Offseason #1

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Use this post for any exchanges running from January onwards into the first quarter of the year. Try to keep final Yuletide thoughts in the last coal post of 2019 for ease of conversation.

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Chocolate Box

[(Anonymous)]

https://chocolateboxcomm.dreamwidth.org/

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/chocolatebox2020/profile

Re: Chocolate Box

[(Anonymous)]

Still not sure if I will sign up or just treat. Although the likelihood of me treating will drop significantly if I don't sign up. OTOH not sure if I have the willpower currently to put together a sign up... the yuletide burn out is real.

Re: Chocolate Box - Letter Discussion

[(Anonymous)]

Thoughts? Early favorites? Early annoyances?

Re: Chocolate Box

[(Anonymous)]

silvered Today at 22:06
I also need to keep an eye out for the recip who never even kudosed what I wrote for them previously and avoid


I mean, valid, but maybe don't cop to this in namespace?

Re: Chocolate Box - Letter 3T1L

[(Anonymous)]

Wanna play?

Re: Chocolate Box

[(Anonymous)]

There's someone who put in their signup, "DNW (for both creating and receiving)- nsfw, sexual content in general, omegaverse/furry/anthro themes, genderbending, aging/deaging part of the ship, incest, minor x adult."

I hope they realize that's not how offers work!

Re: Chocolate Box

[(Anonymous)]

There is already a work in the collection?

What if the recip changes their request...

Re: Chocolate Box

[(Anonymous)]

What the hell, person who is requesting Snow White/Prince Charming with DNWs including (but not limited to) romance, happy endings, and "legit consent"

(Harpalyke, it's Harpalyke)

Re: Chocolate Box-missed noms

[(Anonymous)]

What'd you miss nominating and turns out nobody else did either?

Re: Chocolate Box

[(Anonymous)]

Hey, coalies, I usually only do Yuletide but am thinking of writing some treats for Chocolate Box. Is there an equivalent to the "Yuletide Treat" tag people use? (Looking at one of the past exchanges it seems to be a free-for-all of "Treat" vs "Extra Treat" vs "Chocolate Box Treat", but I'm not sure if one of those is more usual or what.)

Re: Chocolate Box

[(Anonymous)]

Aquatics is going to IPH with three long comics in her one-person fandom and happily gushing over how great Chocolate Box is for small fandoms. She's totally oblivious, and obviously plans to dismiss all anonmeme criticism as trolling and keep on doing her thing.

When lady_katana flounced after seeing the threads about herslef, there was lots of wailing on F_FA about mean nonnies bullying her, and if only someone had pulled her aside earlier and explained how exchanges work everyone would've been happier. Do any of you handwringers come here? Go have a chat with Aquatics.

Re: Chocolate Box

[(Anonymous)]

I decided to give this a try! I’m sick right now so maybe when the meds wear off I’ll realize I’ve done something stupid in my signup, but for now I’m vaguely hopeful.

Re: Chocolate Box

[(Anonymous)]

Damn it, I'm going to pour a glass of wine and finish my sign up and letter before I do another thing, or I'm going to decide to not sign up and just treat. *claps hands* Break!

Re: Chocolate Box

[(Anonymous)]

Yay, I signed up and got my letter done! I have been so slammed that every time I had some time to sit down and write my letter, I fell asleep at my computer...

Re: Chocolate Box

[(Anonymous)]

Am I correct that only one of the four offers can be Original Work? You can't make four Original Work offers for different requests, right?

Re: Chocolate Box

[(Anonymous)]

Request by mechabreFandom:Death Stranding (Video Games) No ratingChoose Not To Use Archive WarningsNo categoryRequest Unfulfilled

07 Jan 2020

TagsSam Porter Bridges & Deadman (Death Stranding)FanfictionSummary

I don't want deadman. I want Sam/Higgs and I'm salty it wasn't here.

I'm only to Lake Knot City, so please be mindful around spoilers! Thank you!
PWP disconnected from the main plot & big reveals would be best. I've thought a lot about Higgs riding Sam with his face nearly exposed to timefall, but anything surrounding risk and reckless abandon is A+. Incorporating surreal prose and eldritch bullshit is also a great starting point

trans higgs is the secret top score

DNW: fluff, consensual, AU, hypnotism.

Requests like this make me glad I decided to skip sign ups and stick to treating this year.

Re: Chocolate Box

[(Anonymous)]

I want my assignment nowwwwwww.

I really hope they come out asap! And that the pinch hits come out asap! And that they all get claimed asap!

Re: Chocolate Box - 5 hours left

[(Anonymous)]

5 hours left to sign up!

Re: Chocolate Box - last minute changes?

[(Anonymous)]

Anyone make any last minute changes to their signups? What prompted the change?

Re: Chocolate Box

[(Anonymous)]

Huh, were there this few Little Women - Alcott requests before?

Re: Chocolate Box - treating plans

[(Anonymous)]

How many have you bookmarked? Any overlap on your offers?

Re: Chocolate Box

[(Anonymous)]

Aaah I'm so impatient. I love every one of my potential matches, and I want to know which one is my assignment!

Re: Chocolate Box

[(Anonymous)]

https://chocolateboxcomm.dreamwidth.org/9255.html?thread=848167#cmt848167

oh, honey

Re: Chocolate Box

[(Anonymous)]

I have a gift already! \o/ I am tempted to shake, always, but usually can talk myself out of doing so, but right now it would be so easy! /o\

But yay, gift! \o/

Re: Chocolate Box - Assignments

[(Anonymous)]

Matches made in heaven, hell, limbo and purgatory. Which one is yours?