Gimli and the Steward's Chair

[The Only Real Estel]

The way I see it, not even technically was it Faramir's chair. Faramir says himself that he hasn't yet taken up the mantel of Stewardship (or something like that) while talking with Éowyn more than a week later. So it's not his chair...yet.

Perhaps not techinically, but everyone still new that the chair belonged to Faramir. Just like, techinically, the throne belonged to no one because Aragorn hadn't accepted the Kingship yet; but that doesn't mean that anyone can sit in it. While the chair was not being occupied by the Steward, it was still being kept for him (or should've been).

I think the point of that moment is not so much that Gimli was in the chair, as the fact that somebody other than Denethor was in it, and the Throne is still empty.

Good point, but I think the same effect could've been achieved by showing that Denethor's chair was empty (along with the throne).

Still, though, that's a great thought, Fordim, & probably the best defense of the moment I've heard yet .