#walsibeth

[jurijurijurious]

Tagged by @period-dramallama - thank you!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?:

Seven. Not enough.

(Guys there's no number 2 in this thing, where did it go??)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

At present, ReBoot and sometimes I drop back into Elizabeth (1998). I was much more of a fanfic slut in my youth, multiple fandoms on the go. (I've done Power Rangers, Doctor Who, Star Wars, Disney's Hercules...)

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Dodge and Burn (ReBoot)

Road to Ruin (ReBoot)

Mea Culpa (Elizabeth 1998)

Inconcessus fructus (Elizabeth 1998)

Dodge and Burn: Chapter 11.5 - Optional Add-on (ReBoot)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes. It's something I've always done. I think it stems from the early days of Fanfic.net and Live Journal where many people were more generous with their time and left lots of comments and engaged in discourse, whereas now I get very little feedback. I enjoy thanking people or answering questions, it makes the work put into a fic feel worthwhile that it's created some kind of engagement. I think society now is more geared to comsuming but not reflecting which is a shame.

6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I'm hoping "Dodge and Burn" will fill that gap. I'm not sure Mea Culpa or Incon' were angsty? They had angst but I think the ending tied up ok.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

What's a happy ending? I don't think I've written a happy ending for years. Maybe back in my Doctor Who days.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not any more. I wrote a Star Wars fic a good 20 years ago which to be fair was terrible and featured lots of unnecessarily cruel tropes but it got a lot of love at the time, until quite some years after, someone randomly began reviewing every chapter and bombing it. I don't know why they kept wasting their time on something they really didn't like, I guess people enjoy dumping on others. I just turned off the notifications, it was wirtten too long ago for me to care. I've grown since then. I don't get hate any more really, my fics are super niche rarepairs in minority fandoms, I don't get many readers. You're either into it or you've never heard of it.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Yes. It's pretty tame overall, I try to focus on emotion rather than action. I seem to enjoy writing some sub/dom elements - not proper BDSM but there's certainly power play in my smut. It's a battlefield more than a bedroom.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I've touched on crossovers but they're such hard work and really only appeal to me rather than a wider audience as I fix on really weird-ass combinations. I've never finished a crossover fic. I started a Lion King/Discworld one many years ago. Recently I had fun with Elizabeth (1998)/Attack on Titan. I wrote some snippets and am determined it could work if I put my mind to it but yeah, way too niche.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I doubt it. I have this low key - not fear, perhaps curiosity - that things I wrote years ago might have been repackaged and recirculated and I'd have no idea because I've lost touch with so any fandoms.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? 

No. I'm too much of a control freak to want to share a fic.

14. What’s your all-time favourite ship?

I can't choose one. I love, love, love Elizabeth/Walsingham (Walsibeth) from the Elizabeth movie as it just means so much to me, and it's been with me a long time. And I feel like it's almost exclusively mine, I've read very few other fics of that pairing before I started writing it in the mid 2000s.

Megabyte and Dot from ReBoot are my current obsession and again that pairing is something I've liked for a long time. They're so much fun to write, at constant battle with each other. I think I'm better at writing them now that I'm older as I can tap into life experience and not just ride on my youthful hormones.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

I rarely finish anything tbh. I will say Dodge and Burn, i desperately want to finish it but my legacy does not bode well for it.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Sexual tension I think? Maybe.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I have been overly descriptive in the past and spoon fed the reader with the character's thoughts and motivations. I'm trying to peel back from that and show rather than tell. There will definitely be other weaknesses. I feel like I focus too much on dialogue but I love writing dialogue. I hate writing battles or heavy action scenes, I need to focus on building my skills in that area.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I'm not a linguist so I wouldn't dare.

19. First fandom you wrote for? 

If we're talking pre-internet childhood, maybe Power Rangers?

20. Favourite fic you’ve ever written?

I do love Dodge and Burn which I'm currently working on, it's a lot of fun, but I remain proud of Inconcessus fructus that I wrote in the mid-2000s, I actually think it's one of my best pieces of writing and I fear I peaked back then.

Tagging @buginateacup @thisbluespirit @thatfilthyanimal if you fancy.

#fanfic ask #fanfic #writing #megadot #elizabeth 1998 #walsibeth #reboot fanfic #reboot: dodge and burn #megabyte x dot

[walsiegirl]

Some pix of Geoffrey Rush with Cate Blanchett on the “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” promo trail... They’re both gorgeous.

(I’m pretty sure when I met GR at “The Golden Age” screening thang in Norwich in 2007, he had that cardigan-and-jeans combo on, per the second photo. Guh.)

#geoffrey rush #cate blanchett #elizabeth: the golden age #elizabeth 1998 #shekhar kapur #sir francis walsingham #queen elizabeth i #walsibeth #great chemistry

[jurijurijurious]

Just so you all understand the depths of my procrastination/executive dysfunction/whatever... This WIP is over 2 years old. Thought I'd add a bit more today. Maybe I'll finish it before I die.

This is a sketch for an insane AU of an Elizabeth (1998) movie fanfic which was already an insane AU and tbh the fanfic took me something like 12 years to come back to and complete so I just don't do well with this long suffering OTP of mine... But I still love them.

#walsibeth #elizabeth 1998 #elizabeth 1998 fanfic #alternate universe of an alternate universe #elizabeth i #sir francis walsingham #geoffrey rush #cate blanchett #elizabeth 1998 fanart #otp

[jurijurijurious]

Fuck it, I decided to finish “Mea Culpa”! All the chapters were just sat there waiting for a read-through and tweak so I did it. I cannot believe I actually finished a fic. (I am also embarassed that I started this in 2007 or something and I have only just completed it. I am soooo sorry.)

So that’s it for Walsibeth for a while. I’m sure I’ll come back to it at some point though who knows how I’ll attack it. The coffee shop trope is probably the next viable option! ^^; (I also have doodles and snippets of a crazy Attack on Titan crossover but yeah, maybe too out there...)

I can now focus 100% on my other mid-2000s fanfic revival project from the ReBoot universe. Let’s do this!

#fanfic #walsibeth #mea culpa fanfic #sir francis walsingham #elizabeth 1998 #cate blanchett #geoffrey rush #my pool noodle #elizabeth 1998 fanfic #no history was harmed in the making of this fanfic #historical nonsense #fanart #elizabeth 1998 fanart #historical drama

[jurijurijurious]

Happy father’s day. (Don’t throw your baby down a well. What.)

#throwback #walsibeth #mea culpa fanfic #illustrating fanfic ideas with impunity #sir francis walsingham #elizabeth 1998 #elizabeth 1998 fanfic #happy father's day #geoffrey rush #elizabeth i #cate blanchett

[jurijurijurious]

Chapters: 20/? Fandom: Elizabeth (Movies) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Elizabeth I of England/Francis Walsingham

Set post my first Walsibeth fanfic “Inconcessus Fructus” (and thus post the movie "Elizabeth"), “Mea Culpa” continues to follow the volatile love affair of Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Francis Walsingham as they are forced to face the consequences of their actions.

(Slightly spicy sketch detail and more blather under the cut.)

I uploaded the overlong pr0n chapter. I managed to cut about 1000 words out but it’s still a verbose 13000-ish words, I am so sorry. A good editor would have cut that down by half. But that’s not me.

Only one more chapter and an epilogue to go (which I may just post together). I will finish this God damn fic! And as always, this is a movie fanfic NOT a hist fic. No history was harmed in the making of this madness.

(I will probably not be writing such unfettered smut with Megabyte and Dot but be warned, my OTPs get given it spicy.)

#walsibeth #mea culpa fic #mea culpa fanfic #fanfic #elizabeth 1998 #elizabeth 1998 fanfic #niche otp #sir francis walsingham #cate blanchett #geoffrey rush #historical nonsense #no history was harmed in the making of this fanfic #plot what plot?

[jurijurijurious]

I wish for Tumblr's Year in Review they highlighted the most obscure ships on this site as well as the most popular. Just so people can stare at users like me like I'm some sort of strange museum exhibit and go "omg I forgot about that show/film/book" and "srsly people ship that?"

#i am the home of obscure ships #megadot is nothing next to walsibeth #year in review #tumblr year in review #inane rambles

[jurijurijurious]

Today has been a fanfic day.

I’ve got “Mea Culpa” (Elizabeth 1998 movieverse fanfic) Chapter 19 down to 13600 words! Wahoo! Editing continues. ✂️

I have also smashed out “Dodge and Burn” (Reboot universe) Chapter 2. I’m gonna leave that alone and re-read it later to see how it flows and either post that today or tomorrow. That one's a healthier 3000 odd words. 😏

#fanfic #fanfic updates #writing #fanfic is life #elizabeth 1998 fanfic #walsibeth #megadot #reboot fanfic #reboot #elizabeth 1998

[jurijurijurious]

Sketching my babies. <3 Wals and his Queen. Dream team.

“So embrace the darkness And I will help you see That you can be limitless And fearless If you follow me. We are the lions In a world of lambs We are the predators, the hunters”

--”Become the Beast”, by Karliene

#elizabeth 1998 #sir francis walsingham #queen elizabeth i #historical fiction #geoffrey rush #cate blanchett #walsibeth #my niche otp #shekhar kapur #my art #jurious art #artwork by grace francis #fan art #elizabeth 1998 fanart

[jurijurijurious]

I have bought a new laptop because my old one was just... driving me crazy. This is a refurbed one with a nice 16GB RAM and it has a touch screen. A touch screen! I feel so spoiled. I can type on my keypad then whisk the screen up with a flick of my finger.

Also I was editing my Walsibeth last night. We make progress. It is nearly done.

#inane rambles #the life and times of juri #walsibeth #fanfic

[jurijurijurious]

Just taking some TGA screencaps, not edited any yet, but wow, Wals is fuming in this scene. That last shot. Fuck me. Not impressed. Nothing but his eyes move in the entire scene.

I am pretty sure I wrote a Walsibeth one-shot fic about this years ago where he and the Queen have a lovely tiff later on. Time to find it.

(Also, should have hit me sooner, I think the PWP one shot I wrote last week defo took some inspiration from this riding scene. So now I can add my own subtext to it like, ‘Bess, this was our copse, we fucked about here, why are you desecrating the memories of our debauchery?’)

#ignore me #my brain is on one today #elizabeth: the golden age #elizabeth 1998 #my otp #walsibeth #geoffrey rush #cate blanchett #sir francis walsingham #grace talks about walsingham again

[jurijurijurious]

So I sat myself down with "Mea Culpa" last night. There are 4 chapters left. Numbers 18, 19 and 20 are pretty much done, just need tweaking. But 17 is the problem. I seem to have decided to change the pov, which changes everything I have written, so... I need to decide today if that's the right thing to do. Otherwise I need to rewrite the whole chapter.

But at least it is nearly there! I will miss this fic so much...

#writing #fanfic #walsibeth #elizabeth 1998 #inane rambles

[jurijurijurious]

I want to reassure my Walsibeth/Elizabeth 1998 friends and followers that I have NOT forgotten my niche bullshit OTP and I HAVE done a bit more work on this wip sketch that has been vegetating in my sketches folder since like March or something ridiculous... I still really like it.

This isn’t even part of my fic. It’s like a “what if?” of a “what if?”, and it’s even more total bullshit than usual. But it speaks to me. Let me enjoy my toys...

I have 5 days off work from Jan 10th - mainly to let me recover from a new tattoo (if that even happens, Omicron flying as it is... I am tentatively hopeful). I am hoping I can make myself sit down and finish editing/writing the final 4 chapters of “Mea Culpa” on those days off. It’s well overdue.

#walsibeth #historical bullshit #historical drama #historical nonsense #elizabeth 1998 #elizabeth: the golden age #cate blanchett #geoffrey rush #sir francis walsingham #my art #elizabeth 1998 fanart #elizabeth 1998 fanfic

[jurijurijurious]

These two 😘

#elizabeth 1998 #historical fiction #elizabeth i #sir francis walsingham #geoffrey rush #cate blanchett #walsibeth #otp #historical nonsense #shekhar kapur #they so hawt #how can I not ship them? #in the context of this movieverse only ofc

[jurijurijurious]

FYI for my handful of readers but I think the next “Mea Culpa” chapter is about ready to drop. 😲 I am shocked about this but then the draft has been pretty solid for a while... It's not very long.

The next few chapters may roll quite quickly, TBH, as a lot of them have existed for years in some form or other. Then I know I will get stuck for a while because I haven’t drafted the rest except in my head... (Bar the final couple of chapters, ofc, I always draft the ending too early on.)

(Sorry about the quality of this photo, t'is an old pic, but I love it... lookit these adorable idiots...)

#writing #rambles #mea culpa fanfic #walsibeth #geoffrey rush #sir francis walsingham #cate blanchett #elizabeth i #historical nonsense

[jurijurijurious]

Mea Culpa: Chapter 15

Title: Mea Culpa

Rating: The fic overall is 🔞, but this chapter is just... mature themes? Idiocy? Mental breakdown? Stuff. No sex or gore.

Universe: Elizabeth (1998) / The Golden Age (2007)

Pairing: Walsibeth (Walsingham/Elizabeth)

Description: Set post my original fanfic “Inconcessus Fructus” (and thus post the movie Elizabeth), “Mea Culpa” follows the relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Francis Walsingham, looking at the possible consequences of their actions. It jumps between different stages of their timeline, up to and including the second movie, The Golden Age. (This is a movie fanfic and utter historical nonsense. It’s based solely on Shekhar Kapur’s vision, with the characters based on the ones portrayed in the films. No history was harmed in the making of this fanfic.)

Ao3 link: Chapter 15 on Ao3

Download PDF: Chapter 15 - Auribus teneo lupum

Just to also add I got fed up proof reading this chapter over and over and over so I have released it into the wild, but may still fiddle more with it later...

Other PDF chapter downloads:

Chapter 14 - Lament

Chapter 13 - Anguis in herba

Chapter 12 - The Wheel Turns

Chapter 11 - Gambit (plus optional add-on to chapter 11 HERE)

Chapter 10 - The Bastard

Chapter 9 - Fear

Chapter 8 - Judgment

Chapter 7 - Addiction

Chapter 6 - Mortal

Chapter 5 - Faux Pas

Chapter 4 - Hypocrisy

Chapter 3 - Dangerous Games

Chapter 2 - Traitors

Prologue and Chapter 1 - Voyeur

And the fic that started it all (rated 15, sex but not detailed):

Inconcessus Fructus

And a PWP one-shot that could be an optional extra to a later chapter (rated 18, unashamedly explicit):

In perpetuum et unum diem

If you’re still on LJ, I also continue to post the links in the ol’ Walsibeth comm:  https://walsibeth.livejournal.com/

#mea culpa fanfic #walsibeth #elizabeth 1998 fanfic #elizabeth 1998 #elizabeth: the golden age #sir francis walsingham #cate blanchett #geoffrey rush #elizabeth i #no history was harmed in the making of this fanfic #historical nonsense #shekhar kapur