Altaira
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Sep 28 2013, 6:23pm
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Heaven knows Tolkien would never devise a lone female character
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who hones her skills with weapons even though it's not lady-like to do so, and cares so much about her people and the events threatening them that she would actually go out into the world and fight in battles even though she's the only 'token' woman among a bunch of men.
Oh, wait. 
And, yes, I fully realize that Eowyn is an actual Tolkien character and Tauriel is not, but the concept of a woman warrior certainly isn't foreign to Tolkien. I see Tauriel as a nod to Eowyn, Tolkien and the fact that other races of the time may have had heroic females with similar motivations and results.
Koru: Maori symbol representing a fern frond as it opens. The koru reaches towards the light, striving for perfection, encouraging new, positive beginnings.
"Life can't be all work and no TORn" -- jflower
"I take a moment to fervently hope that the camaradarie and just plain old fun I found at TORn will never end" -- LOTR_nutcase
(This post was edited by Altaira on Sep 28 2013, 6:25pm)
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