First off, I've often lamented the mindset that all PPC missions must be into Terrible No Good Very Bad fics. A badfic doesn't have to be squicktastic to make a good mission - at least, I'm trying to prove it doesn't.
Secondly, and in-universe, the barely-badfics are still badfics. They still affect the canon, even if not as much. So they still need dealing with.
Third, Intel are just as overworked as everyone else. I'm sure some of them conscientiously look deeply into every fic they're assigned; I'm also sure they get far less done than the ones who go 'three extra Walkers, it's a badfic', or indeed 'Wormtongue slash, must be bad'.
Fourth, except for this mission and their very first one, everything S+K go into is by request from Board members. Since Architeuthis established way back that 'person sending in badfic' can be an in-universe synonym for 'Intelligence operative', this really is a case of Intel not doing their jobs. ^~
Fifth, S+K are supposed to be fluffy. They're designed to make you feel good when you read them. That means that yeah, they won't go into the 'o woe this fic is so bad I must rage' mode so understandably common among agents, because that's not their thing.
Sixth, this fic was bad. It was massively plagiarised from the movie script, gave the three girls utterly generic personalities - despite the fact that Rose Cotton has a personality, a very distinct one - and showed a general lack of understanding of Middle-earth. It was a bad fic. What it wasn't was cringeworthy or horrifying, on which, see point 1. But take a look at the concrit, where I/Kaitlyn found it nearly impossible to say anything good about the fic.
Seventh, there was absolutely no way I could not send Kaitlyn into this story. C'mon!
7+1th, I do like giving concrit at the end. But make no mistake, despite how gentle it was, this fic still ended up dead, dead, dead.
Bet you didn't think I'd have eight answers to that, huh? ^~
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