Thread 712584998

The last videogame character you played as has to resist the corruption of the One Ring, travel across Middle-Earth and cast it back into the fiery volcano where it was forged. Can they accomplish this?

erm i just played Gollum

>>712584998 (OP)
>Uses Stendhal

>>712584998 (OP)
>Nerevar
Yeah I think he’s got this

>>712584998 (OP)
mayyyybe

>>712584998 (OP)
If you read the book then you know that the answer is always no. This is from the Word of God himself.

Welp I'm losing

>>712585598
My OC could do it.

>>712584998 (OP)
Isaac got BTFO by televangelism. The Ring would annihilate his sanity. Gollum any% speedrun.

>>712584998 (OP)
I've always wanted to put the tip of my tongue through this ring.

>>712584998 (OP)
Gohan probably couldn't resist the corruption over prolonged periods of time. However, he could easily fly to Mount Doom instantly considering he's massively faster than light. He could also just toss the ring into the sun. Sauron isn't getting it back from that.

>>712585598
Why is that? I know it has a corruptive and addictive pull that even a super saintly character like Galadriel can't resist, but clearly it is possible to resist it for a time otherwise Frodo and Sam wouldn't have been able to get it there. I don't see how a similar character to those two with a high power level couldn't just walk it over.

>>712584998 (OP)
Sure, he ended up with insane stats, dimension door, and an army of black dragons

>>712586042
Yeah, Tolkien can say no one could do it, but he couldn't have imagined stupidly overpowered chinese cartoon characters who could speed blitz Mount Doom in literally less time than the ring would have to get a single corrupting word out.

>>712584998 (OP)
Not gonna fucking end well.

>>712585623
The real question is which wins: Sephiroth's mind control or the One Ring's mind control?

>>712585473
>Ring starts trying to increase corruption meter
>Nerevar laughs while pressing tilde to open the console

>>712586286
Anyone with desires, especially the ambitious, is getting corrupted by the ring. It's basically just a power amplifier. Even those that want to do good for the world end up succumbing to its influence because the ring brainwashes them into believing they can quit it at any time and if they just used it wisely they could make the world a better place.

Even someone like Jesus could be corrupted by it because Jesus wants to save humanity. That's why Gandalf refuses to take the ring at all from Frodo.

I was playing archaon in total war warhammer
He can definitely take the ring to mt doom and not get corrupted, problem is he won't do it. His whole thing is taking powerful, corrupting artifacts for himself. I doubt LotR Sauron can do shit to him though, but Sauron is smart and sneaky like a jew and Archaon has been tricked a few times before, so maybe.

I'm feeling confident.

>>712586389
Most DC/Marvel heroes could do it too. They're all FTL+ too.

>>712584998 (OP)
Considering a big part of his personality is bitching about how terrible people are, and that he acknowledges he's little better, I'd say he's pretty fucked. He might hold out a little longer than some but not by much.

>>712586701
Any of the Chaos gods (probably even a greater Daemon) alone shits down Sauron's neck without even trying, Archaon has zero issues here.

>>712586665
Ehhh I dunno, Jesus being God Himself kinda trumps Sauron's angel/demon magic. I don't disagree with you overall though.

>>712586885
Stupid bullshit website not uploading my image.

>>712584998 (OP)
I fear nothing.

>>712586665
>Anyone with desires, especially the ambitious, is getting corrupted by the ring.
Yes, but Frodo could hold the ring for days(?) on end. Obviously not wear it that long, but possess it and be influenced by it. So clearly it has less effect on people without strong desires, and there's plenty of characters like that who could also just casually beat the Nazguls to make their way to mordor easily.

>>712586957
Sauron is very powerful. Not just physically, either. His corrupting influence is unparalleled. And he can very easily switch to brown-noser mode.

He'd get dropped immediately by any virtuous god, but any evil/dark/chaotic god is going to see him as a valuable servant and he'll stab them in the back. Sauron himself is the Middle Earth equivalent of a minor god, more akin to the Greek gods with the actual gods he served being akin to the titans.

>>712586753
How is that one? Looked cute but not really remarkable compared to every other limbo clone

Time for Dark Lord Dante I guess.
Unless whatever bullshittery is going on with "engraving the aspect" and so on makes him immune somehow.

>>712587327
He had it in his possession (in a chest somewhere in the house) for ten years and then wore it around his neck for like 7 months, although by the last 2 he was basically totally corrupted and only able to put off betraying the quest by the fact that all he was doing was putting one foot in front of the other and would almost certainly die of exhaustion or be killed by orcs before actually having to make the choice whether or not to throw the ring in the fire.

>>712586957
I have no doubts Archaon can beat Sauron and all of mordor by himself, at least 2nd and 3rd age Sauron if we are talking about Fantasy Archaon.
Problem is Archaon can be tricked, he got tricked a couple of times in his end times book and Sauron is super smart and a deceiver. I don't think he can corrupt Archaon since Chaos itself can't, but that doesn't mean Sauron can't manipulate him. Then again, the guys who manipulated Archaon and pissed him off didn't really end well.

>>712587327
Yes, it's possible to resist the ring's influence if you're unambitious, but the desirous are going to be corrupted eventually. Even the very mildly ambitious like Frodo get corrupted, just at a slower rate. The only one who could've walked it to Mount Doom without issue is Samwise Gamgee because he literally has no desires. He's perfectly content, and the ring tried to corrupt him to no avail.

That's what makes the question interesting. There are very few video game/anime/comic book/etc characters who have both the power to walk to Middle Earth and the lack of desires necessary to successfully destroy it. Power won't save you and a pure heart won't save you.

>>712587764
Hey, Sauron outlasted Melkor.

>>712584998 (OP)
Entirely depends on if her inherited memories from her future self also come with the corruptive temptation, since her entire MO is to job and die hundreds of times so she has encyclopedic knowledge of how to proceed in the next time loop. If they don't then she clears easily despite only having slightly above human baseline strength, since effectively having clairvoyance is OP.

>>712587659
>>712587829
That's why I was questioning anon saying no one can do it, period. If Frodo who had basic desires (as far as I remember) could last at least 4 months without losing his grip too much to function, surely you could find someone with mundane desires to make the trek. Like the Protagonist of Fantasy Life also only wanted a quiet life similar to Sam and they have the power to fight giant beasts as large as anything Mordor has.

>>712584998 (OP)
I think he'll be alright

>>712586286
So Tolkien wrote in a letter that no being could resist the Ring once they were close enough in order to actually destroy it. It took Eru, God of Middle Earth, pushing Gollum into the lava in order to actually destroy it because Frodo and Sam got as far as they possibly could.

This doesn't mean that no being couldn't master the ring. They even say Gandalf and Galadriel could make it their own if they wanted to but they would never be able to destroy it.

>>712584998 (OP)
>Scout
We're fucked.

>>712586286
In the books, Frodo doesn't wrestle Gollum over the edge, Gollum just trips, as if he were nudged by some kind of divine intervention. According to Tolkien, it had to be that way because no one could willingly throw the ring into the volcano without Iluvatar's help.

>>712584998 (OP)
>Kris Dreemurr
Yeah he's fine. WITH MY HELP AT LEAST
>*spams the everloving FUCK out of "Cast it into the fire" until he gives up and does it*

>>712589268
hey scout can double jump and run fast so he can get to mt doom easier

>>712588965
>>712589268
That's kinda interesting then. It's not only a physical and mental corruption, but a weird spiritual compulsion too.

>>712589268
>>712590143
I could throw it into the volcano myself so tolkien is wrong but I just don't want to

Is there an actual lore reason why they couldn't bring Glorfindel along

>>712584998 (OP)
>literally just finished Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon a few hours ago
>basically one-shotting bosses and taking zero damage
With Arthur's soul fully primed I imagine that just like the Wyrd my character would be completely resistant, he also has a nearly unending supply of stamina, so it'd be a casual hike for him.

>>712584998 (OP)
Elena joins the fellowship!
no

Absolutely fucking not.

>>712590839
Forgot pic

>>712584998 (OP)
>MC farmer from Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life
He might be just humble and persistent enough to get it there, with some help.

>>712590143
The closer you get to Mount Doom, the more corrupting the influence of The Ring. It is a form of spiritual pressure. The Ring is sentient to a degree and will corrupt your soul which is how it turns the bearers into Nazguls if they hold it for too long.

For that reason, I believe Olimar could actually do it so long as he was explicitly told to go toss The Ring into Mount Doom. He'd take a lot longer to get there than Frodo, that's for certain, but he'd be incredibly hard to see, and since his Pikmin are taking the brunt of The Ring's pressure he could just replace them when they got too corrupted.

>>712591172
Wouldn't the ring corrupt the pikmin to ignore his orders or outright kill him?

>>712590253
I kneel to you, king.

>>712591172
I'm now imagining those scenes from the animated lord of the rings, but instead of hiding beside the road or leaving the bedroom the Nazguls can't find him because he's too small.

>>712591450
Olimar can just replace the Pikmin that get corrupted. Take out the ones succumbing to Sauron's influence. Well, assuming that's even possible since Pikmin are kinda mindless to begin with.

>>712586665
>Anyone with desires
So any robot character could do it?