As an author of some of those fics, I like the extra protection provided by requiring a password. I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable posting there if I thought it didn't take a special effort to get in - rather than just relying on someone reading a warning. I don't want to offend anyone and it seems to me that if you have to go to the extra effort of getting a password, I know at the very least that you know what you're getting yourself into.
ML
She was in such a good mood she let all the pedestrians in the crosswalk get to safety before taking off again. - CC Aiken, The Late Great Lois Lane
