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!

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

The archive is now live!

Please, go through the collection, comment on works, and share the joy of new things in your fandom! If there is an issue with a gift, please email us at chocolateboxmod@gmail.com.

The archive will remain open for accepting further works as treats. We have made significant progress on the treatless spreadsheet (right here!) and the more the merrier.

Otherwise, have fun! Creator reveals is at 6am on the 21st.

First up: Treatless spreadsheet! This is a spreadsheet of everyone who has turned in a work but who has 0-1 gifts themselves. Thanks to Shadow for preparing this for us and for updating it over the next week!

Secondly, all extensions have expired and we have finished checking the archive for placeholder works.

Thirdly, the following pinch hits are due at 11:59pm EST on the 12th. Please leave your AO3 name and the number of pinch hit you are claiming. All comments are screened.

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #49: Hancock's Half Hour, Epic Battle Fantasy, The Goodies, MacGyver )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #94: Bohemian Rhapsody RPF, Nicholas Nickleby, Crossover Fandom, Papillon, Papillion RPF, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers SPD, Mr Robot )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #95: Fire Emblem: Three Houses, One Piece, Final Fantasy XV )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #96: Dangan Ronpa (Hope's Peak Arc), Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, MASH )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #97: The Borgias, Emily of New Moon, The Hobbit, The Lions of Al-Rassan, A Song for Arbonne, A Song of Ice and Fire, Sunshine )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #98: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Sherlock Holmes, Black Sails )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #99: Keychain of Creation, The Silmarillion, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Dragon Age, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Original Work )

This is the second batch of post-deadline pinch hits! Works are due at 11:59pm on the 12th of February, leave your AO3 name if you can pick one up, all comments are screened.

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #62: Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars Original Trilogy, Harry Potter, Red White and Royal Blue, Lost in Space )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #63: Castle Rock, Home Alone, IT (1990), Northanger Abbey, My Girl )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #64: Cinderella Phenomenon, The Dragon Prince, Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy XIV, Namesake, Shadowscapes Tarot, Steampunk Tarot )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #65: Banlieue 13, Downton Abbey, The Full Monty, Holiday, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #66: Sweet Valley High, Emily of New Moon, Captain Planet and the Planeteers )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #67: Good Omens RPF, Guardian RPF, Harry Potter, MCU, Pacific Rim, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series, Grimm )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #68: Castlevania (Netflix), The Dragon Prince, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, The Lion in Winter, What We Do in the Shadows, The Witcher )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #69: Durarara!!, Modao Zushi, Assassination Classroom, The Warehouse )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #70: Lost in Space, Game of Thrones, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #71: DCEU, Doctor Who (1963), Lucifer, Raven Cycle, Red White and Royal Blue, Schitt's Creek, Saturday Night Live, Crossover Fandom, Original Work Frozen )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #72: Star Wars Original Trilogy, Cabin Pressure, Aubrey-Maturin Series, Schitt's Creek, Star Wars: The Clone Wars )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #73: Stumptown, The Terror, UnDeadwood, Dublin Murders, Lewis, Critical Role, Original Work, IT (Movies), Knives Out, Six of Crows )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #74: The Magnus Archives, Girl Genius, Welcome to Night Vale )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #75: Lake of Voices, Hakuouki, Mansions of Madness, Shadowmarch Saga, The Ancient Magus Bride, Original Work, Crossover Fandom )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #76: Dragon Age, Xena: Warrior Princess, Original Work, Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns, Tortall, The Dragon Prince, Critical Role, Emelan, The Lord of the Rings )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #77: Crossover Fandom, The Meg, Star Trek: Deep Space 9, Stargate )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #78: Breaking Bad, Bates Motel, Animal Kingdom, Friday Night Lights, Power, Truth Be Told, Phantom of the Opera, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Queen )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #79: Emelan, Buffyverse, The Authority, Dishonored )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #80: Star Wars: Outbound Flight, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Shadows of the Empire, Darth Bane Trilogy, Alphabet Squadron )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #81: Mission Impossible, Collateral, Crossover Fandom, Oblivion, The Hunt for Red October )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #82: Granblue Fantasy, Saiyuki Gaiden, Yakuza, Dragon Age, Final Fantasy XIV, Cain Saga and Godchild, BanG Dream! Girl's Band Party!, Fire Emblem: Awakening )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #83: Overwatch, Dragon Age, The Dresden Files )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #84: Cinderella Phenomenon, Ozmafia!!, Shall We Date?: THE NIFLHEIM+, Tales of Symphonia, The Legend of the Sun Knight, The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #85: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Car Talk, Now and Then, Monty Python's Spamalot, A Midsummer Night's Dream, CLIO Ad, Doctor Who (2005), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #86: Doctor Who (2005), Strangers with Candy, The Man from Uncle, The Terror )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit #87: The Terror, The Haunting of Hill House, The Expanse, The Mandalorian )

Three new fresh pinch hits! Please take a look at them and leave a comment with your AO3 name if you are able to pick one of these up. All comments are screened!

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit 29: Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Bon Appétit Test Kitchen RPF, Knives Out )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit 30: Final Fantasy VI, Tiger & Bunny, Ikemen Sengoku )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit 31: Vorkosigan Saga, The Goblin Emperor, Machineries of Empire, Original Work )

More pinch hits! These are a mix of initial pinch hits and early defaults. Please take a look and if you are able to pick these up, drop us a comment with your AO3 name and the details of the pinch hit. All comments are screened!

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit 2: Falsettos, Make It or Break It, The New Normal, Smash )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit 13: Dishonored, Assassin's Creed, Death Note, Halt and Catch Fire )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit 16: The Emperor's Edge, A Girl and Her Fed, Spotless )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit 17: Babylon 5, Doctor Who (2005), Good Omens (TV), Guns of the Dawn, His Dark Materials - Pullman, His Dark Materials (TV), Lost in Space (TV 2018), Much Ado About Nothing (2011) )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit 18: Stranger Things, IT (Movies), Karate Kid, Stand By Me, The Graveyard Book )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit 19: Lost in Space, Game of Thrones, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit 20: Peaky Blinders, The King, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Stranger Things, IT (Movies) )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit 21: Marvel (Comics), Black Sails, The Walking Dead )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit 22: Red White and Royal Blue, Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia, Derry Girls, SW: The Clone Wars, The Umbrella Academy, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue )

( CLAIMED - Pinch Hit 23: Welcome to the Jungle, Car Talk, Now and Then, Spamalot, A Midsummer's Night Dream, Renault CLIO Ad, Doctor Who, Deep Space Nine )

Happy new year, dear Chocolatiers! Welcome to signups!

You can find the signup form here. You need a minimum of 3 fandoms to request and 4 to offer, at least one relationship for each fandom to request and two to offer, and up to ten for requests and offers. You also need to choose whether you want fanfic, fanart, or you would like either of them. Here is the tagset. If you cannot find your fandom, please look in "Uncategorized Fandoms". If you are offering a fandom with only one ship nominated, you need to tick the "Any" checkbox for that fandom.

Requests are currently visible but you are free to edit your signup until 11:59pm EST on 7 January 2020.

A reminder:

• Character A & Character B = genfic
• Character A/Character B = shipfic.

Please do not mix these two up!

Merry Chocolateboxmas and we look forward to your signups!

Tagset | App | Letters Post | Collection

We're back with more tagset queries!

• Marvel and DC Comics - at 7 votes versus 5, the winner is merged tags (one for Marvel Comics, one for DC). You will have 24 hours to put disambiguations onto them if you want specific titles otherwise we'll merge them without specific disambiguation.
• Agent Carter - Steve Rogers does not appear in this show, please move these nominations to Crossover Fandom
• DC's Arrowverse - there are nominations for Clark Kent (Superman Returns (2006)) in here. Is that a crossover or part of the Arrowverse now?
• Fantastic Four - Tony Stark does not appear in this movie, please move these nominations to Crossover Fandom.
• Rogue One - Luke Skywalker and Poe Dameron do not appear in this movie, please move these nominations to Crossover Fandom.
• Star Wars Prequel Trilogy - Ahsoka Tano does not appear in these movies, please move to Crossover Fandom.
• Star Wars Sequel Trilogy - Kes Dameron does not appear in these movies, please move to Crossover Fandom.
• Chronicles of Narnia - AMT - please pick a version.
• No Fandom - please move these nominations to Crossover Fandom
• Supergirl - is this part of the Arrowverse?
• Persona Series - please move to Crossover Fandom and/or Persona 3.
• The Witcher AMT - please pick a version
• Terminator movies - do you want these separate or merged together?
• The Hobbit - AMT - please pick a version.
• Injustice: Gods Among Us - is this the video game or comic book run?
• Star Trek novels - do you want these all merged into "Star Trek - Various Authors"?
• TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms - please choose a more specific fandom.

Any duplicates, missing fandoms, duplicated fandoms, let us know!

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!