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* ActionGirl: Eowyn, Arwen, Ginny, to a lesser extent, Hermione. Eirian grows into this.

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* ActionGirl: Eowyn, Éowyn, Arwen, Ginny, to a lesser extent, Hermione. Eirian grows into this.



* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Eowyn. First Harry (hinted at in the past), then Aragorn.

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Eowyn.Éowyn. First Harry (hinted at in the past), then Aragorn.



* CannotSpitItOut: Faramir to Eowyn, much to Harry's and everyone else's amusement/irritation.

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* CannotSpitItOut: Faramir to Eowyn, Éowyn, much to Harry's and everyone else's amusement/irritation.



* LethalChef: Eowyn.

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* LethalChef: Eowyn.Éowyn.



** Eowyn does one.

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** Eowyn Éowyn does one.
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* FridgeHorror: Chapter 5 of Snippets reveals that Eirian [[spoiler: was a week away from being taken as a breeder, despite Wormtongue claiming her as his personal whore. A week away, as Emrys notes, from carrying an Uruk child]].
** Furthermore, he adds that [[spoiler: if she had given birth to said child, he has no idea what he would have done.]]

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* [[WordOfGod That's for me to know and you to find out]].

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* ** [[WordOfGod That's for me to know and you to find out]].



* KnightTemplar: Harry has shades of this in respect to orcs, as shown in Chapter 5 of Snippets.



* ParentalSubstitute: Eirian to Emrys.



* PreClimaxClimax: [[spoiler: Harry and Ginny]].


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* PreClimaxClimax: [[spoiler: Harry and Ginny]].


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** Snippets Chapter 5 is completely this trope, decisively pushing the ficverse into GreyAndBlackMorality.

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* BattleHaltingDuel: Harry vs [[spoiler: Voldywraith]].



** What happens to Wormtongue. It is [[spoiler: KickTheSonOfABitch]].

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** What happens to Wormtongue. It is KickTheSonOfABitch at its finest.
* FauxShadowing / {{Foreshadowing}}: Hermione notes that 'at least he isn't TheSentry' in reference to Harry. Yet, lo and behold,
[[spoiler: KickTheSonOfABitch]].a young male hero with long blonde hair, clean cut good looks and incredible superpowers appears]]. In the work of an author whose motto might as well be 'Power has a price'. And is a Sentry fan. Coincidence, or TrollingCreator?
* [[WordOfGod That's for me to know and you to find out]].



* FauxShadowing / {{Foreshadowing}}: Hermione notes that 'at least he isn't TheSentry' in reference to Harry. Yet, lo and behold, [[spoiler: a young male hero with long blonde hair, clean cut good looks and incredible superpowers appears]]. In the work of an author whose motto might as well be 'Power has a price'. And is a Sentry fan. Coincidence, or TrollingCreator?



* GreyAndBlackMorality: Chapter 5 of Snippets all but confirms this, with several of the heroes being happy to [[spoiler: take newborn orcs away from their parents]]. Ginny is the only one who seems worried by it.
* GroinAttack: Harry has a tendency towards this when faced with someone who's either physically stronger or ''really'' pissed him off.

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* GreyAndBlackMorality: Chapter 5 of Snippets all but confirms this, with several of the heroes being happy to [[spoiler: take newborn orcs away from their parents]].parents, as if they are raised away from orcs, they are, in fact, elves]]. Ginny is the only one who seems worried by it.
* GroinAttack: Harry has a tendency towards this when faced with someone who's either physically stronger or has ''really'' pissed him off.


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* TeamMom: Aragorn has shades of this. [[spoiler: Ginny by chapter 5 of Snippets]].
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* DefectorFromDecadence: Emrys, though he was never loyal to Saruman in the first place, being a low ranked version of a DragonWithAnAgenda.
** Virdraut.


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* GreyAndBlackMorality: Chapter 5 of Snippets all but confirms this, with several of the heroes being happy to [[spoiler: take newborn orcs away from their parents]]. Ginny is the only one who seems worried by it.


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* MercyKill: Emrys pulls one on his dying horse.
** Virdraut pulls one on the [[spoiler: orc born elf]] that Saruman was studying and threw to the Uruks/orcs when he was bored.
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Adult Child is being split between Man Child and One Of The Kids and bad examples deleted


* AdultChild: Harry. [[spoiler: Sirius]].
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Fixed \"retaining\" to \"detaining\", which is clearer


** When Harry discovers that [[spoiler:the lords of Gondor are retaining Aragorn so that those that were gravely injured in the battle die, thus leaving him with less support]], he goes to the meeting and thunders about their treason. One of the noble lords soils himself.

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** When Harry discovers that [[spoiler:the lords of Gondor are retaining detaining Aragorn so that those that were gravely injured in the battle die, thus leaving him with less support]], he goes to the meeting and thunders about their treason. One of the noble lords soils himself.
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* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Aside from the original Aragorn example, [[spoiler: Harry's investiture as Royal Wizard of Gondor and Arnor. He get's a kickass SimpleStaff out of the bargain as well.]]
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** [[WordOfGod She really does.]]
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* PacingProblems: Less so as the story progresses. The author's beta frequently yells at him about this.
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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.

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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]]. [[ViewersAreGeniuses They were right.right]].
* FauxShadowing / {{Foreshadowing}}: Hermione notes that 'at least he isn't TheSentry' in reference to Harry. Yet, lo and behold, [[spoiler: a young male hero with long blonde hair, clean cut good looks and incredible superpowers appears]]. In the work of an author whose motto might as well be 'Power has a price'. And is a Sentry fan. Coincidence, or TrollingCreator?
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* LethalChef: Eowyn.
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* ExactWords: Emrys has this down to an artform.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Harry notes that Aragorn's been celibate for at least fifty years to get a spit take from [[spoiler: Theodred]].
-->'''Harry''': That's a lot of time for a man to have no comfort but his hand.
** He gets a SpitTake, much to his glee. [[spoiler: Boromir]] was sitting opposite. He was not pleased.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: [[spoiler: The Sword of Gryffindor]] natch.
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* BrickJoke: Eomer in a dress.



** [[DraggedIntoDrag Guess what happens]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny to Eomer later on]], thanks to Sirius.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Pre Pelennor Fields, Harry is angsting over everyone relying on him to save Minas Tirith. He gloomily says that blowing up Weasley Wizard Wheezes couldn't distract him. Ginny takes this as a personal challenge. One dropped bedsheet later.

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** [[DraggedIntoDrag Guess what what]] [[BrickJoke happens]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny to Eomer later on]], thanks to Sirius.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Pre Pelennor Fields, Harry is angsting over everyone relying on him to save Minas Tirith. He gloomily says that blowing up Weasley Wizard Wheezes couldn't distract him. Ginny takes this as a personal challenge. One dropped bedsheet ModestyBedsheet later.



* MegaCrossover: In Snippets and the Shadowsverse 'Tales From the Barman', the Buffyverse and the Marvel Cinematic Universe have featured.

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* MegaCrossover: In Snippets and the Shadowsverse 'Tales From the Barman', both the Buffyverse and the Marvel Cinematic Universe have featured.featured.
** Tony Stark and [[spoiler: Maglor]] get on like a house on fire. Kingsley's reaction is OhCrap.
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** DoctorWho

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** DoctorWhoSeries/DoctorWho



** BuffyTheVampireSlayer

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** BuffyTheVampireSlayerSeries/BuffyTheVampireSlayer
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** [[{{Series/Merlin}} A boy known as Emrys with [[spoiler: a mysterious magical heritage and powers]] in service to the Crown Prince who repeatedly saves his life? Does this found familiar?]]

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** [[{{Series/Merlin}} A boy known as Emrys with with]] [[spoiler: a mysterious magical heritage and powers]] in service to the Crown Prince who repeatedly saves his life? Does this found familiar?]]Sound familiar?
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** [[Series/Merlin A boy known as Emrys with [[spoiler: a mysterious magical heritage and powers]] in service to the Crown Prince who repeatedly saves his life? Does this found familiar?]]

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** [[Series/Merlin [[{{Series/Merlin}} A boy known as Emrys with [[spoiler: a mysterious magical heritage and powers]] in service to the Crown Prince who repeatedly saves his life? Does this found familiar?]]
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** [[Series/Merlin A boy known as Emrys with [[spoiler: a mysterious magical heritage and powers]] in service to the Crown Prince who repeatedly saves his life? Does this found familiar?]]
*** Emrys is even a ServileSnarker.
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* AudienceSurrogate: Harry serves as one in that he makes all the snarky comments that an LOTR fan would make whilst watching the films:
-->'''Gimli''': Fangorn... what madness drove them there?
-->'''Harry''': You mean ''apart'' from the ferocious battle and certain death behind them?
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Faramir to the assassin. The trope is practically quoted.
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* HotWitch: Ginny, Hermione, Eirian.
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Emrys has also appeared in the mega crossover multi author fic in a chapter written by the author of the Shadowsverse: http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-19941-83/Methos+Tales+from+the+barman+Part+II.htm

The Shadowsverse Harry also takes centre stage alongside several other crossover Harry's by the same author in: http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-19941-84/NimbustheMariner+Tales+from+the+barman+Part+II.htm

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** In Snippets ('Therapy'), [[spoiler: Maglor]] calls out [[spoiler: Feanor]].


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* CrackFic: The main story narrowly avoids descending into this at points. Snippets doesn't bother, and Chapter 4 is a cheerful descent into crack fic madness.


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* MegaCrossover: In Snippets and the Shadowsverse 'Tales From the Barman', the Buffyverse and the Marvel Cinematic Universe have featured.
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** In Snippets ('Therapy'), [[spoiler: Maglor]] calls out [[spoiler: Feanor]].


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* CrackFic: The main story narrowly avoids descending into this at points. Snippets doesn't bother, and Chapter 4 is a cheerful descent into crack fic madness.


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* MegaCrossover: In Snippets and the Shadowsverse 'Tales From the Barman', the Buffyverse and the Marvel Cinematic Universe have featured.
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** 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.

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** 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 [[FallenAngel immensely ironic.ironic]].


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* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Harry and Aragorn mostly. Also Harry and Boromir.
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* PowerDyesYourHair: To [[Emrys']] eternal irritation as he's LockedIntoStrangeness. His numerous attempts to change it back from blonde to his previous brown are unsuccessful and a RunningGag.

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* PowerDyesYourHair: To [[Emrys']] [[spoiler: Emrys']] eternal irritation as he's LockedIntoStrangeness. His numerous attempts to change it back from blonde to his previous brown are unsuccessful and a RunningGag.
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* PrecisionFStrike: Done by [[Frodo]] of all people to cement how serious things are getting in ''From Out of the Shadows''.

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* PrecisionFStrike: Done by [[Frodo]] [[spoiler: Frodo]] of all people to cement how serious things are getting in ''From Out of the Shadows''.

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