arguably Saruman's will is enslaved to Saurons due to corruption experienced via the compromised Palantir network
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There was *no* available evidence for what would happen if Saruman got hold of the ring. Gandalf and the Elflords had one theory: Saruman had another. We will never know which was correct. I suspect Saruman *was* wrong, inasumch as a fictional character can be "wrong."
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we absolutely have evidence. we know that the rings rapidly corrupt any mortals and that all 9 of the human kings and all 7 of the dwarf lords became corrupted this way. we also know that the other 3 Wizards became corrupted by various means (if not necessarily rings of power).
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Saruman is not mortal. Sauruman is stronger and arguably smarter than the other wizards.
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well he seemed to think so but it turns out not so much
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Whether a person is shown to be incorrect about something after the fact has zero bearing on whether they are smarter than somebody who was not. And he was the strongest, as I said, until Gandalf leveled up. Which the Valar arguably did for the purpose of dealing with Saruman.
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(Side note: I've really enjoyed this conversation, even when we didn't agree. I hope everyone else has too, and no one is suffering from nerd rage.)
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agree completely. nerding out makes me happy.
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