Did Saruman really thought he could control the ring?

Did Saruman really thought he could control the ring?
Isn't he like a demi-god or something and isn't he supposed to be smarter than Gandalf? Surely he must have suspected that Sauron was biding his time and wouldn't share power

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he got greedy

He wanted to join the winning team so he conspired with Sauron

The maiar probably dont even have free will. It was all part of Erus plot. Saruman knew the gods personally so it makes no sense why he would decide to just become Hitler for no reason.

"Some men just want to watch the world burn, Pippin" - Gandalf the Gay on Saruman, 2019

Only Men have the ability to make choices out of step with the Music

JUST TURN YOUR BRAIN OFF
or
THE RING OR SOMETHING WAS ALREADY CORRUPTING HIM ANYWAY!

he abandoned reason for madness

Saruman was probably one of the only ones in Middle Earth who, maybe, could actually wield the Ring against Sauron. A few could possibly bend it to their will (Gandalf, maybe Durin's Bane, Tom Bombadil) but didn't have the armies they would need to assault his strongholds anyway. Saruman with his Uruk-hai breeding program possibly could have assaulted Mordor, if he had the power of the ring under his control.

As for why he would want to: Maiar are pleb tier in Valinor, but God tier in Middle Earth; it was Lust for Power

What about hobbits?

They are more immune to it's promises of power, because they have no yearning for it. But they wouldn't be able to wield it anymore than any Man

Thot was a golddigger is all

>Bombadil
That's Eru though

>Did Saruman really thought he could control the ring?

I believe so, yes.

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Tolkien said it wasn't, in one of his letters
Bombadil is one of the things he intentionally didn't flesh out, just to leave some mystery in the world he created. There's a few other details like that, like the nature of Ungoliant, or of the Watcher in the Water and the 'Unnamed things' that Gandalf finds in the depths while fighting the Balrog, or the fate of the Entwives

I also read somewhere that Bombadil was actually a great evil

>"Some men just want to watch the world burn, Pippin" - Gandalf the Gay on Saruman, 2019

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That’s bullshit

I like to headcanon that his plan was to not really use the Ring itself but sort of hold onto it and blackmail Sauron into giving him power or obeying him or some shit.

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I'm sure it says in the book that he would become more powerful than Sauron if he wielded it.

If he got the ring it would have been game over for Sauron.

>OR SOMETHING
Dude was clearly using the Palantir, giving Sauron access to his mind.

Not more powerful, he would’ve just taken Saurons place as the dark lord

But what if
>Sauron wins
What would happen then?

Yes he could use it, just like Gandalf could use it as well. Anyone could use it given enough time. It’s power is related to the user. Stronger creatures have more power.

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nah gandalf was meant to be the og istari but saruman the cuck threw his toys out of orthanc so gandalf was like calm down boy you can be the head of the istari just remember to bring in my refreshments while i bang galadriel on the side

>Saruman
>Sauronman
bravo Tolkien

Sauron corrupted him slowly over time when he was talking to him through the magical ball thingy

Obviously he was already pretty corrupted by Sauron's will if he changed his name to Sauronman.

kek

Meh, he god bored. But Sauron corrupted him through the Palantir slowly...

And Bombadils.

Hobbits are Men too.

Smeagol and Frodo both fell to it's lure.

LIKE A BOSS!

LOL! WTF? That pic, I mean...

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he also played in some cozy german edgar wallace adaptions

Saruman was actively trying to betray Sauron. That's why he made the Uruk-Hai; orcs that were loyal to him, not Sauron. And that's why he gave them orders specifically to search for hobbits and to return them, not to Mordor, but to Isengarde. Saruman wanted the Ring, and once he had it his plan was to keep it.

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Hobbits are an admixture of all the races, save Maiar or Numenorean. They've got a bit of elf, a bit of dwarf and a bit of man in them. They're mutts and you can see when the admixture tips one way or the other; Particularly tall Hobbits, or really fair one, or ones that love water and wear shoes.

No they aren't. They are just mutant humans, like real life pygmies.

Why are they shorter then dwarves then

Saruman, Saruman
Does whatever a bad wiz can.
Spins a web of deceit and lies,
Butchers trees, serves an Eye.
Look out! Here comes that Saruman!

Is he strong? Listen bud,
Compared to Him, he's a dud.
Of an army, is he the head?
Don't you know what Lord Elrond said?
Hey there! There goes that Saruman.

In the dead of night, like a psychopath mime,
He defeats the Grey, and then makes him serve time.

Saruman, Saruman,
Freaky neighborhood Saruman,
He was restrained, he was ignored,
Now domination is his reward.
For him, life will be a great New Age,
With the One Ring as his min wage,
He'll be The Sarumaaaaaaaan!!!!