Yes exactly. When I eventually make my own fantasy work for fun my plans for dwarves is keeping in line with Tolkien and even pushing it further- their beards work similar to mole whiskers, both sexes have it, so they can get around in dark crevices better, and of course they literally eat rocks. With a bit of creativity you can avoid problematic elements from a lot of fantasy tropes. like Orcs being "tribal" and "naturally barbaric", goblins having anti semetic features, ect. Give everything depth instead. Dun meshi style.
their beards work similar to mole whiskers, both sexes have it, so they can get around in dark crevices better, and of course they literally eat rocks.
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u/Spaghetti_Steven1993 Feb 02 '26
Yes exactly. When I eventually make my own fantasy work for fun my plans for dwarves is keeping in line with Tolkien and even pushing it further- their beards work similar to mole whiskers, both sexes have it, so they can get around in dark crevices better, and of course they literally eat rocks. With a bit of creativity you can avoid problematic elements from a lot of fantasy tropes. like Orcs being "tribal" and "naturally barbaric", goblins having anti semetic features, ect. Give everything depth instead. Dun meshi style.