And Another Layer Of Meta Later, A Follow-Up On Dwarves

[bloodyrosemccoy]

I guess my dwarves are more Pratchetty than anything, really. I am hoping the whole "dwarf women have beards" thing really did come from that one stupidly ambiguous line in the LotR Appendices that suggests that they are so alike in appearance that they are often mistaken for dwarf men, because that would mean that someone besides tweener Amelia read that and thought "Wait ... does that mean ...?" And because it's spawned such fun results.

Anyway, now that I've gotten the Scatterstone post up with its little treatise, I can tell y'all what a huge relief it was to discover that dwarf women did have beards in The Hobbit movie.* Pratchettish dwarves are fun, but I also find the idea of fancily beribboned and bejeweled and styled ladybeards** terribly entertaining. (Torn World's Elizabeth Barrette also has a take on pretty sparklies for beards.)

Unfortunately, the movies' takes on Dwarf women rather preclude the possibility that any member of Thorin's company might be a lady dwarf, as my sister and I theorized. I mean, they still might, but it's not the default. Ah, well.


*Somewhere off in the Didn't Get To Be In The New Movies Actor Warehouse, Dominic Monaghan is elbowing Viggo Mortensen and waggling his eyebrows suggestively.

**I mean, you know, ACTUAL LITERAL FOR REAL ladybeards, not that other kind.

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Does this recontextualize all alleged bearded ladies as dwarves? :O
Can't help being reminded of Dr Solomon's traveling alien show from 3rd Rock:

Vicky: Did you and that bearded lady ever... you know?
Harry: Well, a man does get lonely, and I would've, but there was one thing I could never get out of my mind.
Vicky: Oh, Harry... Me?
Harry: No, she had a beard.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Nah, but it does give those of us with PCOS something to aspire to besides Type II Diabetes!

[westrider.livejournal.com]

I still haven't gotten around to it, but the Elizabeth Barrette bit you mentioned has me totally wanting to get shinies for my beard*. I always kind of wanted to get it long enough that I could braid it, and weave in silver wire and stuff, but she gave me all kinds of other ideas.

*I first typed that as "bears". I still would have stood by the statement if I'd missed it, even tho I don't actually have any bears.