Why did Gandalf give the ring to Frodo?

Why did Gandalf give the ring to Frodo?

Sure hobbits are resistant to magic, but we're not talking about a card trick here. We're talking about the most power force that's able to corrupt even wizards. You think a fucking hobbit has a chance against that?

Sure Gandalf has seen what the ring's power did to man, but his only two examples are isildur and boromir, two assholes who were corrupt before they even got their hands around the ring.

Why not give it to legolas, a pretty stand up guy? Or what about Elrond? He was at the council and didn't seem phased at all in the presence of the ring.

Why?

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Part of it was hobbit nature. The hobbits weren't included as a race that Sauron tried to convert to his power with rings. They were beneath his notice. There seemed to be something exceptional in the hobbits nature that really only Gandalf seemed to notice. They had a single minded simplistic view of life. This can be seen in their constant desire to not just eat but have a set schedule of eating times. So we have a race that is uncorrupted, basically good (there seems to be no crime in the Shire) and stubborn. Every hobbit seems content to live their whole life in the Shire and never venture outside except for Bilbo and his nephew Frodo. Even then Gandalf has to basically shanghai them to make them leave. The other hobbits that adventure with Frodo are brought along simply because they know enough that they would be tortured by Sauron and his minions to get the little bit of information that they do have. So their lives are already in danger.

Sam is actually considered the true hero of the story by Tolkien, there is a lot of allegory and meaning he put into The Lord of the Rings. Peter Jackson did a lot to interpret his works as faithfully and truthfully as he could and also added elements that come from other books.

Gandalf and Aragorn were wise enough to know that the Ring's will would try to subvert them. Having a part of Sauron's soul inside it, it would convince people as it had Boromir and earlier Isildur that they could defeat Sauron with it -- that they could master it. The Ring was evil, and would always lead those that sought to master it towards evil. It was tricky, very tricky and would always seek its master or create a new Sauron (kind of like Voldemort in Harry Potter with his Horcruxes). Only one pure of heart and free of desire with a strong-willed mind could have carried the Ring without giving into its will. Frodo was the only choice.

there never was much hope. just a fool's hope

also gandalf was literally the only person in the world who cared about hobbits and had studied them so he knew they can habeeb it

Gandalf kinda explains it later in the movie when he says something along the line of "The real way to fight back darkness is by the little things people do for each other every day, its not some huge battle but the little things things that fight back the darkness. Frodo was to represent that even the smallest person with a big enough heart can be a hero against evil.

Gandalf didn't give frodo the ring. Frodo got stuck with it, and then he volunteered to take it.

Elfs are pussies so that was out of the question

Gandalf: There never was much hope...only a fool's hope

i.e. we were fucked anyway, might as well see if this hobbitlet can follow through on the world's most important spec-ops mission, for shits and giggles. Gandalf is a divine being not like he had much to lose

>‘I will take the Ring,’ he said, ‘though I do not know the way.’

>Elrond raised his eyes and looked at him, and Frodo felt his heart pierced by the sudden keenness of the glance. ‘If I understand aright all that I have heard,’ he said, ‘I think that this task is appointed for you, Frodo; and that if you do not find a way, no one will. This is the hour of the Shire-folk, when they arise from their quiet fields to shake the towers and counsels of the Great. Who of all the Wise could have foreseen it? Or, if they are wise, why should they expect to know it, until the hour has struck?

>‘But it is a heavy burden. So heavy that none could lay it on another. I do not lay it on you. But if you take it freely, I will say that your choice is right; and though all the mighty Elf-friends of old, Hador, and Húrin, and Túrin, and Beren himself were assembled together, your seat should be among them.’

What do you think Saruman would do with the Ring?

go insane most likely. Only Sauron can use it properly.

fate dude

this
the physical world in tolkiens universe is basically just a big board game where the gods can go to larp

The ring gives you what you want. Give it to a human, and they receive power, for it is what they desire. Give it to a hobbit who has no particular wants other than being left to themselves... and they turn invisible. The hobbits' lack of wants make them the ideal candidates for carrying the ring. Moreover, Bilbo carried the ring with few ill effects- he even WILLINGLY gave up the ring which is a big deal. Bilbo's excellent handling of the ring bade well for Frodo in Gandalf's eyes.

An elf or human would get too powerful with the ring. They would take over the world.

Hobbits are weak af so even if it corrupted Frodo, Gandalf could probably 1v1 him

Bilbo carried it for decades and was able to give it up.

An elf looks at it for 30 seconds and spazzes out

According to lore he would have destroyed Sauron and basically just replaced him as the big bad guy.

>(there seems to be no crime in the Shire
Petty theft is quite common.

>there is a lot of allegory and meaning he put into The Lord of the Rings
Tolkein despised allegory. There is no allegory in the LotR.

Because he's just watched a Hobbit carry the ring around like it's nothing for decades.

Then how come orcs, Haradim and the Easterlings are such sandniggers?

This. The Ring calls upon your deepest and darkest desires and makes them irresistible. Sure, you get power as well, but you will be devoured and seduced by the evil in the Ring.

For an allegory, imagine that the Ring is the most beautiful woman imaginable, and beyond that. This woman makes you go crazy with lust, but if you fuck her you lose your sould and become slave to her.
Now imagine that the Hobbits are eunuchs. The woman can be trusted to them, because they don't give a shit about boning her, and actually have a chance at getting the job done.

Sure, lust for sex is different than power, but in a nutshell I believe this could help to explain it. The Hobbits don't care for power, they just wanna chill and grow dank ass kush. The Ring cannot seduce them as easily as other races.

Because if someone who was actually skilled or powerful possessed the ring it would be too dangerous. If they got corrupted by it shit would hit the fan. If they gave it to a well-known hero, Sauron would easily find them. Frodo made a good ring-bearer precisely because he was not a violent, powerful, or famous character.

This is actually how Lord of the Rings subverts a lot of classical lore and stories. Usually the main hero is an extremely strong badass, but in this case he's a fairly average joe with a good heart.

>Sure Gandalf has seen what the ring's power did to man

Has he? The only being the Ring corrupted was Sméagol, who wasn't a good guy to begin with. Who's to say that Isildur or Denethor couldn't have mastered it? Gandalf didn't even trust Aragorn to use the Palantír, after all.

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>tfw you race is so irrelevant even the most evil being won't bother enslaving you

Considering how Isildur refused to destroy it, was calling it precious and refused to even test heating it up because it meant so much to him it was safe to say he was corrupted.

the race of men are easy to corrupt.

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