A poignant line from The Rings of Power perfectly captures why only Frodo Baggins could've destroyed the One Ring in The Lord of the Rings.
Only Frodo Baggins could've dumped the One Ring into Mount Doom, now Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power perfectly explains what makes Hobbits so special. The unlikeliness of a humble hobbit's triumph over a mighty evil is a core theme of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, and the author offers several reasons why Frodo must perform this task, rather than a great elven-king, a noble warrior, or a flying eagle. A hobbit or two could pass through Mordor unseen and underestimated by Sauron's eye. As an added bonus, the Hobbits were also rather more resistant to the One Ring's corruption than Middle-earth's Men, who collapsed like soggy lembas bread at the mere sight of Sauron's creation.
Technically, hobbits aren't in Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, but Amazon's depiction of Second Age Middle-earth will include Harfoots - one of three hobbit clans that eventually establish the Shire and become the breakfast-loving hole-dwellers readers know and love. Harfoots will evidently play a major role in The Rings of Power's narrative, and the final trailer features a line from one of the hairy-footed halflings: "One thing we can do better than any creature in all Middle-earth - we stay true to each other."
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This The Rings of Power quote perfectly encapsulates why Frodo was the Ring-bearer - because he had fellow hobbits who'd support him without faltering until the quest was done. Samwise Gamgee stayed by Frodo's side all the way to Mount Doom, even carrying the Ring himself when Frodo couldn't. Were it not for Sam's unwavering loyalty and steadfast friendship, Middle-earth would've been in deep trouble. And although they weren't at the fiery crack in person, Merry and Pippin both risked their lives to ensure their friend's mission was successful. Despite lacking the power and status of everyone else involved in the War of the Ring, they helped take down Saruman, the Witch-king of Angmar, and Sauron's army - all in Frodo's name. A hobbit's (or, indeed, a Harfoot's) ability to stay true to his friends is why Middle-earth doesn't end the Third Age bending its knee to Mordor.
Is it really accurate to say Hobbits stay true to each other "better than any creature in all Middle-earth," or is this a gross exaggeration from a Harfoot whose accumulated experience of Middle-earth is a small corner of forest near the Misty Mountains?
Strangely, The Rings of Power's Second Age era could prove this bold claim true. Trailer footage has already teased the Kinslaying at Alqualondë, where elves turned on their own kind. At the very least, The Rings of Power must recount the bloody history of elves slaughtering each other. Assuming The Rings of Power eventually covers how the titular trinkets were forged, audiences will also see the slow corruption of the nine kings who eventually become Ringwraiths. If not, there's always the downfall of Númenor - one of numerous instances where men were the architects of their own misery.
Out of Middle-earth's three main races, Dwarves are perhaps the most "true," but even their hearts can be swayed by greed and envy under the right circumstances. Maybe The Rings of Power is right, and the Hobbit race really does stay true to each other better than any other species in Middle-earth.
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