The Lord of the Rings/Tropes A-L: Difference between revisions

* [[And I Must Scream]]: What becomes of Sauron after the Ring is destroyed. According to Gandalf, he lives on as a "mere spirit of malice that gnaws itself in the shadows, but cannot again grow or take shape." [[Alas, Poor Villain|Makes you almost feel sorry for him...]]

* [[Annoying Arrows]]: Subverted; Boromir does get shot by several arrows, and does pull at least one out, but is still weakened and wounded to death and definitely cannot continue fighting.

* [[Antagonist Title]] - The Lord of the Rings is Sauron.

* [[Anthropic Principle]]: It is <s>ornithologically</s> ontologically impossible for the heroes to ''fly'' [[Walk Into Mordor|into Mordor]], because there would be [[Story Existence Failure|No Story otherwise]]. A lot of people seem to skip over this point (for a lengthy discussion on the eagles see It Just Bugs Me).

* [[Artifact of Doom]]: Again, the Ring.

* [[Asleep for Days]]: Frodo does this in Rivendell after being near-fatally wounded by the Nazgûl. It happens again to both him and Sam after getting rescued from Mount Doom, due to their near starving, wounded state.

* [[Attack of the Monster Appendage]]: The Watcher in the Water.

* [[Author Avatar]]: Faramir, whom Tolkien considered himself to be most like out of all the characters. An early version of him explained in depth about the Elves.