![]() The redundancy of “… you shall be cast yourself …” specifically hints that he throws himself in. Now sure, he could’ve tripped naturally, or been nudged the hand of Illuvatar, but JRRT wrote, only the page before, “… you shall be cast yourself into the Fire of Doom.” Tolkien chose those words. Bites off more than he can chew I would say, because BAM!! He gets the ring (+ bonus finger) and into the Crack of Doom he goes! And maybe it was just Frodo foretelling Gollum’s, soon to be realised, destiny.īut probably it was Frodo saying, in modern parlance “ Touch me again mofo and, by the power of the One Ring, I curse you to throw YOURSELF in fucking lava!”Īnd sure enough Gollum does more than just touch Mr Frodo again. The Valar and/or Eru Illuvatar willed it. Now many would say it was Gollum’s fate to assist Frodo over the final hurdle and destroy the ring along with himself. Gollum gets some finger biting action happening, and … wait for it…dah dah daaaah! stumbles OF HIS OWN ACCORD into the fires of Mt Doom. Natch on the next page (spoiler alert) Frodo enters the Sammath Naur and claims the ring for himself. you shall be cast yourself into the Fire of Doom.” “Begone and trouble me no more! If you touch me ever again. Frodo casts him off and, clasping the ring, he speaks in “a commanding voice.” On the slopes of Mount Doom, Gollum sneaks up on Frodo and Sam. March 25, in the year 3019 of the Third Age, Mordor… A fatal curse.Ĭast your mind back to The Return of the King, Book 6, Chapter 3: The final misuse of the One Ring –some more baggage for the Bagginses.įrodo’s curse not only refers to the doom of the Ring Bearer, but also what our beloved Mr Frodo Baggins laid on Gollum.
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