Hold on a second [spoilery]
So if the ring has enough power (and symbolism?) to revive Guybrush, does that mean Guybrush is IMMORTAL as long as he keeps the ring?
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oh man, thinking of that...
Which means... ressurrection, in Monkey Island terms.
I though he just lose him... or not? When he revived, he doesn't have the ring anymore.
Taking back the ring from her for the love of immortality would be asking for much, I suppose.
No, we can see that he puts the ring on Elaine's finger again, re-marrying her after death did their part.
oh right, I think I was tired, I finished the game in the late night.
Now they can spend another four months honeymooning.
Back on topic, to answer my own question, I can only assume that the meaning of the ring to Guybrush is something effective in the voodoo spell. After Elaine gave him the ring, Guybrush was really protective about the ring. What he always thought was to keep it until Elaine wants it back, so he concentrated on it with his life. After death, although there was seemingly no way for him to ressurrect again, he was thinking about giving the ring to Elaine. That must be the reason why he had the Shred of Life after all, giving the ring back to Elaine was an "unfinished business" which kept him still tied up to the land of living. He was STILL thinking of how mad Elaine would get on him if he loses his ring AFTER Elaine became the demon bride of LeChuck and there was -again- seemingly no way for him to return Elaine back to her old self. So, in the end of the game, it wasn't purely the symbolism of the marriage that brought him back to life, but what Elaine and the ring meant to him.
Most likely the ring can't be used for this purpose again. Because, to simply put, if he uses the ring to get back to life again, the meaning of the ring won't be the symbol of their love, but a way to stay alive. The ring will lose its meaning, and it won't work.
Heh, kinky.
Nah, wrong fandom - that's LoTR.
Ahahahah, precious.
(wow actually I'd love to see the Sorcerer Pirate LeChuck as the MI6 villain. The things I come up with by accident.)
It seems to me like a lightning-striking-twice situation
In religions like Voodoo and in fact most occult traditions, most magic is 'sympathetic', as in like effects like. When creating the voodoo dolls in MI2, why do you think you needed those specific ingredients? After all, a lock of hair or bone of some dead guy won't have any magic on their own right? They don't, but they help to focus the magic. Think of it as a director, you want to affect someone so you take a piece of their clothing or use a photograph of them in order to say "This is the guy I want to effect". Likewise, if you want to do something to them, like say break their leg off, you use something that has meaning in connection to your intention, such as a doll dressed in the clothes of your enemies and break its leg. Actions and objects have meanings, and it is how the user perceives this which is what directs the magic. The ring itself had no power, but it's meaning to the user meant that they could use it to direct the magic in the crossroads to the desire effect.
Simples!
That's a fine idea. But please, do remember that there are no such things as voodoo dolls. That's Hollywood Voodoo. Real Voudun has no such stuff.