#Blackcest Fest 2024

[blackcestfest]

Blackcest Fest claiming is open! This is an anonymous, prompting-based fest for fic and art which depict a sexual or romantic relationship between two or more members of the Black family as the main ship or significant to the work. See Fest Rules and Eligibility Details for more information. Participation 18+ only. 

To claim or self-claim, use this airtable link. You will receive an email within 24 hours confirming your claim.

View the prompts on the Airtable Gallery

[sanguisinexelsis]

Sirius and Bellatrix, and their starry mythology

the plot in 10 words: they marry and it goes wayyyy better than anyone expected

[padfootfest]

FIC #1

Is It So Frightening [to have me at your shoulder?]

Pairing: Sirius Black/Regulus Black, Regulus Black/Remus Lupin, Regulus Black/Hermione Granger

Rating: E

Warnings: Rape/Non-Con

Word Count: 11,967

Summary: For the prompt: "[Sirius brings] his deeply traumatised brother back home. Sometimes, Regulus lets out minor details of their intimacy that should remain secret to the members of the Order. Good thing no one believes a mentally unstable Death Eater, after all Sirius isn’t doing anything his brother doesn’t want."

- READ HERE-

[blackbrothersfest]

Black Brothers Fest: Prompting EXTENDED!

prompting has been extended until August 7th at 11:59 PM Eastern - you can either prompt at our AO3 collection (preferred), or you can submit the google form!

you may submit up to 20 prompts

please note that all prompts received via the form will be anonymous, as they will be posted to the collection and we do not have access to anyone else's AO3 account

claiming will be extended through the end of August, though the deadline remains unchanged.

[thistlecatfics]

WIP tag game!

Rules are simple: Post a list of your current WIPs and your followers can ask you about them, you can share a bit from it or talk about your plans with it, whatever.

Thank you for the tag @siriusly-sapphic! I've been terribly ignoring tag games for weeks now but I am back and motivated, and I've just written out a list of my WIPs to get organized for writing in 2024. I realized that a lot of these are actually quite close to finished, and so I want to try to clear out at least a few of them and get them posted.

Current WIPs

Andromeda Liberata 3

Black family AU/slytherin sirius AU

Soul Nerve (Luna/Ginny)

Sirius/Narcissa role reversal

Pansy/Parvender styling fic

Dumbledore apologia post-dystopia

Narlily kiss like real people do

Ginny/Luna abusive relationship

Sirius, Andromeda, Narcissa afterwards

Remus/Fenrir

Drarry 8th year ficlet

[redacted WIP I've now decided to use for Blackcest Fest]

Tagging @indigo-scarf & @amethystheart2421 & anyone else who wants to do it!

[blackcestfest]

BLACKCEST FEST IS BACK FOR 2023-2024

Is it obscenely early to post a schedule for a fest? Possibly. Does this family care about obscenity? Absolutely not. 

Edited 9/25/23 It turns out it was too early to post about about a fest because I’m taking a spontaneous trip in November and so will have to delay the fest until after I get back. 

18+

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Schedule

Prompting: Nov 20 - Dec 3 Claiming Opens: Dec 4 Work Due: March 1 Posting Begins: March 11 Creator Reveals: TBA

Eligible Characters: 

Regulus

Sirius

Bellatrix

Andromeda

Narcissa

Orion

Walburga

Cygnus

Draco

Tonks

Teddy Tonks Lupin

Other older family members named in the family tree

Eligible: 

Poly ships (eg Sirius/Draco/Harry)

Heavily implied Blackcest

POV character learning about a Blackcest relationship

AUs where characters are  related

Works centered on the trauma of surviving incest

Not eligible: 

Yes, we know all purebloods are related but incest ships involving people outside of the immediate Black family are not eligible

AUs where the characters are no longer related

Fics/art centering around Black OCs (eg “Sirius and Regulus’s sister”)

Delphini Riddle

Work created by those under 18

Due to the unique nature of visual art, we ask that any explicit art submitted for this fest only depict characters over the age of 18.

[background on images is the Black family tree]

[blackcestfest]

More information to come but Blackcest Fest WILL be returning for 2023-2024 <3

The quality of the fics in the first iteration was unparalleled, and I can’t wait to see what is created next. It’s the Blackcest Renaissance, and we’re all just living in it. 

[blackcestfest]

Hi! I’m interested in exploring Blackcest from a postwar/nextgen perspective. In particular, how the Black family legacy and family secrets might have ramifications a generation down the line and carry on in insidious ways even after their society has in theory moved on.

I wanted to ask (in the politest way possible) why Delphi isn’t eligible? Her direct first cousins Draco and Tonks are eligible, so she has the same level of familial relationships as them. (And thank you for hosting the fest - I saw the announcement post and got really excited about a potential Delphi/Scorp/Teddy entanglement, and the headaches that would cause in a year like 2024!)

and second anon Q:

Why is Delphini not eligible?

Delphini is not eligible because OCs are not eligible, even if those OCs belong to JKR herself.

That said, people of course can include OCs in their fics, and since Scorpius/Teddy would be eligible (as long as you consider Blackcest to be part of their story), adding JKR's OC Delphini Riddle would be fine.