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lobelia321 I am completely absurd. Some of you may (?!) remember my Desert Prince series of lotrips AU fics on LJ, posted between August 2003 and April 2004 (yes, I dove into the LiveJournal Archives to find original dates and comments; I may not survive the trip -- but amazing! it's all preserved). I never managed to transfer more than three of the twelve chapters of LJ Desert Prince to AO3. But today I transferred a fourth chapter, and then I POSTED AN ENTIRE NEW CHAPTER. / falls over several times This chapter is adapted from my orig adaptation of Desert Prince for nanowrimo in 2019. /falls over some more
But here you are. I give you Chapter Five of The Desert Prince.
Title: Interleaved: From the Palm-Leaf Archives
Series: The Desert Prince: A Fable
Fandom: Lord of the Rings real person fic (wut)
Pairings: all sorts; this chapter: none
Characters: some unnamed persons (I will add them to the cast list in the endnotes by and by; the messenger is already on there) but also Kajol! (see icon)
Category: AU all the way. Desert. Dream. Abu Niwas inspo. Arabian Nights inspo. Firdausi inspo. This chapter, though: Bollywood meets fairy tale.
Knowledge needed of the series as a whole: At this point? None. Because this is an interleaved new pov, new character thingy. Fic = freedom!
Ignore the rape/noncon/ character death warnings. They haven't happened yet in anything that's posted. And may never happen because you know what? I have mellowed (become wussier) over the past 22 years.
But here you are. I give you Chapter Five of The Desert Prince.
Title: Interleaved: From the Palm-Leaf Archives
Series: The Desert Prince: A Fable
Fandom: Lord of the Rings real person fic (wut)
Pairings: all sorts; this chapter: none
Characters: some unnamed persons (I will add them to the cast list in the endnotes by and by; the messenger is already on there) but also Kajol! (see icon)
Category: AU all the way. Desert. Dream. Abu Niwas inspo. Arabian Nights inspo. Firdausi inspo. This chapter, though: Bollywood meets fairy tale.
Knowledge needed of the series as a whole: At this point? None. Because this is an interleaved new pov, new character thingy. Fic = freedom!
Ignore the rape/noncon/ character death warnings. They haven't happened yet in anything that's posted. And may never happen because you know what? I have mellowed (become wussier) over the past 22 years.
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