If you're planning to do a reboot of The Hobbit, consider Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment and just. gender bend. everyone. but in secret! Until a narratively satisfying plot reveal!
It could be fascinating: The dwarves passing around painkillers and making sarcastic remarks about the map that's "only readable by moonlight". Monthly cartography, that was An Idea. Balin has a monologue about postmenopause and whether that impacts their dwarvishness (no) while Dwalin and Nori are inventing neopronouns and Dori cannot process any of this (especially the dragon thing? Can we please get back to the dragon thing??) Poor Gandalf staring heavensward and being like
(Conversely, if you're planning to do a reboot of HP, just, uh, don't???)


















