why did the COuncil of 🧝Elrond entrusted Frodo with the Ring again ?

[lilhobo]

what was PJ's take on this vital importance???

with Gimli shouting noone trusts an elf and boromir lamenting, it kinda slipped my mind

 

[Arvedui]

I think PJ portrayed it in a way that Elrond had decided already before the council, that Frodo should be the Ring-bearer. At least that is how I understand it. The key is found in the scene where Elrond discusses Gandalf, talking about how strong Frodo is, how he resists the power of the Ring.

Remember how Gandalf says that they cannot demand/expect any more from Frodo and Elrond counters saying that there is noone else to look to. Or something to that effect. I don't remember exactly how it went. I'm sure I'll get arrested if I'm missing something here.

 

[Gandalf White]

I way preferred the book version on this subject. However, PJ did an adequate job. As Arvedui said, Elrond wanted Frodo to take it, and, if you think about it, he was the only logical choice. Boromir couldn't be trusted, because of the opinion he had shown, we already know Gandalf couldn't do it, Aragorn too hesitant to take the ring, the elves and dwarves were arguing, and neither side could really take it without a fight, so that left Frodo.

 

[Eledhwen]

I have read (somewhere!) that the Great of Middle Earth began to realise that Hobbits had a singular resistance to the power of the Ring - more so than the other races. Bilbo managed to give it up after 60 years, but Gandalf would not trust himself to take charge of it, neither would Galadriel ("I pass the test"). Elrond agreed that Frodo should take the ring, maybe for the above reasons, and maybe also because a foresight was upon him. I would have liked this to have been made clearer in the film.

 

[Confusticated]

Elrond said that Frodo had shown "extraordinary resilience" but this doesn't explain sufficiently (and I suspect this is what lilhobo was asking about) why the dwarves and men didn't question a little hobbit as a ringbearer.

 

[Isenho]

yeah, because he can resist the ring. and besides, they have nothing against Frodo

 

[Arvedui]

And it could also be because that Frodo had shown the ability to resist the Ring, in presence of half of the Nazgûl. And as Gandalf White stated, no Dwarf or Elf could be accepted, Men had failed to resist the Ring before, an anyway Aragorn was unwilling. Boromir had all the wrong ideas.

Also, this was a nice touch in uniting all free people of ME.