#hes acknowledged his humanity and now hes purposefully stripping it from him in his hatred

[s0fter-sin]

i was making a “what has it got in its pocketses” joke and realised something very interesting. gollum only ever uses “he” as a pronoun for bilbo when he says, “he stole it. he stole it”. other than that, he exclusively uses “it” when referring to bilbo. it’s interesting that the only time he recognises his humanity is when he takes the ring from him​

he views bilbo as food for the first half of the scene so why would he use a gendered pronoun for something he’s about to eat and after he hates bilbo so much that he strips him of this momentary humanity

#its only through his relation to the ring #this thing that corrupts and epitomises human greed #that he recognises bilbo as a person #a person who covets the precious just like the last person who saw it #and then through his hatred he reduces him back to just a thing #‘curse it and crush it we hates it forever’ #no longer something to eat but something even less than that #hes acknowledged his humanity and now hes purposefully stripping it from him in his hatred #that is incredibly interesting and id love to know if im interpreting it right #its a type of emotional intelligence people dont really associate with gollum #coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt #far over the misty mountains cold #talk meta to me #the hobbit #lotr #lord of the rings #gollum #smeagol #bilbo baggins #an unexpected journey #riddles in the dark