It Could Be Both, or Both?

In many locations, and in many ways, you have these direct lines that descend into middle earth from the ar. And there's this kind of diminishing, retrn n thing that he does, wherelike power descends along a specific path and becomes weaker as it goes but yet there's still a connection there. So that makese wonder how intentional some of those things are,. That it might just be more than well, elrond has a ring, and galagral has a ring so therefore they have these abilities. It could be either, it could be neither. Who knows?