("Eggroll" is special, isn't it? It just...gets under your skin, in wonderful ways. GOD, I love that story.)

You've got to sell me, and I'm a hard sell, but I can go there.

I totally get that. I was like that with AUs, actually. Still am, in fact, since even the most interesting of premises I will drop like a hot potato if the writing sucks. In the end, it really is about the writing - but that's true of anything in fanfic, isn't it?