Poll
Question:
Do dwarf women have beards?
Option 1: 100% definitely yes
votes: 3
Option 2: They most likely do
votes: 5
Option 3: Both sides are valid
votes: 5
Option 4: They most likely don't
votes: 2
Option 5: 100% definitely not
votes: 1
Option 6: My 3rd grade teacher Mrs Peters was under 5 foot and had a beard
votes: 2
Interesting to see a lot of complaints about the LOTR trailer seem to be focusing on this.
What say you?
Mongers would be proud :P
Dwarves are asexual and there are no dwarven women.
I think everyone should be greatly concerned about the precise physical appearance of mythical beings in works of fiction. It truly is the most momentous issue of our times.
Quote from: HVC on February 15, 2022, 03:11:06 PM
Mongers would be proud :P
"That's my boy"
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My impression is generally no, but I haven't seen a lot of dwarf women in the flesh.
I guess I can be convinced that Tolkien might have pictured them as bearded. On the other hand, my preference is that they're not. As such, I voted "both sides."
Depends on what kind of fantasy setting we are talking about ... :hmm:
Quote from: Malthus on February 15, 2022, 05:26:52 PM
Depends on what kind of fantasy setting we are talking about ... :hmm:
Keep your mind out of the gutter.
I thought there was a reference to them having beards in The Hobbit. :hmm:
I thought it was that some of them had beards and some didn't.
Dwarven women got their beards from the same source as Jewish women.
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Quote from: grumbler on February 15, 2022, 09:51:02 PM
Dwarven women got their beards from the same source as Jewish women.
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A theory which actually seems very possible from the available evidence.
Quote from: Maximus on February 15, 2022, 03:40:30 PM
Dwarves are asexual and there are no dwarven women.
Tolkien specifically states that 1/3 of the dwarvish population are women in the appendices of LOTR. Beyond that, asexual doesn't mean no gender. There's an argument to be made that a large portion of the dwarven population are asexual, but that doesn't mean that there are no dwarven women.
I voted that they likely had beards.
Now I haven't reviewed everything Tolkein wrote down on this subject but my understanding is that Tolkein dwarf females have beards.
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on February 15, 2022, 03:42:00 PM
I think everyone should be greatly concerned about the precise physical appearance of mythical beings in works of fiction. It truly is the most momentous issue of our times.
I mean it is an adaption of that fiction. Were there previous times where nobody had opinions on how well adaptions did compared to its source material? I don't understand why having an opinion on that topic if you care about the source material would be unreasonable.
However the only thing most people are going to care about is how good this show is, not how loyal the adaptation is. If changing the appearance of dwarf women makes it better then that is a good choice. No adaptation is 100% loyal.
Human males, what's the 'obsession' with cutting facial hair, perhaps a need to appear more feminine?
Quote from: mongers on February 16, 2022, 05:48:40 PM
Human males, what's the 'obsession' with cutting facial hair, perhaps a need to appear more feminine?
Zuck?
Quote from: mongers on February 16, 2022, 05:48:40 PM
Human males, what's the 'obsession' with cutting facial hair, perhaps a need to appear more feminine?
It's the Roman way. I don't want somebody thinking I am pro-Greek.