History Fanfic / CaptainTinkerbell

** J.R.R. Tolkien is nicknamed "Lieutenant [[Literature/{{Beowulf}} Beowulf]]" by the company.

* HistoricalAU: This fic plucks Maglor out of Middle-Earth and places him in the historical setting of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.

** J. R.R. Tolkien is nicknamed "Lieutenant [[Literature/{{Beowulf}} Beowulf]]" by the company.

* NormalFishInATinyPond: In the First Age, Maglor was a relative middleweight, a High Elf but nowhere near as powerful as Gandalf or Sauron (also examples of this trope in the main canon), with few deeds of valor to his name. Here, where most of his kind have gone from Middle-Earth or have faded away, Maglor is an ImplacableMan who can withstand an explosion while the man next to him dies, is immune to DeadlyGas, and is only laid up for a month after being stabbed.

* IllBoy: Creator/JRRTolkien spends much of his pagetime ill with a water-borne illness.

* ASpotOfTea: Invoked when Maglor catches Johnny Maitlin trying to desert; he brings him back to the campfire and gives him tea to calm him. He later makes tea for the ill J.R.R. Tolkien, scared to give him unheated water for fear of contamination.

* TheMentor: Maglor to the young Tolkien, as the person who taught him Quenya.

* ASpotOfTea: Invoked when Maglor catches Johnny Maitlin trying to desert; he brings him back to the campfire and gives him tea to calm him.

* AgonyOfTheFeet: Tolkien suffers from trench foot shortly around the time he figures out what Maglor is, making them a literal sore point.

* NormalFishInATinyPond: In the First Age, Maglor was a relative middleweight, a High Elf but nowhere near as powerful as Gandalf or Sauron (also examples of this trope in the main canon), with few deeds of valor to his name. Here, Maglor is an ImplacableMan who can withstand an explosion while the man next to him dies, is immune to DeadlyGas, and is only laid up for a month after being stabbed.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Maglor notes the strange fact that two soldiers in his company are a pair of redheaded twins, Jack and Johnny Maitlin. Maglor's two youngest brothers Amrod and Amras were both redheaded twins, and one dies by fire.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Maglor notes the strange fact that two soldiers in his company are a pair of redheaded twins, Jack and Johnny Maitlin. Maglor's two youngest brothers Amrod and Amras were both redheaded twins, and one died by fire.

* BeenThereShapedHistory: In this fanfic, Maglor taught Creator/JRRTolkien some Quenya, which Tolkien would later incorporate into his stories.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Two soldiers in Maglor's company are a pair of redheaded twins, Jack and Johnny Maitlin.

* FinalBattle: Discussed. At times Maglor wonders if the Dagor Dagorath is taking place, but dismisses the notion since not even the Valar would waste the lives of the Children of Iluvatar.

* NormalFishInATinyPond: In the First Age, Maglor was a relative middleweight, a High Elf but nowhere near as powerful as Gandalf or Sauron (also examples of this trope in the main canon), with few deeds to his name. Here, Maglor is an ImplacableMan who can withstand an explosion while the man next to him dies, is immune to DeadlyGas, and is only laid up for a month after being stabbed.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Lieutenant Saskiss, Maglor's co-commanding officer, is killed in an offensive near the Somme. The next officer sent to the front is the young Creator/JRRTolkien.
* WarIsHell: The hellish conditions near the Somme are experienced first-hand by Maglor and the soldiers under his command; constant fear of enemy attack, infected water supplies, an ObstructiveBureaucrat or two, and the general feeling of pointlessness.

* WarIsHell: The hellish conditions near the Somme are experienced first-hand by Maglor and the soldiers under his command; constant fear of enemy attack, infected water supplies, an ObstructiveBureaucrat or two.

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