To give a character in an adaptation achievements that other characters were responsible for in the source material or that outright didn’t happen in an effort to boost the character

e.g. Legolas in lord of the rings, hermione in Harry Potter
hermiones wolf howl in the third film was so stupid, she doesn’t do it in the book, total Legolas effect
by Tattootweak June 24, 2019
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