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Day 20: A headcanon about your favourite pairing.

They all travel for business often, so they keep a handful of safehouses/apartments in major areas. These get covered wall-to-wall in little post-it notes they leave each other.

Highlights include:

Cobb,

I saw some interesting buildings downtown. Left you sketches of my favorites. You should totally check them out!

- Ariadne

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Tried to catch the spider that was in the corner. It escaped and now I can't find it. If I don't make it, know I love you. God save us all.

Eames

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The bowl outside is because I saw a stray dog. There is a bag of dog food in the cupboard. If you don't feed him you are a bad person

Yusuf

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Arthur & Saito,

There's an art museum in this town. Left you the flyer. You two should check it out.

Cobb

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Cobb,

Thanks for the recommendation. We had a great time. Got souvenirs for everyone, they're in the box.

Love,

Arthur

Saito

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Day 17: If you could change anything about Inception, what would it be?

In the scene at the airport, Cobb gets one last look at everyone - except Saito, who is speaking on the phone. I think they need one more longing gaze into each other's eyes to complete the set.

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Day 30: A self-rec! (anything from art to a funny Tumblr post you made!)

I'm really new to the fandom so all I have is some (read: as many as I'm allowed to put) incorrect Inception quotes from the incorrect quotes generator.

Day 31 of @inception30daychallenge: A letter to Inception fandom.

Wow. You guys. You are beautiful, beautiful people. Warning: I’m going to get sappy and personal.

So, here’s the thing: my previous fandom was…chaotic, to say the least. It was a big fandom, it moved like a bullet train at times, hard to keep up with and I burned myself out to keep up with the metronome of content creation. I loved the ship I was creating for but I became so tapped dry that I couldn’t even compose a single paragraph towards the end, despite the adulations. I needed to recalibrate. Towards the end of 2020, in lockdown, I rewatched Inception and I fell in love with Arthur/Eames all over again since I’d first seen it in 2010. 

Oh yeah, I remembered, these fuckers. Maybe I’ll read a fic or two, for old times’ sake.

I subsequently devoured Arthur/Eames content for an entire year. Wow. It was like I could sit back, eat, sleep and breathe - not only content without having to contribute, but within myself, without having to be seen. It felt different here, and I couldn’t quite put my finger on why. It took that whole year before I even dared to try creating again. I slowly dipped my toes back into fandom, into creating. I started joining the discord servers, a couple of fandom events, I started writing and making edits again and nervously dabbled in gifs for the first time – and then I joined the Inception Slack, a game changer. It was like a pair of comfy socks. I could take my time! I felt the love for these characters. And the creators! 

And while Inception is infamous for the quality of its works, what keeps me here is that there is so much heart – what is clear to me is that this fandom attracts people who are deeply compassionate and, at it’s core, is pulsing with generosity and kindness and love. Whether you create or if you give comments or kudos or likes, you’re amazing! I see you! You’re all so fucking nice and funny and smart and sweet! 

You make me feel like I get to live in a beautiful city amongst the most amazing community. There is so much beauty and foundational architecture from those that came before me. There is more to come without knocking anything down. Maybe we don’t all cross paths. Maybe we don’t talk. If you were here for five minutes or five years, or longer - you mean something. You were here. You made and continue to make this place a beautiful place to be, to create, to rest, and to me that is everything. 

I cannot begin to articulate how welcomed and guided I was, how comfortable I feel being here, and how very lucky I consider myself to be amongst such lovely, incredibly kind people. These last few years have been hard and you’ve made it not only bearable, but hopeful. I love you.

Thank you, for what it’s worth.

- Ash.

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Day 19: Which character was the most annoying student as a kid?

In keeping with my hc that he was a big reader as a kid, probably Arthur. I, for one, got in trouble multiple times a class period sometimes because I refused to pay attention when I was reading.

@kardashevscale - Welcome! I’m happy you joined in time for our inceptiversary celebrations!