learnedfoot

Dear Fic in a Box Creator,

Hello! I’m LearnedFoot on A03! You’ve matched (or, if you’re a pinch hitter, chosen) on at least one of these fandoms/characters/ships, which already means we have things in comment. Excellent! I 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 fandoms, but I didn’t request anything I wouldn’t be over the moon to receive.

Here is what this letter contains:

General Likes
Art Likes
Other Opt-In Likes
DNWs
Avengers/Spider-Man [Peter Parker & Others | Peter Parker/Matt Murdock]
The Bear [Various Characters and Ships]
BoJack Horseman [BoJack, BoJack/Mr. PB, Sarah Lynn]
Crossover [The Doctor & Abed Nadir]
Crossover [Suits Characters + Tony Stark]
Severance [Burt/Irving, Various Gen, Various Worldbuiling]
Suits [Various]
Superstore [Garrett/Jonah]

( General Likes )
( DNWs )

( MCU )
( TheBear )
( BoJack )
( X-Over: Doctor Who/Community )
( X-Over: Suits/MCU )
( Severance )
( Suits )
( Superstore )

Dear Pining Exchange Writer,

Hello! You’ve matched (or, if you’re a pinch hitter, chosen) on one of these pairs and freeforms, which means we already have something in common. Excellent! I am so excited about this exchange (I am SUCH a sucker for pining), and thrilled 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, but I didn’t request anything I wouldn’t be over the moon to receive.

Here’s what this letter contains. All requests are for fic.:
General Likes, Dislikes, and DNWs
MCU: Peter Parker/Tony Stark [Warning: Contains Endgame spoilers!]
Russian Doll: Nadia/Alan
Star Wars: Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
The Magicians: Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Midge Maisel/Lenny Bruce
The Wire: Stringer Bell/Avon Barksdale

( General, Likes, Dislikes, DNWs )
( MCU: Peter Parker/Tony Stark )
( Russian Doll: Nadia/Alan )
( Star Wars: Rey/Kylo )
( The Magicians: Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh )
( The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Midge Maisel/Lenny Bruce) )
( The Wire: Stringer Bell/Avon Barksdale )

Dear author/artist,

Hello! You’ve matched (or, if you’re a pinch hitter, chosen) on one of these pairs and a freeform, which means we already have a lot in common. How excellent. I am an absolute sucker for H/C so I am thrilled beyond belief about this exchange, and I’m excited to see what you write!

First off, even though I’ve written a lot 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, so please do not feel constrained by this letter. 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 freeforms, but I didn’t request anything I wouldn’t be over the moon to receive, as should be obvious from the fact that I maxed the heck out of my choices.

This letter contains the followings:
General likes, DNWs, etc.
Crossover Fandom: Buffy/Angel [Connor/Dawn]
Crossover Fandom: Doctor Who/MCU [Rocket Raccoon & The Doctor (2005)]
Crossover Fandom: MCU/Netflix Defenders [Peter Parker & Various Defenders]
Crossover Fandom: The Good Place/Brooklyn Nine-Nine [Michael & Raymond Holt]
Doctor Who [Eleventh/The TARDIS, Thirteen/The TARDIS]
MCU [Peter Parker/Tony Stark]
MCU [Peter Parker & Avengers, Peter Parker & The People of New York]
Russian Doll [Nadia &/ Alan]
Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse [Miles & Jefferson, Miles & The People of New York]
Star Wars Sequel Trilogy [Rey &/ Kylo]
UnREAL [Rachel/Quinn]

Note that for MCU, I also have an update about incorporating Endgame here.

( General Likes )
( Buffy/Angel: Connor/Dawn )
( Doctor Who/MCU: The Doctor & Rocket) )
( Defenders/MCU: Peter Parker & Various Defenders )
( The Good Place/Brooklyn Nine-Nine) )
( Doctor Who: Eleven/TARDIS, Thirteen/TARDIS )
( MCU: Peter/Tony )
( MCU: Peter Parker & The Avengers, The People of New York )
( Russian Doll: Nadia &/ Alan) )
( Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Miles & Jefferson, The People of New York )
( Star Wars: Rey &/ Kylo )
( UnREAL: Quinn/Rachel )

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.)