It kind of amuses me that you wrote a huge and awesome bb fic and then say that you're not good enough writer. But yeah, I get how you mean it. I need to like my prompts too. :)

Aww, thanks *blushes* I think we all have huge doubts about ourselves though don't we? I mean, I am not the worst writer in the world by any means but still, I don't seem to write well for mass appeal. And merlin_holidays is kinda all about mass appeal.

merlin holidays is about using some of your precious time to create something for someone just to make them happy. And yeah, you don't have to hit the exactly right spot with your writing, but that happens even to the best. You can't really get into your recipient's head, especially when you have just few lines of likes and dislikes to base your story on.

also, the way it works, the mods would never give you a prompt that would be completely out of your list of favourite stuff to write.

And why should be the minorities excluded? It's not like there's a rule that fics for merlin holidays have to be bright and happy all the way through.

When I started writing mpreg, I thought I'd be writing for a smaller group of readers and now when I look at number of hits at ao3, it's mpreg that has the highest.

Also, when I take your big bang story as an example, you had a very dark theme that was potentially very depressive, but you managed to brighten it up with love and hope. It's something not everyone can do.

Well, I may consider doing it this year. I'll see what my other commitments look like at the time.

I just sorta still have it in the back of my head that no one is actually interested in anything I write. It still surprises me when people are!