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* BadassGrandpa: Theoden [[spoiler: survives duelling the Witch King and has him on the ''freaking'' run until the tables get turned]], Saruman [[spoiler: anyone who can curbstomp Harry and Gandalf the Grey working together is most definitely this trope]], Gandalf and [[spoiler: Denethor.]]
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* BringMyBrownPants: Harry snarks in a moment of dark humour (when keeping the army marching to the Black Gate well hydrated), 'all the better to piss themselves with.'
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* [[spoiler: Half-HumanHybrid: Emrys and Eirian, being the grandchildren of Merlin, who happens to half Maia]]
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: One of these to Harry is in an oft referenced NoodleIncident. Harry was polite until she insulted Ginny. Then he gave her a temporary outbreak of hives.
** Elladan and Elrohir note that Aragorn had one
** Elladan and Elrohir note that Aragorn had one
* ADayInTheLimelight: the Rohirrim, who get a reasonably sized sub plot.
* AndIMustScream: Wormtongue. [[spoiler: Eirian has a ''really'' vicious streak]].
* BadassAbnormal: [[spoiler: Morcar]].
* BadassNormal: Any good human/dwarf character.
** Extra points to [[spoiler: Boromir]] who matches an Olog-Hai blow for blow, then kills it without taking a scratch.
** [[spoiler: Emrys]], prior his ascension to BadassAbnormal status, killing a troll whilst it's distracted.
* BadassNormal: Any good human/dwarf character.
** Extra points to [[spoiler: Boromir]] who matches an Olog-Hai blow for blow, then kills it without taking a scratch.
** [[spoiler: Emrys]], prior his ascension to BadassAbnormal status, killing a troll whilst it's distracted.
* BattleCouple: Harry and [[spoiler: Ginny and Ron and Hermione]].
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* BerserkButton: Do not hurt Harry's friends. Ever. Especially not [[HeterosexualLifePartners Aragorn or Boromir]] or [[Spoiler: Ginny]]. He will [[IncendiaryExponent set you on fire]].
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** Do not insult his loved ones either.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Harry. Like SpiderMan, if he's fighting you and he isn't snarking, it's generally a good idea to say your prayers and kiss your ass goodbye.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Harry. Like SpiderMan, if he's fighting you and he isn't snarking, it's generally a good idea to say your prayers and kiss your ass goodbye.
* BigNo: Harry after Gandalf dies.
* BloodKnight: Harry and [[spoiler: Sirius]]. The rest of the cast think they have issues, and since both are probably suffering from PTSD and God knows what else, this isn't surprising.
* BuffySpeak: Harry complains about Aragorn being all 'Rangery' and sneaking up on him.
* CallingTheOldManOut: [[spoiler: Boromir to Denethor]]. In fairly spectacular fashion.
* CasualDangerDialogue: Harry and Boromir.
** Harry [[spoiler: and Ginny. They plan to go out for drinks after the Battle]].
* CannotSpitItOut: Faramir to Eowyn, much to Harry's and everyone else's amusement/irritation.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Boromir. The guy is ridiculously tough.
* CallingTheOldManOut: [[spoiler: Boromir to Denethor]]. In fairly spectacular fashion.
* CasualDangerDialogue: Harry and Boromir.
** Harry [[spoiler: and Ginny. They plan to go out for drinks after the Battle]].
* CannotSpitItOut: Faramir to Eowyn, much to Harry's and everyone else's amusement/irritation.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Boromir. The guy is ridiculously tough.
* CoolSword: Anduril. The Sword of Gryffindor.
* CrazyAwesome: When faced with an oncoming army of Wargs, what do you do? If you're Harry Potter, [[spoiler: Use a sonorus spell and shriek. Very loudly]]. It works remarkably well, and leads to a CrowningMomentOfFunny.
-->[[spoiler: Boromir]]: A POX ON ALL BLOODY DERANGED WIZARDS!
-->[[spoiler: Boromir]]: A POX ON ALL BLOODY DERANGED WIZARDS!
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Harry.
* TheDeterminator: Boromir.
* TheDreaded: The Nazgul.
** Harry to Orcs, Wargs, Ringwraiths and other dark creatures (along with Dunlending raiders, though a Dunlending Original Character notes that if the Dunlending raiders stuck to stealing and only did so out of necessity, Harry spared and even helps them).
* DualWielding: This becomes [[spoiler: Emrys' signature style]].
* TheDreaded: The Nazgul.
** Harry to Orcs, Wargs, Ringwraiths and other dark creatures (along with Dunlending raiders, though a Dunlending Original Character notes that if the Dunlending raiders stuck to stealing and only did so out of necessity, Harry spared and even helps them).
* DualWielding: This becomes [[spoiler: Emrys' signature style]].
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: Sirius, who spent seven years being tortured mentally and physically in Saruman's dungeons]]
** What happens to Wormtongue. It is [[spoiler: KickTheSonOfABitch]].
** What happens to Wormtongue. It is [[spoiler: KickTheSonOfABitch]].
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** The Five [[spoiler: Five]] Hunters
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* GlassCannon / FragileSpeedster: Ginny.FunnyAneurysmMoment: Sure, it's hilarious when Glorfindel outdrinks Legolas and [[spoiler: Sirius vanishes his hair]]. The aneurysm comes in later when Legolas [[spoiler: breaks down and reveals that he does his hair the same way everyday because his long dead mother used to do it for him, and it's a way for him to remember]].
* GameBreaker: [[spoiler: Harry with the Sword of Gryffindor]].
** WordOfGod points this out and notes that he has to be incapacitated partway through every battle to stop him [[CurbstompBattle Curbstomping]] anything that comes his way.
** A large portion of the fic is the author trying to avoid Harry turning into a GodModeSue and solving everything.
* GameBreaker: [[spoiler: Harry with the Sword of Gryffindor]].
** WordOfGod points this out and notes that he has to be incapacitated partway through every battle to stop him [[CurbstompBattle Curbstomping]] anything that comes his way.
** A large portion of the fic is the author trying to avoid Harry turning into a GodModeSue and solving everything.
* GetMyBrownPants: Harry snarks in a moment of dark humour (when keeping the army marching to the Black Gate well hydrated), 'all the better to piss themselves with.'
* GlassCannon / FragileSpeedster: Ginny.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Dudley]] by ''From Out of the Shadows''.
** [[spoiler: Emrys]]. A SubvertedTrope, because he isn't evil in the first place, just trying to find his sister.
* HeelRealization: Denethor is a Heel ''per se'', but he does have one of these when [[spoiler: Boromir confronts him]].
** WordOfGod admits that this is what he reckons would have happened if [[spoiler: Boromir had lived.]]
* HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath: Harry and Boromir both go through this at one point or another.
* HeroicResolve: Harry and Boromir in particular.
** [[spoiler: Emrys]]. A SubvertedTrope, because he isn't evil in the first place, just trying to find his sister.
* HeelRealization: Denethor is a Heel ''per se'', but he does have one of these when [[spoiler: Boromir confronts him]].
** WordOfGod admits that this is what he reckons would have happened if [[spoiler: Boromir had lived.]]
* HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath: Harry and Boromir both go through this at one point or another.
* HeroicResolve: Harry and Boromir in particular.
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* HeroicLineage: Lampshaded by Gandalf, when he notes the entire Fellowship has famous ancestors of one form or another. Taken to a nigh ridiculous extent with Harry himself.himself, which the author [[{{Lampshade}} lampshades]] in 'Snippets'.
* HurtingHero: Harry has plenty of reason to angst. [[spoiler: Until the Grey Company turns up at Edoras]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Ginny]] does this to the Mouth of Sauron.
** [[spoiler: Denethor does this to the Witch King of Angmar]]. It doesn't bother him much.
** This happens to [[spoiler: Harry when the [[BuffySpeak VoldyWraith]] skewers him]]. He returns the favour.
* KarmaHoudini: Subverted with Harry. Whenever he crosses the MoralEvent horizon, [[WhatTheHellHero he gets called out on it or judged]].
* KillItWithFire: Harry's favoured tactics.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Happens quite often, and it is immensely satisfying each time.
** [[spoiler: Eirian to Wormtongue]].
** [[spoiler: Boromir beating the living shit out of the leaders of a half baked conspiracy who indirectly caused the death of Denethor]].
* KnifeNut: Harry's favoured weapon is an elven dagger prior to getting the Sword of Gryffindor.
* LargeHam: Harry.
* HurtingHero: Harry has plenty of reason to angst. [[spoiler: Until the Grey Company turns up at Edoras]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Ginny]] does this to the Mouth of Sauron.
** [[spoiler: Denethor does this to the Witch King of Angmar]]. It doesn't bother him much.
** This happens to [[spoiler: Harry when the [[BuffySpeak VoldyWraith]] skewers him]]. He returns the favour.
* KarmaHoudini: Subverted with Harry. Whenever he crosses the MoralEvent horizon, [[WhatTheHellHero he gets called out on it or judged]].
* KillItWithFire: Harry's favoured tactics.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Happens quite often, and it is immensely satisfying each time.
** [[spoiler: Eirian to Wormtongue]].
** [[spoiler: Boromir beating the living shit out of the leaders of a half baked conspiracy who indirectly caused the death of Denethor]].
* KnifeNut: Harry's favoured weapon is an elven dagger prior to getting the Sword of Gryffindor.
* LargeHam: Harry.
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** The Dramatis Personae in ''From Out of the Shadows'' is completely this trope.
* LightningBruiser: Harry and Aragorn. [[spoiler: Emrys becomes this]].
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Aragorn practically quotes this when [[spoiler: Harry nearly has a StartOfDarkness]].
* MadeOfIron: Boromir. Harry to an extent.
** The Witch King of Angmar. When you can survive repeated attacks that ''vaporize'' a Mumak as an afterthought, when you are the main focus of them, you know you have achieved this trope.
* TheMatchmaker: Harry has tendencies towards this. Usually PlayedForLaughs.
* ManlyTears: Most of the cast when [[spoiler: Harry dies]].
** Legolas when [[spoiler: Sirius]] accidentally touches a sore spot.
* MayDecemberRomance: Eirian and [[spoiler: Sirius]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that they spent [[spoiler: at least a year in captivity, and bonded. It helps that Sirius only looks about twenty eight years old when he cleans up, and there is implied to be a Time Stop on Saruman's dungeons]].
* LightningBruiser: Harry and Aragorn. [[spoiler: Emrys becomes this]].
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Aragorn practically quotes this when [[spoiler: Harry nearly has a StartOfDarkness]].
* MadeOfIron: Boromir. Harry to an extent.
** The Witch King of Angmar. When you can survive repeated attacks that ''vaporize'' a Mumak as an afterthought, when you are the main focus of them, you know you have achieved this trope.
* TheMatchmaker: Harry has tendencies towards this. Usually PlayedForLaughs.
* ManlyTears: Most of the cast when [[spoiler: Harry dies]].
** Legolas when [[spoiler: Sirius]] accidentally touches a sore spot.
* MayDecemberRomance: Eirian and [[spoiler: Sirius]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that they spent [[spoiler: at least a year in captivity, and bonded. It helps that Sirius only looks about twenty eight years old when he cleans up, and there is implied to be a Time Stop on Saruman's dungeons]].
* MindRape: Saruman to [[spoiler: Sirius]]. [[{{Understatement}} Harry does not like this]].
* MoralDissonance: [[spoiler: On hearing the AbhorrentAdmirer NoodleIncident, Ron and Hermione note that Harry has changed and is no longer bothered about cursing muggles when he gets angry]].
* MoralDissonance: [[spoiler: On hearing the AbhorrentAdmirer NoodleIncident, Ron and Hermione note that Harry has changed and is no longer bothered about cursing muggles when he gets angry]].
* NoodleIncident: Several.
* OhCrap: Several.
** One by Team Evil when Harry [[spoiler: flips at the Witch King]].
** One by the forces of Good when [[spoiler: Harry dies]].
** And one by most people in ''From Out of the Shadows'' when [[spoiler: Earendil and Elwing fall from the sky, minus their Silmaril and a dark wizard declares for 'The Iron Crown']].
*** A smaller one by a Gondorian soldier when he realises that what they're facing is a [[spoiler: dark wizard]].
* OnlyMostlyDead: The title of Chapter 34. It also features a hurricane of ThePrincessBride references.
-->[[spoiler: '''Harry''']]: Death cannot stop true love, only delay it for a little while.
* ThePornomancer: [[spoiler: Maglor]] is revealed to be this in a side story.
** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that he was raised in Valinor, where young elves were expected to practise their, ahem, abilities before they got married.
*** Since this is exactly what was expected of young noblemen in Mediaeval Europe, this is spot on.
* PrecisionFStrike: Done by [[Frodo]] of all people to cement how serious things are getting in ''From Out of the Shadows''.
* PowerOfLove: Harry is willing to do [[spoiler: almost anything for his friends, and absolutely everything for Ginny]].
* [[Spoiler: RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Wormtongue on Eirian. Emrys does his level best to drown Wormtongue before being called off.]]
* OhCrap: Several.
** One by Team Evil when Harry [[spoiler: flips at the Witch King]].
** One by the forces of Good when [[spoiler: Harry dies]].
** And one by most people in ''From Out of the Shadows'' when [[spoiler: Earendil and Elwing fall from the sky, minus their Silmaril and a dark wizard declares for 'The Iron Crown']].
*** A smaller one by a Gondorian soldier when he realises that what they're facing is a [[spoiler: dark wizard]].
* OnlyMostlyDead: The title of Chapter 34. It also features a hurricane of ThePrincessBride references.
-->[[spoiler: '''Harry''']]: Death cannot stop true love, only delay it for a little while.
* ThePornomancer: [[spoiler: Maglor]] is revealed to be this in a side story.
** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that he was raised in Valinor, where young elves were expected to practise their, ahem, abilities before they got married.
*** Since this is exactly what was expected of young noblemen in Mediaeval Europe, this is spot on.
* PrecisionFStrike: Done by [[Frodo]] of all people to cement how serious things are getting in ''From Out of the Shadows''.
* PowerOfLove: Harry is willing to do [[spoiler: almost anything for his friends, and absolutely everything for Ginny]].
* [[Spoiler: RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Wormtongue on Eirian. Emrys does his level best to drown Wormtongue before being called off.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Harry on a couple of occasions, most notably when the Witch King poisons [[spoiler: Ginny]] with a dart. Also, [[spoiler: Ginny when Harry dies]].
* RousingSpeech: Aragorn's 'Men of the West' speech, followed by one from Harry.
* RousingSpeech: Aragorn's 'Men of the West' speech, followed by one from Harry.
** Harry or Aragorn trying to sneak up on each other and elicit a JumpScare. Harry eventually starts doing this to other people.
* SadClown: Harry. He outright states, 'sometimes you have to laugh, or you'll cry.'
** He gets better later on.
* SadClown: Harry. He outright states, 'sometimes you have to laugh, or you'll cry.'
** He gets better later on.
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*** It's also hinted in the sequel that [[spoiler: Merlin created Doctor Who]]. For a laugh.
** PiratesOfTheCaribbean
** Hell, Harry even quotes the Bible (The 'Faith, Hope and Love, and the greatest of these is love' passage in Corinthians). At Saruman, which is immensely ironic.
** Hell, Harry even quotes the Bible (The 'Faith, Hope and Love, and the greatest of these is love' passage in Corinthians). At Saruman, which is immensely ironic.
* SlapSlapKiss: [[spoiler: Emrys and Morwen. Hermione]] even references MuchAdoAboutNothing when she sees them.
** Hermione and Ron, to a lesser extent. Harry even refers to the above couple as 'Ron and Hermione: The Middle Earth edition'.
* SlasherSmile: Harry and [[spoiler: Sirius]] are prone to these.
* SuperReflexes: Harry. This is noted by several characters, [[spoiler: and happens to be a ChekhovsGun]].
* SwissArmyWeapon: The Sword of Gryffindor. Théoden [[{{Lampshade}} points this out]].
--> Is there anything it ''doesn't'' do?
** Hermione and Ron, to a lesser extent. Harry even refers to the above couple as 'Ron and Hermione: The Middle Earth edition'.
* SlasherSmile: Harry and [[spoiler: Sirius]] are prone to these.
* SuperReflexes: Harry. This is noted by several characters, [[spoiler: and happens to be a ChekhovsGun]].
* SwissArmyWeapon: The Sword of Gryffindor. Théoden [[{{Lampshade}} points this out]].
--> Is there anything it ''doesn't'' do?
** By ''From Out of the Shadows'' [[spoiler: Emrys and Eirian]] have this dynamic.
** Also one at the {{Fanon}} belief that Elladan and Elrohir are Middle Earth Elf versions of Fred and George.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: [[spoiler: Sirius]].
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* WeakSauceWeakness: Ringwraiths are vulnerable to the Patronus charm.
** Which makes it especially awesome when [[spoiler: Harry combines it with ShockAndAwe to beat the crap out of the Witch King]].
* WordOfGod: The author is a troper with a certain fondness for messing with his readers heads. Of course this is going to be present.
** Which makes it especially awesome when [[spoiler: Harry combines it with ShockAndAwe to beat the crap out of the Witch King]].
* WordOfGod: The author is a troper with a certain fondness for messing with his readers heads. Of course this is going to be present.
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** One reviewer noted that [[spoiler: despite the author's insistences that the main OriginalCharacter wasn't anything special, there were too many coincidences in there]]. They were right.
* [[spoiler: Half-HumanHybrid: Emrys and Eirian, being the grandchildren of Merlin, who happens to half Maia]]
* TakeThat: [[spoiler: Maglor]] outright dismisses Harry/Hermione in his assessment of the cast in the final chapter.
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* TwistEnding: Sort of. There are several twists near the end, but none spectacularly derails the plot.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Hurt Harry and Ginny will [[spoiler: obliterate your army in a firestorm]].storm]].
* WeakButSkilled: Hermione.
* WordOfGod: The author is a troper with a certain fondness for messing with his readers heads.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Hurt Harry and Ginny will [[spoiler: obliterate your army in a fire
* WeakButSkilled: Hermione.
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* RunningGag: Harry eliciting a spit take from someone, usually Theodred, by saying something outrageous.
** [[spoiler: Sirius transfiguring drinks]].
** [[spoiler: Sirius transfiguring drinks]].
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* SwordAndSorcerer. Harry and whichever member of the Fellowship happens to be nearby. Usually Boromir.
* TranquilFury: Harry when Boromir is shot. When [[spoiler: the Witch King poisons Ginny]], he is less tranquil, more furious.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Boromir kills a Warg this way.
* TookALevelInBadass: Harry's taken about fifty by the time the story starts.
** Emrys takes several, as does Eirian.
* RunningGag: Harry eliciting a spit take from someone, usually Theodred, by saying something outrageous.
** [[spoiler: Sirius transfiguring drinks]].
* TranquilFury: Harry when Boromir is shot. When [[spoiler: the Witch King poisons Ginny]], he is less tranquil, more furious.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Boromir kills a Warg this way.
* TookALevelInBadass: Harry's taken about fifty by the time the story starts.
** Emrys takes several, as does Eirian.
* RunningGag: Harry eliciting a spit take from someone, usually Theodred, by saying something outrageous.
** [[spoiler: Sirius transfiguring drinks]].
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* TranquilFury: Harry when Boromir is shot. When [[spoiler: the Witch King poisons Ginny]], he is less tranquil, more furious.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Boromir kills a Warg this way.
* TookALevelInBadass: Harry's taken about fifty by the time the story starts.
** Emrys takes several, as does Eirian.
* TranquilFury: Harry when Boromir is shot. When [[spoiler: the Witch King poisons Ginny]], he is less tranquil, more furious.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Boromir kills a Warg this way.
* TookALevelInBadass: Harry's taken about fifty by the time the story starts.
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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Saruman. He speaks a prophecy that warns Harry and company at the end, and is [[RedemptionEqualsDeath rewarded with a quick and painless death by Harry.Harry]].
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** Ron.
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* BerserkButton: Do not hurt Harry's friends. Ever. Especially not [[HeterosexualLifePartners Aragorn or Boromir]] or [[Spoiler: Ginny]]. He will obliterate you.
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* BerserkButton: Do not hurt Harry's friends. Ever. Especially not [[HeterosexualLifePartners Aragorn or Boromir]] or [[Spoiler: Ginny]]. He will obliterate you.[[IncendiaryExponent set you on fire]].
* CurbstompBattle: Harry vs Saruman rounds one and one and a half. Round two goes the other way.
* ShockAndAwe: The controlling a lightning storm variant. Happens twice, and by God is it spectacular on both occasions.
-->'''Harry''': [[{{Hamlet}} Something is rotten in the state of Rohan]].
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* ShroudedInMyth / FamedInStory: Harry. This is repeatedly Lampshaded.Lampshaded by the cast.
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* BeserkButton: BerserkButton: Do not hurt Harry's friends. Ever. Especially not [[HeterosexualLifePartners Aragorn or Boromir]] or [[Spoilers: Ginny]]. He will obliterate you.
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* HeelFaceReturn: HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Saruman. He speaks a prophecy that warns Harry and company at the end, and is rewarded with a quick and painless death by Harry.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Harry on a couple of occasions. Since he spends a lot of time on the edge of the MoralEventHorizon, this isn't surprising.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Harry on a couple of occasions. Since he spends a lot of time on the edge of the MoralEventHorizon, this isn't surprising.
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* CoolVSAwesome: Harry Potter hunting Ringwraiths all over Middle Earth? The Sword of Gryffindor being used [[spoiler: as a medium for the spirit of Godric Gryffindor]]? Yes, this trope definitely fits.
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Some months after the Second Wizarding War, Harry wants to get away from the Wizarding World. Dumbledore's portrait offers a destination, and Harry falls into Middle Earth in the year 3014 of the Third Age. Middle Earth is ''never'' going to be the same again.
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Some months after the Second Wizarding War, Harry wants to get away from the Wizarding World. Dumbledore's portrait offers a destination, and Harry falls into Middle Earth in the year 3014 of the Third Age. Middle Earth is ''never'' going to be the same again.
again. TropeOverdosed and full of Awesome and Funny moments.
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** Boromir notes, when brushing up Harry's swordsmanship, that Harry's reflexes are faster than any short of an elf, and others note this as well.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Harry's taken about fifty.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Harry's taken about fifty.fifty by the time the story starts.
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* CloudCuckoolander: Harry has shades of this. When Haldir is puzzled by this, Aragorn all but says, 'just go with it'.
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* GargleBlaster: Several references to the actual one.
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* GargleBlaster: Several references to the actual original one.
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Emrys and Eirian's grandfather]].
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The identity of Emrys and Eirian's grandfather]].grandparents]].
* ServileSnarker: Emrys.
* ServileSnarker: Emrys.
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* {{Expy}}: Intentionally done with the Dunlendings being the Welsh and the Rohirrim taking the role of the Anglo Saxons. Both sides are portrayed fairly.
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* SwordAndSorcerer. Harry and whichever member of the Fellowship happens to be nearby. Usually Boromir.
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* BigBrotherMentor: Aragorn is one to Harry.
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* ActionGirl: Eowyn, Arwen, Ginny, to a lesser extent, Hermione. Eirian grows into this.
* FiveManBand
** The Five Hunters
*** TheHero: Aragorn
*** TheLancer: Boromir
*** TheSmartGuy: Legolas
*** TheBigGuy: Harry/Gimli
*** TheChick: Harry/Gimli
** The Five Hunters
*** TheHero: Aragorn
*** TheLancer: Boromir
*** TheSmartGuy: Legolas
*** TheBigGuy: Harry/Gimli
*** TheChick: Harry/Gimli
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Emrys and Eirian's grandfather]].
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* TookALevelInBadass: Harry's taken about fifty.
** Emrys takes several, as does Eirian.
** Emrys takes several, as does Eirian.
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* BawdySong: One of [[spoiler: Sirius']] habits at a party. Including the Ball of Kirriemuir.
* ChekhovsGun: The voice that warns Legolas of a threat to Haldir.
* GargleBlaster: Several references to the actual one.
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* MeaningfulName: Emrys. And his and his sister's surname, 'Ap Derfel'.
* TheReveal:
* TheReveal:
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* RunningGag: Harry eliciting a spit take from someone, usually Theodred.
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* RunningGag: Harry eliciting a spit take from someone, usually Theodred.Theodred, by saying something outrageous.
** [[spoiler: Sirius transfiguring drinks]].
** [[spoiler: Sirius transfiguring drinks]].
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* BadFuture: What would have happened if Harry hadn't ended up in Middle Earth.
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** This one goes for most of the Fellowship.
* BilingualBonus: Occasionally in Sindarin and Welsh.
** The meaning of the surname of Emrys and Eirian (Derfel).
** Moristar. WordOfGod outright admits, and credits the Black Wizard for this.
*** Then upgrades it to the Lord Moristar Morinhetar, translating to 'The Lord Black Wizard Darkness Slayer'. The latter part forms a ShoutOut to the Blue Wizards.
** The meaning of the surname of Emrys and Eirian (Derfel).
** Moristar. WordOfGod outright admits, and credits the Black Wizard for this.
*** Then upgrades it to the Lord Moristar Morinhetar, translating to 'The Lord Black Wizard Darkness Slayer'. The latter part forms a ShoutOut to the Blue Wizards.
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** And Galadriel's gift to Harry. A surcoat in Gryffindor colours and helmet.
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** And Galadriel's gift gifts to Harry. Harry: A surcoat in Gryffindor colours and helmet.
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** SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: the narration slips into this from time to time.
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: the narration slips into this from time to
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Boromir kills a Warg this way.
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* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Hurt Harry and Ginny will [[spoiler: obliterate your army in a fire storm]].
* ShroudedInMyth / FamedInStory: Harry. This is repeatedly Lampshaded.
* ShroudedInMyth / FamedInStory: Harry. This is repeatedly Lampshaded.
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** TheWarlordChronicles
*** In the surname of the main [[OriginalCharacter OC's]]. Ap ''Derfel''.
** The King Arthur mythos
*ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Hurt Harry and Ginny will [[spoiler: obliterate your army in ShownTheirWork: References a fire storm]].
lot of the Middle Earth Legendarium.
* ShroudedInMyth / FamedInStory: Harry. This is repeatedlyLampshaded.Lampshaded.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Hurt Harry and Ginny will [[spoiler: obliterate your army in a fire storm]].
*** In the surname of the main [[OriginalCharacter OC's]]. Ap ''Derfel''.
** The King Arthur mythos
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* ShroudedInMyth / FamedInStory: Harry. This is repeatedly
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Hurt Harry and Ginny will [[spoiler: obliterate your army in a fire storm]].
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* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Denethor]].
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* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Denethor]]. What is not awesome about taking on the Witch King with no superpowers and special abilities aside from combat experience with the sword of Gryffindor.
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* RunningGag: Harry eliciting a spit take from someone, usually Theodred.
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* GenreSavvy: most of the cast.
** Shakespeare
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* ShroudedInMyth / FamedInStory: Harry. This is repeatedly Lampshaded.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Harry.
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* DeathIsCheap: [[spoiler: Where Harry is concerned, at least]].
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Denethor]].
** [[spoiler: Harry]]. It doesn't stick.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Denethor]].
** [[spoiler: Harry]]. It doesn't stick.
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* BlingOfWar: The Sword of Gryffindor.
** And Galadriel's gift to Harry. A surcoat in Gryffindor colours and helmet.
** And Galadriel's gift to Harry. A surcoat in Gryffindor colours and helmet.
* DeadpanSnarker: In a cast of these, Harry stands out. He snarks so much that the narration notes it when he restrains himself from snarking.
* GeniusBonus: the many references to the First Age and TheSilmarillion.
* HeroicLineage: Lampshaded by Gandalf, when he notes the entire Fellowship has famous ancestors of one form or another. Taken to a nigh ridiculous extent with Harry himself.
* LemonyNarrator: On occasion.
--> [[spoiler: Emrys]], like many others with a sobriquet such as 'The Valiant', took the traditional Gryffindor approach to distraction. That is to say, crude insults yelled at the top of one's voice. Sun Tzu would have been proud.
** SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: the narration slips into this from time to time.
* LemonyNarrator: On occasion.
--> [[spoiler: Emrys]], like many others with a sobriquet such as 'The Valiant', took the traditional Gryffindor approach to distraction. That is to say, crude insults yelled at the top of one's voice. Sun Tzu would have been proud.
** SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: the narration slips into this from time to time.
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Some months after the Second Wizarding War, Harry wants to get away from the Wizarding World. Dumbledore's portrait offers a destination, and Harry falls into Middle Earth in the year 3014 of the Third Age. Middle Earth is ''never'' going to be the same again.
Can be read here: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6335808/31/The_Wizard_in_the_Shadows
Now part of a larger universe, with a sequel: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8115207/1/From_Out_of_the_Shadows
And a series of oneshots or outtakes: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8115216/1/Snippets_from_the_Shadows
!!Tropes:
* AFatherToHisMen: Boromir
* BeserkButton: Do not hurt Harry's friends. Ever. Especially not [[HeterosexualLifePartners Aragorn or Boromir]] or [[Spoilers: Ginny]]. He will obliterate you.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Harry idly considers if 'The Return of the King' would make a good book or film title.
* EmpathicWeapon: The Sword of Gryffindor. Even more so than usual since [[spoiler: Godric Gryffindor uses it as a conduit to occasionally possess Harry]].
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Harry and Aragorn. Harry and Boromir.
* ShoutOut: Oh so many to:
** DoctorWho
*** It's also hinted in the sequel that [[spoiler: Merlin created Doctor Who]].
** BuffyTheVampireSlayer
** ThePrincessBride (Harry practically quotes the 'to the pain speech' verbatim).
** HitchikersGuideToTheGalaxy
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Hurt Harry and Ginny will [[spoiler: obliterate your army in a fire storm]].
Can be read here: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6335808/31/The_Wizard_in_the_Shadows
Now part of a larger universe, with a sequel: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8115207/1/From_Out_of_the_Shadows
And a series of oneshots or outtakes: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8115216/1/Snippets_from_the_Shadows
!!Tropes:
* AFatherToHisMen: Boromir
* BeserkButton: Do not hurt Harry's friends. Ever. Especially not [[HeterosexualLifePartners Aragorn or Boromir]] or [[Spoilers: Ginny]]. He will obliterate you.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Harry idly considers if 'The Return of the King' would make a good book or film title.
* EmpathicWeapon: The Sword of Gryffindor. Even more so than usual since [[spoiler: Godric Gryffindor uses it as a conduit to occasionally possess Harry]].
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Harry and Aragorn. Harry and Boromir.
* ShoutOut: Oh so many to:
** DoctorWho
*** It's also hinted in the sequel that [[spoiler: Merlin created Doctor Who]].
** BuffyTheVampireSlayer
** ThePrincessBride (Harry practically quotes the 'to the pain speech' verbatim).
** HitchikersGuideToTheGalaxy
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Hurt Harry and Ginny will [[spoiler: obliterate your army in a fire storm]].
