games and tricks as it had all other ring-bearers. Yes, even Sam would have fallen. It might have not had such a hold on him as it had Frodo, Bilbo, and the like but he still would have been tempted. He may have in the end been tempted worst of all. The ring would have completely worked him over, trying to get back to it's Master, since Sam was already in Mordor. It probably would have broken him in the end, so I think it best that he never had to be tested. I like my Sam as he is: sweet, innocent, and loving.