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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't think he counts because the Ring had no power over him. So while he did have it briefly, he wasn't a "Ring bearer" any more than the river.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

He had agency and consciously took and held the ring.

The river only had it because the ring abandoned Isildur, and it fell there.