• loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works
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    6 hours ago

    Since the beam reduces the objects into particles and reconstructs it, doesn’t it imply that it’s able to destroy the ring in the first place? I guess it’s necessary to get rid of the particles to make it so they can’t re-build it again. But that does raise the question: Would the ability to reconstruct the ring affect one the same way the ring itself would? Or does the ring need to exist to exert its power?

      • crawancon@lemm.ee
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        6 hours ago

        conversely if they are able to transport it, the act of disassembling it would unmake the spirit sauron poured into it, being remade somewhere else will not have the same …sparkle.

  • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
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    7 hours ago

    “Captain, this seems like a gross violation of both the Prime Directive and the Temporal Prime Directive”

  • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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    8 hours ago

    Depending on how far it was to Mt Doom, they totally would’ve searched for a scifi way to destroy the ring first. Probably involving reversing polarity and inverting tachyons.

    • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      Trois would be too exposed to the influence of the ring. If she got a hold of it there’s a real chance they’d fail miserably even with teleporters.

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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        5 hours ago

        In the books they pretty much confirm it takes more than just heat to destroy the One Ring.

        Good forges burn hotter than lava, and dragonfire even hotter still, yet Gandalf said that the biggest, baddest dragon who ever lived Ancalagon the Black (who makes Smaug look like a whimpy little butterfly in comparison) wouldn’t be able to harm the One Ring.

        It’s the magical tie to Orodruin/Mount Doom that allows for its destruction.