12 Giant Plot-Holes You Didn't Notice In 2014's Biggest Movies

5. So... Tauriel Just Sort Of Goes Away?

The question of what would happen to Tauriel at the end of the third Hobbit film was always somewhat over-shadowed by the fact that she wasn't actually in The Lord Of The Rings, despite being an immortal elf. It was always assumed that the heroic creation by Peter Jackson would meet the same fate as her beloved dwarf Kili, and we'd get to see a redo of the Tonks/Lupin heroic sacrifice in the final Harry Potter film. In truth, that's what actually should have happened, but instead Tauriel actually makes it to the end of the film alive - though predictably Kili doesn't get a reprieve - having spent the majority of the film with wet cheeks and very little to actually do. Because Jackson chose to add in so many new strands and expanded sequences, he ended up having too many loose ends to satisfyingly tie up: so seemingly important characters - like Beorn and Tauriel and indeed most of the dwarf company - are sort of forgotten about. So that leaves the question of what actually happens to Tauriel? Does she just not come back to help her friend Legolas in the sequels because she's so sad? Is she killed - and if so why wasn't any of it deemed important enough to actually see?