I'm the OP of the recent 1930s rape prompt whose thread is practically a fill in itself and tbh I'm so delighted with that 'hijacking' I can't express it. So I'm totally with you on loving the inventive and energetic discussions that can thrive here, and I hope any harder line on prompt hijacking would still protect people's freedom to participate in our conversation culture. I've never had a problem with redirecting the suggestions on a prompt of mine away from angles I don't like, but if several people are having trouble with that then the rule should be opened to discussion. Spitballing: maybe discouraging/outlawing comments that wildly deviate from the prompt, like 'what if this was Pairing X instead' or 'ohhh but imagine if the focus were on Character Y'?
Re: "Recovery" prompts
I'm the OP of the recent 1930s rape prompt whose thread is practically a fill in itself and tbh I'm so delighted with that 'hijacking' I can't express it. So I'm totally with you on loving the inventive and energetic discussions that can thrive here, and I hope any harder line on prompt hijacking would still protect people's freedom to participate in our conversation culture. I've never had a problem with redirecting the suggestions on a prompt of mine away from angles I don't like, but if several people are having trouble with that then the rule should be opened to discussion. Spitballing: maybe discouraging/outlawing comments that wildly deviate from the prompt, like 'what if this was Pairing X instead' or 'ohhh but imagine if the focus were on Character Y'?