Line #23 FanFic/TheCaptainAndTheKing


1	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/3746424/chapters/8311707 The Captain and the King]]'' is a ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' AlternateUniverseFic by plasticChevy, based on the premise: ''WhatIf Saruman thought Aragorn had the Ring?''
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3	Rather than hobbits, Sauron instructs his forces to capture Men, and as such, Boromir survives Amon Hen - but blinded and in enemy hands. He and a wounded Aragorn get put through hell together, first by the Uruks and then by Saruman, while Merry, Pippin, Legolas and Gimli track them across Rohan. And ''then'' we get the ''[[ForWantOfANail consequences]]'' of Boromir's survival...
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5	This fic was removed when Henneth Annun removed its fanfics without warning. It is now posted on Archive Of Our Own.
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7	Also has a copy at ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/652532/1/The-Captain-and-the-King Fanfiction.net]]'' including a sequel ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1450202/1/The-Steward-s-Tale The Steward's Tale]]''. Sadly, the sequel hasn't been updated since 2009...
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9	!!This work provides examples of:
10	* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning
11	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:A lot of nastiness has been overcome, but Halbarad refuses to be redeemed, Merry must return to the Shire, and in the DistantFinale, though he had a long and good life, Boromir has died.]]
12	* ColdBloodedTorture: Apparently Saruman has an AgonyBeam. And he's not afraid to use it.
13	* ForWantOfANail / InSpiteOfANail: As in any good AlternateHistory.
14	* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler:Boromir, are you ''sure'' it's a good idea to go off ''alone'' to try to save someone from himself who ''just'' admitted he wishes you were dead? It looks like TooDumbToLive until it turns out he at least had the sense to do it while wearing armor.]]
15	* HandicappedBadass: Boromir is a low-key example, in that his blinding ''has'' made him much less effective in a fight. But he was ''so'' badass to begin with that he still very much qualifies.
16	* ICanStillFight
17	* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Halbarad]] gets it ''bad''.
18	* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Merry, to Boromir.
19	* MaliciousSlander: There are some ''nasty'' rumors about Boromir going around.
20	* MyGreatestFailure: Amon Hen, oh yes.
21	* OriginalFlavor
22	* ThePromise: "There will be only one Steward in Gondor, so long as I am king." [[spoiler:Even when that Steward dies.]] Also a case of IfWeSurviveThis.
23	* ShellShockedVeteran: Boromir shows some classic signs of PTSD after Orthanc, though of course no one in this universe would know that name for it.
24	* SiblingYinYang: Between Boromir and Faramir, and a major source of dramatic tension.
25	* TheStationsOfTheCanon: A lot of things still have to happen, and won't be ''that'' much different, so they tend to be described in brief, and/or from another point of view, and/or to another character after the fact, so that their reaction is as much of the scene as the event itself.
26	* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:Halbarad, Elenard, and Hirluin.]]
27	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Most of the [[spoiler:anti-Boromir faction]] aren't even particularly extreme so much as people who honestly disagree with the protagonists' decision. [[spoiler:Imrahil comes to the edge of the proverbial [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope slippery slope]] but checks himself. Halbarad... not so much.]]

Context FanFic / TheCaptainAndTheKing