It is with deep regret and sorrow that I must inform everyone that DR has just passed away:
https://vatoto.com/forums/statuses/user/31583-diabolical-rhapsody/?status_id=69841
He's been a very dear friend of mine for the past four years, and will be missed greatly.
May he rest in peace. I didn't know him for long, but he seemed to be a great writer and a truly caring individual when it came to creativity. He will be dearly missed.
Also, if it's not too sensitive of a subject, may I ask as to what he died from?
You know I've been meaning to ask, why the fascination with gemstones?
I'm not entirely sure myself, but I have a few ideas as to where that fascination came from.
One would have been through my younger brother. He was an avid fan of gemstones, and had a massive collection of them in his room, so I always loved looking at them. Their formation and lattice structures were always so alluring and mesmerising; and since green has always been my favourite colour, I naturally got drawn to emeralds.
I would reckon though, the main interest for gemstones probably came through my early reading as a child, since I came up with the character of Emerald in Year 3. I had read the entire series of Deltora Quest at that point, whose main plot device was gemstones; as such, I feel that also attracted me to them as well, and once again my love of green subsequently followed to emeralds.
I hope that gives some insight into my strange fascination for all things unusual.
Edited by Emerald39, 19 November 2016 - 09:04 PM.