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[LOTR] [MCU] What would happen if The One Ring was sacrificed for the soul stone.

Imagine Gollum decided he wanted the soul stone over the ring. Ignoring the temptation of the ring that would prevent him from throwing it off the cliff, what would happen to the ring?
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Nothing would happen for a few reasons: One, the ring wouldn't be destroyed so Gollom could toss it off, and still go down and get it back, his lust for it wouldn't have gone away after he threw it off.

Secondly, the red skull says it has to be a soul for a soul. The ring isn't a soul, nor does it contain the soul of Sauron. Sauron is actually still "alive" after the ring is destoryed, it's just that his spirit is all that remains and it was blown away with the wind.