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I just died laughing ๐Ÿ— (midwest.social)
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[โ€“] 67 points 1 month ago* (5 children)

I mean... Totally valid question!

IMO, it'd almost certainly be a terrible idea because all the ring has to do is get to someone else. If they lose track of that chicken for a second, I bet it'd run it's ass off and find some other creature/character that'd be easier to influence than Frodo.

Remember: It is not the petite, easily overpowered nature of Hobbits that made them a good choice. It was their peaceful, carefree nature: They are WAY less temptable by the idea of power and control than others.

So... While the worst damage a chicken would be likely to do directly would be to peck out the eyes of Sam and Frodo while they slept, it would still be foolish to put the ring in control of anything more temptable or less driven to destroy the ring than Frodo.

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  • [โ€“] 20 points 1 month ago

    I've met many chickens.

    Temptable. They're the most temptable creatures I know.

    I have no doubt that with the ring in its claw, a chicken would seek to do great evil. The good news here is that the greatest evils a chicken can fathom are at least manageable on a human scale. Though I hold no hope for chicken keepers, bugs, mice, other chickens, or weirdly enough ducks.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    The resistance of the Hobbits is true, but stronger still is the circumstances in which the ring came to your possession. Bilbo stumbled upon it, Frodo inherited it, Sam took it to keep it safe. All three resisted for a very long time. Only Frodo gave into the temptation while the ring was in his possession.

    Meanwhile, Dรฉagol found it on accident in the river. Smeagol coveted it as a birthday gift. When Dรฉagol refused to give it, Smeagol killed Dรฉagol for it.

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Only Frodo gave into the temptation while the ring was in his possession.

    And, afaik, that was because the Ring was at its most powerful - facing imminent destruction is when the Ring goes all in with the influence.

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    It wasn't because it was facing destruction, but because it was at the heart of it's power source.

    At the precipice in Mt Doom, nobody could resist the temptations of the Ring. It's why Gollum was necessary.

    A theme in the books is doing good only because it's the right thing to do, and another theme is evil often hurts itself trying to be selfish.

    Frodo and Gandalf have that talk about Gollum, and Frodo says it's a pity Bilbo didn't slay him when he had a chance (in the books, it's before he leaves the Shire, in the movies, it's in Moria):

    'But this is terrible!' cried Frodo. 'Far worse than the worst that I imagined from your hints and warnings. O Gandalf, best of friends, what am I to do? For now I am really afraid. What am I to do? What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!'*

    'Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need. And he has been well rewarded, Frodo. Be sure that he took so little hurt from the evil, and escaped in the end, because he began his ownership of the Ring so. With Pity.'

    'I am sorry,' said Frodo. 'But I am frightened; and I do not feel any pity for Gollum.'

    'You have not seen him,' Gandalf broke in.

    'No, and I don't want to,' said Frodo. I can't understand you. Do you mean to say that you, and the Elves, have let him live on after all those horrible deeds? Now at any rate he is as bad as an Orc, and just an enemy. He deserves death.'

    'Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. I have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it.

    That's my favorite quote from Gandalf.

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    • [โ€“] 36 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Maybe two European Swallows could carry it by the husk.

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    • [โ€“] 18 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Origin story of Cuccos in Legend of Zelda.

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    • [โ€“] 11 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

    This was written by someone who doesn't know all that much about chickens. The only creature that would be worse to let carry the ring would be a maiar. Or a goose.

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    • [โ€“] 8 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Have you seen the boys and the Ved up sheep?

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    • [โ€“] 5 points 1 month ago*

    But all along the journey he would have to keep explaining that the thing on the end of the string was his invisible chicken.

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    [โ€“] 3 points 1 month ago*

    "It's taken me ages to realise..." All it took was reading a previous time someone posted about it. The response is a nice variation on the traditional response as well.

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    [โ€“] 3 points 1 month ago

    Iโ€™ve played enough Legend of Zelda to know that an evil chicken can do catastrophic damage to you and everyone you love.

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    [โ€“] 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

    In the film, we see the ring shrink to Isildur's ring size when he hold it, and it remains that size when Dรฉagol finds it, after thousands of years without a carrier.

    If you put it on a chicken, it is also gonna get really small, like chicken fingers small.

    I'm not sure if this is a pro or con.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I'm sorry, are you seriously suggesting that they would ever put the ring ON the chicken? Then you'd have an evil invisible chicken! After a while, the chicken will waste away into shadow and become a Nazgul.

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    • [โ€“] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    The ring tempts. It wants to be worn. Putting it around a chicken's neck doesn't fix that. It's the same as putting it in your pocket, and we know how well that works.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 month ago

    Right but like, put it on a chicken and you probably just get like, a bigger chicken. Hobbits turn invisible because they desire not to be seen. Chickens like to fight, eat, and fuck. The biggest chickens get to do the most of all of those. But they still need to be like, chicken scale, or it doesn't work.

    So like, a Jersey. But a mean one.

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