History Fanfic / AvengersOfTheRing

** When the Hulk attacks Saruman's tower by himself and then relaxes by diving into the flooded Isengard, Pippin and Merry point out that his CatchPhrase is supposed to be "HULK SMASH!" not "HULK SPLASH!" When Gandalf makes the above warning about BewitchedAmphibians, Bruce says that in that case, the Hulk would have every right to say "HULK SPLASH!" [[spoiler:After sinking the fleet of the Corsairs of Umbar, Hulk himself exclaims "Hulk Splash!"]]

** Also ''Avengers of the Ring'', after the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, the dead of Gondor, Rohirrm, and the latter's horses are all buried. [[spoiler:Theoden's body is kept for return to Edoras, and his horse is given its own grave (fitting for the horse the king rode). Thor by contrast requests his horse be buried with all of the other horses; and places his ruined helmet on his body, so that a part of Thor will always be with him]].

** In the final battle of ''Methteilien'', Scott Lang is taken aback when he finally sees Tauriel and notes her resemblance to Hope.

** ''Methteilien'';

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: A couple of these in ''Methteilien'';

** Clint and Faramir gain another bond in ''Methteilien'', as [[spoiler:both lost their wives and children to the Snap]].

* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Just as Thanos is about to finish of Stark, he mocks him by saying that his daughter Morgan will forever blame him for his fate. A second later, he gets his throat slashed out by Elanor Gamgee, whom Thanos had manipulated and brainwashed into his daughter until Sam showed her the truth.]]

* DivideAndConquer: In ''Methteilien'', [[spoiler:after most of the Avengers have returned to Middle Earth to deal with matters there, Morgoth and Zola encourage Earth to turn on the Avengers by claiming that Morgoth can oppose Thanos where the Avengers have just provoked both parties]].

** Also ''Avengers of the Ring'', after the Battle of the Plennor Fields, the dead of Gondor, Rohirrm, and the latter's horses are all buried. [[spoiler:Theoden's body is kept for return to Edoras, and his horse is given its own grave (fitting for the horse the king rode). Thor by contrast requests his horse be buried with all of the other horses; and places his ruined helmet on his body, so that a part of Thor will always be with him]].

** In ''Return of the Avengers'', [[spoiler:Heimdell tells ‘Odin’ the truth that he cannot see Sif in any of the nine realms, as she is in the secret realm of Middle-Earth]].

* EvilVersusOblivion: Considered in ''Dagor Arnediad'' and ''Methteilien'', [[spoiler:faced wit the threat of Thanos's plans to erase half the universe and Morgoth's ambitions to destroy it all]].

** [[spoiler:While there are probably many across the stories like film it is based on ''Dagor Arnediad'' contains many particularly in Chapter 17 where the Snap is enacted. But even before the Snap the seemingly permanent deaths of Thranduil, Dwalin, Boromir, Sif, Loki and Vision are just as heart wrenching as the Snapped victims.]].

* HeroicSacrifice: In ''Methteilien'', [[spoiler:Faramir is willing to commit one to stop the ‘Winter Wrights’ and destroy the runestone on Earth, but ultimately survives the attack even if the Hulkbuster armor he was using is rendered too badly damaged to be useful in the upcoming battle with Morgoth and Thanos]].

* JerkassRealization: In ''Dagor Arnediad'', [[spoiler:during a mental talk with the Hulk, Banner is shaken to realise that his dynamic with the Hulk basically reflects his history with his father, with Brian Banner never seeing Bruce as anything but a threat]].

* MeleeATrois: ''Methteilien'' concludes with [[spoiler:the Allies facing the forces of Thanos and Morgoth basically at once]].

** Later in the story Barry Aird's character only credited in ''Avengers: Age of Ultron'' as "Sokovian Police Captain" is given the name "Captain Goranic".

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: In ''Methteilin'', [[spoiler:Queen Ramonda and Bilbo are both devastated to learn that T'Challa and Frodo were killed by the Snap]].

** In ''Methteilien'', [[spoiler:as preparation for the next assault, Rhodey begins training Faramir in the use of Mark 49 'Hulkbuster' armor]]. Later, [[spoiler:Thor is able to retrieve a legendary Elven weapon from the bottom of the sea to pass on to Legolas]].

* TheStarsAreGoingOut: ''Dagor Arnediad'' begins with the folks in Middle-Earth being alarmed that the Star of Earendil has disappeared from the night sky, [[spoiler:on account of Thanos attacking the ''Vingolit'', stealing the silmaril, and freeing Morgoth]].

** Later, [[spoiler:Banner/Hulk realizes that, after absorbing extra energy on Sakaar, he is now capable of releasing energy blasts once he has reached a certain critical mass of power]].

** As for the Guardians, [[spoiler:while the ''Benetar'' does not have new weapons, it is provided with Wakandan cloaking technology, and following the skip Bilbo has also gained a degree of experience in hacking computers]].

** Additionally in ''The Witch, the Wizard and the Sorcerer'', Wanda and Gandalf both seem to feel Strange sounds vaguely similar to Smaug.
** ''Dagor Arnediad'' also features Drax attacking Thranduil because of his resemblance to Ronan. Later in the story Thor when describing his relationship with Galadriel to Rocket mentions she resembles Hela.

** In ''Return of the Avengers'', when Stark meets Eomer he observes that Eomer "looks like just the [[Film/{{Dredd}} judge]] [he's] looking for..." Natasha also mentions a "[[Film/TheHorseWhisperer Montana ranch]]".

* ConvenientComa: Basically applies in ''Methteilien'' to [[spoiler:Thor, who spends a year in the Odinsleep after Morgoth's first major attack on Earth post-Snap6]].

** In ''Avengers of the Ring'' [[spoiler:Due to Boromir's survival Denethor's death is very different. Rather than burn to death in a feat of madness he bravely dies defending Faramir against the Witch King. The Witch King himself is also dealt the final blow against him by Thor with help from Eowyn and Merry, the author believing the death of the Witch King was caused by not a single individual but a team effort. Many other enemies minor and also somewhat important are also defeated by the three Avengers with the Troll in Moria killed by Hulk, Gothmog killed by Thor and the Mouth of Sauron killed by Captain America with help from Pippin.]]
** In ''Scarlet Witch and the Thirteen Dwarves'' [[spoiler:Fili, Kili and Alfrid are killed by Ultron who also subsequently wounds Thorin which ultimately kill him rather than the wounds suffered in his fight with Azog. In addition Wanda assists Thorin in killing Azog with the latter being killed by decapitation rather than being stabbed under water.]]

* IChooseToStay: At the end of ''Return of the Avengers'', [[spoiler:Sif decides to stay in Middle-Earth rather than go back to Asgard]].

** From the same movie, Thor mocks [[spoiler:Sauron (who is also mimicking Iron Man's armor)]] with a PreMortemOneLiner borrowed from Stark before he hits him with a blast, saying "[[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe Doth mother know her bucket covers thy head?]]"

* AceCustom: After the TimeSkip in ''Methteilien'', [[spoiler:Faramir has repainted the Mark 49 Gondorian black with a white tree on its chest]].

* BrickJoke: When the Hulk attacks Saruman's tower by himself and then relaxes by diving into the flooded Isengard, Pippin and Merry point out that his CatchPhrase is supposed to be "HULK SMASH!" not "HULK SPLASH!" When Gandalf makes the above warning about BewitchedAmphibians, Bruce says that in that case, the Hulk would have every right to say "HULK SPLASH!" [[spoiler:After sinking the fleet of the Corsairs of Umbar, Hulk himself exclaims "Hulk Splash!"]]

** In ''Avengers of the Ring'', the energy-draining properties of the vortex that sent the three Avengers to Middle-Earth also drains Thor and Bruce's energy; in their first fight against a group of Orcs, Bruce only retains a degree of Hulk's enhanced healing and his limited knowledge of hand-to-hand combat without being able to actually transform into the Hulk, and Thor's only exceptional abilities are a degree of enhanced strength and the ability to call Mjolnir back to himself after throwing it in a manner that Rogers compares to an Olympic event.

** In ''Methteilien'', [[spoiler:those killed before Snap are given due deference, as the dead of Middle-Earth are buried in Wakanda and Boromir and Sif's bodies are preserved until they can be taken back to Minas Tirith, while Loki is given a traditional Asgardian funeral to affirm that he has been forgiven for his past sins]]. Later in the fic, [[spoiler:Rogers, Gandalf and Galadriel retrieve Gamora's body from Voromir so that she can receive a better burial than just being left on the planet, with Rocket speaking a brief eulogy as the only remaining member of the original Guardians while Banner, Rhodes, Pippin and Galadriel attend the funeral]].

* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: As with the canon Fellowship, Galadriel's gifts to the three Avengers also prove helpful; a razor so that Steve can shave, a helmet made of mithril for Thor, and a braise for Bruce that will adjust its size so that the Hulk won't destroy all his clothes whenever he transforms.

** In ''Scarlet Witch and the Thirteen Dwarves'', [[spoiler:Alfrid gets an even more ignoble death than in canon; rather than inadvertently killing a troll when he fell onto a catapult, here he's killed by a blast from Ultron, who muses that he has no idea why Alfrid was wearing a dress and offering him gold]].

** In the same storyline, [[spoiler:Ori is the last member of the Company of Thorin Oakenshield available to fight, as he takes up Orcrist to join the Guardians of the Galaxy after Thanos kills Dori and Gloin; Bombour is naturally not in a fit shape to fight and Dwalin, Bifur and Bofur were away when Thanos attacked]].

* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: In ''Methteilien'' [[spoiler:Aragorn has Shuri work on means of destroying the Stones, as he has concluded that they are too dangerous to remain intact in case someone tries to repeat Thanos's actions]].

** A disturbing example of this occurs in ''Dagor Arnediad'', [[spoiler:when the Hulk’s reactions to him prompt Banner to realise that he is treating the Hulk like his father treated him, focusing on the ‘evidence’ that the Hulk is a threat rather than working to reconcile with his other side]].

** In ''Return of the Avengers'';

** In ''Methteilien'', Scott can't help but notice the similarity between Tauriel and Hope.

* AnArmAndALeg: With Eitri crippled as in canon, [[spoiler:Gimli volunteers to act as his hands]].

** As in the original tales, Galadriel, Elrond, Aragorn, Theoden, Eomer and Thorin demonstrate this trait, while Thor also proves himself as such even if he never really uses his title of 'Prince' beyond when introducing himself.

* RiddleForTheAges: In ''Methteilien'', [[spoiler:even Galadriel doesn't know how Goose knew that Carol Danvers had returned to Earth in time to join her at the Avengers facility]].

** In ''Return of the Avengers'', [[spoiler:Malekith kills Haldir in the final battle. When Tony activates the magnetism in his suit, he makes a desliberate point to ensure the death blow comes from Haldir's sword piercing Malekith's head]].

** As in the original tales, Galadriel, Elrond, Aragorn and Thorin demonstrate this trait, while Thor also proves himself as such even if he never really uses his title of 'Prince' beyond when introducing himself.

* NightmareFuel: In ''Scarlet Witch and the Thirteen Dwarves'', [[spoiler:Ultron has used his new magical training and existing scientific expertise to create twisted amalgamations to aid in the Battle of Five Armies, with WordOfGod thus amending the fight to the Battle of Six Armies as Ultron’s creatures count as a separate force all on their own]].

* CommonalityConnection: Various bonds, ranging from Clint Barton obviously bonding with Legolas and Bard (the son of the bowman who killed Smaug) due to their status as archers, to [[spoiler:Scott Lang encouraging Beorn to join the opposition against Thanos by mentioning how Cassie inspires Scott to be a hero, reminding Beorn of his own daughter]].

** It is then repeated at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields and Morannon, but the winner of those battles is not explicitly stated (but it was probably Thor). [[spoiler:Gimli is taken to Erebor after the victory at Morannon, and gleefully notes that he can use this to overtake Legolas.]]

* BrickJoke: When the Hulk attacks Saruman's tower by himself and then relaxes by diving into the flooded Isengard, Pippin and Merry point out that his CatchPhrase is supposed to be "HULK SMASH!" not "HULK SPLASH!" When Gandalf makes the above warning about BewitchedAmphibians, Bruce says that in that case, the Hulk would have every right to say "HULK SPLASH!" [[spoiler:After sinking the fleet of the Corsairs of Umbar, Hulk exclaims "Hulk Splash!"]]

* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the presence of the Avengers in both quests, most of the key events play out as in canon, including [[spoiler:Bard killing Smaug and Gandalf leading Eomer's forces to aid Helm's Deep]].