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i am a movie star!: On Tauriel, Mary Sues, and Why Adaptation is Awesome

luxheroica:

The Fellowship of the Ring was released just after I turned eleven. I’d read The Hobbit a few years before, and was about halfway through The Two Towers by the time the movie hit theaters, so I already knew that I enjoyed the story, but the movie version lit a fire in my imagination. The Lord of…

This article is really so good. I don’t think Tauriel is a Mary Sue personally (to me, a Mary Sue is a female character inserted into a universe’s canon who is 100 percent flawless, and I think that Tauriel is going to have many flaws). However, in the case that she *is* a Mary Sue, here is an opinion on why it might not be a bad thing.

nate-b:

Merida - Maggie
Location - Purgatory Falls, Milford, NH
Photos by Nate Buchman Photography 
(the artist formally known as IndieNate lol)

If you ever get the chance highly recommend checking out Purgatory Falls. Beautiful location. Quintessential fantasy backdrop. Just gorgeous. 
Major kudos to Maggie for braving harsh weather conditions and for juming into the freezing water for a shot. In the water shot you can see the rain coming down in the background. Downpour with thunder going off. Dangerous, but oh so exciting. 

I’m dying to do a photoshoot that requires me to do crazy things like this. Maggie’s gorgeous. And Nate is amazing at what he does.

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