Kerbals and Dwarves

[TotalNewb]

I started thinking about Kerbals being dwarves from Dwarf Fortress. Ya know, being short, living underground, overengineering, dangerous solutions, !!SCIENCE!!, unhappiness from minor things, stupidity. What do you think about it?

[MR4Y]

Every fantasy dwarf is like this, not only the ones from Dwarf Fortress.

You should play tabletop RPGs more often.

[Jouni]

There are a lot of different dwarves in fantasy. Consider just the different stereotypes Tolkien used:

• Somewhat evil beings from Norse folklore.
  
• Comic reliefs.
  
• Jews as perceived by Europeans before the 20th century.
  
• Miners, builders, and engineers without peer.
  

I don't really associate stupidity, overengineering, and dangerous solutions with fantasy dwarves. For me, they're characteristics of Dragonlance gnomes.

[wooaa]

Ture, but the fortress dwarves are much more eccentric. although the Dwarves in the RA Salvator books are for the most part normal, they just curse and drink a bit more than humans.