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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8683036" data-attributes="member: 58172">Thoughts about this elvenGender and sexuality and romance are primal and central to the life experience of many humans.These arent the only parts of a human, but they are a vital part for many.Fair question.Norsesque dwarves are manifestations of mineral patterns in rock and mud. (In this way, they can also be manifestations from gold, iron, mud, and so on.)But mostly, the Norse dwarves are fates, like the Norse elves are. However, where the elves manifest successful impactful fates, the dwarves manifest unsuccessful futile fates. A curse from a dwarf is a terrifying thing. That said, to cause an ill fate to enemies can be useful. Occasionally, certain dwarf individuals are powerful allies, and makers of powerful weapons, and other ways to subdue the fates of foes. Even the granting of strength to the aesir is understood indirectly as a gift from a dwarf to overpower ones enemies.As minerals, dwarves tend to lie there deathlike. On the one hand, this comes with a reputation for being unsocial. On the other hand, this is often understood as being in a magical trance, projecting their minds elsewhere, whence the Norse dwarves are powerful mages.Norse dwarves gender-divide in the same way Norse cultures do. As do elves. It is specifically the women dwarves who are nornir fates.In the sense of being still, the dwarves might not enjoy festivals, but they do seek out mates to be still with one.Also, like Norse culture, the dwarves are family oriented, with ones extended family being the primary social structure. Each family has their own militia (whence family feuds). Local governments are mainly voluntary alliances between families. The family unit includes a way of life that seeks out a mate.There are healthy ways to express ones masculinity or femininity. Dysfunctionality is a separate issue. When gender-expectations interfere with an individuals ability to express ones whole self, there can be toxic masculinity or toxic femininity. A classic simple example of toxic masculinity is when being "macho" means not going to the hospital or failing to bond with close friends. There are other ways that gender can interfere.But again, there are healthy, loving, and fun ways to be masculine or feminine − or genderqueer.Norse elves definitely care about sexuality, falling in love, and having children − all understood as aspects of a persons fate. Some Norse stories are about one elf causing the fate of an other elf to fall in love with someone, with generational consequences.Norse Dwarves is a question. There is a story of Thor being terrified when a dwarf sought to marry his daughter. Presumably, Thor understood this to mean something like his daughter being entombed in stone.Still, the seeking out a mate is notable.In sum, the extended family clan includes the impulse to find a mate and to parent a child. But how "festive" are the dwarves? I assume there are many individual dwarves who attend the fey elf Revelry. But maybe the dwarves dont participate as a dwarven cultural contingency.</blockquote>

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