Definitely, I think she gets a break if she's learned from her mistakes. On the other hand, it occurred to me that if she knew it was bad, she might enjoy seeing it mocked. On the third hand, you can't assume she would; on the fourth hand, if you can find a tactful way of asking, it might be worth it. On the fifth hand, I seem to have turned myself into an octopus, so I'll shut up now.

True, we try to focus on the 'fic, not the author, but if an author has taken their work down - particularly if they did so because they know it's bad - it's best to respect that. Besides, from an in-world point-of-view, the fanfic is no longer around to wreck havoc on canon, so there's no need to PPC it anyway ;)

If there are aspects of it so dreadful that you feel you can't let it go, what about having your agents grumble about it in the past tense, as though it were a mission they once did in the non-narrative time before you started writing them? Or have them moan about it being the first such badfic they read and how it traumatised them? In that case they could outright state that the author later took it down, and even complain that they'd have liked to PPC it themselves - remember, the 'lives' of our avatar agents tend to follow 'real life', if in a bizzare, twisted fashion.

But even if not, I wouldn't PPC it. There's nothing stopping you, if you're determined, but since you asked...

The missions that were written for deleted stories were being written when it was deleted.

Also, if the author has learned the error of their ways then it is our job to acknowledge that and not drag up their past mistakes. If the author removed it because they realize it was bad, then I think it would be best to let it be.

Those are my thoughts on the matter.

-Barid