The irony of what they take out is they keep removing things that have broad appeal and a lot of uses, and replacing them with things you have to struggle to use. I got Fucking Machines on my card last year and it was in line for a planned second bingo (which I never finished), so I couldn't avoid it. I really, really had to struggle to come up with a plotline for it, and I was never entirely satisfied with the end result. So if you're reaching to the limits to fit the prompt, and you can't take pride in what you come up with, what's the point?

They don't realize that with some of these very, very specific prompts, you have to start asking yourself, would anyone in my fandoms really be into this? If you come up with a no, you're stretching things again - either warping the prompt or warping the characters.

I love a good challenge, but there's a difference between being challenged by a prompt and struggling above and beyond to meet it.