Pride jewelry

A couple of weeks ago my employer announced our annual bonus – so to celebrate I decided to go on Etsy for some shopping! 🙂

I ended up ordering two customised pieces of jewelry in the aro-ace flag colours. (They were originally just ace colours – black/grey/white/purple – and I asked for aro colours to be added – green/light-green/white/grey/black.) Both arrived in the meantime, and I really like them a lot:

close-up of my ear, with the new mobius earrings in the aro-ace pride colours
Mobius earrings by GoldenLionCustom
close-up of my right pinky with a silver ring with hearts in aro-ace pride colours
Pride ring by CurlyFryStudios

They’re so pretty, and I can easily wear them every day. (And the ring is slightly adjustable, which I prefer because my fingers seem to change in size depending on the weather. *g*)

Meta: I Would Have Followed You: Masculine Love and Devotion in Jackson’s Lord of the Rings – VRV Blog

Tolkien largely excluded women from his stories—I don’t think there’s a single one in The Hobbit—but he had genuine insight into not just the male society he belonged to, but its differing permutations passed down out of classical and Anglo-Saxon legend and historical record.

Source: I Would Have Followed You: Masculine Love and Devotion in Jackson’s Lord of the Rings – VRV Blog

Great meta on LotR and how its men are allowed to have and show emotions. Unsurprising that in our post-homosocial society we often read these deep relationships as gay, resulting in some of the most iconic slash ships (looking at you, Holmes & Watson!)…

Multifandom drabble exchange reveal

So I wrote three little drabbles for the Multifandom Drabble Exchange:

I also received FIVE drabbles of my own, in four different fandoms, which just made my day – fandom is so great!!