#my mom HATES it for that very reason lmfao - she used to bribe me for school pictures to take it off so it wouldn't show up in any photos

[teamhawkeye]

my cousin gave me the One Ring replica he had made for himself well over 20 years ago now. it was a birthday present before he went off with the army that he had me swear a vow to protect and look after before he gave it to my starry eyed younger self

it hangs on a "special Army rope": a shoelace with the ends burnt so it wouldn't unravel (said to child me who believed that lie for a few years there). only, after 20+ years, it has started to unravel - just not at the ends, a spot in the center, and now i have to figure out what sort of chain i transfer it to next, since all this time, i have worn it every single day around this old shoelace and i cannot fathom it being on a regular gold chain at this point in time