Alan Sisto
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And I think what's hilarious about this is that Saruman reads more into it than Gandalf meant.
So let's talk first about what it is that he actually does.
He blows the smoke rings, but they're not just rings.
There's a great ring that he blows and then many smaller rings that followed.
And then he reaches up to grab the rings.
And of course, they're smoke rings, so they disappear.
But I have to ask, is Gandalf being as bold as it would take him to be to make this accusation or at least implication here this early?
Again, 90 years before Bilbo even finds the one ring.
Saruman's looking for a connection to the Shire.
There isn't one yet, as we'll get to.
But that suggests to me that Saruman's secret desire to possess the One Ring is something that Gandalf already knows about.
No wonder Saruman is afraid that Gandalf can basically see right through him.