learnedfoot

Dear ChocoBox Creator,

Hello! I’m LearnedFoot on A03! You’ve matched (or, if you’re a pinch hitter, chosen) on one of these pairs, which already means you love something I love. Excellent! I love this exchange, and am very excited to see what you come up with!

To start, even though I’ve written a fair amount here, I want to say I’m actually very easy to please. As long as you stick in the general area of my likes and respect my DNWs, I’m going to be delighted. Also, I’m equally excited about all of these options! Some sections are longer than others because I have more specific ideas about certain character combos (or because I was copying and pasting from past letters where I had more letter writing energy), but I didn’t request anything I wouldn’t be over the moon to receive. Requests are all for either fic or art.

Here is what this letter contains:

General Likes
Art Likes
DNWs
Bojack Horseman: BoJack &/ Mr. PB; Sarah Lynn
X-Over: Doctor Who Themed
X-Over: MCU Peter Parker & Defenders
X-Over: MCU Peter Parker & ITSV
Doctor Who: Master-related pairs
MCU: Nebula Ships
MCU: Obie/Tony
MCU: Peter Parker/Tony Stark [& Morgan Stark; & the Guardians]
MCU: Peter/Beck, Peter and Peter/Tony &/ Bad Guys
MCU: Gen
Pilgrimage: Diarmuid/The Mute [& Raymond De Merville]
The Great: A ton of pairs
The Queen’s Gambit: Beth/Benny; Beth & Georgi Girev; Talented Chess Playing Girl
Cobra Kai: Daniel LaRusso/Robby Keene [WARNING: Season 3 Spoilers!]

( General Likes )
( DNWs )

( BoJack )
( Crossovers )
( Doctor Who )
( MCU Ships )
( MCU Gen )
( Pilgrimage )
( The Great )
( The Queen's Gambit )
( Cobra Kai (Season 3 Spoilers!) )

Chocolate Box was the first exchange I've participated in in *years,* and the first one under this identify, and it resulted in an embarrassment of riches. I got four wonderful gifts, had a blast writing five fic, had amazing recips -- I'm almost scared to do more exchange because it's hard to see how I can top this. Not that it will stop me from signing up for H/C Exchange and maybe Smut Swap... I guess I'm an exchange person now. All it takes is one hit.

Anyway, the rundown:

What I received
Always Welcome, Peter/Tony, E
If you like this ship at all I can't recommend this more highly. Drunk Peter! IW angst! Sweet, and sexy, and full of feels all at once, it is everything I could ask for in P/T fic.

As Easy as Understanding, Nebula/Natasha, T
I requested this ship because I was curious about it, and this fic confirmed that I think it is a great idea. If you are also curious, you should check it out. Short, sweet, and just *so them.*

I Can Show You the World, Bucky/Shuri, T
Bucky/Shuri! snickfic wrote me Bucky/Shuri! And it is absolutely wonderful. Really, really beautiful fic. Really recommend it.

Rental, Peter/Tony (with Venom!), T
Venom gets Peter, Eddie and Tony team up to get their boys back. This is a freaking delight, and I highly recommend it not only to P/T fans, but to anyone who likes Venom. As much as I enjoyed the shippy parts, I think the best part was Tony and Eddie being forced to work together, and getting along not at all. It's great.

What I Wrote

MCU
And Again and Again, Peter/Tony, time loop, 6k, T
One of my great joys of this fest was seeing a few people who said they don't even really like the ship rec this, which is a huge compliment. I'd never written time loops before, but between this and Russian Doll I might now be addicted.

Anything but the Best, Peter/Tony, suit porn, 4k, E
Just what it says on the tin. But with feelings, because I can't not.

Not the Point, Peter/Tony, 3.3k, E
Peter almost dies, it leads to a fight and porn. Like you do. Porn with feels is my bread and butter with this ship, #sorrynotsorry

Something Left to Lose, Bucky & Rocket, 4k, G
AU where Bucky survives IW, and forms a friendship with Rocket, because they so would.

Doctor Who/Star Wars
Never Fail to Be, Thirteen + Kylo/Rey, 6.3k, G
Of everything I wrote this time, this is the most outside of my wheelhouse -- I'd never written any of these characters, or in these verses or, IIRC, a crossover of any sort -- but I also think it is the best. In fact, it's probably the best thing I've ever written. This is not to put down the other stuff I wrote, which I am generally quite pleased with, just to say it is incredibly rare for me to feel like I *nailed* a story top to bottom, but I do feel that way about this one. I give all credit to lucymonster's amazing crossover prompts, which just sparked something in me.

(Writing this was also a lovely reminder that as much as MCU has most of my fandom attention these days, Doctor Who has a uniquely special place in my heart for a reason.)