Tumblr crosspost (30 September 2020)

[anghraine]

Speaking of Háma:

Aragorn stood a while hesitating. “It is not my will,” he said, “to put aside my sword or to deliver Andúril to the hand of any other man.”

“It is the will of Théoden,” said Háma.

“It is not clear to me that the will of Théoden son of Thengel, even though he be lord of the Mark, should prevail over the will of Aragorn son of Arathorn, Elendil’s heir of Gondor.”

“This is the house of Théoden, not of Aragorn, even were he King of Gondor in the seat of Denethor,” said Háma.

AN ICON

Tagged: #i like the rohirrim but am not super fannish about them by and large #but háma is up there with éowyn tbh #(in part bc of éowyn but also bc of this but also bc of dying heroically ... truly a legend)

Comments

[elperian]

Háma is truly "icons only"!

[anghraine]

Yes!! Occasionally I search the quote to see if anyone has really talked about it, and it periodically comes up on Reddit, but it's mostly defensive dudebros going on about Háma just not understanding Aragorn's majesty and trying to argue Rohan's laws actually shouldn't apply to Aragorn as a weaker state (or "vassal state" which Rohan certainly is not to anyone!) or something. I'm just ... no, Háma is fantastic in this scene, actually!

[chestnut_pod]

Seriously, you tell him, Háma!

[anghraine]

Háma is so great!