![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And all of this, by the way, just days before Sauron figured it all out for himself. And then, Bilbo made the really ridiculously unlikely decision to leave the Ring behind with Frodo, and in such a way that brought the Ring to Gandalf’s attention again, so that Gandalf finally discovered that it was the One Ring. The Ring just happened to go to Isildur, who happened to insist on keeping it, and then he just happened to lose the Ring in the Anduin, and the orcs just happened to not find it, and it was eventually coincidentally found by Deagol and Smeagol, and Smeagol just happened to end up living in the one cave that Bilbo just happened to stumble into (after making the incredibly unlikely decision to travel with the dwarves, and then they just happened to camp out in the rigged cave, and Bilbo just happened to be overlooked by the goblins, etc.) - and then Bilbo just happened to pick up the Ring, and then he ( by accident, remember) won the Riddle Game, and then he just happened to adopt Frodo, a random nephew. The many unlikely coincidences that had to combine in order for Frodo to have the One Ring at that particular time, and for Gandalf to discover what it was, and for Frodo to get the Ring to Rivendell safely - I think that this is more fate than anything else. I know that it sounds like a weak answer, but if it were me making the argument, I’d say that it’s really both - I think that the One Ring coming to Frodo was definitely fate, while his decision to take the ring to Mordor is his own free will. This is a good question, and one that I think could be argued in several different ways. Cool essay! I highly recommend posting at least part of it on tumblr after it’s finished - we can always use more Tolkien meta around here! ![]()
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