...And it's done.
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zana16"That fic with the unionizing dwarves."
So dwarves are miners, right? And miners have to unionize...
Last year I planned to write a nonfiction book about the systematic gutting of employment law enforcement in the US. When I looked up months later, I realized I'd written a fantasy novel about labor rights instead. And gender, and politics, and even love.
Eighteen months of my life writing this, and I've loved it so much that I wish it wasn't over.
The Lay of Dwalin the Dwarf (4 works, 205982 words, Complete) by Glorfindel
Fandom: The Hobbit (2012), The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit - All Media Types
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Bofur/Dwalin, past Bofur/OMC
Characters: Dwalin, Bofur, Thorin Oakenshield, Balin, Original Characters, Dís, Bifur, Bombur, Nori, Dáin Ironfoot, Fíli, Kíli, Ori - Character, Óin, Dori, Glóin
Additional Tags: Genderswap, Trans Character, Slow Build, glacial build, Actually sometimes I'm not sure there's any build at all, Labor Organizing
Summary:
So dwarves are miners, right? And miners have to unionize...
Last year I planned to write a nonfiction book about the systematic gutting of employment law enforcement in the US. When I looked up months later, I realized I'd written a fantasy novel about labor rights instead. And gender, and politics, and even love.
Eighteen months of my life writing this, and I've loved it so much that I wish it wasn't over.
The Lay of Dwalin the Dwarf (4 works, 205982 words, Complete) by Glorfindel
Fandom: The Hobbit (2012), The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit - All Media Types
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Bofur/Dwalin, past Bofur/OMC
Characters: Dwalin, Bofur, Thorin Oakenshield, Balin, Original Characters, Dís, Bifur, Bombur, Nori, Dáin Ironfoot, Fíli, Kíli, Ori - Character, Óin, Dori, Glóin
Additional Tags: Genderswap, Trans Character, Slow Build, glacial build, Actually sometimes I'm not sure there's any build at all, Labor Organizing
Summary:
Bofur found out Dwalin’s secret quite by accident, the second (or was it the third?) time Dwalin saved his life.