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Nominations close at 11:59pm EST today (28 December). Get your nominations in here!

• Marvel Cinematic Universe - is Venom part of the MCU?
• Shoujo Kakumei Utena | Revolutionary Girl Utena - could the nominator for "Protagonist (Utena - Someday My Revolution Will Come)/Sanjouin Chigusa (Shoujo Kakumei Utena)" please come forward? We'd like to talk to you about which fandom this should be in.
• Final Fantasy VII: Remake and Compilation of Final Fantasy VII - we have a nomination for the Compilation which includes a nomination for the Remake. Should these nominations be merged and if the answer is "yes" then what is the best way to make it clear which version of the character you are referring to?
• Deadpool - All Media Types - please pick a media type. We think you mean the movies?
• Hannibal Lecter Series - All Media Types - please pick a media type. We think you mean the books?
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types - we have nominations for the Greek and Norse subsets as well as the overarching fandom. Do you want to merge all three into this tag, or does the nominator for the Related Fandom want to pick a subseries?
• Star Wars Canon EU - what is this?
• Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types - please pick a media type. All three are already nominated.
• Ghostbusters - All Media Types - please pick a media type.

• Blue Haired Girl x Angels (Ado)
• Blue Haired Girl x Any (Ado)
• Blue Haired Girl x Goddess (Ado)

• American Beauty (with the exception of the already accepted relationship nominations)
• Absolute Boyfriend (Korean TV Show)
• Ender's Game
• ermenwyr trilogy - kage baker (novels)
• Glaucomflecken Hospital (Web Series)
• love advice from the great duke of hell
• Redwall Series - Brian Jacques
• Return to Player (Webcomic)
• 내 아이디는 강남미 | My ID is Gangnam Beauty (TV)
• Fate/strange fake

Also, if you have commented and we have missed your comment, please let us know! We've been trying to capture them all, but we do miss things.

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!

This year, we are changing how nominations are to be formatted! This is to hopefully reduce duplicate nominations, reduce tag migration, and make the nomination process smoother for everyone. It is as follows:

• Characters in any given relationship are to be ordered in alphabetical order with reference to the first part of each character's name being used, as you read left to right. That is, if the family name goes first, then by family name. If the given name comes first, by given name. This does not apply to Original Works or Crossovers.
• All nominations must contain at the end, inside parentheses (), the name of the canon (or a truncated version as necessary).

A nomination that does not meet this criteria will not be approved.

In terms of nominations generally:

• just about any fandom is eligible;
• You must nominate relationship(s) inside a fandom;
• The characters must appear in the fandom nominated;
• 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 involving Character C;
• 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.
• 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 - please nominated as "Defenders (TV)".
• 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 - please nominate into "Buffyverse (TV)"
• Stargate - please nominate as "Stargate - All Media Types"
• Marvel and DC Comics - please nominate main continuity into Marvel (Comics) and DCU (Comics), and you can put specific runs into the parentheses instead of the fandom for these nominations only. Titles that are explicit alternate realities such as Age of Apocalypse, Marvel 1602 etc. can be nominated as specific titles.
• Pokemon - please nominate the main games under "Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series)", the anime under "Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime)", and everything else under specific titles.

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

Tagset approval may be slow until 25 December due to real life work commitments.

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

We have one emergency pinch hit. Please review this one and, once you've filled it, drop a link in the comments. Having multiple fillers for this is fine!

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #104: Saturday Night Live, Supernatural, TSA America: Level Orange

All pinch hits are in, and so we will be opening on time, at 6am EST today. See you all in a few hours!

We have one new pinch hit! It's due at 11:59pm EST on the 12th. Please comment with your AO3 name if you can pick this one up, and all comments are screened.

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit 101: Agent Carter, Mulan, Leverage, Crossover Fandom, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Comics, Pacific Rim, Vorkosigan Saga, Tortall, Elementary

The deadline has passed and we have 60 new pinch hits! This batch is for letters A-M, with N-Z to follow.

Pinch Hits are due at 11:59pm on 12 February. Please comment with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you wish to claim. All comments are screened!

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #50: Tortall, The Scum-Villain's Self-Saving System, Modao Zushi

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #51: Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars: Resistance, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Crossover Fandom, Star Wars: Rebels

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #52: Babylon 5, Gargoyles, Ghostbusters (2016), Highlander: The Series, Once Upon a Time, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, Poltergeist: The Legacy, Star Wars: The Next Generation, Stumptown, Winnie the Pooh

( Pinch Hit #53: IDOLiSh7, Captive Prince, Ace Attorney )

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #54: Fire Emblem: Awakening, Cotillion, Graceling Realm

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #55: Digimon Adventure 02, Dramacon, Wotakoi, Fangs, 30-sai Made Doute da to Mahou Tsukai ni Nareru Rashii, Ouran High School Club, Kaizuko Sentai Gokaiger, Boku no Hero Academia, Kamen Rider Zero-One, Ace Attorney

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #56: 9-1-1, Julie and the Phantoms, 9-1-1 Lone Star, Ever After High, Enola Holmes

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #57: The Limehouse Golem, The Persuaders, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Critical Role RPF, V for Vendetta

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #58: The Man from UNCLE (2015), The Witcher (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #59: Falsettos, The New Normal, The Prom, Smash, Spinning Out

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #60: MacGuyver, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Nero Wolfe

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #61: Scholomance, The Great Mouse Detective, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spy, Wolf 359, Crossover Fandom

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #62: Myst, Obduction, Twin Peaks

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #63: Ace of Diamond, Jujutsu Kaisen, Ensemble Stars!, Hades, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Run with the Wind, Hypnosis Mic

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #64: Kingdom Hearts, The Mandalorian, Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Related Fandoms)

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #65: Dragon Age, NieR Automata, Persona 5, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2, Crossover Fandom

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #66: Temeraire, Rivers of London, Hornblower

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #67: Emelan, Happiest Season, Saturday Night Live, The Spy who Dumped Me, Ghostbusters (2016), The Queen's Gambit, Doctor Who, Creekverse Series, The Locked Tomb Trilogy

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #68: Cobra Kai, Crossover Fandom, DC's Arrowverse, The Dead Zone, Forver, IT (Movies - Muschietti), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Psych, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, This Is Us

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #69: Battlestar Galactica, seaQuest, Vorkosigan Saga, Good Omens, Venom

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #70: Crossover Fandom, Cobra Kai, Detroit: Become Human, Deus Ex, Gundam Wing, Lucifer, Supernatural, The Boys, The Defenders, The Last of Us

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #71: Original Work, Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, The Culture, Vorkosigan Saga, Prince of Tennis

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #72: Bolt, Doctor Who (1963), Star Trek: The Next Generation, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Warriors

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #73: Captive Prince, DN Angel, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Manga, K, Persona 5, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, Crossover Fandom

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #74: Agent Carter, Mulan, Leverage, Crossover Fandom, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Comics, Pacific Rim, Vorkosigan Saga, Tortall, Elementary

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #75: Gundam Wing, Story of Yanxi Palace, Girls - Nature, Stray Kids, Rome

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #76: Crossover Fandom, Knitting, Oxford Time Travel Universe, Poirot, The Robin Hood Stories - Vaughan, Robot Series, The Safe-Keeper's Secret

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #77: The Untamed, Modao Zushi, Saiyuki

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #78: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Star Wars: Rebels, Original Work, The Locked Tomb Trilogy

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #79: The Flame's Daughter, Our Song, Steampunk Tarot Deck

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #80: Elfquest, DC Extended Universe, Star Trek: The Original Series

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #81: The Hunt for Red October, GI Joe Retaliation, Game of Thrones, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Yokai Rental Shop, Soul Eater

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #82: Being Erica, Detective Conan, Digimon Adventures 02, Digimon Adventure, Digimon Frontier, Persona 4

Two lingering and four new pinch hits! If you are able to claim one of these, please comment with your AO3 name. All comments are screened!

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #43: Crossover Fandom, Knitting, Oxford Time Travel Universe, Poirot, The Robin Hood Stories, Robot Series, The Safe-Keeper's Secret

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #46: True Detective, Edge of the City, Deadwood, Mickey and Nicky, Justified

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #47: Miss Sherlock, Dreamcatcher, Deja Vu - Dreamcatcher, R.o.S.E Blue - Dreamcatcher, fromis_9, Peek-a-Boo - Red Velvet

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #48: The Hunt for Red October, Mission: Impossible, The Shadow, Crossover Fandom

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #49: DC Extended Universe, Austenland, Enola Holmes, Knives Out, The Man from UNCLE (2015), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982), The Librarians, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Pride and Prejudice (1995)

One new pinch hit! If you are able to claim this one, please comment with your AO3 name. All comments are screened!

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #42: Stranger Things, The Babysitter: Killer Queen, Happy Death Day, Ready or Not, Knives Out, Supernatural

One new pinch hit! Please comment with your AO3 name if you can pick this one up. All comments are screened.

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #39: The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, McLevy, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Crossover Fandom

One new and one lingering pinch hit! Please comment with your AO3 name and the pinch hit number if you can claim one of these. All comments are screened!

( Pinch Hit #22: Carnival Row, The Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire, My Secret Terrius, Warrior )

CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #37: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Arang and the Magistrate, Cruel Beauty, Georgian History RPF, The Mask of Zorro