^ I think he felt bad about because he felt attached to Celebrimbor after the countless days they spent working together as partners. Sauron may be evil, but, even in the books, he still cared. That sounds weird but I can't find a better way to say it. I also felt like Sauron cried because he felt remorse for killing someone who'd been so kind to him, even when he was lying.

@Guy who types stuff 1.1 "Even in the books, he still cared?" I would love a source for that. I seem to remember Sauron mercilessly killing Celimbrimbor in the books and hanging him on a flagpole.

Sauron shedding a tear in that scene was a bit odd, not only because is seems a little uncharacteristic for a Dark Lord, but because, as as AdmiralZod1 said, we're not exactly sure why he's crying. My guess is it was a brief moment of realization that he had irrevocably bound himself to the rings, and he very well could have doomed himself.

Because he needed his help to make better stuff, but he wouldn't help... so sad.

WizardWarrior1 Like I said, I don't have a better way of phrasing that.

He did not object to the existence of the world, so long as he could do what he liked with it. He still had relics of positive purposes, that had descended from the Nature from which he began: It had been his virtue (and therefore the cause of his fall and his relapse) that he loved order and coordination, and disliked all confusion and wasteful friction.

Sauron wanted a perfect world, order is perfect, and is achieved by banishing chaos. That's what he calls freedom, taking away freedom is achieved only by darkness.

Celebrimbor sad for him 😭

@Guy who types stuff 1.1 That's not proof of Sauron caring somehow. Quite frankly, that's pretty stupid.

Stuff from the books in no way explains any actions of any characters in TRoP... it might, but the show has shown us the books are only a vague guideline.

WizardWarrior1 how? It literally explains his motives, and what his primary goal is: making things perfect. He obviously cared about the world, and it's denizens, if he would do this.

You are misinterpreting the passage. Sauron wishes to make things perfect so that it can reflect his own design, not because he cares about the peoples of Middle Earth. In other words, he is dissatisfied with Eru's creation, and desires to change the order of the world to his liking. His primary motive is order itself, not the supposed benefits that it would bring to the world. You could compare Sauron to Ultron from the MCU, who wanted to bring complete peace, not because he cared about the world, but because the very idea of total peace appealed to him.

@Guy who types stuff 1.1 Without defining the meaning of "perfect" in context, your defense is empty. WizardWarrior1 at least gives us an idea of what "perfect" means in his interpretation.

I'm not sure how orcs and their use is so perfect.