BTS Tanabata Fic Exchange 2025

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A fic exchange with the theme of "star-crossed Love". Fics will be revealed on Sendai Tanabata Festival! ~Submissions deadline June 25th~

Galaxy-themed border, dark blue rectangle in the middle with white text that reads: A HUGE thank you to everyone who helped make this fest possible, for the 3rd edition now! I absolutely adore star-crossed Love as a theme, and I think Tanabata is so perfect for a BTS exchange theme, not in the least because it's the festival of 7/7! Serendipity, anyone? ^^ Unless I get too busy, I think I'll keep organising this cosy little exchange, if only to have a summer exchange to balance out all the Christmas ones, but for now, BTS Tanabata Exchange will go into rest mode once more! Do tag the fest if you make any reveal posts of your own and don't hesitate to let the authors know what you enjoyed about their stories! Thanks for another fabulous edition Hopefully until next time!
5. Will the fest provide beta readers? No… I’m sorry. If you have trouble finding a beta, dm me, I can do it for you if I have time and if not, I’ll help you find someone. 6. What if my recipient is someone I have blocked? Please dm/mail the fest and we’ll figure something out! 7. I really don’t know what to write about… Feel free to send the fest acc a dm and we can brainstorm a bit if you like.
1. Explain the theme of “star-crossed Love” a bit more thoroughly, please! Just like the legend of Tanabata, “star-crossed Lovers” has become a trope that means “Lovers who are doomed to not be able to be together forever”. This can take a wild variety of shapes and interpretations, and it does not even necessarily have to be tragic (even though it often is). Other famous examples of star-crossed Lovers are Romeo & Juliet, Jack & Rose from Titanic, and (in my humble opinion), Shinji & Kaworu from Neon Genesis Evangelion. 2. How do I participate? Simply fill in the sign-up form linked below, and you’re done! Then all you have to do is wait for the message telling you who your star-crossed Lover is and you can start to write ~.
Schedule: Sign-ups: March 15th - April 11th Lover appointments: April 13th Pinch hitter sign-ups: April 13th - July 24th Drop-out deadline: July 24th Fic deadline: July 25th Extension deadline: August 1st Fic + Author reveals: August 7th (*Any time zones)
1. Writers can write any BTS (mono or poly) pairing, or no pairing, as long as the main theme is “star-crossed Love” and fest restrictions + the DNWs of the recipients are respected. 2. To ensure the harmony of this fest, restricted topics are: incest, paedophilia, beastiality, sexualising minors and underage sex, rape/non-con and dub-con. 3. You have to be 18+ to write NSFW content. 4. There is no min. or max. word count limit! You can write as much or little as you want! WIPs and chaptered fics are allowed! Just as long as you respect your Lover (they might rather not receive a one-sentence fic, for example).
A picture of Sendai Tanabata Fest decorations with a white rectangle patch in the middle, containing an explanation on the goal of the fest that much like in a Secret Santa, after sign-ups, participants get appoint a "star-crossed Lover", for whom they write a fic in secret with the theme of star-crossed Love. There are no prompts or DWs, however, only DNWs.
A picture of Sendai Tanabata Festival decorations with a white rectangle patch in the middle containing an explanation of the legend of Tanabata
All BTS members in pastel hanbok against a white background, the words "Master Thread" in white with pastel pink highlight in the middle.