Of the crew of DS9, Odo is least likely to be tempted by the ring, so this tracks.
Other than O’Brien, of course, who not only couldn’t be tempted by the Ring, but would prefer not to have the world it shows him. A station that runs as smoothly as the Enterprise. … So he can run the transporter again.
While Odo doesn’t need the invisibility that it offers, he might be tempted by the voices in his head whispering day and night (he deeply wants such connection, via the great link or however he can get it!).
Sisko is already the Emissary, so having been touched by a fountain of all knowledge and experience he might be resilient to further offerings from a more tainted source?
The ring tempted what were effectively angels with untold cosmic power available to them already. Gandalf and Galadriel both failed the test.
Sam only avoided temptation because he was content in life before he came to know the world, and wanted nothing more than to go back to it. Frodo only failed in the 11th hour because the ring had been with him so long.
Sisko wants peace, he harbors deep resentment around the death of his wife, and he wants a fulfilling life for Jake. All things that depend on circumstances well outside his control, he’s temptable.
I was mostly joking about Odo. I imagine he’d fail too. But he’s so damned concerned with the fair execution of justice that he’d likely withstand it a bit. The ring is not his, and it is to be destroyed. He’d genuinely do his best to accomplish that goal.
The ring is not his, and it is to be destroyed. He’d genuinely do his best to accomplish that goal.
I had not considered that. His resistance then depends wholly upon this precondition, but if true then yes he would most definitely see it through to the end.
But if e.g. he were to find it while strolling around on the promenade, and after a certain time passed gave up finding its owner, then he might be tempted to… just hold it for a moment? After all, why shouldn’t he, there’s no harm in that… is there?
In that case the only chance he has if he finds out Quark is involved in any way. The Ring can’t give him the pleasure he’d get by denying Quark access to it. Only destroying it can
Of the crew of DS9, Odo is least likely to be tempted by the ring, so this tracks.
Other than O’Brien, of course, who not only couldn’t be tempted by the Ring, but would prefer not to have the world it shows him. A station that runs as smoothly as the Enterprise. … So he can run the transporter again.
While Odo doesn’t need the invisibility that it offers, he might be tempted by the voices in his head whispering day and night (he deeply wants such connection, via the great link or however he can get it!).
Sisko is already the Emissary, so having been touched by a fountain of all knowledge and experience he might be resilient to further offerings from a more tainted source?
The ring tempted what were effectively angels with untold cosmic power available to them already. Gandalf and Galadriel both failed the test.
Sam only avoided temptation because he was content in life before he came to know the world, and wanted nothing more than to go back to it. Frodo only failed in the 11th hour because the ring had been with him so long.
Sisko wants peace, he harbors deep resentment around the death of his wife, and he wants a fulfilling life for Jake. All things that depend on circumstances well outside his control, he’s temptable.
I was mostly joking about Odo. I imagine he’d fail too. But he’s so damned concerned with the fair execution of justice that he’d likely withstand it a bit. The ring is not his, and it is to be destroyed. He’d genuinely do his best to accomplish that goal.
I had not considered that. His resistance then depends wholly upon this precondition, but if true then yes he would most definitely see it through to the end.
But if e.g. he were to find it while strolling around on the promenade, and after a certain time passed gave up finding its owner, then he might be tempted to… just hold it for a moment? After all, why shouldn’t he, there’s no harm in that… is there?
In that case the only chance he has if he finds out Quark is involved in any way. The Ring can’t give him the pleasure he’d get by denying Quark access to it. Only destroying it can
Lol how true! 🤣