I've seen the Tolkien Edit, and I'm a fan. It's definitely a bit jarring at times, but it's very watchable.

I've said this before. I hated Tauriel. I'm pretty much a purist, and I thought the addition was stupid (tbf, there are many additions to the Hobbit movies that are stupid). A friend of mine had a daughter who was maybe 8-9 when the movies came out. She became a huge Tauriel fan, read the Hobbit, read the Lord of the Rings, etc. I would rather have a small bit player added to the story, a small inconsequential character who doesn't really change anything, than doing what Hollywood normally does--taking random female character and making her an empowered (probably raceswapped poc) bossbitch.

So today, I basically just ignore Tauriel.