• samus12345@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Don’t think he counts because the Ring had no power over him. So while he did have it briefly, he wasn’t a “Ring bearer” any more than the river.

    • blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      He had agency and consciously took and held the ring.

      The river only had it because the ring abandoned Isildur, and it fell there.