Did Sauron Copy Feanor's Work? Palantir vs Rings of Power

Today we explore the link between the Palantiri and the rings of power, discovering the similarities in their power and questioning whether Sauron and Celebrimbor were inspired by the work of Feanor.
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[@FairlyFictional]

Who in Middle-earth would you choose to have a psychic link with?

[@michaelogrady232]

A beautiful hobbit maiden. O, wait! I am already married to one!

[@kathrinkweseleit7074]

Wow, thank you for this thoughtful theory. I actually never thought about the abilities that came with the rings beyond the obvious. After all the years of loving LOTR this was new to me. Keep up the good work I subscribed. 😊

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@kathrinkweseleit7074]

@@FairlyFictional Yes, I really did and also started to look at your other work. It brings a lot of joy (fun wouldn’t be the right word for Tolkiens work ;)).

[@V4N6U4RD]

I love the theory, that the Rings of Power is just scaled from the works of Faenor. Makes sense to use existing techniques instead of trying to invent something new

[@KeyserTheRedBeard]

Awesome video, Fairly Fictional. I loved how you connected the powers of the Palantiri to the Rings of Power. It’s fascinating to think about how those ancient artifacts might have influenced Sauron and Celebrimbor in their crafting. Do you think that the high vantage point requirement for effective telepathy could have been a deliberate design choice, or was it more of a limitation they had to work with? Keep up the great work!

[@FairlyFictional]

Thanks for the comment. If I had to choose, I think it would be a rather logical limitation they had to work with.

[@landofalwayswinter666]

Great video! Are you using anything to process your audio? I am hearing a deep low-end rumble from the microphone underneath your speech. If you have any audio processing software, I’d recommend using either an EQ or a High-pass filter to remove the low frequency noise. Hope that helps!

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you. And yeh I was hoping the music would remove that background noise. I will take a look at trying to remove the noise. And probably get a better mic eventually 🙄. Thank you ☺️

[@venkelos6996]

I'm going to try to sound like some expert, even though I obviously am not, but in sone other content I've heard, regarding the "rules" of Ossan-we, I guess it further exemplifies the crimes of Sauron, as most people simply can choose to close their minds, and then NO level of strength can breach it, while more than communicating is basically impossible...unless you are Sauron, and using the Rings, in a way to "bypass" these protections people are otherwise supposed to have. I don't want to be that jerk who says "It's a shame the Rings weren't MORE successful." They gave Sauron his nine Nazgul, but they could have done more. He wanted to use them to rule, but the lands of Men he held sway over weren't because he dominated their king; we still don't know what nations the Ringwraiths were from, but they weren't puppets pushing agendas, for the Dark Lord. Saruman did a better job there, screwing with Theoden, than Sauron is doing. The Elves got out of jail free, again, when they were given a sense of wrong, and permitted a moment to whip off their Rings, because the Dark simply wasn't permitted to hold sway over Elves, who had to choose to be bad, of their own accord. The Dwarves had already been puppets, and do their being granted fea, by Illuvatar, makes sense that it woyld strengthen them against further influence, but it still might've been cool for Sauron to just have that one minion who wasn't really bad, and whom the party needed to deal with, but longed to find a way to that didn't depend on simply killing them, as it was important that they be saved, but Sauron seemed to mostly have servants that, while we maybe shouldn't just gleefully kill, like the Orcs, weren't going to cause much more than a bit of resignation that it proved necessary to cut them short, instead of save them.