#site like amazon

[allegriana]

Every time I see those godawful rings in The Rings of Power I am filled with indignation. You're telling me that the greatest living Elven smith set these chunky bizarrely cut stones into these incredibly basic bands?? Was this the wretched work of Sauron to make Celebrimbor forget everything he ever knew about lapidary???

These rings are completely out of step with the rest of the elven art nouveau aesthetic. Elrond was 100% correct; they should have been cast into the abyss before they infected Middle Earth with the desire for subpar costume jewelry.

The whole point of cutting gemstones is to make them catch the light and sparkle in a way that shows off the unique properties of the stone. Celebrimbor's grandaddy understood this perfectly when he crafted the Silmarils, which captured the light of the Two Trees of Valinor. (Then he apparently died without passing this knowledge on to his descendants and Celebrimbor was forever dragged for his questionable design choices, I guess)

Here are some examples of rings made by people who had a budget of more than $50 and more than a weekend to knock out their Jewelry 101 summer camp project

https://www.langantiques.com/lang-collection-art-nouveau-style-1-81-carat-diamond-ring-gia-j-si2.html

https://pebbleandpolish.com/products/victorian-art-nouveau-buff-cut-garnet-and-diamond-ring-in-yellow-and-white-gold

I'd be willing to entertain arguments about using larger/weirdly faceted stones, but you still have to design the ring to take this shape and style into mind

https://byangeline.com/products/partially-faceted-natural-sapphire-gemstone-raw-rough-diamond-18k-yellow-gold-engagement-multi-stone-1280

Galadriel, gazing in fascination at the first Ring Pop ever crafted by the elves. Look at how delicate the rest of her jewelry and costume are in contrast to the Temu engagement ring. The elves eventually have to take these rings off not because Sauron forged the One Ring but because theirs were turning their fingers green.

There are so many set and costume designs in this show that I love; clearly a lot of talented people worked on this show! I just wish that as much elegant craftsmanship had informed the TITULAR rings.

(I'm sure some there have been some defensive justifications for Why the Rings Look Like That but I tell you I will not be swayed by any of them)

[moeblob]

A lil guy !

[kirby-the-gorb]

[secondbeatsongs]

truly the only point of those cheap dropshipping sites is so I can type "earrings for men" into them at 3am and then go "🤔 hmm..." at all the pictures

[xstick-noodlesx]

I would even pay for the show but it's not purchasable on any streaming services in the EU, specifically Germany.

[son1c]

I think I've seen the jakks figures on Amazon

[erodingsinner]

there's a movie where Lou plays Zeus It looks so fucking bad I need to watch it right fucking now

[dani-dance]

JD 2023 and 2024 ordered! (To be delivered on Monday)

I noticed that, hey, the sale that cuts over 10 euros off the total price of these two was ending after today. So I ordered them already. Still have to order the switch but I’m doing that when I have access to my gift cards from that site

[x1tadpole1x]

i want to play pokemon ranger again so bad

[mias-back-from-the-dead]

once every few months i get really into one obscure manga or another and its almost always discontinued and I end up hunting down raws on one site or another, hover-reading with google lens and seriously considering learning japanese

[dykecassidy]

anyway I'm still right that if you have some moral, philosophical problem with ao3, with the content it allows or how they handle their money, then show it and stop using it. you don't need to read or post fanfic. you don't. especially if you loudly think the site where you choose to do that is reprehensibly bad. get your entertainment somewhere else

[vashti-lives]

I have finally conceded that gremlins have eaten my kindle voyage and I do, in fact, need to replace it. It's been more than year of waiting for it to "turn up" interspersed with frantic episodes of looking. It's not happening! It's in the negaverse now.

WHY IS THE EREADER MARKET SO FUCKING TERRIBLE??? ALL I WANT IS A REASONABLY PRICED SMALL-ISH EREADER WITH DEDICATED PAGE TURN BUTTONS.

That's all! I don't need to be able to write on it! I don't need it to play videos! I don't need a big screen! I don't want to pay $200+ dollars. I just want to be able to read long fanfic on an e-ink screen again.

[xcziel]

i'm so sad i keep finding jackets/hoodies online that i actually would like to buy but then i check and the site is probably a scam :////

why is it that when shopping for plus size things you can never find cool modern urban stuff that's actually accessible

[televinita]

ThriftBooks I can literally buy this new on Amazon for $18*, why are your algorithms so stupid.

*I am not going to pay $18 for it, which is why I set up the alert on the website that literally markets itself by name as being thrifty, but the point is you absolutely do not have the upper hand here and it's hysterical that you're pretending you do.

[satohqbanana]

Am contemplating putting Magia free to read with optional donation... but where? 🤔

[moonlightcookie]

atp i feel like i need to actually put together a list of shops w ethically made/high quality clothes + jewelry bc in this age of fast fashion and dropshipping its almost impossible to find actual high quality stuff