I've only ever seen the movies so I'm really enjoying these vids and thanks for making them. I wonder what would have happened if the Witch King or any of these Nazgúl gained possession of the one ring? Would they not themselves become empowered with one ring, becoming some mighty lord like Sauron, free of Saurons control or was there something that prevented the one ring from corrupting and empowering the Nazgúl the same way it had everyone else? Although I most say I find the power of control supposedly offered by Saurons ring to be confusing anyway. If it granted such control over others and power to its wearer, then how come Bilbo and certainly Smeagol never came to rule like a Lord? Sure, in the movie we saw how Bilbo had some sort of immunity to the corrupting control of Saurons ring but there was nothing stopping him from using the ring to at least rule over the Shire like a king and live an even better life than he already did, even using the ring to benefit all Hobbits. We could dismiss Bilbo for not doing so as simply being a person already content with the life and freedom he had and perhaps even being aware that no good can come from the ring regardless of the best of intentions so he simply kept it as his dirty little secret, but surely we can't say the same for Smeagol when he had it? What stopped Smeagol from using the power of Saurons ring to rule over those around him? How could it be that Smeagol, with the power of Saurons ring instead became an outcast and banished? So what sort of power does Saurons ring offer to it's wearer then??
What I love about this tale is how the very power placed upon Saurons ring to prevent it's destruction became the very reason it got destroyed. This incredibly powerful mind controlling allure for the ring which made it impossible for anyone holding it to throw it into the lava, only served for those who craved for it to fight so ferociously and with reckless abandonment for their own wellbeing that Smeagol, once in possession of it, fell off resulting in the rings destruction. In the movie, even when Smeagol fell to his death, his last actions were trying to prevent the rings destruction which I felt was very clever from Peter Jackson. Smeagol falls to certain death, yet his obsession for the ring is unbroken as he cradles it like a mother would her baby, completely uncaring of the fall and imminent death he's fully aware of. Then, in his last act, and although he loves the ring more than anything else, he raises it from the lava to prevent it's destruction for as long as he can while he himself is engulfed in the agonising heat and death of the lava. He tries to save the ring until there's literally nothing left of him. I felt that was very well done to showcase the power of control this ring actually has and how there was absolutely no need to protect the entrance etc. There simply was no need to would be my guess and Sauron, even Gandal knew that. It's simply impossible for anyone or any creature or wraith to willingly throw the ring to its destruction. In the end, the ring wasn't destroyed because Isildur or Bobo or Frodo or Smeagol willingly threw it in. They couldn't, it's impossible. No, the ring was destroyed because it fell in by those willing to die protecting it. I believe this may also explain why Elrond didn't try and prevent Isildur from leaving with the ring too. For he knew perfectly well the alluring power of the ring, it's power to manipulate those who hold it, and therefore understood perfectly well that even if he somehow killed Isildur and took the ring to destroy it, that ultimately he couldn't do it either, and worse, that he an immortal elf would become a ruler just as bad as perhaps Sauron himself as the corruptive power of Saurons ring slowly took control of him, and with time reduced him to little more than a great power under the complete control of Sauron. So in the end, Elrond could do nothing more than watch Isildur walk away.
I do not think that the factor that turned people into ringwraiths was Sauron's. Because the rings of power they carried were originally made for the elves to prevent fading. When Sauron distributed them to humans, we saw an unnatural a kind of side effect of the rings on humans. The factor that prevented the elves from fading, making people fade, is actually the metaphysical aspect of the process of transforming into ringwraiths. This artificial phenomenon is due to the opposite relationship between the elven and human souls and Arda and their bodies made of its material. This contrast caused the rings to have the opposite effect on humans. I do not know if Sauron was aware of this or if he could not foresee it. As a result, he granted them the immortality you promised them in wraith form, even if not in incarnate form.
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I've only ever seen the movies so I'm really enjoying these vids and thanks for making them.
I wonder what would have happened if the Witch King or any of these Nazgúl gained possession of the one ring? Would they not themselves become empowered with one ring, becoming some mighty lord like Sauron, free of Saurons control or was there something that prevented the one ring from corrupting and empowering the Nazgúl the same way it had everyone else?
Although I most say I find the power of control supposedly offered by Saurons ring to be confusing anyway. If it granted such control over others and power to its wearer, then how come Bilbo and certainly Smeagol never came to rule like a Lord?
Sure, in the movie we saw how Bilbo had some sort of immunity to the corrupting control of Saurons ring but there was nothing stopping him from using the ring to at least rule over the Shire like a king and live an even better life than he already did, even using the ring to benefit all Hobbits. We could dismiss Bilbo for not doing so as simply being a person already content with the life and freedom he had and perhaps even being aware that no good can come from the ring regardless of the best of intentions so he simply kept it as his dirty little secret, but surely we can't say the same for Smeagol when he had it? What stopped Smeagol from using the power of Saurons ring to rule over those around him? How could it be that Smeagol, with the power of Saurons ring instead became an outcast and banished? So what sort of power does Saurons ring offer to it's wearer then??
What I love about this tale is how the very power placed upon Saurons ring to prevent it's destruction became the very reason it got destroyed.
This incredibly powerful mind controlling allure for the ring which made it impossible for anyone holding it to throw it into the lava, only served for those who craved for it to fight so ferociously and with reckless abandonment for their own wellbeing that Smeagol, once in possession of it, fell off resulting in the rings destruction.
In the movie, even when Smeagol fell to his death, his last actions were trying to prevent the rings destruction which I felt was very clever from Peter Jackson. Smeagol falls to certain death, yet his obsession for the ring is unbroken as he cradles it like a mother would her baby, completely uncaring of the fall and imminent death he's fully aware of. Then, in his last act, and although he loves the ring more than anything else, he raises it from the lava to prevent it's destruction for as long as he can while he himself is engulfed in the agonising heat and death of the lava. He tries to save the ring until there's literally nothing left of him.
I felt that was very well done to showcase the power of control this ring actually has and how there was absolutely no need to protect the entrance etc. There simply was no need to would be my guess and Sauron, even Gandal knew that. It's simply impossible for anyone or any creature or wraith to willingly throw the ring to its destruction.
In the end, the ring wasn't destroyed because Isildur or Bobo or Frodo or Smeagol willingly threw it in. They couldn't, it's impossible. No, the ring was destroyed because it fell in by those willing to die protecting it.
I believe this may also explain why Elrond didn't try and prevent Isildur from leaving with the ring too. For he knew perfectly well the alluring power of the ring, it's power to manipulate those who hold it, and therefore understood perfectly well that even if he somehow killed Isildur and took the ring to destroy it, that ultimately he couldn't do it either, and worse, that he an immortal elf would become a ruler just as bad as perhaps Sauron himself as the corruptive power of Saurons ring slowly took control of him, and with time reduced him to little more than a great power under the complete control of Sauron. So in the end, Elrond could do nothing more than watch Isildur walk away.
Where do you get this epic art??
Probably A.I, it looks awesome.
I drew it with crayons.
AI
Ai art, ai voice, and who knows, probably an AI prompted script
I do not think that the factor that turned people into ringwraiths was Sauron's. Because the rings of power they carried were originally made for the elves to prevent fading. When Sauron distributed them to humans, we saw an unnatural a kind of side effect of the rings on humans. The factor that prevented the elves from fading, making people fade, is actually the metaphysical aspect of the process of transforming into ringwraiths. This artificial phenomenon is due to the opposite relationship between the elven and human souls and Arda and their bodies made of its material. This contrast caused the rings to have the opposite effect on humans. I do not know if Sauron was aware of this or if he could not foresee it. As a result, he granted them the immortality you promised them in wraith form, even if not in incarnate form.
Well everything written expressly states the nine rings were made for men, so……….
Is it your own voice or is it an AI?
If it's his own voice, it should be canonical. It's so great 👍
Ai voice