Elven Rings and the One Ring

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Originally Posted by CSteefel

As Tolkien says in The Silmarillion: Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age:

Sauron made the One Ring to rule all of the others, not just those that he personally had a role in making, as is made clear in the above. In fact, the holders of the Three Rings knew instantly that they were in danger of being controlled as soon as Sauron put the One Ring on, so the connection there was quite clear....

I guess I'm unsure as to how he could encroach on those rings he had no hand in making. The 7 Dwarves' and the 9 Mens' rings, he actually touched. But he never laid hands on, or had any role at all in making the 3 Elves'.

It seems to violate the "norms" of fantasy magic, I guess. And it's never clearly explained.

Perhaps because it was "similar" magic used to make the Elves' rings that Sauron's control was "in tune" with them, even if not exactly in tune?