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[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Don't think he counts because the Ring had no power over him. So while he did have it briefly, he wasn't a "Ring bearer" any more than the river.

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

He had agency and consciously took and held the ring.

The river only had it because the ring abandoned Isildur, and it fell there.