Why doesn't Gandalf immediately realise that Bilbos ring is the one ring? Actually, he does. The thing that confuses people is the fact that it takes him 77 Years from the time that Bilbo finds the ring until he tells the story about the rings of power to Frodo.
Gandalf did not know then that it was the One Ring. He simply suspected it. He realised Smeagol had called it that in the past and understood then there was an even deeper magical power behind this than he realised. He suspected it could be the One Ring, but he needed proof and to know for sure.
So, despite being sent to work against Sauron, Gandalf didn't really know much about what the Ring was like. And this is only proven true by his research, as after having suspicions about Bilbo's object in the novels, Gandalf leaves for 17 years before realizing it was Sauron's Ring.
Why doesn't Bilbo recognize Gandalf at first? Since Gandalf had not visited The Hill in a long time, it was impossible for Bilbo to have recognized him.
"All shall love me and despair!"
Galadriel is tempted by the thought of the power of the ring but she knows she would be risking her soul in many ways. We see a glimmer of the darkness that would taint her otherwise power of light. She says “In place of a dark lord, you would have a queen!
Another aspect that the series explores is the decision to forge three rings. As Galadriel, Celebrimbor, and Elrond (Robert Aramayo) discuss after the process has already started, it is a way of preventing the concentration of power in a single being's hands.
Portrayal of Galadriel in The Rings of Power is divisive among the fandom. Her character is criticized for many different reasons, from her self-righteousness and abrasive personality, to her inability to detect the very evil she is hunting right under her nose.
Posted on Reddit by user applecub, the theory posits that Legolas' name slipped Frodo's mind since their introduction was brief and overshadowed by the daunting task of destroying the One Ring.
Hobbits have a natural resistance to the influence of the ring, because they are fully content in their simple lives and have no desires for power or war. Bilbo in particular had already seen more war and devastation in the past few years than most men would experience in decades.
Gandalf spent the years between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings travelling Middle-earth in search of information on Sauron's resurgence and Bilbo Baggins's mysterious ring, spurred particularly by Bilbo's initial misleading story of how he had obtained it as a "present" from Gollum.
Tolkien suggested that Sauron did not discover where the Three were hidden, though he guessed that they were given to Gil-galad and Galadriel. In the published The Lord of the Rings, Gil-galad received only Vilya, while Círdan was the direct recipient of Narya from Celebrimbor.
Even though Sam has hold of the Ring, the Orcs could question Frodo and piece together what was going on. And Sauron is likely made aware of Frodo's intrusion, as the Mouth of Sauron (his loyal messenger) learns about the Hobbit and the mithril armor he carries.
Gollum possessed it for nearly 600 years yet Sauron was not able to sense him or the Ring, even when Sauron was relatively close by in Dol Guldur. It was only when Frodo placed the One Ring on his finger at Sammath Naur in the volcano of Orodruin that Sauron became aware of him.
With the Ring, Gandalf says, he would become too powerful, and he would inevitably be corrupted like Sauron himself. Even if Gandalf took the Ring simply for safekeeping, the temptation to use it would be too great. Even if he used the Ring out of a desire to do good, it would corrupt him.
Gandalf is not the type to do things rashly or to rush something as important as the destruction of the Ring. He also might have felt that as long as the Ring didn't go anywhere, it couldn't be a threat. He also might have not wanted to put his friend Bilbo in harm's way if it could be avoided.
Because of Gandalf's heroic sacrifice and proven valor, Eru granted him greater "wisdom and power" and sent him back to Middle-earth. While the wizard's mind couldn't comprehend what he saw, life eventually returned to his body.
Sauron intended it to be the most powerful of all Rings, able to rule and control those who wore the others. Since the other Rings were powerful on their own, Sauron was obliged to place much of his own power into the One to achieve his purpose. Creating the Ring simultaneously strengthened and weakened Sauron.
In the spiritual world, beings are invisible to those in the physical world. This is why Isildur, Bilbo, and Frodo become invisible when they wear the Ring—because they are no longer in the physical world. As Olsen said, Sauron does not have a real body, so he is not affected in the same way.
Chief among the reasons that the hobbits are more resistant to the Ring is that they do not crave power, lust after fame, or desire to rule over any others.
As many have observed before, the interactions between Frodo and Legolas are severely limited in the trilogy even though they are allies. In fact, there's only one line that Legolas says to Frodo: “And you have my bow.”
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His prowess with a bow was unmatched among the Fellowship and, as J.R.R. Tolkien stated himself, Legolas was “endowed with the tremendous vitality of Elvish bodies,” as well as an inability to feel terrible hurts, which made it easy for him to travel long distances over rough terrain in only light shoes.
Tolkien also stated that Sauron saw Galadriel as his equal, and therefore, in his rise to power he feared that she would go after that power herself. As we saw in The Fellowship of the Ring, Galadriel told Frodo that the One Ring would consume her and turn her into a Dark Queen.
Galadriel's rejection of Sauron clears the way of Celeborn's return. But we're going to need some idea of where he's been since he was lost in the war against Morgoth. It's strange that Galadriel spoke so often of her dead brother but only once about her dead husband.
Sauron wants Galadriel to become his queen because she's useful, says Vickers. As he's already shown, Sauron can accomplish his objectives much more quickly when he has a highly regarded Elf warrior to get him into places like Numenor and Eregion (where Celebrimbor lives). “He feels a connection to her.