Question about Fanaticism

[Johnny1A.2]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

Um...no? Well I don't know about Beren but Frodo doesn't start his quest with that kind of large scale dedication and he certainly doesn't continue it after finishing up. He retires to a quiet life instead. This is not what Fanatics generally do.

Beren and Luthien are debatable, Frodo probably does not have it. I'd say what Frodo has is a Sense of Duty.

Feanor, though, surely has Fanaticism. Probably Celebrimbor, too. Thorin might have been developing it toward the end. Sméagol...now that one is a good question.