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Wayward Ho! · 24th October 2007, 02:03 PM

I don't remember any drunken dwarves in Tolkien's books, certainly not enough to make a stereotype. As for noble elves, well the Silmarillion puts pay to that notion too. Noble dwarves and drunken elves are more commonplace. I don't think Tolkien is to blame for these stereotypes at all, rather it was the generic fantasy that came after. Gimli in the Lord of the Rings films, for instance, has more in common with a World of Warcraft dwarf than the Gimli from the book.

24th October 2007, 02:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
Wayward Ho! Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Greater Manchester Posts: 20	Re: Racial Stereotypes in Fantasy and David Eddings I don't remember any drunken dwarves in Tolkien's books, certainly not enough to make a stereotype. As for noble elves, well the Silmarillion puts pay to that notion too. Noble dwarves and drunken elves are more commonplace. I don't think Tolkien is to blame for these stereotypes at all, rather it was the generic fantasy that came after. Gimli in the Lord of the Rings films, for instance, has more in common with a World of Warcraft dwarf than the Gimli from the book.