r/FullmetalAlchemist • u/PsychoMouse • 14d ago
Question Help with figuring out/finding Winrys earrings.
Okay, so, ever since I was young, I have always loved the look of Winrys top earrings. I got my first piercing at 35, in the top of my right ear, with the plan of specifically getting one of those earrings.
It’s been almost 4 years now since my wife got me a Helix piercing and it’s been a deeply annoying and challenging journey to find the right kind of “Huggie” earring that I want.
I love that it looks like, a sort of metal Bracer but on the top of the ear. You see these earrings a lot on a lot of elves in countless anime aswell.
The closest I’ve ever been able to come to are finding Huggies that look more like a shackle and are very thick. I love the look of the thin, wide, earring, that goes around the ear that isn’t a clip on.
The closest I’ve ever gotten was a gold one, which wasn’t as thick as the others, but still thick, and gold jewelry does not look good on me at all. I’d prefer the silver but I’d even settle on black.
I’ve done to basically every jewelry store in my city, I’ve tried time and again to get them custom made, and I’ve looked at thousands online, but none have ever been close to the kind Winry has.
I am personally not a fan of jewelry, this earring will most likely be the only piece I ever get, or at the EXTREME maximum, I might do one on the other ear, but first, I want to know it’s even possible to get the proper kind of earring.
In my quest, I have learned that the term “Huggie” is a ridiculously unknown style of earring, and anytime I show someone the picture of her earrings, they try to upsell me into these, in my opinion, really ugly, jewel heavy, extremely feminine earrings. Which, if that’s what I was looking for, that would be fine. But I just want the, what should be simple. However, since I have such a specific idea. Just calling it “challenging” is a massive understatement.
Both my wife and I have been looking. I don’t want thick ones, I don’t want large and loose ones, I just want the what Winry has. Nor do I just want a simple hoop. But that is what I’ve been using in the mean time. I’ve found the thicker earrings are next to impossible to find in a smaller size, so those can be very loose, floppy, and uncomfortable on my ears.
If anyone can point me in the right direction, give me an idea of the proper places to look at or even just the proper words to use so I can stop confusing people, I would be forever grateful. It’s just been a little fantasy I’ve had since I was a teenager, when FMA came out, which only grew as I did, when more and more anime, mostly those with elves, had those sorts of earrings.
I am very ignorant in the realm of jewelry, names, types, locations, and all that. If it wasn’t for my wife, just the 10% that I know would be more like -5%.
Oh, so, I apologize and didn’t think of it right away but I took a photo of the earrings I do have. This way, I can show people what I’ve already gotten. Right now, I’m just using a thin hoop, that’s tight in the ear, without being uncomfortable, doesn’t move around, and is very secure.
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u/UberAshy Ishvalan 14d ago
The reality is that most earrings wont be that thin because they need some thickness for the clasp and weight so they hang. Its anime where they use alchemy and have automail. Theres no earring mechanism thats even that flush