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Originally Posted by FlimFlamSam
The Three Elven Rings untouched by Sauron tap into the Spirit (Shadow) Realm held open by the One Ring as well, but not as Sauron planned. Note that Galadriel's Ring (and presumably also the other two) is normally "Invisible" -- not the wearer, as Sam noted. He saw a star through her finger. The Rings utilize Invisibility, the power of longevity and preservation.
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In a letter Tolkien noted that the Three do not confer invisibility, so can you explain why the Three are the most powerful of the Elven rings, utilize invisibility as you say, but yet are only themselves invisible? And why Celebrimbor would have made them so?
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It's dangerous to look too close at the logic in this book, it's truly mind-boggling at times.
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I think this might depend upon various opinions -- or, what one finds 'more logical' than something else
As for canon and the 1977 Silmarillion: I don't believe Christopher Tolkien ever took up the mantle of providing
the story, or the most canonical version, but as with
The Children of Hurin, wanted to provide the intended, and proper, reading experience that comes with a one volume 'internal' presentation.
A one volume (or how ever many volumes considered as 'one' legendarium, in a sense) internal presentation was Tolkien's goal, no matter the changes he had in mind, and this is a very different experience for the reader than looking at the unfinished texts as they were left -- again, texts still working their way to a 'one volume' presentation, from JRRT's perspective.