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Candy Hearts is a multifandom gift exchange with a low minimum and a focus on relationships, both platonic and romantic/sexual. It is inspired by Chocolate Box and will not run if Chocolate Box is running.
The schedule for 2024/2025:
Nominations Open: December 20, 12:01 AM
Nominations Close: December 27, 11:59 PM
Signups Open: January 1, 12:01 AM
Signups Close: January 7, 11:59 PM
Assignments Out By: January 9, 11:59 PM
Works Due: February 8, 11:59 PM
Works Revealed:February 14, 7:00 PM February 16, 8:00 PM
Creators Revealed:February 21, 7:00 PM February 23, 8:00 PM
All times are in Eastern Standard Time (EST).
AO3 Collection
Tagset
App
If you need to contact the mod, you can reach me via candyheartsex at gmail dot com or leave a comment on this post. Anon comments are enabled.
Nominations
All fandoms are allowed, including RPF, as long as all real people nominated are famous in their own right and over the age of 18. The mod will veto RPF nominations for Donald Trump, people who are famous for willing participation in genocidal regimes, or serial killers alive after 1900. Any RPF nominations related to real-life atrocities may be vetoed at the mod's discretion.
You can nominate up to 10 fandoms, with a maximum of 10 relationships per fandom. Make sure that you are using & for platonic relationships and / for romantic/sexual relationships.
You can nominate group relationships--for example, Spock & USS Enterprise Crew--but keep in mind that any ensembles you don't break down into individual characters will basically be treated as "any two or more members of [x] group."
If you're nominating relationships where the characters have very common names or exist in multiple versions of the same canon, please disambiguate your nominations by putting the fandom name or an abbreviation for it in parentheses at the end of the tag.
Please avoid piping unless it is necessary to clarify your nominated characters' identities.
Nomination Format for Specific Fandoms
Crossovers Relationships: Nominate crossover relationships under Crossover Fandom.
Original Works: Nominate original ships under the fandom Original Work; if the gender of the original characters matters to you, make sure to specify it in the tag.
Dragon Age: Please nominate as "Dragon Age (Video Games)."
Doctor Who and Related Fandoms: Please break down nominations by subfandom: Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (2005), Torchwood, Doctor Who (Big Finish Audio), The Sarah Jane Adventures, novel series, etc. Entries in Big Finish Unbound should also be nominated individually.
Fire Emblem: Please nominate Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes as two separate fandoms.
Critical Role: Please nominate all Exandria campaigns under "Critical Role (Web Series)", all Candela Obscura campaigns under "Candela Obscura (Critical Role Web Series)", and any other campaigns separately. The Legend of Vox Machina should be nominated under "The Legend of Vox Machina (Cartoon)."
Dimension 20: Please nominate all campaigns under "Dimension 20 (Web Series)."
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Please nominate the characters who have appeared in the movies into this fandom. This will cover all movie franchises. Marvel Netflix shows should be nominated under The Defenders (Marvel TV). Nominate any other shows (Agent Carter, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, Moon Knight, etc.) individually. If your nomination includes characters from different shows, or from a show and a movie, please nominate under Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Marvel and DCU Comics: Please nominate main continuity into Marvel (Comics) and DCU (Comics), putting specific runs into the disambiguating 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.
Star Wars: Nominate under the appropriate movie, trilogy, TV show, etc (e.g., Rogue One, Andor, Original Trilogy). Crossover nominations with characters from separate Star Wars fandoms should go under Star Wars - All Media Types.
Star Wars Old EU: Nominate books under "Star Wars Legends - All Media Types." Nominate games as individual fandoms.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel: Nominate both shows under Buffyverse (TV). Please nominate the comics as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Comics 2019)" or "Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Comics 1998)."
Naruto, Boruto, and Dreaming of Sunshine: Please nominate these fandoms separately. Nominate Dreaming of Sunshine as "Dreaming of Sunshine (Fanfic Disambiguation)." Relationship nominations that involve one or more DoS character and one or more Naruto/Boruto character should be nominated under the fandom "Crossover Fandom."
Star Trek: Divide nominations by show and movie franchise--for example, nominate Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Original Series (Movies) separately. Strange New Worlds, DS9, Lower Decks, Picard, Alternate Original Series, etc. should all be nominated individually, as should any tie-in novels/comics series. Nominate crossover relationships between different Trek canons via Crossover Fandom.
DC's Arrowverse: Please nominate characters from Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Batwoman, and Black Lightning (plus the webseries tie-ins) under "DC's Arrowverse."
Stargate: Please nominate under "Stargate - All Media Types"
X-Men Movies: Please nominate Original Timeline Movies and Alternate Timeline Movies separately, under those headings. The other X-Men movies, like Deadpool, should be nominated under their own series/movie title.
DC Extended Universe: DCEU movies should be nominated under "DC Extended Universe."
Assassin's Creed: Please nominate Assassin's Creed under "Assassin's Creed - All Media Types."
Baldur's Gate: Please nominate all games under "Baldur's Gate (Video Games)."
Legend of Zelda: Please nominate these in their separate games.
The Witcher: Please nominate these in their individual fandoms, not AMT.
Historical RPF: Please split these into subfandoms that indicates what timeperiod the nominated people are in. If there may be confusion about the identity of a nominated person, please be as specific as is reasonable.
Signups
You must be 18 or older to sign up.
You may request 1-10 fandoms, each with 1-10 relationships and at least one medium (Fanart, Fanfic, and/or Podfic). You can also request Any, which means you are requesting gifts for any of the nominated relationships for that fandom.
You can offer 1-10 fandoms, each with 1-10 relationships. You can also offer Any, meaning you're willing to create a gift for any nominated relationship in that fandom.
In your additional details, make sure to include any DNWs. These are things you Do Not Want, i.e., things that would ruin a gift for you and which your creator must avoid. These can only be enforced if they're in your actual signup.
You can also use the additional details box to list likes, prompts, and anything else that might help your creator make a gift you will enjoy. You can also provide a link to a letter posted on your Dreamwidth, Tumblr, etc.
You are only guaranteed a gift if you request at least three distinct fandoms. If you've requested fewer than three fandoms and you are a pinch hit at the time works are due, I'll contact you about potentially adding more fandoms. If you prefer not to, you'll still stay up as an available pinch hit, but you are not guaranteed a gift.
The collection will not open until everyone who has requested at least three distinct fandoms has a gift.
If you shame or harass other participants, or if there are signs that you have deliberately caused problems in past exchanges, the mod will delete your signup.
Matching
This exchange accepts Do Not Match requests. If there is someone you need to ensure you don't match to, please email the mod at candyheartsex at gmail dot com.
If none of your offers match any requests at the time signups close, I'll contact you, and you'll have 24 hours to add relevant offers. If that time elapses, or if you choose not to add any offers, I'll delete your signup.
If no one is offering anything you're requesting, you'll go out as a pinch hit and someone can claim the chance to create for you.
Assignments
Assignments are only guaranteed to match on one fandom, one relationship, and one medium.
Do not post works to the collection if they have been created using generative AI.
Minimum work requirements for fic and art are one complete fic of 300 words or one piece of original art that is not on lined paper. (Manips are okay for treats, but they do not fulfill your assignment.) The work must match a medium, fandom, and relationship requested by your recipient. The minimum requirement for podfic is the recording of a fic of at least 300 words.
Works should remain anonymous during the collection's anonymous period. Do not post your work elsewhere, link to it under your name, or put your name anywhere on the AO3 page until after creators have been revealed. Artists may sign their work, and audio recordings may include identification of the podficcer.
If you can't finish your assignment, please default by going to your AO3 assignments page and clicking the "default" button on your assignment. You don't have to contact the mod or explain why you've defaulted. Life happens! If you default, you may still get a gift, but you won't go out as a pinch hit if your creator also defaults.
Please note that recipients may refuse gifts for any reason.
Treats
There are no work minimums for treats. Treats can be posted to the collection without a listed recipient.
If your AO3 account was created after February 1, 2022 and you would like to receive treats, please make sure your account is set up to allow additional gifts: Go to Preferences and click "Allow anyone to gift me works."
I encourage people who do not want treats, and who have not enabled their account to be open to treats, to specifically mention that in their additional details.
After the assignment deadline, a treatless spreadsheet will be posted to encourage treating.
Do not post works to the collection if they have been created using generative AI.
Pinch Hits
Pinch hits will be posted here, on the Dreamwidth community. Comments on the pinch hit posts will be screened, so if you want to claim a pinch hit, please reply to that post and state both your AO3 pseud and which pinch hit you would like to claim. Anonymous comments are enabled, so you don't need a Dreamwidth account to claim a pinch hit. You also don't need to be signed up for the exchange; all you need is an AO3 account.
On 2/1, there will be a post for collecting pinch hitter prompts for treating purposes, and any pinch hitters who post prompts there will be eligible for inclusion on the treatless spreadsheet.
The schedule for 2024/2025:
Nominations Open: December 20, 12:01 AM
Nominations Close: December 27, 11:59 PM
Signups Open: January 1, 12:01 AM
Signups Close: January 7, 11:59 PM
Assignments Out By: January 9, 11:59 PM
Works Due: February 8, 11:59 PM
Works Revealed:
Creators Revealed:
All times are in Eastern Standard Time (EST).
AO3 Collection
Tagset
App
If you need to contact the mod, you can reach me via candyheartsex at gmail dot com or leave a comment on this post. Anon comments are enabled.
Nominations
All fandoms are allowed, including RPF, as long as all real people nominated are famous in their own right and over the age of 18. The mod will veto RPF nominations for Donald Trump, people who are famous for willing participation in genocidal regimes, or serial killers alive after 1900. Any RPF nominations related to real-life atrocities may be vetoed at the mod's discretion.
You can nominate up to 10 fandoms, with a maximum of 10 relationships per fandom. Make sure that you are using & for platonic relationships and / for romantic/sexual relationships.
You can nominate group relationships--for example, Spock & USS Enterprise Crew--but keep in mind that any ensembles you don't break down into individual characters will basically be treated as "any two or more members of [x] group."
If you're nominating relationships where the characters have very common names or exist in multiple versions of the same canon, please disambiguate your nominations by putting the fandom name or an abbreviation for it in parentheses at the end of the tag.
Please avoid piping unless it is necessary to clarify your nominated characters' identities.
Nomination Format for Specific Fandoms
Crossovers Relationships: Nominate crossover relationships under Crossover Fandom.
Original Works: Nominate original ships under the fandom Original Work; if the gender of the original characters matters to you, make sure to specify it in the tag.
Dragon Age: Please nominate as "Dragon Age (Video Games)."
Doctor Who and Related Fandoms: Please break down nominations by subfandom: Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (2005), Torchwood, Doctor Who (Big Finish Audio), The Sarah Jane Adventures, novel series, etc. Entries in Big Finish Unbound should also be nominated individually.
Fire Emblem: Please nominate Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes as two separate fandoms.
Critical Role: Please nominate all Exandria campaigns under "Critical Role (Web Series)", all Candela Obscura campaigns under "Candela Obscura (Critical Role Web Series)", and any other campaigns separately. The Legend of Vox Machina should be nominated under "The Legend of Vox Machina (Cartoon)."
Dimension 20: Please nominate all campaigns under "Dimension 20 (Web Series)."
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Please nominate the characters who have appeared in the movies into this fandom. This will cover all movie franchises. Marvel Netflix shows should be nominated under The Defenders (Marvel TV). Nominate any other shows (Agent Carter, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, Moon Knight, etc.) individually. If your nomination includes characters from different shows, or from a show and a movie, please nominate under Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Marvel and DCU Comics: Please nominate main continuity into Marvel (Comics) and DCU (Comics), putting specific runs into the disambiguating 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.
Star Wars: Nominate under the appropriate movie, trilogy, TV show, etc (e.g., Rogue One, Andor, Original Trilogy). Crossover nominations with characters from separate Star Wars fandoms should go under Star Wars - All Media Types.
Star Wars Old EU: Nominate books under "Star Wars Legends - All Media Types." Nominate games as individual fandoms.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel: Nominate both shows under Buffyverse (TV). Please nominate the comics as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Comics 2019)" or "Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Comics 1998)."
Naruto, Boruto, and Dreaming of Sunshine: Please nominate these fandoms separately. Nominate Dreaming of Sunshine as "Dreaming of Sunshine (Fanfic Disambiguation)." Relationship nominations that involve one or more DoS character and one or more Naruto/Boruto character should be nominated under the fandom "Crossover Fandom."
Star Trek: Divide nominations by show and movie franchise--for example, nominate Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Original Series (Movies) separately. Strange New Worlds, DS9, Lower Decks, Picard, Alternate Original Series, etc. should all be nominated individually, as should any tie-in novels/comics series. Nominate crossover relationships between different Trek canons via Crossover Fandom.
DC's Arrowverse: Please nominate characters from Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Batwoman, and Black Lightning (plus the webseries tie-ins) under "DC's Arrowverse."
Stargate: Please nominate under "Stargate - All Media Types"
X-Men Movies: Please nominate Original Timeline Movies and Alternate Timeline Movies separately, under those headings. The other X-Men movies, like Deadpool, should be nominated under their own series/movie title.
DC Extended Universe: DCEU movies should be nominated under "DC Extended Universe."
Assassin's Creed: Please nominate Assassin's Creed under "Assassin's Creed - All Media Types."
Baldur's Gate: Please nominate all games under "Baldur's Gate (Video Games)."
Legend of Zelda: Please nominate these in their separate games.
The Witcher: Please nominate these in their individual fandoms, not AMT.
Historical RPF: Please split these into subfandoms that indicates what timeperiod the nominated people are in. If there may be confusion about the identity of a nominated person, please be as specific as is reasonable.
Signups
You must be 18 or older to sign up.
You may request 1-10 fandoms, each with 1-10 relationships and at least one medium (Fanart, Fanfic, and/or Podfic). You can also request Any, which means you are requesting gifts for any of the nominated relationships for that fandom.
You can offer 1-10 fandoms, each with 1-10 relationships. You can also offer Any, meaning you're willing to create a gift for any nominated relationship in that fandom.
In your additional details, make sure to include any DNWs. These are things you Do Not Want, i.e., things that would ruin a gift for you and which your creator must avoid. These can only be enforced if they're in your actual signup.
You can also use the additional details box to list likes, prompts, and anything else that might help your creator make a gift you will enjoy. You can also provide a link to a letter posted on your Dreamwidth, Tumblr, etc.
You are only guaranteed a gift if you request at least three distinct fandoms. If you've requested fewer than three fandoms and you are a pinch hit at the time works are due, I'll contact you about potentially adding more fandoms. If you prefer not to, you'll still stay up as an available pinch hit, but you are not guaranteed a gift.
The collection will not open until everyone who has requested at least three distinct fandoms has a gift.
If you shame or harass other participants, or if there are signs that you have deliberately caused problems in past exchanges, the mod will delete your signup.
Matching
This exchange accepts Do Not Match requests. If there is someone you need to ensure you don't match to, please email the mod at candyheartsex at gmail dot com.
If none of your offers match any requests at the time signups close, I'll contact you, and you'll have 24 hours to add relevant offers. If that time elapses, or if you choose not to add any offers, I'll delete your signup.
If no one is offering anything you're requesting, you'll go out as a pinch hit and someone can claim the chance to create for you.
Assignments
Assignments are only guaranteed to match on one fandom, one relationship, and one medium.
Do not post works to the collection if they have been created using generative AI.
Minimum work requirements for fic and art are one complete fic of 300 words or one piece of original art that is not on lined paper. (Manips are okay for treats, but they do not fulfill your assignment.) The work must match a medium, fandom, and relationship requested by your recipient. The minimum requirement for podfic is the recording of a fic of at least 300 words.
Works should remain anonymous during the collection's anonymous period. Do not post your work elsewhere, link to it under your name, or put your name anywhere on the AO3 page until after creators have been revealed. Artists may sign their work, and audio recordings may include identification of the podficcer.
If you can't finish your assignment, please default by going to your AO3 assignments page and clicking the "default" button on your assignment. You don't have to contact the mod or explain why you've defaulted. Life happens! If you default, you may still get a gift, but you won't go out as a pinch hit if your creator also defaults.
Please note that recipients may refuse gifts for any reason.
Treats
There are no work minimums for treats. Treats can be posted to the collection without a listed recipient.
If your AO3 account was created after February 1, 2022 and you would like to receive treats, please make sure your account is set up to allow additional gifts: Go to Preferences and click "Allow anyone to gift me works."
I encourage people who do not want treats, and who have not enabled their account to be open to treats, to specifically mention that in their additional details.
After the assignment deadline, a treatless spreadsheet will be posted to encourage treating.
Do not post works to the collection if they have been created using generative AI.
Pinch Hits
Pinch hits will be posted here, on the Dreamwidth community. Comments on the pinch hit posts will be screened, so if you want to claim a pinch hit, please reply to that post and state both your AO3 pseud and which pinch hit you would like to claim. Anonymous comments are enabled, so you don't need a Dreamwidth account to claim a pinch hit. You also don't need to be signed up for the exchange; all you need is an AO3 account.
On 2/1, there will be a post for collecting pinch hitter prompts for treating purposes, and any pinch hitters who post prompts there will be eligible for inclusion on the treatless spreadsheet.
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I'm assuming the relationship requests are OR .arching, not AND matching like Yuletide, but I wanted to ask just to be safe :)
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Fate/Zero:
Irisviel von Einzbern/Artoria Pendragon | Saber (F/Z) and Irisviel von Einzbern/Artoria Pendragon | Saber (Fate/Zero) are duplicates
Haikyuu!!:
Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru (Haikyuu) and Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru are duplicates
SK8 The Infinity:
Nanjo Kojiro | Joe/Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom (SK8) and Nanjo Kojiro | Joe/Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom (SNK) are duplicates
Star Wars: The Clone Wars:
Bail Organa/Breha Organa/Obi-Wan Kenobi (SWCW) and Bail Organa/Breha Organa/Obi-Wan Kenobi (SWTCW) are duplicates
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Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (TV 2022)
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Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (TV) (2022)
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question about non-wrangled noms
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Just a small reminder that they're all under Disney+ now, not Netflix. This will make a difference when "Daredevil: Born Again" comes out sometime within hopefully next year.
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thanks mods!
Thank you so much for all your hard work! Over 900 new works on AO3- wow!! Please take this comment as a well-deserved round of applause!
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It was confirmed in the second season of Superman & Lois that it wasn't actually set in the same universe as the Arrowverse. Would it be possible for it to be nominated separately?
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrowverse#Superman_&_Lois_(2021%E2%80%93present)
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Would it be possible to have a Promo Post on the comm for our rare fandoms/ships?
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