#march 15th has So Many breathtaking fragments

[sindar-princeling]

Théoden could not be overtaken. Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young.

no but!! this makes me cry for real!!

Middle-earth is constantly said to be merely a shadow of what it once was right. then Rohan is looked upon as lesser than Gondor - Saruman mocks this country, Gondorians consider the Rohirrim lower in the hierarchy (>:(). then Théoden describes himself as a lesser son of greater kings. he feels ashamed of his years of despair and depression being witnessed by his closest family and the whole kingdom

AND THEN. mere hours before he dies he is compared to Oromë. to an actual god, the Hunter of the Valar, one of the most important ones for the Elves save literally just Varda. and the description stands out and shines in the book - some other deeds are compared to those of the greatest heroes of Men and Elves, but not a god.

it's like Aragorn says: "he rose out of the shadows to a last fair morning". and it makes me fucking sob