Don't worry, speculations start some of the most interesting discussions around here.
I think Celebrimbor was indeed thinking of the Silmarils when he crafted the three Elven Rings. He was a jewel-smith, like his grandfather, and I'm sure that he wanted to be like him, if not greater than him. He was, in a sense, competing with the memory of his grandfather.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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