Board Thread:Lore/@comment-29106566-20150831212321/@comment-26116279-20150831234751

sam gamgee probably would have made a better ring bearer than frodo. he had the ring for the better part of a day and it hardly tempted him. Most other characters in the story would have been effected by the ring very quickly in that time. Also it seems to me like Sam was a bit more stable or reliable than frodo, unlike frodo sam knew what he wanted so not much could convince him to give that up even in favor of something that might have seemed better. Also i should note that sam was the only character besides bilbo to ever willingly give up the ring and unlike bilbo sam didn't need any help to do so.