I like to believe gender neutral words come from people mumbling a combination of the gendered ones and hoping that the listener assumes its whichever one relates to them.

Just people with anxiety creating new grammar one nervous encounter at a time.

Are you saying it’s not like a slot machine and pays out like 6 kids when you win?

It was more a concern for Frodo as Frodo was desperatefor the ring at the time.

In the book it shows you how the ring attempted to corrupt him and he kind of went “meh” at it.