I don't mean to demean your experience, or your frustration with the delay for your fic--my own also came in late, and I do understand that it may feel unpleasant. I have also run a ficathon; I know what it's like to receive explanations for delayed or absent fics, and I do understand that it's frustrating to be unclear on the status of missing fics. I'm not asking that you feel differently, or that you alter your standards; I'm asking that, in the ficathon's spirit of giving, you deal gently with defaulters.