Weâre sorry + Thank you!
This fest first started out when two twitter mutuals who loved shineexo got together and pitched an idea of starting a fest centered around them. Even though there were already a lot of other fests with other focuses out there, we still went for it and were really happy to see that it gained so much interest. In the beginning, the fest was mainly run by Mod 1, with Mod 2 on the side. Mod 2 was mostly in charge of the exterior factors, while Mod 1 was in charge of what went on on the inside of the fest. Although it was not Mod 2â˛s first time running a fest, it was Mod 1â˛s, so there were some small bumps in the road, but they were all fixed and everything went smoothly. Mod 1 tried their hardest and did a lot for the fest. Unfortunately, a couple days after the final submissions date Mod 1 disappeared without a trace and did not say a word to Mod 2. Mod 2 did not realize until a few weeks after the date had passed and fics were still not posted. Mod 1â˛s departure left Mod 2 (who has a full time job and other things going on) running the fest on their own. This was the reason as to why there was so much delay in replies as well as posting. We also had trouble trying to chase after those who never submitted their final draft, which led to an even longer delay in postings on certain days. We sincerely apologize to those who did not have a good experience with us, but we greatly appreciate you for still sticking around. We wish we could have presented everyone with more fics than we did, and we really tried, but we never got a reply back from any of those who we contacted. Regardless, we are still extremely grateful for all of the fics that were written for this fest. Again, weâre so sorry to all of those that we disappointed, but thank you all so much to everyone for their patience and support. Hopefully in the future, we can come back as a new and improved shineexofest. Thank you all for sticking with us until the end!Â















