I mean, it probably isn't that balanced, since I pretty much agree with Neshomeh. I feel like people either generally agree with that ethos or don't, and if they don't they often don't end up joining the PPC.

I do however think if I were to go about constructing a mission for a fic (which I wouldn't yet, don't have permission), I wouldn't take into account a "please don't spork" request- if someone really doesn't want something sporked, sorry, but they probably shouldn't publish it publicly. Public fic is open to criticism in the same way published lit is, and sporking is a form of criticism. The standard PPC explanation makes as much sense to me now as it did when I read it on the wiki.

However, I think I might view the fic differently if, as you said, it's more of a guilty pleasure fic. A fic should, in my opinion, be judged based on its goals: humorfic should be judged more on it being funny than it making logical sense, and I might be more lenient in criticizing OOC moments (though in my opinion it should be possible to make things funny without having to force characters OOC), crackfic has a pretty different set of parameters for what makes it good, fluff isn't trying to construct an elaborate plot with high stakes, and so on. So if it's more of a fic about wish fulfillment or other guilty pleasures, I think I'd try to judge it by how it succeeds in those sorts of goals as much as by the traditional PPC metrics of glitter content, canon compliance, and so on.

I think my main criticisms of wish fulfillment fic revolve more around how it relates to the original canon's appeal. For instance, if a Harry Potter fic throws everyone out of character in order to have a bunch of NSFW shenanigans involving anime demons, I'll probably be screaming at the fic to please pick a canon known for NSFW anime demons. But if a fic about, say, the Graceling universe has a main character with powers that tend to be broadly applicable and powerful who helps to fix a lot of the canon's problems with politics, I'll mind that a lot less because that's close to the appeal of the original canon. I mean, I'll definitely still be willing to be critical of the latter, but it helps if I can see why someone wanted to write something.

So all that is to say, if a guilty pleasure fic isn't aiming to be a great love letter to canon or a fascinating reinterpretation, I might not mind that.

First, I haven't greeted you yet, so welcome! Popping in to ask questions occasionally is great.

This is an interesting one. Personally, I think I'd place it in the same category as "don't like, don't read" and ignore it if the fic was bad enough to spork. Our general stance is that, if you're going to post your work where the entire Internet can see it, you're implicitly accepting that your work is eligible for review/critique, just like everyone else's, and that not every response will necessarily be positive. If you don't want your work to be subject to the opinions of all and sundry, the thing to do is post it to a private community. It's not reasonable to both ask for the same amount of attention as other works in full view and try to pick and choose what kind of attention you get.

But, that's just my crotchety oldbie opinion. Others may think differently!

For reference, the main things we typically give a pass, even if they're on public platforms, are gift-fics/prompt fics that are done specifically to please someone else, and fics that heavily feature religious themes. We may choose not to spork fics for reasons of individual discretion, too.

ETA: Also, I think it goes without saying that people don't want their writing sporked (at least until they've gotten some distance from it). The thing is, the best way to avoid a sporking from us is simply to put in the bare minimum of effort to check your spelling and your facts before you post. PPC missions are ideally funny, so fics that don't have that element of "so bad it's funny" or WTF, which tends to result from carelessness, don't tend to get missioned. Unless they're downright offensive. See: most if not all Legendary Badfics, most of which are also trollfic. So, y'know, try not to be downright offensive, and don't be a troll. That's always a good plan. {= )

~Neshomeh