Let's say Frodo got a marsupial mouse. Tucked the Ring in its pouchses. Then the mouse in his pocketses. The ring would belong to the mouse. Frodo could go to Mordor with no negative effects. Just a proper nasty mouse by the time he got there. Then chuck the mouse in the Fires and job done. No? - ThreadSky

alanbaxter.bsky.social • 57 days ago

Let's say Frodo got a marsupial mouse. Tucked the Ring in its pouchses. Then the mouse in his pocketses. The ring would belong to the mouse. Frodo could go to Mordor with no negative effects. Just a proper nasty mouse by the time he got there. Then chuck the mouse in the Fires and job done. No?

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welcometowillerby.bsky.social•57 days ago

Sort of thing that was discussed at the council and at Rivendell but didn't make it into the book after edit for length.

riley37.bsky.social•57 days ago

It was quite clear, in the book as published, that the way to overcome evil is NOT "hey let's plan a cruel death for a small helpless animal".
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Eru would NOT approve, and in the end that's what matters.

lavenus79.bsky.social•57 days ago

Oh no... 🤣🤣🤣😬😬😬🙈🙈🙈

andystoin.bsky.social•57 days ago

Excellent idea! Would love it if one of the lesser known blue wizards popped up half way through the trilogy to suggest this, like a smug IT support colleague.

fomalhaut451.bsky.social•57 days ago

This would lead to a whole additional book in the sequence as Frodo and Sam search Shelob's lair, with ever increasing desperation, for an invisible marsupial mouse which has made its escape at an opportune moment.

fictionmachine.bsky.social•57 days ago

You missed the chapter where the mouse stone-cold murdered Frodo.

riley37.bsky.social•57 days ago

I disagree on stone-cold murder. Frodo was confining the mouse, preventing the mouse's freedom of movement, and planning a horrible death for the mouse. That mouse liberated itself by killing its oppressor; which is justice, not murder.
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How do we defeat evil? Well, not by brutal cruelty to mice.

riley37.bsky.social•56 days ago

omfg the irony: that skeet got a "like" from A Barn Owl.
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not that barn owls are _cruel_ to mice, certainly not as cruel as the mouse in pocket proposal, which would NOT impress Eru.

kylejdurrant.bsky.social•57 days ago

Ahh, but the temptation would be there.
"Whatever does a mouse need a ring for? For cheese? It would be safer in my hands ... I could do greater things..."

justjere.bsky.social•57 days ago

A mouse would have got there quicker. Get rid of the fellowship, just throw that fucker in the volcano. Leave Sam the mouse at home, then buy him a beer when you get back.

tracymayne.bsky.social•57 days ago

Personally, I try not to post when I’ve been drinking heavily… 🙄😄

mithriltabby.bsky.social•57 days ago

The mouse would use its great and terrible power to command cheesemongers and bakers to throng before it, blocking the way to Mordor.

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