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Positives:
-prolongs your lifespan (while turning you into Gollum)
-you can turn invisible sometimes

Negatives:
-turns you into Gollum

Why does Boromir think the ring can be used to defend Gondor from Sauron?

It gives you power over the Nazgul. You could use them to control orcs to turn Barad-Dur into an island. Thus taking over Middle Earth for yourself.

It contains the power of Sauron

you put it on an ring wraiths come fuck your shit up

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It gives you power over the Nazgul. You could use them to control orcs to turn Barad-Dur into an island. Thus taking over Middle Earth for yourself.

Sure as shit didn't look like it when they stabbed Frodo while he was wearing it

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Sure as shit didn't look like it when they stabbed Frodo while he was wearing it

Im sure you need to be a bit more mentally powerful than a hobbit to control Nazgul. Boromir and his father obviously thought they could do it but they were wrong. Lady Galadriel probably could have, while Gandalf and Saruman would have been able to.

Yep it basically augments the wearer in accordance with their abilities and personality. This is also related to why the ring corrupts people at different rates.

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Yep it basically augments the wearer in accordance with their abilities and personality. This is also related to why the ring corrupts people at different rates.

Well, it would have been nice to know that when I was watching the movie lmao

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Yep it basically augments the wearer in accordance with their abilities and personality. This is also related to why the ring corrupts people at different rates.

Wow I never knew that >_>
I feel like a ton of the movies just go over my head

Mine keeps the poop in

Enhances the wearer's core desires. Hobbits want to remain unseen so it turns them invisible. Would have had completely different effects for Aragorn or Boromir.

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Saruman getting it would have also been very bad.

https://youtu.be/WKU0qDpu3AM

Or, to boil it down, it's just the temptation messing with your brain. The average human would be immediately obsessed with it upon the mere sight of it and heading over to Mordor with it. It doesn't do the user good, because it's not supposed to do the user good. Any perceived positives are illusions to get the user killed and the ring back in Sauron's possession.

much of this is speculation, and a bit spoiler'y, so keep that in mind.

sauron taught the elves the ability to craft the rings, by doing that i imagine he imparted some of his essence into the process and the elves supplied the rest. he had a direct hand in creating the 16 rings given to mortal races, the 9 to humans and the 7 to dwarves, so he had the most power over them. the 3 that the elves used were made purely by celebrimbor so while he used the process taught by sauron and allowed him some control of them the rings weren't directly tainted by sauron and couldn't make the wearer fall like the 9 and 7 could.

the one ring was like a focal point. sauron dumped much of his spirit into the ring and through it could control the other rings tainted by his spirit originally used in the forging process. with the one ring he held sway over all of them, even the 3 that the elves held, it was only after his first fall and the loss of his ring that they could put those rings to use in preserving the different elven realms.

now what it does to non-sauron owners is somewhat complicated. for a weak mortal like a hobbit or a random human, or hell even someone as powerful as isildur who was himself essentially a human blessed by the gods, it corrupts them. it might not be instant, it might take years or decades, but eventually it turns them into an unwilling servant of sauron. for a dwarf? who the hell knows really, their reaction to the 7 rings was kind of strange so they'd probably just hoard it.

it gets more interesting when you're talking about elves, especially powerful ones like galadriel or say glorfindel. their spirits are much stronger then humans/hobbits/dwarves, so its possible they could master the power for themselves and become like the dark lord by doing it. its even worse for one of the wizards, who are essentially embodied lesser gods on the same level as sauron.

As long as the One Ring exists, Sauron does with in Middle Earth. So controlling the ring is essentially a belief you can control Suaron himself. The end result sooner or later. The weak end up dominated by him. The strong, the way I see it, end up mantling him in almost a Elder Scrolls sort of way, but you ultimately end up him and a vessel for him.

Consider some of the following situations

Isildur is a great man in power and ability. He thinks he can control the ring. He'll end up broken too sooner or later but he ends up losing the ring.
Semagol is diminutive and already sort of strange. He likes to skulk and hidden places and roots. So when he takes the ring, he lives his desires. Skulks and lives in a mountain. He is also a precursor to Hobbits and therefore has some natural resistance and he doesn't have a great desire domination. He also doesn't have a lot of power to augment. Ring makes him invisible and it prolong his life.
Bilbo is a hobbit and rather eccentric by their standards. Still, he mainly likes the joys of the hearth and simple pleasures. Little desire for domination or power. Ring makes him invisible and prolongs his life. Ring has a diminished effect on him but it takes it toll, as it does with Smeagol, over time and with usage.
Frodo is like Bilbo for the most part. Wears the ring less though and possesses for way less time.
Gandalf is offered the ring. He would bad news with it. He's a Maiar like Sauron. His would be greatly amplified. He would try to good, but would ultimately be twister towards Suaron's goals.
Saruman would be similar to Gandalf but worse. He was more powerful at the start. He wants the ring because he sees no other way to actually stop Sauron. Hopelessness broke him. He would be dominated quickly. He accuses Gandalf of what he, Saruman,would do with the ring.
Galadreal would be beuatiful and terrible. All would look upon on her and despair. She would be a queen in place of a dark lord. Bad news. Like Gandalf, her intitial intentions would be pure but warped by Suaron over time. He natural powers and will would mean it would take longer but it would happen.

Tom Bombadil has no interest in the ring. It has no power over him at all. He cares so little about it he can't be trusted to even watch after it.
Faramir is an interesting thought. He would end up broke but he has more moral fortitude than Boromir. But his broken relationship with his father and a desire to show his worth I think would be the reason he would claim it. He would get broken quickly due to why he wanted the ring.
Aragorn due to his will and position as Numenorean could wind up with him broke pretty quick too. Likely some sort of tyrant. He knows this and how he resists claiming it. He remembers Isildur.

Note the Ring Wraith are all corrupted kings of men via lesser rings. Galadreal, Gandalf, and Elrond already posses lesser rings too.

These are mainly imo takes but I think it is mainly based on my recollections of the lore.