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==Subversion in Fanworks==
==Subversion in Fanworks==
Over time, the line went from a poetic funeral reference in [[canon-compliant]] mourning works to an [[Everyone Lives (The Hobbit)|everyone lives]] trope by way of the canon concept that the first dwarves were carved from stone by [[Aulë]].<ref name="quenta"/> Some fans took this to mean dwarves are still made partly from stone, and that "returning" a dwarf to stone was a final, desperate effort to save their life (or a prayer to Mahal to save them).
Over time, the line went from a poetic funeral reference in [[canon-compliant]] mourning works to an [[Everyone Lives (The Hobbit)|everyone lives]] trope by way of the canon concept that the first dwarves were carved from stone by [[Aulë]].<ref name="quenta"/> Some fans took this to mean dwarves are still made partly from stone, and that "returning" a dwarf to stone was a final, desperate effort to save their life (or a prayer to Mahal to save them).
One of the first examples of subversion was in [http://archiveofourown.org/works/682108 Gardening] by The Feels Whale, which explained the process:
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Quotation|“You’ll forgive me, please, Gandalf, but… I was told Thorin died.” Bilbo coughs and reaches for his own glass. “He, Fili, and Kili; all dead after the battle.”
“How can you say that?” Gandalf wondered aloud. “You spoke to him yourself.”
“I did and he was grievously wounded. He said his goodbyes and asked my pardon for… things that no longer matter if, indeed, they ever did.” Bilbo’s heart is thumping in his chest, although whether from fear or some kind of desperate joy even he can’t quite say. “Then later Balin came to tell me that they’d sent him to sleep amongst the stones. I thought… I thought he was being gentle with me. Tell me, Gandalf, did I misunderstand?”
“Yes, my dear fellow.” Gandalf doesn’t quite laugh. It’s more of a carefully timed cough, which Bilbo appreciates. “Although, I can see where the misapprehension would lay. What Balin meant, Bilbo, was that Dain’s healers felt it was safe to move Thorin into the deepest caverns of the mountain where Aulë’s influence is the greatest. There they put him into a deep slumber and tended to his wounds. It was a desperate gambit, I think, and not one anyone expected to succeed.”
}}
===Subversion Examples===
===Subversion Examples===
* [http://archiveofourown.org/works/1136263 Flowers Among the Fallen Leaves] by garafthel
* [http://archiveofourown.org/works/1136263 Flowers Among the Fallen Leaves] by garafthel
* [http://archiveofourown.org/works/3487889 far across the distance] by LinguisticJubilee
* [http://archiveofourown.org/works/3487889 far across the distance] by LinguisticJubilee
* [http://archiveofourown.org/works/682108 Gardening] by The Feels Whale
==References==
==References==