What EXACTLY does the one ring do...

What EXACTLY does the one ring do? They keep talking that the ring is so fucking powerful and sheeit but all it does is turn someone invisible, I don't get it how dangerous could it be?

Fair point, did it turn everyone invisible during its past as well? Like Isildor and Gollum? I guess not Sauron, he was visible with it on.

>2017
>Still no stats on the ring
>No stats on any characters either

I mean we have no idea how high Gandalf's INT is compared to Bombadil's. What a shitty cinematic universe.

Tolkien is a hack

you could fuck a lot of shit up by being invisible, dude

>One ring to rule them all.
Sauron made various rings and gave them as gifts to people he wanted to control. By using the one ring he was able to influence the people he gave the other rings to.

>ywn watch lady galadriel bathe while invisible

Technically its just supposed to be metaphor for the abstract concept of power.

It enhances whatever you're best at. Hobbits are sneaky and stealthy so they become invisible. Humans are ambitious so they become great rulers. Dorfs are greedy so they acquire vast fortunes.

Then why did the Human king turn invisible at the beginning of the film?

For starters, you can see people's underwear when you have it on.

>By using the one ring he was able to influence the people he gave the other rings to.

They are dead for hundreds of years tho, and they already serve him as wraiths.

Nope, the ring quite literally throws you into another realm

>the one ring to rule them all
>what does it do

well it wasn't designed for hobbitses obviously

Only the humans. The elves still have theirs and you can assume the dwarves do as well. The elves are even shown wearing them in Fellowship and RotK my dude.

>want LotR thread
>start one normally
>Archive after fewer than 10 posts

>want LotR thread
>start one with a fucking inane, easily answered or outright explained in the source material question
>300+ replies

You did the same yesterday but with Star Wars, didn't you?

Stop this fucking meme you utter retard.

This guy got it. the Nazgul are invisible too. Guess why.

>easily answered or outright explained in the source material

Well, what is the answer then?

It controls the other rings. That's literally it. The reason it makes people invisible is because it drags them into another realm. Other people could use it to control the rings if they knew how to, like Gandalf or Saruman.

Well, that's lame.

how is power an abstract concept?

if you turn invisible, do you still have to pay taxes?

Why wont they take off the rings?

Not when you consider that the rings it controls are worn by:

Gandalf, Galadriel, Elrond, the Ring Wraiths, and the Dwarven Kings.

Indeed.

Because only Sauron can control the One Ring properly as it acts like a Horicrux from Harry Potter. The Dwarves were resistant to the corrupting power, but were fucked over in other ways. The Elves took their rings off or some shit until Sauron was defeated. When Sauron was defeated they put theirs back on, on in the case of the Fire Ring, gave it to Gandalf to use. That's why they fear the One Ring getting to Sauron as he'd not only be able to return but he'd be able to fuck the ring bearers over and they wouldn't be able to stop him without them. Not that they'd have a chance anyway.

Aren't the Dwarven ones back to Sauron?

The ring amplifies inner power and twists it for evil.

For someone like a hobbit, who is easily un-noticed, it makes them invisible. It also amplifies their greed.

For someone like Sauron, it makes them an unstoppable warrior who can easily control others through charisma.

If say, Gandalf had the ring, he could magic up anything and would end up enslaving the world in the name of "good".

This is part of why it doesn't really affect Sam Gamgee, because Sam is ridiculously pure and a little simple.

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How didn't sauron see bilbo when he put on the ring at his birthday speech

>For someone like a hobbit, who is easily un-noticed, it makes them invisible.

Just.. no. It shifts you to a closer plane, sort of a spirit/shadow plane where the Nazgul exist. This is why Isildur too becomes invisible.

Sauron does not because is a spirit himself and follows his own rules as the master.

If Elves are so fucking smart why did they take the lesser rings in the first place

the elves' rings weren't made by him ya dope. they weren't influenced by the One

The better question is why the elves didn't get rid of their lesser rings once they have learned of the existence of a master ring.

>but they were all of them deceived, for another ring was made

>clearly looking evil dude offers you magical rings
>oh well clearly this isn't part of some evil scheme, let's take 'em

Because Bilbo's party was 10 or 20 years before Sauron got back into Mordor and sent the Nazgul out

It can be abstracted upon, but it is not necessarily abstract itself.

Sauron does not directly detect if someone is wearing the ring; the nazgul has that ring-sense (albeit a shitty sense range). Besides, gollum had already ratted out where the ring was.

>He doesn't own the one ring

lmao what a faggot

>resisting free rings

just melt those fuckers down and sell them at your local gold buying stores

Did Sauron have a physical body during LotR?

yes but he looked like Danny DeVito

whats the catch?

Wow user you must be such a nerd haha

my dad bought it for me a few years back, I never give much to it but it's nice to have it.

No. But he wasn't a tower with a giant eye either, that's just a Jackson representation.

It literally happened 5 minutes after bilbo said bye and left the house

>hackson

Why didn't the elves sell their rings to help pay their taxes?

The movie fucked it up.
In the book it went:

>bilbo throws party
>ditches ring, goes for a trip to the mountains
>frodo gets ring, throws it in a chest and forgets about it
>gandalf hangs out with sarumon for some history listens, takes a trip to gondor, basically disappears for several years
>bilbo sees the mountains, starts coming back, decides to live at rivendell instead
>gandalf finally comes back after many years and tells frodo about the ring
>gandalf leaves first to get sarumon's help, frodo wants to throw his own birthday party before leaving so he stays
>gandalf gets fucked up, frodo finally leaves

And then the movie proceeds to completely ignore Bombadill at this point

>Sup Forums discussing tolkien

This is just Sad! desu. The ring increases natural power, and no that's not "lol he's small so he turns invisible" or "it just throws u at another realm dude lmao" neither "it just controls everyone xD". It does most of that to some extent, but no specifically. Mortal beings are not capable of using the ring to its full extent, so it simply changes their mentality by being in their possession and straight out throws the wearer to another realm.

if it were in Gandalf's or Sauronman's hand, or anyone who knew what to do with it, then their power would increase absurdly, enough to face even Sauron himself. The wearer would not be able to control it, though, and would eventually be consumed by the ring.

It's really pathetic having to explain it, I guess reading is too hard for Sup Forums brainlets.

I don't, but I do owe Sting

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>laughs at everyone
>can't explain it himself

The fact is that Tolkien never explained this in detail.

>clearly looking evil dude

sauron was in his beautiful/angelic form at the time

try reading for once

Why do I need to waste time reading when there is a movie?

because my dubs say so

pathetic

>the elves' rings weren't made by him
idk whats in th books but since this is Sup Forums its irrelevant. at the beginning of the first movie they clearly say that sauron made 3 rings for the elves