I kind of want to see a story about an elf; tall, beautiful, clumsy as fuck, and an industrial worker who can’t do archery to save themselves and swears all the time.
And I kind of want to see a story about a dwarf; short, robust, hairy, elegant, sweet, very refined and a lover of poetry who’s never said a rude word in their life.
I just think it would be an interesting change of pace.
they’re girlfriends
they’re super fucking cute and i need more of this.
The side-fic I am referring to in that answer is ‘Cry Uncle’ btw. I should warn for discussion of childbirth as well as SADNESS GALORE for this fic – but it does include some cute Gimizh, and Gimli and Gimris being loving/bickering siblings, teeny Fili as a Total Sweetiepie, and Gimli as Uncle Extraordinaire 😀
Dwarves, as revealed in Tolkien’s works, are a stubborn people. But in most instances, it’s not the bull-headed belligerence that the fandom likes to perpetrate on Thorin (or the others, for that matter). There is some of that, but more often than not, it’s a stalwart refusal to give ground on principles that have carried them through some pretty rough treatment during their time in Arda. It is a protective wall they’ve built because they have had to endure so much tragedy and misjudgment and injustice. They aren’t intentionally bastards to other people, they’re just cautiously guarded until they know that it’s okay to drop that guard and give freely of themselves to whomever touches their hearts, i.e., Gimli with Legolas and Aragorn during the Fellowship, and of course, Thorin’s eventual trust for Bilbo and Bilbo’s contribution to their quest.
Nah, I don’t think they do. They’re as whole a person now as anybody else. Their previous ‘possibility’ is not more important than their current reality. YMMV, though, this probably holds true for most, but not all Dwarves. It’s a tricky and sort of vague area!
Aw Yiss 