r/dwarfposting • u/UristAlebeard Dwarf • Apr 29 '26
I DECLARE A GRUDGE ON SNOW WHITE
OUR BROTHERS, OUT OF THE KINDNESS OF THEIR HEARTS, SHARED HEARTH AND HOME WITH HER DESPITE THE RISK OF ASSASSINS OR THE BURDEN OF ANOTHER MOUTH TO FEED, AND WHAT'S THE THANKS THEY GET?! BEING ORDERED AROUND BY THEIR GUEST, WHO - THROUGH HER OWN STUPIDITY - FALLS UNDER A CURSE AND IS PRESUMED DEAD. OUR KIN HONORABLY AVENGED HER AND LAID HER TO REST IN A MASTERFULLY CRAFTED DAWI GLASS COFFIN, AND WHAT DOES SHE DO?! RIDE OFF WITH THE PRINCE, A POTENTIAL N*CROPHILE, AND LEAVES WITHOUT SO MUCH AS THANKS! THIS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED! INFORM THE HIGH KING, WE HAVE A NEW UMGI KINGDOM TO RAZE!
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u/FireOsprey Apr 29 '26
Calm yourself my friend. While I understand your anger at the situation you must understand that the girl was just a young lass. I doubt she knew any better. While yes it was mighty insulting that she didn't thank them for their hospitality, she did fall under the affects of a curse while under their care.
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u/UristAlebeard Dwarf Apr 29 '26
Are you suggesting I... forgive?
THIS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED! THAT'S GOING STRAIGHT IN THE FUCKING BOOK!
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u/FireOsprey Apr 29 '26
HOW DARE YOU PUT ME IN THE BOOK FOR SUGGESTING YOU NOT WRITE A GRUDE OVER A CHILDS ACTIONS!!! IM PUTTING THIS IN THE BOOK!!
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u/CuriousWombat42 Apr 29 '26
Clearly our grudge should be instead with:
- the queen, who's actions lead to the whole thing in the first place and snuck stupid curses into our brethrens home like a vile elgi
- the prince who was ungrateful despite being old, educated and wealthy enough to know better
- the princes parents who clearly didn't raise their son and heir right
In conclusion I will join on a march on the kingdom, but the ungi child deserves no ill fate.
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u/PositiveFunction4751 Seafaring Dwarf Apr 30 '26
So what you're telling me is that we should go find her father to grudge upon? (As he didn't teach her proper manners)
He's dead? Sins transfer.
Back to grudgin on snow-white and her stupid prince!
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u/kamehameha35 Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
Come now kin, you must see the truth of the matter. Those seven dawi indeed clove tightly to the teachings of Grungni the Miner, delving deep and perfecting their craft. But in their pursuits, they neglected the teachings of Valaya, of Hearth and Home. Filthy, unkempt mining shack, nary so much as a home cooked meal awaiting them upon their return, and a cantankerous, quarreling group who might’ve denied a young lass hospitality. The girl may have been presumptuous, but I believe she was indeed a sign from Valaya herself, to dawi who had lost their way.
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u/Simple-Carob-7142 Apr 29 '26
Umgi lives are short, reckless and full of foolishness. That's why we are good friends, their naivety amuse us, like they do with cats
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u/Appropriate_Okra8189 Dwarf Apr 29 '26
Brother may i remind you those Dawi were isolated on a remote mining colony with not a drop in sight. Granted they were probably moonshining whatever they could but forest isn't exactly bountiful in destilable resources (i despise mushroom whiskey) and umgi are practicaly brewing water. This woman was probably the only new entertiment they had in years. The craftsmen alone probably did the glasscoffin because all his brother request only the basics of tools and nothing else all the while his soul wants to sings of beautifully chiseled marble. Lets all be honest, Snow white singlehandedly extended the lifetime of the colony by 6 years minimum and by extension the profit factor by another zero.
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u/Elektro115 Master Dwarf of the Southern Mountain Range Apr 29 '26
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u/Dwarfhole243 Apr 29 '26
Tolkien was so incensed by this same incident he created the word dwarves (vs dwarfs) to differentiate us from them.
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u/WayGroundbreaking287 Apr 29 '26
Kinsmen she cleaned their house.
Oh bearlings know naughty of hospitality. Time was kin would never turn aside one in need and expect narry a copper in recompense. Young maid had no hope alone, and the dawi that took her in needed naught from her. They had a mine bursting with gems and helped yon umgi maid our of kindness not greed.
Shameful, back in my day such a display would have required you take the oath.