We are Warriors of the Shire!?

[Peregrin Took]

Inziladun, although I haven't played it, "BFME" is like you guessed - Battle for Middle-earth...it's a PC game. I know it's largely concerned with armies and fighting, but I don't know what else it encompasses. Anybody care to enlighten us?

I was just pointing out that, because the men of Gondor thought little of hobbits (as they only knew them from, like you said, childish myths, etc.), Pippin's arrival was a shock, but we're told that it was mainly his company with Gandalf that laid claim to the name "Prince of the Halflings". I was agreeing that the Gondorian's didn't view Pip as a great warrior. If anything, they probably laughed at the thought of fighting hobbits. I was disagreeing with this statement:

Originally Posted by Inziladun

With the apprehension prevalent in the city at that time, it was only natural for wishful thinking to elevate Pippin in their eyes to the status of a leader of a Halfling army that would stand with them against Mordor.

There's no evidence, to my knowledge, that anybody in Gondor actually believed that by Pippin's arrival a hobbit army would help them defeat Sauron. Or am I reading your words wrong? Because after you say:

It had nothing to do with any respect or fear of his combat prowess.

Which is correct!