Though Kpop Be Madness Masterlist
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Starting on the Bard's birthday, April 23rd, the following stories will be put out into the world for your pleasure. We have taken some of Shakespeare's greatest tales, thrown them into the cauldron (double, double toil and trouble) with BTS, Seventeen, and Stray Kids, stirred and stirred until perfectly ready to serve to you.
Please enjoy each offering, after all...
"All the world's a stage, and we are merely players."
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title: For I Have Sworn Thee Fair
author: @yoongihan
pairing: gentleman yoongi x peasant reader
genre: early established relationship, unhealthy relationship, angst,
summary: you adore him beyond measure of reason. he is your everything and you are his. together. forever.
content warnings: smut, toxic relationship dynamics, neither character is completely sane, mild violence.
word count: tbd
shakespeare inspiration: "Sonnet 147"
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title: The Winterβs Tale
author: @ladyartemesia
pairing: Alpha Bodyguard Seungcheol x FemOmega Princess
genre: Fantasy, Enemies-to-Lovers, Brotherβs Best Friend, Mystery
summary: Alphas Rule. Omegas Prosper. Betas Serve the Crown.
It is an old saying and an even deeper truth. Seungcheol, the Princeβs loyal bodyguard, was taken from an orphanage as a child and raised to be a weapon of the throneβa betaβlike all those of common birth.
However, when a plot threatens the kingdomβs precious omega princess (and Seungcheolβs lifelong nemesis), the reluctant bodyguard is reassigned to protect her instead and chaos ensues immediately.
Because Seungcheol is not common. And he is definitely not a betaβ¦
content Warnings: Hierarchical society with some norms that are reminiscent of the Shakespearean Era, knotting, marking, claiming, mating, adult content, physical violence, war, betrayal, etc.
word count: tbd
shakespeare inspiration: The Winter's Tale
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title: foxglove
author: @sailorsoons
pairing: fae prince!Junhui x human!reader
genre: fantasy, faerie, strangers to lovers summary: prince Junhui plays one trick too many on the wrong faerie and ends up mortal for a single midsummer's evening. He intends to make a game of it, but when he meets you with your crown of foxglove, he suddenly understands why faerie princes aren't allowed to love mortal girls. Good thing he is particularly good at breaking rules.
warnings: hints of classism, Junhui is a bit of a menace, a hint of angst but not a ton, very much love at first sight, a little bit of leaning into the idea of soulmates.
word count: tbd
shakespeare inspiration: A Midsummer Night's Dream
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title: rebel without a clue
author: @100vern
pairing: jeon wonwoo (svt) x f. reader
genre: space opera au; childhood friends to lovers, slight brother's best friend vibes; crack, lite angst, smut, fluff
summary: it's always felt impossible to live in your brother's shadow. he's the high council of your home planet, feared and respected in equal measure, and you're neither of those things. you've felt purposeless your entire lifeβuntil your and jeonghan's childhood friend is being held on a hostile planet after his own ship wrecks. since jeonghan's life is too important to risk, they send you in his place. considering you're twins, no one will know the difference... right?
content warnings: mentions of cage fighting, violence, and blood; adult content; inferiority complex, insecurity, etc.
word count: tbd
shakespeare inspiration: Twelfth Night
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title: best beware the sting
author: @imnotshua
pairing: florist!mingyu x wedding planner!f. reader
genre: wedding industry au. fluff, smut. colleagues to lovers.
summary: Yet again, your sister is complaining about your lack of interest in marriage, and the money sitting in trust, untouchable until you wed. An archaic manipulation tactic, you say. A grandparent's romantic notion, says Bianca, something she clearly inherited. At least they had the good grace to leave you the lake house without attached conditions, and finally your dream of opening your own wedding venue is within reach. Sure, it'll need a lot of hard work before it's featured in Belle Bridal (not to mention the money) but this is the challenge you've been needing.
Enter Kim Mingyu, stage left. He can't believe you're in the wedding industry, having heard of your disdain for romance even back at university. You can't believe he's proposing a partnership, footing the money for renovations in exchange for use of a portion of the land and the granny annexe, for as long as he might need.
content warnings: general adult content
word count: tbd
shakespeare inspiration: The Taming of the Shrew
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title: Love You Anyway
author: @aeristudios
pairing: Minghao x f. reader
genre: angst, smut, fluff, established relationship, friends with benefits
summary: What happens when you have young and rich, secret lovers mixed in with magical weed on a week vacation? Chaos
content warnings: sex lol, trippy dreams, recreational drug use (weed), drinking
word count: tbd
shakespeare inspiration: A Midsummer Night's Dream
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title: Life's But a Walking Shadow
author: @yoongihan
pairing: shifter changbin x shifter reader (jisung x reader, changbin x chan - mostly off screen/page)
genre: established relationship, angst, tragedy, war
summary: you've worked your way from outsider to trusted second, you are with the one you love, and life seems to be the best that is can be. but then there are whispers about an opportunity to rise even higher. how can you not seize this chance? it has to be fate.
content warnings: violence, prejudices within animal shape-shifter communities, murder, death, spooky predictions, innocents suffer (if you've read Macbeth, you should have an idea)
word count: tbd
shakespeare inspiration: Macbeth
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title: A World Elsewhere
author: @peaspeas
pairing: Hyunjin x reader
genre: a series of parallel universe encounters between R+J
summary: What if Romeo and Juliet weren't 'Romeo and Juliet'? What if they never became the two characters of the greatest tragic love story ever told?
content warnings: drinking, recreational drug use, Hyunjin has his drink spiked by a friend (but nothing bad happens)
word count: tbd
shakespeare inspiration: Romeo and Juliet
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note that as these are stories written by humans, the above titles are subject to change as life does not stop for writers. please be kind and encouraging to these authors.
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