Chocolate Box Gift Exchange

The deadline has passed! We have a number of pinch hits, which will be split between two posts. If you do not have a gift after 11:59pm EST on the 9th, turned in your assignment, and are not in the pinch hits, please contact us so that we can find out what is going on.

Please comment with your AO3 name and which pinch hit you are claiming. All comments are screened! Works are due 11:59pm EST on February 12.

( Pinch Hit #28: Hockey RPF, Turn, Temeraire, Dragon Age - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #29: Original Work, Epic Seven, Far Cry 4 - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #30: Free!, Boku no Hero Academia, Pokemon - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #31: Animorphs, Die Hard, Original Work - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #32: Hidden Legacy, Wallflower Series, The Agency Series, Critical Role- CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #33: Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, Gravity Falls, Hart of Dixie, Hidden Legacy, Hive Mind, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Veronica Mars - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #34: Star Wars Legacy: The Old Republic, Dragon Age, Mass Effect Trilogy, Orignal Work - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #35: Falsettos, Legally Blonde, Make It or Break It, Smash, The New Normal )

( Pinch Hit #36: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel: the Series, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Manga, Crossover Fandom - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #37: Kingsman, Riddle-Master Trilogy, DC's Arrowverse, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Blue Bloods, Original Work, Lewis - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #38: Star Wars Legends, Thrawn Trilogy, X-Wing Series, Lucha Underground - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #39: Shetland, Stranger Things, UK Comedy RPF - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #40: Voltron: Legenday Defender, InuYasha, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Manga - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #41: Sen no Kiseki, Final Fantasy XV, Star Trek Enterprise, Sora no Kiseki, Tales of Berseria, Merlin, Star Trek Discovery, Tales of Zestiria, Divergent Series, Final Fantasy VII - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #42: Band Sinister, A Charm of Magpies, Girls Made of Snow and Glass, Outlaw King, The Terror, The Raven and the Reindeer, The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #43: Myst Series, Obduction, Twin Peaks, Final Fantasy X & X-2 - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #44: In Plain Sight, Suits, The Dresden Files, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series, Crossover Fandom, House M.D. Rise of the Guardians - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #45: The Lions of Al-Rassan, Don Carlos, Les Mis (TV), Les Mis (Hugo), Les Mis (Dallas) - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #46: Haikyuu!!, Persona 5, Tsurune, Boku no Hero Academia - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #47: Veep, House MD, American Vandal, Arrested Development - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #48: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Death Note, The Mentalist, Far Cry 4, Hamilton, Harry Potter, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Artemis Fowl, Quanzhi Gaoushou, Original Work - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #49: Deus Ex, Detroit: Become Human, Uncharted )

( Pinch Hit #50: American Horror Story, Angel: the Series, Charmed, DC's Arrowverse, Hawaii Five-O, The Kids Are Alright, Will and Grace, Agents of SHIELD, Jurassic World, Twister - CLAIMED )

Just over one week to go, and we have three more pinch hits! These are due 7 February 2019. Please look at them and if you can take them, comment with your AO3 name and the pinch hit number. All comments are screened!

( Pinch Hit #25: Person of Interest, How to Get Away with Murder, Deltarune, Common Law - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #26: The Lord of the Rings, Twin Peaks, Original Work - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #27: Winter's Tale, Historical RPF, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Richard II, Táin Bó Cúailnge, Twelfth Night, Alias Grace - CLAIMED )

We're a week and a half out from the due date and we have two more pinch hits to go out. Please leave your AO3 name and the pinch hit number if you are able to pick these up. All comments are screened!

( Pinch Hit 20: The House in Fata Morgana, SMT: Devil Survivor, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn, Naruto, Dragon Ball, Fire Emblem Fates, Bravely Default, Final Fantasy IX, Darker than Black Crossover Fandom )

( Pinch Hit 21: The Tarot Sequence, Guardian, Final Fantasy XV, Psmith - CLAIMED )

One of the more valuable services people can offer is betaing: that is, looking over someone's work and suggesting ways to make it better than it already is!

If you are able to beta, please comment to this post with the following:

Your AO3 name:
Your email address:
Fandoms you can beta:
Fanfic or Fanart or both?:
Can you do SPAG betaing?:
What things can't you beta?:
Anything else? (Turnaround, periods you're not available etc.):

<br /><b>Your AO3 name:</b><br /><b>Your email address:</b><br /><b>Fandoms you can beta:</b><br /><b>Fanfic or Fanart or both?:</b><br /><b>Can you do SPAG betaing?:</b><br /><b>What things can't you beta?:</b><br /><b>Anything else? (Turnaround, periods you're not available etc.):</b><br />

There is also betaplease -  if you use this, please remember that you must keep who and what you are writing a secret as best you can. Thank you!

 A reminder that signups close at 11:59pm EST today!

Once signups close we will be reviewing the signups to ensure that there are no duplicate fandoms in signups, and that all tags used are those that are associated with the fandom requested/offered. We have contacted those who were affected by the bug that allowed people to select any tag in the tagset and asked them to amend. If, at the time signups close there are signups with duplicate fandoms or signups where tags weren't amended, we will be amending the signups to make them compliant with the rules. This mostly will mean merging fandoms and amending/deleting tags improperly used, but if your signup does not have enough unique fandoms and offers to qualify, we will have to delete it so that matching can take place. Please check your signup and amend if your signup has duplicate fandoms and/or you have been contacted by us about issues by the time signups close!

Finally, we have been receiving a number of comments expressing concerns about the eligibility of various tags in the tagset. We're afraid that we cannot touch the tagset at this stage. If you think a person, character, or prompt should not be allowed in Chocolatebox, please let us know at the end of this round, so we can open it up for discussion.

Otherwise, let's see if we can break 600 signups!

The deadline has passed! We have some people with extensions to complete their assignment, so if you are not one of the pinch hits below, you may be in that group. If you are uncertain, please contact me and I will let you know.

We have 44 pinch hits, which will be split between two posts. These are due at 11:59pm on 12 February 2018. If you are able to pick them up, please comment with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit. Comments are screened!

EDIT: The Treat Post Lives! This is a spreadsheet of all participants who did not default and who do not have a treat, so that we can all work to get everyone two gifts. This has been done by shadow, who will be updating it regularly. Thank you, shadow, from everyone in the exchange!

( Pinch Hit #21: Backstreet Boys, Voltron: Legendary Defender, Yuri!!! on Ice, Pokemon, Mystic Messenger, MCU, Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town, Kiss Him Not Me, Katekyou Hitman Reborn!, Original Work - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #22: Original Work, Westward, Harry Potter - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #23: Les Miserables, Star Wars Original Trilogy, Greek and Roman Mythology, Crossover Fandom - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #24: Bleach, Hakuouki, Nightshade, Sengoku Night Blood, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #25: Emelan, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Manga, Cardcaptor Sakura, Tortall, Star vs. The Forces of Evil - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #26: Blake & Avery Series, Captive Prince, Crossover Fandoms, Demonata Series, Hamilton, Original Work, Restoration Series, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Vampire Babylon - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #27: Pitch, Selfie, Tortall - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #28: Persona 5, Fire Emblem: Fates, Shokugeki no Soma, Boku no Hero Academia - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #29: Unbeatable, Psychometry, The Storyteller - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #30: Devil Survivor 2, Crossover Fandom, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Suikoden - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #31: Black Wolves Saga, Diabolik Lovers, Joobachi no Oubou, Nameless: the one thing you must recall )

( Pinch Hit #32: Hamilton, A Little Life, Shameless, Crossover Fandoms - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #33: Descendants, Richard III, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, Friends at the Table, Overwatch, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Original Work, The Adventure Zone - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #34: MCU, Friends, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Zero Escape, Scooby Doo, Animorphs, Buzzfeed Unsolved, Buzzfeed: The Try Guys - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #35: Emelan, Original Work, Avatar: Legend of Korra - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #36: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Final Fantasy IV, NieR: Automata, Overwatch, Persona 5 - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #37: Ready For It, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Galavant, Dragon Age, Killjoys - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #38: Stick It, Whip It, A League of Their Own, Bend It Like Beckham - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #39: The Accountant, Blitz, Dragon Age, Fast and Furious Series, The Hateful Eight, Inside Men, King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword, Knights of the Old Republic, Crossover Fandoms - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #40: Dark Angel, iZombie, Killjoys, Crossover Fandoms - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #41: Voltron: Legendary Defender, RBWY, A Redtail's Dream, Stand Still Stay Silent, Small Trolls, Year in Hereafter, The Silmarillion, Stranger Things, Crossover Fandoms, Original Work - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #42: The Adventure Zone, Megamind, The Slipper and the Rose, Ghostbusters (2016), Grayson - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #43: Rogue One, Aubrey-Maturin, Sunshine - McKinley - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #44: Captive Prince, Game of Thrones, Stormlight Archive, Wheel of Time, Vorkosigan Saga, Inheritance Cycle, Labyrinth - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #45: Hetalia, Kuroshitsuji, The Stratocracy of Altair, Kakegurui, Song of the Long March, Harry Potter, BEASTARS, Kashikomarimashita Destiny - CLAIMED )

We are on the home stretch! A handy countdown!"

Please take the opportunity to check over your work to make sure that it is not affected by the reveal bug, and that it is tagged with the correct fandom and characters. I'll be checking all assigned works after the deadline to make sure they meet the minimum requirements, so please make that job easier on me!

Finally, as of now I won't be approving extensions unless there are extenuating circumstances.

Next time you see me, it'll be posting pinch hits!

There is a known bug where sometimes a work will be visible in an unrevealed collection. AO3 are aware of the problem, but in the meantime, this is how you make sure that your work isn't one of them:

1. Post your work as a draft.
2. Wait ten minutes.
3. Turn your work from a draft to final.

It's not compulsory to do this (as I can make works invisible again when I get a chance) but I strongly recommend that you do it.

Finally, pinch hits! If you are able to pick these up, please leave your AO3 name on this post. All comments are screened.

( Pinch Hit #16: Schitt's Creek, Original Work, Predestination, Crimson Peak, Other Space, Decoys, People of Earth, Rebecca Drysdale is a Time Traveling Lesbian , Gargoyles, Steven Universe - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #17: Ouran High School Host Club, Nirvana in Fire, Dragon Age - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #18: MCU, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Lymond Chronicles, Fate/Zero - CLAIMED )

We came in at 498 signups this year, and there were no people who needed to be contacted to add fandoms/relationship tags! That's really very impressive - well done, everyone!

Assignments should be out now - if there are any problems, please email me at chocolateboxmod[at]gmail. If you have any queries for your recipient, please do not contact them directly; instead contact me so that I can be the intermediary.

Pinch hits should be going out later on today, along with a nifty search engine/spreadsheet.