Timeline for Would the One Ring even work for anyone but Sauron?

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Feb 4, 2015 at 2:53	comment	added	Jasper		@Trademark -- Bilbo did not "simply find The Ring." He arguably cheated in the riddle game, which was a holy rite. He also lied about how he obtained it, which was also very out-of-character.
Jan 16, 2014 at 20:42	comment	added	TGnat		@NateC-K Where are we told that? Gollum saw Sauron without the Ring and notes that he had nine fingers.
Jan 16, 2014 at 19:49	comment	added	Oldcat		@NateC-K But that is because he lost his other bodies in the fall of Numenor and the battle with Gil-Galad. It wasn't an inherent property of the ring, just the result of previous carelessness.
Jan 16, 2014 at 18:48	comment	added	Nate C-K		We are told that Sauron needs the ring in order to assume physical form.
Jan 16, 2014 at 15:52	comment	added	Kevin		@MeatTrademark Other than that statement, he does have a point. I don't believe there is proof that Sauron actually 'got stronger' after the forging of the ring. The only thing known is that it gave him control over the other ring bearers (of the lesser rings).
Jan 16, 2014 at 15:08	comment	added	Meat Trademark		Not everyone had to acquire it "at all costs." Both Bilbo and Déagol simply found The Ring. Sméagol lost himself in the acquisition of it, but not everyone does. Frodo was just given it with the task of disposing of it.
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Jan 16, 2014 at 14:37	history	answered	Alex	CC BY-SA 3.0