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Tasa doesn't necessarily have to die, but she'll never live happily ever after. She could never be happy with somebody other than Malris, but she was never truly meant to be with him.
At best, she was once content within the gardens of Lothlorien as a handmaiden to Galadriel, who knew her well. She could be content again in solitude within hidden gardens in Valinor, but she won't be the one at the end of the tale that gets all she's worked her life for. She'll be the one to devote herself to the world around her.
Tasa's not a main character, she's a supporting role in her own story. She's a martyr and nothing that I write will change it.
I can be honest, I suppose, since I suspect it will affect your planned ending, Ang. I've long been flirting with the concept of Tasa returning alone to Lothlorien rather than sailing West.
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