Nominations are Live!

[chocolateboxmod]

Chocolate Box lives and is now accepting nominations! You are able to nominate up to seven fandoms and seven relationships in those fandoms.

You can find the tag set here!

In terms of nominations generally:

• just about any fandom is eligible;
• Please remember that "Character A/Character B" is shipfic, "Character A & Character B" is genfic, and "Character A/Character B & Character C" is shipfic that also has a gen component;
• Please put the fandom name in brackets at the end of the tag - this saves us having to do it 10,000+ times and if a tag wanders we can find where it should go very quickly.
• There is no limit on the number of characters that can be in a combination other than the AO3 character limit;
• Objects can be nominated in tags;
• Crossovers must be nominated in "Crossover Fandom", which is already nominated. Crossovers that are not nominated in this fandom will be deleted.
• Original Works are okay and we have nominated that fandom for you already;

You will be required to offer two tags per fandom on signups (unless only one relationship tag is nominated), so please keep that in mind when nominating.

For specific fandoms:

• Dragon Age - please nominate as "Dragon Age (Video Games)"
• Marvel Cinematic Universe - please only nominate characters who have appeared in the movies into this fandom.
• Marvel Netflix series - these should all be nominated under one name based on your feedback from last year. What name's been used in other exchanges?  We've been told "Defenders (TV)" works well.
• Star Wars - please nominate in terms of "Star Wars Prequel Trilogy", "Star Wars Original Trilogy", "Star Wars Sequel Trilogy" etc.
• Arrowverse - please nominate into "DC's Arrowverse" and not individual titles.
• Angel and Buffyverse - is there a fandom tag you would like used? We're not sure whether they should be merged together or kept apart.
• Stargate - please nominate as "Stargate - All Media Types"
• Marvel and DC Comics - We'd like a consistent approach, so please in this post let us know whether you want them by individual titles or "Marvel (Comics)" and "DC Comics"

Please watch this comm for updates about clarifications, merging of fandoms, and general administrative enquiries! If you have any questions, drop them here!

Finally, all anonymous comments are screened unless they include your AO3 name. Thank you!

Comments

[callmesandyk]

Hi, I had the same problem. I wanted to nominate Carol Danvers/Maria Rambeau ans Carol Danvers & Nick Fury. It wouldn't go through until I deleted those nominations and now I can't add them!

https://archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/3721/nominations/136051

[sirvalkyrie]

+1

[(Anonymous)]

Noticed spelling error in “defenders tv”.

Error with “Murdoch”: Jessica Jones/Matt Murdoch (The Defenders)

Should read: Jessica Jones/Matt Murdock (The Defenders)

~Kameiko

Ty! :D

[zdenka]

More duplicates:

魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

Jiang Cheng/Lan Xichen (Modao Zushi)
Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín/Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén (Modao Zushi)

Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian (MDZS)
Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn (Módào Zǔshī)

Wei Wuxian/Wen Ning (MDZS)
Wei Wuxian/Wen Ning (Módào Zǔshī)

Agreeing what another participant said above, I ask you to please please keep the (noncanonical) tag versions that are unpiped and without diacritic marks when there are two options -- the unpiped ship tags are much easier to read, and the non-diacritic versions are much easier to make show up in autocomplete when signing up.

[ultra_fic]

This may seem petty, but I was looking at what has already been nominated for MCU and noticed that there is Bucky Barnes/Okoye (MCU), Bucky Barnes/Sam Wilson (MCU), and Bucky Barnes/Sam Wilson & Steve Rogers (MCU), whilst there are five other pairings with Bucky's name written as 'James "Bucky" Barnes', which is how it is written in the usual AO3 tags.

Personally, I think that a) it would better if they all matched, and b) that the usual AO3 tag way would be the preferred way to write Bucky's name, but maybe that's just me. All I know is that when I was checking, I nearly missed some of the noms by looking under one version of the name and not the other *shrugs* Just a thought :)

[masu_trout]

Hello!

I had a question about Fallout series nominations - I nominated mine under 'Fallout 4', because IIRC they've been organized separately on a per-game basis in past Chocobox rounds, but it looks like nominations have been accepted under the 'Fallout (Video Games)' umbrella as well this year. Do you have preferences about which should be used when nominating?

[chocolateboxmod]

Thank you but unfortunately we're not able to categorize fandoms as that's something only an AO3 tag wrangler can do.

[chocolateboxmod]

That should be fixed up now!

[chocolateboxmod]

Those should be updated now as per your preferences.

[chocolateboxmod]

That should be updated now!

[chocolateboxmod]

We can put that onto the next discussion post, as neither of us are familiar with Fallout and so don't know what the answer is.

[chocolateboxmod]

In that case, we'd prefer separated out into individual shows. May I ask you to do that?

[chocolateboxmod]

We can add those to the MCU tag. Were there any other fandoms/characters you wanted added?

[elrhiarhodan]

Edited to nominate in individual fandoms.

[chocolateboxmod]

We've merged the fandoms together and removed the duplicate tag now!

[callmesandyk]

Oh, thank you thank you! I was going to nominate Superstore (TV) Jonah Simms/Amy Dubanowski 

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[chocolateboxmod]

Those should be added now.

[callmesandyk]

Thank you so much!!!

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[zdenka]

Thank you very much!

[copacet]

+2

[neosaiyanangel]

Steven Universe: Lapis Lazuli/Jasper, Pearl/Garnet, Peridot/Amethyst, Lapis Lazuli/Fluorite

And the ship that was displaced because of that error:

Naruto: Hyuuga Neji/Uzumaki Naruto

[smogfilledwinds]

Hello! I was looking through the tagset and I noticed that under IT (Movies - Muschietti) “Richie Tozier/Richie’s Manager” was nominated. Richie Tozier’s manager is a very minor character but he has a name (and his own small AO3 tag under that name) which is Steve Covall. Would you be willing to change the tag to include the character’s name?

[chocolateboxmod]

Those should be added now!

[chocolateboxmod]

That should be fixed up now!

[el_staplador]

How would you like Doctor Who nominated? All in together, or with (1963) and (2005) split out?