#dwarven miner

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Dwarven Miner

"Fetch the pestridder, Paka—we've got dwarves in the rutabagas!" —Jamul, Femeref farmer

Artist: Jock TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

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[celestesketchbook]

Dwarven Miner

[littlelightfish]

Close ups under the cut!

[mediocre-tumble]

So we all know that out of everyone in the company, Bofur is the only full-time miner? Yeah, Bifur probably used to be a miner before the ‘axe in the head’ incident, but I think he wouldn’t be allowed to go in the mines full time with that injury.

And I know that being a miner was probably a common job for Dwarves, but what if it isn’t? What if the job for most miners is only temporary due to the amount of risks that can come from it? Since I feel like a lot of people forget about the fact that mining was/is a fairly dangerous job.

In Bofur’s case, the risks would be more around coal dust inhalation, lack of oxygen, mines collapsing, potentially getting injured by the pickaxe, manual labour leading to physical pain, and quite possibly, if you didn’t mine enough, you didn’t get paid enough either.

I thought about this tonight, and wondered if the reason Bofur was taken on the quest was because he would be used to the demanding physical labour, along with potentially not getting a reward by the end of it. I also wonder if miners are treated specially by the Dwarves due to the dangers of their job, and how important they are to Dwarven society, which might explain scenes when Bofur is sitting by Thorin’s right/left side in the first movie when they ransack Bilbo’s home, because fat spot should logically be for Balin- his advisor. It would also explain why- despite being the clown of the company, and I mean that affectionately- he’s also taken seriously, even if he suggests turning back during the beginning of ‘desolation of Smaug’.

And then I found it funny that Bofur would be getting five star treatment, not just by the company, but also by other Dwarves, and I mean Bifur and Bombur fending off unwanted courtships, or people who may only want to marry him for the respect miners receive, etc etc.

Even better, imagine some Dwarves insulting him for his appearance, or thinking he doesn’t do much, only to find out he’s a frigging miner who essentially helps run Dwarven society by supplying materials for trade and personal use.

Or even a politician tripping over themselves to apologise for bumping into him, accidentally making him drop something or even delaying his break from mining.

The opportunities are endless and I find that hilarious

[ruvviks]

god has given me the daintiest and veiniest and boniest hands on earth which is great for scooping pringles out of the bottom of the can but also makes me look like every single pinterest white boy yaoi hands picture in existence

[mrkida-art]

"There's fire in the darkness"

More Dwarrowtober stuff! Made this accidentally out of order due to me relying on memory and not the list itself (woops) . I combined these prompts: Mithril (7), Fire (9), Darkness (10). The Dwarrowtober prompt list:

[lordofthefeline]

In Deep Rock Galactic, the implications that everyone that works for the company is a dwarf is actually really funny. Cause you have the scientists in the Research and Development area that do need stuff, then there’s Mission Control that has the patience of saints, lastly management the unseen entity. Everyone is a dwarf acting civilized to get their job done.

All of that means that us the players cough i mean miners are just like that. i.e. batshit crazy. It’s our normal state to cause issues (barrels belong in the launch bay fuck you Mission Control) and go to work drunker than a monkeys uncle. It comes with the job description.

And that, frankly, is beautiful.

[headlesssamurai]

Brothers of the mine Rejoice!

[hypixelskyblockquotes]

typical day in dwarven mines

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Dwarven Miner

"Fetch the pestridder, Paka—we've got dwarves in the rutabagas!" —Jamul, Femeref farmer

Artist: Jock TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[sabertoothwalrus]

I want to emphasize something about the dungeon meshi ages.

So Senshi is 35-36 here, yeah? The dwarven age of maturity is 40, and he’s just shy of it.

When Chilchuck was just shy of his race’s age of maturity, he had a kid and got married. He was 13, and the half-foot age of maturity is 14.

So, developmentally-wise, THIS is how old Chilchuck was when he became a father:

This is even further emphasized with Izutsumi. She’s 17 (and actually turns 18 during the faligon feast), older than the tallman age of maturity, and still reads VERY immature to the audience. By the time Chilchuck was Izutsumi’s relative age, he was already on his third kid and had moved away from home to the city.

Imagine Izutsumi being a parent of three. Imagine Senshi having a child of his own when he was with the miners.

Like. Chilchuck was young young.

[hollowtones]

So after I read your ask where you mention looking into Dracula games, I did some searching out of curiosity (there's a category of video games based on Dracula on Wikipedia) and discovered there was a NES game called Drac's Night Out where he leaves the castle to find Mina Harker while wearing Reebok Pumps. The whole game is an ad for Reebok Pumps. And it never came out officially but the game was done when it was cancelled and it's playable. I felt like this was important to tell you.

That's fucking awesome. There's a whole glut of weird licensed or product-placement games from the NES and SNES eras and I feel like every time I learn about one I'm a dwarven miner unearthing a legendary gemstone. Dracula Reeboks is disgusting. Thank you for telling me about it.

[maris-solstice]

do you guys think the Dungeon Meshi writer has seen Dwarven Miner

Like I have to wonder yknow

[probablybadrpgideas]

The Dwarven miners union has complained that working conditions are too safe, your party has been hired to destroy all the hand rails

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[creatingblackcharacters]

Another!

Disa of Amazon’s The Rings of Power show, set in J.R.R. Tolkein’s Middle-Earth and its wider universe.

She is a dwarf princess and “stone-singer” (with a beautiful voice), and the smart, bold wife of Prince Durin IV. She has a pretty big role in the show. She uses her singing voice to “speak” to the mountain and find ore and safe mining paths, among other things.

She’s a good role model character, and also provides good representation as a strong female character and a plus-sized female character presented as beautiful and powerful in a way that works very well. They’ve also started giving her slight sideburns in the second season since Tolkein’s dwarven women have beards. She’s a lot of fun and a fan favorite.

The song “A Plea to the Rocks” is one in which she stone-sings (starting at 2:06) to ask the mountain to show mercy to miners who were trapped.

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Oooooooh GOOSEBUMPS! I can hear the training in her voice, there's a sound that I've noted a lot of Black women who trained in gospel especially have. I remember this show getting review bombed for having Black people in it, and it was so annoying 🙄 like damn we can have dragons and dwarves and hobbits but Black people break the immersion? Please. So I'm happy to hear that Disa is a fan favorite, and that she serves so many positive representative roles.

But also, how did you know I love the LOTR soundtracks and when dwarves sing 🥹🥹🥹 I haven't committed to anything LOTR since the second Hobbit movie, but when I was a teenager I was in LOVE with the song the dwarves sang in the first Hobbit movie. There's an extended version by who old heads know as the Chocolate Rain Man (Black YouTube Oldie fr) that I adored. So yeah big fan of these sorts of soundtracks.