The debate: Dwarves!

[shieldmaidenjen]

Many of us love Tolkien's Dwarves, but it is becoming obvious that the Dwarves seem to be the least favorite race for sorting_realm overall. Why do you all think this is?

Is it because many people have only seen the movies and haven't read The Silmarillion or, perhaps more importantly in this respect, The Hobbit? Is it because people don't look past the

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[im_an_aaangel]

I would think that reading The Silmarillion would turn one of to being a Dwarf. That's where you find out they're an unwanted race. You also have to consider living in mountains and not going out much, being short and hairier than hobbits..

I happen to love the hell out of dwarves. They have a cooler language, runes, weapons and all the jewels. Not to mention, they're pretty tough. Maybe it's just the overall unattractiveness about them that turns people off.

[shieldmaidenjen]

I would think that reading The Silmarillion would turn one of to being a Dwarf.

Really? I think quite the opposite - they aren't an unwanted race so much as they are an unplanned race. ;) If Iluvatar didn't want them, he wouldn't have breathed life into them, as he tells Aule.

[im_an_aaangel]

Well, when I say "unwanted" I don't mean it literally. Like you said, unplanned. Not to mention the way he locked them up for so long.. he was angry, at the very least.

[shieldmaidenjen]

Oh, LOL. Sorry. Yes, agree with you there. Although I don't think Iluvatar was angry - he just had his plan for the Firstborn and couldn't let the Dwarves come before them so he made Aule put them to sleep for a while.

[shannon_zhang]

I actually sort of wanted to be a Dwarf because of the creation myth. Unplanned! I mean, really, it's a surprise to Middle-Earth. It's almost an elite club, a group of people that sprang up suddenly and out of nowhere, with nothing saying they were supposed to be there. Maybe it's just me, but I actually like that idea.