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<blockquote data-quote="Jer" data-source="post: 7784957" data-attributes="member: 19857">I mean, Tolkien's views on people other than him writing stories set in Middle Earth suggest that if you want to be true to Tolkien and his world you shouldn't really be playing anything set in Middle Earth anyway.&nbsp; And if you're willing to violate that rule he had for his world and his works then having dwarf women who say &quot;nope - I'm outta here&quot; to the life that Tolkien outlined that they lead in a few throwaway lines in his work is IMO a much smaller stretch.(The idea that there aren't exceptions to the rule is already laughable to me anyway given Middle Earth.&nbsp; The entire premise of The Hobbit falls apart if Bilbo isn't a hobbit who acts in a way contrary to the way hobbits are &quot;supposed&quot; to act - without that there's no story.&nbsp;&nbsp; The idea that there might also be dwarf women who aren't acting the way the way dwarf women are &quot;supposed&quot; to act is in that same heritage of stories.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jer, post: 7784957, member: 19857"] I mean, Tolkien's views on people other than him writing stories set in Middle Earth suggest that if you want to be true to Tolkien and his world you shouldn't really be playing anything set in Middle Earth anyway. And if you're willing to violate that rule he had for his world and his works then having dwarf women who say "nope - I'm outta here" to the life that Tolkien outlined that they lead in a few throwaway lines in his work is IMO a much smaller stretch. (The idea that there aren't exceptions to the rule is already laughable to me anyway given Middle Earth. The entire premise of The Hobbit falls apart if Bilbo isn't a hobbit who acts in a way contrary to the way hobbits are "supposed" to act - without that there's no story. The idea that there might also be dwarf women who aren't acting the way the way dwarf women are "supposed" to act is in that same heritage of stories.) [/QUOTE]

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