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Yeah, I ship them.
I'm going to tick off any Kili/Tauriel fans out there by spamming you with my Leggy/Tauriel art, probably XD
I'm not sorry, Kili and Tauriel's romance was flat out stupid. From the beginning I thought Legolas and Tauriel are a better match (even before I saw the movie), and I was right. Anything is better than Kili/Tauriel (I would have enjoyed Bofur/Tauriel more!) XD, it just is that was lame and it didn't seem like something someone like Tauriel would do.
Anyway, with Legolas having the same personality he did in lotr, this would have been a much better match.
I'm not talking stupid love at first sight stuff, I'm talking about a long inseparable partnership/friendship between she and Legolas. Something that seems elvish. Loyalty, love, fighting alongside a friend, y'know.
Anyway in my opinion this would have been better. It also wouldn't have been as awkward, cause they was unbearable XD I had no connection to those two, it seemed so pointless and unnecessary and ruined Tauriel for me, pretty much.
Me and Kili/Tauriel is like Gollum and Elvish bread, ya feel me? XD
Anyway, anthro Leggy and Tauriel as lions. Seemed to fit the elves pretty well. Although I also like them being snow leopards too, they're regal.
Art (C) =AgentWhiteHawk 2013
Legolas (C) J.R.R. Tolken/ The Hobbit
Tauriel (C) The Hobbit
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I feel the same way about Kili and Tauriel. I think that Legolas is much better for her and I really think they should end up together
And great job! I kinda love them as lions
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I think they are more suited. Both Legolas and Tauriel need some personality tweaks in my opinion. Legolas doesn't seem like the same person he was lord of the rings, so yeah.
And thank you!
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I agree about the Tauriel and Kili thing. I was just starting to warm up to Tauriel and then that whole thing with Kili getting shot in the leg and she had to and save in such a predictable and annoying romantic thing. Though I also have to say that after having thought about it a while that I don't think that Tauriel is actually in love with Kili like Kili is with her. I think she's just upset about not being allowed to be with Legolas and she feels sorry for Kili getting hurt. 
Lovely detail on their faces in this picture. You're anthromorphic skills are very impressive!
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Agree with you completely. The whole thing was corny and unbelievable. Every time I watch DOS I'm like "What are Tauriel's motives here?" Her thing with Kili seems flirtatious, but it doesn't seem like love, and it doesn't even seem like seriously romantic interest either, so what is it? I seriously have no idea what they were thinking. If they truly are going to go through with the romance as long as Kili is alive (which won't be long, so it seems to be of little value anyway), then they would have needed it to be better thought out.
I watched DOS the other day and when Thranduil tells Tauriel he wouldn't let Legolas be with her, her emotion seems to be disappointment and worry. I don't see what else it can be. Surely they can't be selling it as guilt because she wants to go be with some random Dwarf she just met. Maybe she's just trying to discourage Legolas and make him mad, but then she probably wouldn't lead on someone else like that. Least of all a dwarf. So really, I have no idea.
I have heard some people say that Kili is just an obstacle for a relationship between Legolas and Tauriel, but even if that is so they're doing a pretty poor job. I only hope things make more sense in There and Back Again, certainly nothing is making sense now.
I also hope this thing with Tauriel doesn't effect Kili's death too much. Overall (despite all my ranting) Kili is an okay character, I don't want his death to be made into some ridiculous shot-lifed love fest with a random elf.
And Thank you! I'm a bit of a noob at anthros, but when I have good material it goes pretty well! Thanks for the comment!
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I've only seen it once so far, but we're thinking about buying the DVD regardless of it's story flaws, so I'll have to check again to study Tauriel's motives. But like I said to some younger friends of mine, I don't think she loves Kili, I think she just likes him like a little girl trying to save a cute puppy or something. And I do hope everything's cleared up and not annoyingly in the next movie.
You're welcome ^-^
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I saw it first in the theaters, but I found an online link that works really well so I watch it whenever I feel like it. I'm still probably going to buy it though.
But yeah, it just seems really silly and short-lived.
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I know how you feel! I ship them too, they're so cute togehter!
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Yep :3
I just personally think they would have made a better match!
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thank you for existing! sometimes I think I am alone in the world with all those kiliel shippers
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No aren't! Most every teenage girl who is a fan of the books HATED Kili/Tauriel.
When I first heard about Tauriel's addition to the cast I thought she was Leggy's girl XD When I found out Peter Jackson was going to do a romance between her and Kili I literally said "what the crap are you thinking?" It was completely unnecessary.
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Hmm, interesting. I never thought of elves resembling lions before. In my mind, elves were always more...slender? idk. Something like cheetahs, or maybe coyotes if they were canine. Still, you pulled it off pretty well 
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Thanks :3
As far as animals go, I think lions fit them best. For Legolas a white lion, for Tauriel a tan/reddish one :3 The markings on cheetahs and coyotes fit them less in my opinion. And wood-elves are tougher then most.
For Western elves like ones from Rivendell I normally do arctic foxes or something. Same for the elves of Lorien.
I prefer a friendship to romance as well. I've never thought that Tauriel and Kili make a good match. It seems very illogical and forced to keep to the themes of inter-species relationships like Aragorn and Arwen (which was done actually done extremely well.)
My preferred pairing would be Legolas and Tauriel, and being a strong friendship mixed with romantic interest. Like you said the kind that would die for each other out of love, but less out of romantic love. I'm not at all a fan of love at first sight. It's flimsy, and pretty much a crush. If you "liked" or found someone attractive when you first met then ended up with them of course your going to say "oh yes it was love at first sight." When of course you got to know them before marrying them or dating them or whatever. I personally don't buy into it XD Meanwhile if you "liked" someone when you first saw them, then dated them and then ended up hated each other, your not going to say it's love, because well, it's not. So yeah XD Dahh. It's logic.
I didn't use guidelines under this one. This actually is the sketch. I'm rarely in the frame of mind to draw like this without guidelines, but I guess I was when I drew this.
By the way, if your interested I did end up finishing this piece.
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I don't really think there needed to be a relationship at all. I feel like Tolkien always stressed friendship over everything so it would've been way cooler to me to just see friendship between all of them. I think friendship would've made it sweeter for her to save Kili and I think Tauriel and Legolas could've been besties and it would've been adorable. Stupid love triangles. Leave shipping to the fans and just stop ruining canon >_<
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If I did it, I would have made Tauriel and Legolas Bff imperishable epic fighting partners.
That would have been just epic. It also would have fit both of their personalities really well. And it also wouldn't have strayed from Tolken's themes as much.
Kili and Tauriel just didn't do it for me. I've never liked them. I'll never like them. And I don't think it did their characters justice. I thought less of them after I saw that. I think the only point of it was to have another race mix like Aragorn and Arwen, which is okay, but it just didn't fit. It was unnecessary.
But since Fili and Kili die in the next film it might end up being that way since Legolas and Tauriel already are good friends. //I hope you already know that! Hope I didn't spoil anything...//
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I have fun doing weird shipping and I actually have an RP that ships Legolas and Kili, haha. I wasn't sure about the pairing going into it, but it ended up turning out really well and managed to stay shockingly IC, but the thing is, it's just a fan RP. It's when they make these nonsense ships canon that it upsets me. If fans wanted to ship Kili/Tauriel, whatever not my thing, but to each their own. But when they make it so blatant in the movie that it becomes canon... I'm just like...why?
Kili and Tauriel don't do it for me either. I was reluctant going into the movie, but I was even able to see their flirting as kind of cute at points. Even so, it was a little too intense and when Kili mentioned love at the end, I was just groaning and beating my fists into my head.
I'm not really into Tauriel and Legolas either, but they'd still be better than Kili/Tauriel. Again, I just want them to be good friends.
And the thing that worries me about the next movie, and yes I knew they died, is that they're going to make Kili's death about Tauriel. That would absolutely ruin the movie for me, because Kili's death is supposed to be about Thorin and him protecting him with his brother. I swear, if they make it about her instead, I'm going to just...cry but not in a good way, haha.
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I absolutely hate non-canon pairings. Usually, if it happens in the movie/book/comic, that's what I like. Legolas and Tauriel are kind of my "fun" ship like you said. I honestly think it would have been better with them if there HAS to be any romance. But if there wasn't any romance, just loyalty and friendship, I would have been jumping up and down and loved the movie that much more. To say the least, the romance put a dent into the film. It just made it worse. As films go, it's pretty good. But I didn't like the fact that they strayed from the book so much. But hey, it's still a good film.
But as I said before, I would have preferred a "friendship" romance. You know those things where two people are so inseparable they just sorta end up together without all of the mushy crud. That's much more pleasing in my opinion.
Anyway, I certainly hope they don't ruin Kili and Fili's death. They can't make it about Tauriel. They can't make it about anyone but Thorin, Fili and Kili. That's how it is. They can't twist it. If that do I'm going to be very disappointed.
I also loved Fili and Kili's bond as brothers! They did that very well. It's similar to Mery and Pippin in a lot of ways, and I love Mery and Pippin :3
I really hope they sever this thing with Tauriel and Kili. Your probably the 15th person I've talked to who disliked their romance XD so yeah.... it's unnessasary.
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I don't know what you are talking about but the pic looks awesome
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XD Legolas and Taruiel are characters from The Hobbit: The Desolaiton of Smaug :3
Thanks!
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Oh I should watch them movies then
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I shall go try and finds it! *runs off*
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I ship it XD at least more so than Kili/Tauriel. Nice sketch btw.
I think lions fit them, especially Legolas because he's blonde.
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Yus, yuss I ship it a lot XD
Thanks. I like them as lions best I think. I might end up finishing this, might not.
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You're welcome ^^
Idk why, but lions just seem to fit elves.
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ikr. you wouldn't think it, but they do!
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I like kilixtauriel. Personally I think Legolas is way too badass to have a girl in his life. Maybe like after LotR... Idk but that's just me. Even though I don't ship it I do think Legolas and Tauriel are cute together. I loved Legolas' jealousy. So I hope you aren't offended by my comment in anyway. Just wanted to show that not all kilixtauriel fans suck. And I totally understand your point of view on the pairings.
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I understand some people like Kili and Tauriel, but I didn't see there connection. To me, two people have to really click to have a relationship like that. Legolas and Tauriel fight really well together, they really seem like a good team. And Tauriel knew Legolas would come after her, they have a bond that goes beyond pointless flirting. That's just more logical to me.
Kili and Tauriel seem to me to be more of a fantasy that wouldn't last in the real world. I couldn't imagine them getting along very well settling down, or even sharing a life. When you make a romance with two character you have to consider it. It's the mistake most people today who get married and get a divorce make. Not really thinking it through. While, even though it might not work out perfectly, knowing a person for a long time, and really knowing them, that just helps. I know you have to start knowing someone some time, but I just think rushing into something is unwise. If it was me, I would have started to escalate their relationship after Tauriel healed Kili. Maybe Tauriel healing Kili more out of doing the right then, then out of a crush, you know what I mean? Then Kili starting to like her, not because of her looks or fighting skills (that's what it appeared to be), but out of the good in her, and how different she is than the other elves for not hating dwarves. Just a thought.
I don't know, maybe I over analyze relationships, but I think the production crew of DOS didn't really think it through all that well. It could have been good, I could have liked it, but it failed to me. And even though they tried to downplay Legolas, he seemed to care for her more than Kili did. They seemed to have the deeper connection.
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This whole mess wouldn't have happened if the people who madethe movie followed the book. XD I saw the connection in the movie between Legolas and Tauriel and that's why I'm still kinda stuck on who I'd ship more if that makes sense. And maybe you could be over analyzing it. It is a movie after all but you do bring up very valid points. But there is such a thing as falling for someone at first sight. Happened to me. So I guess nice I can relate to that it made me like Kili and Tauriel together. But a one sided love, Kili loving Tauriel is even better! So sad. But it doesn't matter anyway because Kili's gonna die in the next movie. :/
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True. I mean, I like the idea of an elf falling for a Dwarf, but they already have something like that. An even better one. It's Legolas and his friendship with Gimli. I'm a huge fan of it. I just love how they joke with each other.
Yeah, I think it would just be, better. I care way too much about films XD I like to write, myself. So I like to think up the best of every aspect of relationships. That is part of what makes a story/book. I like to have the best of everything. Perfection. (bit of a perfectionist in some areas) And theres something about a long loyal relationship of fighting and honor with an underlying attraction what seems charming.
I've never been one for the whole "love at first sight." It's just not all that common. I guess it could be real, but are you falling in love with them, or their sight? There is no way for you to know their personality, who they are. I feel you fall in love with the person, not what they look like. So how could it be real at "first sight?" And of all things, an elf? Even though the mirkwood elves are less wise, they still can obtain wisdom through common sense. And even though a random dwarf flirts with you, would you really become curious, and eventually flirt back? If it was me, I'd suspect something. A tool for being set free, perhaps. And realistically, if you were on a long journey to a mountain. Worn out, starving, desperately searching your mind for a plan of escape, would you flirt with an elven guard who just saved you, but only to put you behind bars? I think not. I would have thought Kili would be bolder. Not just fold at the first sight of a pretty face. This is what I mean by being unrealistic. It might happen with some, but with these two, it was out of character to say the least. Even if it did happen.
If I wasn't over analyzing it before, I am now XD
It would have been better instead of Tauriel being the stronger end, in my opinion. Anyway, I hope Kili and Fili have noble death. Protecting Thorin like in the book. I hope they don't lower it down to something with Tauriel. Fili and Kili need to die together as brothers if they really have to die. Squeee, I don't want them to go. I Really like Fili. Kili is, okay, but Fili shows such devotion to his brother.
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I write too. I'm a hopeless romantic and write whatever romance I choose. Love at first sight, character development turning into love, star crossed lovers, all that. Sometimes when you fall in love it doesn't need to make sense you know? You can't really help how you feel. But what really one me over is the tragedy that's going to happen when Kili dies. I love tragedy and him dying for Thorin while Tauriel is there knowing how he feels is... Tragic and beautifully romantic. But that's just me. I'm sick in the head in that sense.
And I understand you're reasoning for the whole deal in mirkwood, I think she did suspect something and that's why she didn't flirt back. But once she took the time to understand him a little I think that's where a little bit of a bond grew. An understanding.
What I also like is that it's the start of the idea that dwarves and else can be friends. They have no reason to hate each other just because they're different races or because of their forefathers mistakes.
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I've never been one for any of that. I like relationships that have a history, for the most part. Or start out a simple/inseparable friendships then turn into something more. To me, those are the ones that last. Because no matter how much romance you have with someone, it is but memories if it can't last.
But I understand how people can like those types of romances. Theres something enchanting about it. But even so, I like to be realistic with it in some way. I'm not the sort of person who would date someone because I met them once. I'm the person who would wait five years, and then have a connection to a friend because I know them well. So I guess your tastes comes with your experiences.
True, but their bond was that they didn't really have anyone. I'm not sure how many people know this, but Tauriel's parents where killed by orcs. Then Thranduil took her in and she was trained to be a royal guard. She hasn't really forgotten her parent's death. And Kili's mother (if I remember it correctly) being dead isn't really the best bond in the world. They have things in common, true. But It was flimsy at best. If anything, an improvement needs to be made in the next film. They need it to appeal to all types of people, not just people who enjoy that type of romance, because I certainly don't. There is a way to do it. It wouldn't be hard. And it would not ruin it for everyone else.
True. I've always loved the Dwarf/elf combo. But I simple didn't enjoy Kili/Tauriel. It's a shame, really.
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In stories all those romances can be made realistic if done correctly. My theory of why people, including myself, like those types of romances is because it allows us to escape into a world of love that we yearn for even though we are well aware it doesn't exist. I don't necessarily believed you need to know someone for years before dating and ensuring the relationship lasts. But I do believe you need to know them for at the very least a couple months. All people and relationships are different so there isn't an exact rule to stick by.
To be perfectly honest, in the next film I really hope there is no kiss scene between them. I really want it to stay a one sided love on Kili's part. And then he dies. Haha I'm just super depressing like that. And to me adding a kiss scene between him and Tauriel or even Legolas and her would be a bad move. I think it wouldn't fight the move at all.... Just keep the love triangle silent. Quiet looks of longing is good enough for me.
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True. I would have liked this had it been done differently probably. But still, some things I like to be kept realistic, and then others totally from my mind. I'm odd like that I guess XD For example, I love realistic animal/character designs, but then I love them having weapons and gear and armor and stuff. So yeah.
I completely agree.
If anyway, idk, holding hands like they did with Gandalf and Galadriel. Not every couple can be done well with a kiss scene. I don't believe either Kili and Tauriel or Legolas and Tauriel could do it well. Although, I could picture it a little better with Legolas and Tauriel, only Tauriel doing something like that. Legolas is more like a silent person, while Tauriel is pretty passionate. Although even that would even be iffy. But I think something like that between she and Kili would just be ridiculous. They need to find another way to do it, if they do want to do a scene like that. And in some ways, it can be better.
Anyway, yeah, I agree with ya there :3
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Hahaha an agreement! Living proof fans of opposing couples can get along! Hahaha
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Yep! :3
When it all boils down, I could have liked Kili and Tauriel, I just didn't approve of how it was done. Either way, I can't wait till part 3!
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I laughed so hard when she was healing him and there was that light shining around her.. I was all, "don't go into the light!" That part was ridiculous haha. I thought the desolation of smaug was going to be a bust but I was happily impressed. So now I'm excited for part 3. Just don't wanna wait an entire year. XD
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Me neither. I'm like, I MUST SEE IT NOW!!!
Anyway, the light was kinda weird XD but it happens every time elves heal someone. It happened when Arwen was trying to head Frodo in the fellowship of the ring. It also happened when Elrond successfully healed Frodo.
So it didn't surprise me at all.
Anyway, I love all of the movies and books even though there are things that I would have preferred to be different in the movies.
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Yeah I kinda wish they went more by the book with the hobbit like they did with lotr. And I absolutely can't stand the pale Orc. He's supposed to be long dead and they brought him back. Meeeehhhh....
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Azog is supposed to be a goblin, according to the book. So I'm watching and I'm like... Azog is a goblin and he's dead!!!
So yeah, puzzled me too.
But I really wish it was closer to the book. The book is awesome! I like the movies too, but, still...
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I agree! But the funny thing is is in my version of the hobbit everyone lives except for smaug of course. I think my version is supposed to be the children's book because each page has a colorful picture in it haha.
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Yeah, probably the picture book XD idk
I have the novel, so yeah, juicy stuff!
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My mom just bought me the novel. Stoked to read it!
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