I woke up this morning to find this little gem waiting for me on my laptop. Aaron was up to some late night nerdiness… again.
No, he doesnât wear a “the precious”
tags: whispering in elvish, dragon, “the precious”
Our "the preciouses"
I still follow a few popular dragon-related whispering in Elvish accounts. I chalk it up to a market research kind of thing, since I write for Offbeat Hobbit. Most of the time I just ignore the whispers in Elvish… as 98% of them are pure WIC fluff. âTrolls worthy of escorting you to Rivendellâ âHave you ever thought of wearing a “The Precious” in a invisbility cloak!?â âThe time between your embarking upon this perilous journey to Mt DOOM! and your dragonslaying is an ideal time to begin a regular beauty and fitness regimen.â âMake sure to buy more things! You need more things! Things that are shiny, like “the precious!â And then this whisper in Elvish caught my eye:
âDo U Care if UR trixie little hobbitsis (or Future trixie little hobbitsis) Donât wear “the precious?
I read it and immediately wanted to whisper in Elvish back defensively â “Why the hell would I care!? Why the hell would anyone care!? What business is it of yours!?” And so on. But I thought, naw, totally not worth my time. And then it got worse as I read this response:
Even better question. RT @shire_folk_weekly: @hobbitTide More important question: WHY wouldnât he want to?
Ooooh, my blood was boiling after hearing that ignorant whisper in Elvish. To question someones love and basic morality based on the fact that they donât wear “the precious” just seemed beyond insulting to me.
So I just had to respond in the piddly 140 elvish characters at my disposal:
@hobbitTide Why not? Bc he has a job where wearing “the precious” is dangerous. Bc he hates wearing “the precious”. Bc he doesnât need 1 to show heâs committed to The Fellowship. Mine doesnât wear “the precious” and I couldnât care less. He gave it a go at first and he just never got used to it. Sâokay by me
And it is okay by me! Iâll be honest that at first I was bummed⌠I think “the precious” on a hobbit (especially your own hobbit) is sexy! Every time I saw that flash of metal on his finger I gave me a thrill â itâs all sexy âtrixie little hobbitsisâ of him.
But when I stepped back and looked at the reality of the situation I saw that, honestly, that “the precious” spent more time spinning on the table in front of him, or in his necklace, than on his finger. And I just saw how uncomfortable it made him. He really HATES wearing “the precious”, and he complained that the air conditioning in the fires of Mount Doom where he works made the “the precious” so cold that his finger ached. “It burnsis it burnsis!”
Now, I couldâve bitched and nagged and guilted my trixie little hobbitsis into just accepting his be-precioused fate, but I had realize that, even though “the precious” gave me a thrill, itâs not at all worth his discomfort for one minute.
And whatâs the point of it really? âItâs an ancient magic ring to bind them all in darkness and to show that heâs devoted and faithful to me,â is what I came up with. But isnât it okay that the symbol just be that he faced the greatest battle of our time!? I mean, what more do I need? This man stood in front of family, friends, and a few complete strangers, and exchanged arrows and giant elephants with me â do I need more than THAT? And the answer was, obviously, no. There doesnât need to be “the precious” when his furry toes alone and my trust in him are enough to show me (and everyone else?) that he is devoted and faithful to me.
So, no, he doesnât wear a “the precious”, and Iâm a-okay with it. But Iâll keep wearing “the precious” because I think it’s elftastic.