Battle of the Five Armies

[Ayen]

It was my understanding Tauriel was a movie exclusive.

I think his concern is less that we should care about this character's ultimate fate, and more that Tauriel was an unnecessary addition into an established story that lacks a twist ending.

But then again, Azog is still alive at the beginning of the first movie, so it could be anything. It could even be a boat.

My response was more directed at the "I can't believe we're using spoilers for a book that's eighty years old." comment. I only used spoilers tags because Tauriel is an original character so the story is obviously going to be different because of it.