Once Upon A Time

[nightgale]

I watched my episode of Once Upon A Time today. I was disappointed in their view of how Dwarves came to be. They were doing the back story on Grumpy, (one of the seven dwarves) and showed that he was hatched from an egg. That there are no female dwarves, and that they have no emotions at all. Basically they were created to just work in mines and nothing else. Terribly disappointing.

[staranise]

I also watch Once Upon a Time and thought about the same as you concerning the last episode. I would have thought they could have come up with something better than that.

[Herebrand]

"It’s true you don’t see many Dwarf women. In fact, they are so alike in voice and appearance, that they’re often mistaken for Dwarf men. This has given rise to the belief that there are no Dwarf women, and that Dwarves just spring out of holes in the ground, which is of course ridiculous."

[Faral Garriden]

Whenever I see someone playing a Dwarven Woman i immediately stop to RP with that individual.

One ... because I believe that showing such dedication to RP .... with the very difficult role of a Dwarf Woman .... is worthy of my time (and everyone else's that values RP]

Two ... because anyone who RP's this difficult role .... is always a great RPer ... and the time spent with that individual will be a great deal of fun!!!

Kudos to those who play the Dwarven Women of Middle Earth!!!!

Faral

[Herebrand]

A female Dwarven player, if there are any to be found, would be a great addition to the kinship, if that person would be willing to join us. Also, I will gladly explain the lore involving Tolkien's dwarves if anyone would like to hear it :-)

[Faral Garriden]

I for one would would absolutely love to hear it!!!!!

And I agree ... a female dwarf would be an awesome addition to our kin!!!!

[Amrun]

It may be a 'disappointing'' angle, but it's actualy quite traditional.

JRR ''humanized'' many of the fae races, making them far more appealing, sympathetic and friendly to humanity than they are in traditional tales - of which Snow White is certainly one.

Traditional dwarves in folklore are not portrayed as ''people'', but something ''other'', more spirits of the earth or servants of the gawdz, something to be accepted but not understood or explained - so hatching from an egg is as reasonable as anything.

[Cuarlang / Legladhor]

Once I had begun questing in and around Moria, I noticed that some Dwarf NPCs sounded like they were voiced by voice-actresses speaking in a gruff, low-pitched way. When I interacted with such an NPC, I couldn't help but wonder "Is this a female Dwarf I'm talking to?"

Here's a (albeit rather infrequently updated) blog dedicated to female Dwarves in LotRO:

curvedsteel.wordpress.com/

[Herebrand]

The origins of Tolkien's Dwarves lie far back in the deeps of time, before even the Elves had awoken. The Valar had long been aware of the coming of the Children of the World, the Elves and the mortal Men who would follow them. Aule the Smith, the Vala who governed the physical substance from which the World is made, and all the crafts which shape it, was eager for followers to whom he could pass on his knowledge. He was unwilling to wait for the coming of the Elves, so created the first Dwarves in secret. He made them strong in body and mind, and unwilling to accept the dominion of others, due to the trouble caused by Melkor (who would later be Morgoth, the first Dark Lord). He also imparted his love of crafts into them, although he did not have the power to give them independent life. When Eru Illuvatar (the Creator, the One who caused the World to be) discovered what Aule had done, he was angry and said "Why hast ye done this?". Aule said that he only wished to have others that he could teach and love himself, and he was sorry, and gave up the Dwarves to Eru. He raised his hammer, assuming that Eru wanted them destroyed, and the Dwarves were afraid and shrank back from him. Eru had taken kindly to Aule's intentions, and had given the Dwarves life when he raised his hand to stop Aule's hammer. However, he told Aule that the Elves, his own creation, would be the first to awake, so he put the Dwarves to sleep and told Aule to separate them and place them far across Middle-earth, to awake only after the Elves themselves had awoken. It is said that Durin was the first Dwarf to wake up, on Mount Gundabad, in the far North of the Misty Mountains.