Chocolate Box Gift Exchange

All creators should now be revealed! Congratulations everyone on another successful Chocolate Box.

A reminder to those we had to default at deadline, you are required to complete your assignment before you can sign up next year. If you're not sure whether you were defaulted by us at deadline or not, please email us at chocolateboxmod@gmail.com so we can check.

Now is your opportunity to provide feedback! We will not be commenting (unless we are asked a direct question), but we will be reading!

One of the things that came up during nominations was that some of the relationship tags were, in the eyes of some people, potentially in bad taste. Our default position is (as it has been in all years) that we are not going to be rejecting relationship tags unless the tag includes the nomination of a real life child in a RPF fandom. That said, given the sheer number of complaints we got this year, we thought that we should open this for discussion. Should we continue to allow essentially all nominations? And if the answer is "no", what criteria should we be using?

Talking about nominations, it's looking like the change in numbers worked for the better - we went a lot longer this time before the admin console started to break down, and we didn't get the complete shutdown from the previous round. If you have suggestions for nomination numbers, we're interested to hear them.

Finally, we remind you all that anon comments are screened by default, but will be unscreened if you include your AO3 name.

The post-deadline pinch hit deadline has passed, and we have two pinch hits (and an extension period which expires at noon EST). Consequently, we will be revealing the collection when these pinch hits are fulfilled, or 11:59pm EST on the 14th, whichever is the later.

If you can claim these pinch hits, please leave your AO3 name and which one you are claiming. As there may be a delay in assigning these, we recommend starting them even if you haven't heard back from us; after all, additional gifts can be treats!

EDIT: There are no pinch hits arising out of the extension!

( Pinch Hit #85: Free!, Boku no Hero Academia, Pokemon - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #86: The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Westworld, Strange the Dreamer, The Silmarillion, The Traitor Baru Cormorant, MCU - CLAIMED )

All deadline extensions have passed, and we have reviewed the collection for obvious placeholders. The below pinch hits are a mixture of post-deadline pinch hits that have not been claimed, post-extension pinch hits, and recipients who have received placeholders or other works that are ineligible.

Please review the pinch hits carefully and if you can pick one of these up leave your AO3 name and the pinch hit you are claiming in the comments. All comments are screened.

These works are due at 11:59pm EST on the 12th.

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

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

( Pinch Hit #59: One Piece, Dorohedoro, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #60: Mansions of Madness, The Far Pavilions, Crossover Fandom, Marvel Netflix - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #67: Queen, Bates Motel, Chess, Animal Kingdom, Breaking Bad - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #74: Dark Matter, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, The Haunting of Hill House, Jeeves, Harry Potter - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #75: DCU (Comics), Teen Wolf, Marvel Cinematic Universe - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #76: Dragon Age, Original Work, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #77: Airwolf, Hello (From Under the Tree), Crossover Fandom - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #78: .hack//G.U., Crossover Fandom, Final Fantasy XIII Series, The Heartstrikers Series, Radiant Historia, Valkyria Chronicles, Devil Survivor 2, Star Stealing Prince, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Ys - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #79: Men's Football RPF, The Champions, Sense8 - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #80: Yakuza, Ace Attorney, Metal Gear - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #81: Dangan Ronpa (Hope's Peak Arc), Free!, Fullmetal Alchemist (Brotherhood and Manga), Ballroom e Youkoso, Boku no Hero Academia, Bungou Stray Dogs, RWBY, Year in Hereafter, Crossover Fandom, Satsuriku no Tenshi - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #82: For the People, The Lord of the Rings, The 100 - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #83: DC's Arrowverse, Gridlocked, Sense8, Versailles, Crossover Fandom - CLAIMED )

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 )

A few more pinch hits have come out, and a reposting of an old one! Please look at these carefully and leave your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you wish to claim. 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 - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #22: Original Work, Machineries of Empire, Forgotten Ages, Cold Case - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #23: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars The Clone Wars, due South - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #24: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dishonored, Utena, Outlast, Pyre - CLAIMED )

We're a few weeks into the creation stage, and we have three pinch hits! Please look at these carefully and if you can pick one up, leave a comment with your AO3 name and the pinch hit you are claiming. All comments are screened!

( Pinch Hit #17: Final Fantasy XV, Magic Earth Rayearth, Blade Runner - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #18: Haikyuu!!, Boku no Hero Academia, Discworld - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #19: MCU, MASH, Lord Peter Wimsey - Sayers - CLAIMED )

Assignments are out and we have a few updates.

Chocolate Box has an app (https://chocobox19.firebaseapp.com/)! You can use the Chocolate Box search function (https://chocoboxsearch.herokuapp.com/) to find other exciting things to create for. Many thanks for karanguni for creating the app!

Chocolate Box has all the requests available here (https://archiveofourown.org/collections/chocolatebox2019/requests). People are welcome to create additional works as well as their assignment, and people do not need to be a participant to create additional works. There are no minimum word count/size requirements for fic/art created for treats.

And now for the initial batch of pinch hits! Please comment to this post with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you want. Please note all comments relating to pinch hits will be screened.

All pinch hits are posted to the community, so keep your eye on it as we'll be posting any future pinch hits here.


( PH1: Spacelords, The Tick, Crossover Fandom, Diablero, Fire and Ice, Street Fighter the Movie - CLAIMED )

( PH2: Airwolf, Hello (From Under the Tree), Crossover Fandom - CLAIMED )

( PH3: Sam Wyndham, Blake & Avery, Stanton & Barling, Frey & McGray, Crossover Fandom, Vampire Babylon, Byrne and Balzano Series, Cadfael Chronicles, Demonata Series - CLAIMED )

( PH4: Circle of Iron | The Silent Flute, Flight of the Intruder, Magnum PI, Psychometry, Rambo Series, Unbeatable - CLAIMED )

( PH5: Sharknado, The Last Ship, The Rookie, Jack Reacher, Crossover Fandom - CLAIMED )

( PH6: Fullmetal Alchemist (Brotherhood and Manga), Gay Aunt Barbara, Kung Fu Panda, RWBY, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Terror, Warriors - CLAIMED )

( PH7: BoJack Horseman, Crossover Fandom, Doctor Who (2005), Gray's Anatomy, MCU, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Wire - CLAIMED )

( PH8: Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, Getsu Fuuma Den, Dragalia Lost, Persona 5, Legacy of Kain, Dissidia: Final Fantasy - CLAIMED )

( PH9: Santa Clarita Diet, Pride, Cuckoo Song - CLAIMED )

( PH10: Rogue One, Star Wars Original Trilogy, Damar Series - CLAIMED )

( PH11: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars Original Trilogy, The Clone Wars, Outbound Flight, Shadows of the Empire, Darth Bane Trilogy - CLAIMED )

( PH12: DCEU, Watchmen (2009), World of Warcraft - CLAIMED )

( PH13: Super Mario Odyssey, Shining Force, Dissidia: Final Fantasy NT, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - CLAIMED )

( PH14: Crossover Fandom, X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies), Arrowverse, DCU (Nu52), American Horror Story - CLAIMED )

( PH15: Boku no Hero Academia, MCU, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Tomb Raider (Video Games), One Piece, Pet Shop of Horrors, The Witcher - CLAIMED )

( PH16: DCU (Comics), Critical Role RPF, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Crossover Fandom, Critical Role, Arrowverse, MCU, The Mummy, Star Trek: DS9, Pride and Prejudice - CLAIMED )

 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!

We've been notified that there was an error where you could select any relationship in the tagset under a request for any fandom in the tagset. We've subsequently fixed that.

Please go through your signup and check to make sure that the relationships nominated are associated with the fandom, with reference to the tagset. We will be checking the signups once they have closed to make sure that all relationships nominated in a fandom belong to that fandom, and contacting anyone who has not fixed their signup.

If you can't amend your signup due to the change, please leave a comment here and we will fix it on our end.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

We've closed nominations for the tagset! Currently we're at 1,617 fandoms with 12,711 relationships. Please check the tagset carefully for any duplications, migrations, or tags that just don't belong in a fandom at all. We need your fandom knowledge to help make this tagset as good as it can be!

If we have missed fixing up a tag or fandom, let us know! There's been a lot going on on our side and it's entirely probable we've missed something. We do ask for patience, as we are really struggling to load the admin console, but please let us know if we have forgotten or missed something.

Finally, some outstanding queries.

Fate series
These are the nominations, exactly as they appear on our side:
Fate/EXTRA
Enkidu/Gilgamesh (Fate)
Enkidu & Gilgamesh (Fate)
Enkidu | Lancer/Gilgamesh | Archer
Enkidu/Gilgamesh (Fate/EXTRA)

Fate/Grand Order
Enkidu & Gilgamesh (Fate/Grand Order)
Enkidu | False Lancer/Gilgamesh | Archer
Enkidu | Lancer/Gilgamesh | Archer (Fate/Grand Order)

Fate/strange fake
Enkidu & Gilgamesh (Fate/strange fake)
Enkidu | False Lancer/Gilgamesh | Archer (Fate/strange fake)

Fate/Zero
Enkidu & Gilgamesh (Fate/Zero)

Do Enkidu and Gilgamesh appear in all of these games? And we think that there's duplication inside each fandom set, but when we tried to work out whether you could have a Lancer and a False Lancer we got very confused. Help?

Kamen Rider
Do you want these nominations kept separate or merged?

Marvel
Could the nominator please let us know if you mean Comics? We think you do, but we're not sure.

Mary Poppins
Do we want books or AMT?

Namesake
Original Character(s)/Original Character(s) - Just checking, is this what you mean?

Original Work
Foster Father/Previously Abuser Foster Daughter Who He Grooms - Do you mean "Abuser" or "Abused"?

Power Rangers
We have nominations for the entire franchise and separate titles. How do you want this dealt with?

Pretty Brunet Deer Person Trying To Seduce a Sulky Reaper (Tumblr Post)
We think this is what you mean. Are you nominating the illustration, the story, both, or something else entirely?

Supergirl
We're getting conflicting advice, and so we'd thought we'd put it up for a clear discussion. Is Supergirl part of DC Arrowverse or not?

The Hobbit
We have nominations for the AMT and the movies - do you want these merged?

Twilight
Do we want Books or AMT?

Unassociated Relationship
Thrawn | Mitth'raw'nuruodo/Frina | Chaf'rin'asyr - Which Thrawn series does this belong to?

We Are In Fics Universe (WAIFU)
Is this what you mean? We're not sure.

X-Men (Movieverse)
Which timeline do you mean?