badlands > April 25th, 2024, 09:45 PM
august > April 26th, 2024, 03:42 PM
RobRoy > April 26th, 2024, 09:09 PM
(April 26th, 2024, 03:42 PM)august Wrote: People often think that there are no half-dwarves. because they so closely resemble the full-blooded.
(It's the beards. )
Michael > April 28th, 2024, 12:59 AM
Mordomin > April 28th, 2024, 03:54 PM
RobRoy > April 29th, 2024, 02:41 PM
(April 28th, 2024, 12:59 AM)Michael Wrote: Tolkien left open the possibility of half-dwarves, and he even teased the reader with a reference to "men like half-dwarves" (probably just a tribe of short, beaded men, though).
(April 28th, 2024, 03:54 PM)Mordomin Wrote: A half-dwarf/half-what? What are we suggesting could interbreed with Dwarves?
Mordomin > April 30th, 2024, 12:56 AM
(April 29th, 2024, 02:41 PM)RobRoy Wrote: Sure. I wasn't saying it couldn't happen. I just wasn't aware of it ever happening, and ran through the most likely reasons why.
(April 28th, 2024, 03:54 PM)Mordomin Wrote: A half-dwarf/half-what? What are we suggesting could interbreed with Dwarves?
(April 29th, 2024, 02:41 PM)RobRoy Wrote: So . . . Men, Elves, Hobbits, and Orcs/Goblins.I do. The races you list are all part of, or corruptions of, the Two Kindreds; which the Dwarves expressly are not. There is no reason to assume that Aule used the same basic chassis and engine design as Eru. Personally, I see Aule as a 'metric-system' guy, while Eru used 'Imperial measures'.
All of these use the same basic chassis and engine design. We know that Men/Elves and Men/Orcs was a thing, so I don't see a physical reason why these combinations wouldn't work.
(April 29th, 2024, 02:41 PM)RobRoy Wrote: Dark Lords are right out, though. They have their own dating app."Binder"? I thought that was for....er, nevermind. :::deleting app:::
Michael > April 30th, 2024, 01:47 AM
(April 28th, 2024, 03:54 PM)Mordomin Wrote:(April 28th, 2024, 12:59 AM)Michael Wrote: Tolkien left open the possibility of half-dwarves, and he even teased the reader with a reference to "men like half-dwarves" (probably just a tribe of short, beaded men, though).A half-dwarf/half-what? What are we suggesting could interbreed with Dwarves?
RobRoy > April 30th, 2024, 01:34 PM
(April 30th, 2024, 12:56 AM)Mordomin Wrote: I do. The races you list are all part of, or corruptions of, the Two Kindreds; which the Dwarves expressly are not. There is no reason to assume that Aule used the same basic chassis and engine design as Eru. Personally, I see Aule as a 'metric-system' guy, while Eru used 'Imperial measures'.
Alvin Eriol > April 30th, 2024, 06:48 PM
(April 28th, 2024, 03:54 PM)Mordomin Wrote: A half-dwarf/half-what? What are we suggesting could interbreed with Dwarves?
(April 30th, 2024, 01:34 PM)RobRoy Wrote:(April 30th, 2024, 12:56 AM)Mordomin Wrote: ... There is no reason to assume that Aule used the same basic chassis and engine design as Eru. Personally, I see Aule as a 'metric-system' guy, while Eru used 'Imperial measures'.
There's also no reason to assume Aule didn't.
Besides which, SAE and metric have equivalents. A 9/16ths is close enough to an 14mm to get the job done, and done right! Ask any McGuyver.
RobRoy > May 1st, 2024, 12:22 PM
(April 30th, 2024, 06:48 PM)Alvin Eriol Wrote: What are we suggesting would want to? Even a drunk Orc might need some persuading!
Four words: the women have beards!
Even Gimli the Dwarf seemed to have a thing for beardless nissi, as Coco Ent once pointed out!
Speaking of Ents and Coconut Ent, if the Onodrim reproduce by pollination, would other races merely respond by sneezing?
Quote: I've always been quite fond of adjustable wrenches anyway, including a peculiar resident of my toolbox that adjusts to grip four faces of any small hex nut and has a ratchet tighten/loosen switch, operating generally like an adjustable socket wrench! I've also got complete sets of smaller metric sockets, but each one fits 3/8", 1/2", or 1/4" drives!
Michael > May 4th, 2024, 05:53 PM
turnipjuice > May 5th, 2024, 03:27 PM
Alvin Eriol > May 6th, 2024, 09:09 PM
(May 5th, 2024, 03:27 PM)turnipjuice Wrote: Aule's inspiration for Dwarves? Probably himself. Didn't the Ainur take up a type of human form when they entered into Arda? ...
Mordomin > May 8th, 2024, 01:30 PM
(May 4th, 2024, 05:53 PM)Michael Wrote: Peter Jackson implied there might be some half-Dwarf/half-Elf unions. I don't see why it couldn't happen, unless Tolkien meant they were biologically incompatible.Peter Jackson only implied that because he was trying to get funding for a fourth "Hobbit" movie, tentatively titled "The Hobbit: The Defense of Dale", which was to center the half-Dwarf/half-Elf son of Tauriel and Kili called Kariel rallying the peoples of Dale, the Forest, and the Mountain against the rising tide of Mordor. Kariel has to overcome bigotry against half-breeds never before seen in Tolkien's works in order to rally the forces needed to resist the might of Mordor. Legolas defies the Elven King, and leads a force of Elves to support Kariel. Tauriel, however, is waylaid by a band of goblins cosplaying as outraged Tolkien-fans (or possibly the reverse) and slain.
Michael > May 9th, 2024, 06:39 PM
Mordomin > May 12th, 2024, 10:59 PM
(May 9th, 2024, 06:39 PM)Michael Wrote: Mordomin, I sense a story in your future ...Maybe, but for now Andy Serkis and Peter Jackson seem to have other plans. Still, this will allow Serkis to age gracefully into an old and deranged Thrain, which suits my cunning plan.