
In an au! Where Tauriel losses her parents at a /very/ young age, complimented with the headcanon how she obsessively guarded things and went on mock patrols around her hut. I just imagine a young tauriel remaining in the burnt down village, in the house still guarding it. Her hair has been burnt and charred wood has dirtied her drastically, and she’s just guarding her t because she doesn’t know what else to do, she doesn’t know exactly what death is and she can’t seem to come to the understanding that there’s nothing left here, that everything is gone and her parents are dead.
So just imagine this feral little red headed silvan running at that one person who comes near her hut, probably someone from the guard on patrol whose just like, ’…. Oh no, oof! You’ve killed me,“ as they dramatically stagger and fall with an exasperated "blah” and Tauriel just creeps up slowly like, “… Hello? …hellooooo?” And then they grab her and she’s just kicking and screaming like a child would and they just ask, “where are your parents, little one?” And she just replies in the most stubborn and naive way, “Im waiting for them to return! Ive been guarding our home!” And then it just clicks in the guards mind that, oh shit…. She’s a survivor…