I first felt the urge right after the film last year, but when I initially looked on Ao3, I gave up after very few fics because a cursory examination looked like the vast majority was extremely short (lots of sub-drabbles and ficlets around a few hundred words), and what remained mostly still had an unfinished feel/weren't very good.

But I was more determined this week and used the advanced search to filter it down and sort it by descending number of kudos, which always makes it easier to start, and I actually did find some things that were well worth reading!

Although I should probably go back through Library of Moria and Axe and Bow as well. There are a lot of things there that I've read multiple times but not bookmarked.