Lobelia the adverbially eclectic

 Another installment of Desert Prince! Complete with original feedback from LJ, Sept. 2003. If anyone knows what became of dear Pecos, I would be very grateful to know. 

The Desert Prince. lotrps AU.

Fascicle the Seventh:  archiveofourown.org/works/854901/chapters/184699216

This fascicle features Orlando, Sean and John Rhys aka the first-person-narrator, the beloved friend and guardian and the Uncle.

A taste:

I drew the folds of my turban about my face and tried to walk upright and in a carefree manner as I made my way back to the thoroughfare.  A sparrow hopped along the ground, hugging the shade of the walls.  All was calm in the noonday heat.  I made myself grey as a mouse but I was a mouse caught in a trap, and the Duke was just toying with us as he left us to scuttle around the maze of his deceitfully peaceful realm.

 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.

I seem to have posted a One Direction fic!  Here you go:


Is It Any Wonder
Fandom: One Direction
Rating: Explicit
Pairing: Louis Tomlinson / Harry Styles
Additional tags: Barista AU. Coffeeshop AU. Popslash.
Summary: Harry is famous and clueless. Louis is a barista and also clueless. Barista AU, set in 2013.
Words: 8051
Published: 5 Jan. 2022.

Wishing everyone a healthy and safe 2022, filled with good cheer and All The Fabulous Words.