If you were Tolkien

[sojourner]

And writing the whole Middle Earth saga, what would you use besides a ring for the object of power?

 

[Showdown]

And writing the whole Middle Earth saga, what would you use besides a ring for the object of power?

I would use a sword, like Excalibur.

 

[Professor Zoom]

And writing the whole Middle Earth saga, what would you use besides a ring for the object of power?

A crown?

 

[Venardhi]

Rings, Swords and Amulets tend to be the rule as far as objects of power go.

The ring works best thematically of the three.

So, I wouldn't.

 

[Set Harth]

A sword doing 500+ damage and enchanted clothes which allow infinite spellcasting.

 

[Hound of UIster]

Sword - Anduril
Talismans - Silmarils, Palantir
Rings - Ruling Ring
Other - Arda or Morgoth's Ring

 

[captcalhoun]

a staff

 

[sojourner]

Sword - Anduril
Talismans - Silmarils, Palantir
Rings - Ruling Ring
Other - Arda or Morgoth's Ring

Nice list, but what are your thoughts on the question?

 

[Skywalker]

Am I creating the (not-)Ring of Power prior to writing The Hobbit, thus no longer constraining myself to use a ring because that's the object Bilbo found in Gollum's cave? If so, then I would take the object's creator into account. Sauron was a vain and arrogant individual. I can see him forging a crown or some similar object that would clearly demonstrate his domination of Middle-earth.

 

[Relayer1]

A sock.

 

[Silvercrest]

a staff

It would be amusing to watch a hobbit try to walk with a Sauron-sized staff.

 

[Kegg]

A MacGuffin.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

A tongue ring.

 

[Klaus]

A magic light-up snow-globe...

 

[TemporalFlux]

It would be a book with a double snake medallion on the front; and much like a perpetual motion machine, it's power would come from a story that never ends...

 

[Klaus]

A MacGuffin.

Just had a sudden vision of marketing a line of collectible MacGuffins... what you get is an empty box.

 

[Mistral]

I'm thinking a '66 Cuda. Instead of finding a ring, Bilbo stumbles across Gollum's underground parking and decides to take the car as a means of catching up w/the dwarves faster.

 

[Silvercrest]

I like it.

And then during LOTR, they have to tow it into Mordor and dump it into Sauron's car crusher before he finds out. "Sam! It's so heavy, I can't go on!"

They can't just drive it into Mordor because they risk hitting Nazgul speed traps.

 

[sojourner]

LOL, LOTR re-written as an apocalyptic road warrior movie.

"It's the last of the V-8 interceptors, it has to be destroyed before the leader of the highway patrol gets his hands on it."

"You've had the interceptor all this time? how come no one found out about it?"

"Well, I only take it out on the occasional weekend to get groceries and I always avoid Sackville"

 

[Silvercrest]

"Frodo... keep it secret. Keep it safe. Keep it waxed."