I'd rather stick with the Pit, write what I want to write, and take my chances on the tripe and the Sues, than have to tailor my writing to what I think has a good chance of being accepted into the archive.

I'm totally with you. The management of the Pit is shit, but it's as free as fanfiction can get online at the moment. I value that freedom so much that I can overlook the management problems!