Oh my. I'm cautiously reading for now. I've read dark!fics that have left me too depressed, and I've read a few that I end up respecting (but still shiver over). I'm intrigued by your explanations, so I am going to follow it and see how I do. :)

Poor Frodo. I don't have anything eloquent to say. I think you've already said it, through Frodo's words.