The Rings of Power is testing my patience with the design of rings
I actually watched the show trying to be open minded about it - I kinda treated it like a fanfiction, you know? I decided to ignore the thousands-of-years-of-history put into a week or so, how funny this whole series looks from Sauron's perspective, that I am pretty sure volcanoes do not work like that... But I lost it with the desing of rings of power. First, less important, just - what jeweller's nightmare is this? The uncut gems? Why? I have a feeling Feanor would be rolling in his grave (if he would not be, due to his poor life choices, probably more like non-existing in eternal darkness). But I will ask for all of the Noldor: why not shiny? Why not sparkly? But more importantly: what was that stuff with talking about "most exquisite gold and silver", smelting a DAGGER of all things, putting it all together with mithril and achieving two gold and one silver ring? I know there is magic in this universe and I get the symbolism, but I just somehow supposed metalwork is only... metalwork in this universe? And who is making daggers from "the most exquisite gold", I was of an impression even people not highly knowledgable in arts of jewellery crafting (mainly: me for example) know pure gold is like the worst metal to use to create things (bends and cracks very easily) why would you make a handle of a dagger of gold of all things, I assumed it was golden, not gold??? I know I should probably be much more angry at the whole weird idea of elves going extinct, but really, somehow I snapped at those rings, because the dagger of gold? Please
