Fandom blog. Mostly Inception. I probably love Nash more than you. (primary blog is flosculations, so following/likes/asks will come from there.) (Self-Appointed) Official Arthur/Eames Bird!AU Curator (a/e birds link above!) Visit Inception Positivity!
...there are SO MANY other events that happen year-round!
Before we get to that, though, we want to take the time to thank everyone for all of their hard work, support, and engagement this year. Everyone please be sure to send love to the mods of @inception30daychallenge, @aeldws, @inception-bigbang, @inceptionbingo, @inceptionkitties, @inceptionpositivity, Inception Quiz, and @inceptionwatchparty (and all of the watch party hosts)!
Last but most certainly not least, we want to extend the warmest of warm welcomes to everyone who has joined the fandom this Inceptiversary - thank you for your excitement and enthusiasm, and we hope you stick around for a long, long time!
As a reminder to everyone:
Final watch parties are happening this weekend (Aug 2 to Aug 4).
The final week of AELDWS is currently underway, with voting to open on August 6 and the champion crowned on August 9.
Inception Big Bang fics and art will be posted on August 11.
After that, a whole lineup of events awaits you! Check them all out under the cut to learn more.
InceptGen (@inceptgen)
September 1 - November 31
A fest to celebrate any and all gen fanworks! There are no signups needed and no rule except one: whatever you create, a romantic relationship cannot be the focus of the fanwork.
Writers of Inception Creating Kickass Explicit Drabbles (WICKED) (@wickedinception)
November
A friendly, non-elimination 4-week drabble competition for fic authors to let their smutty side go wild!
Arthur's Anonymous (@arthursanonymous)
December
An anonymous multifandom AO3 comment-giving and -receiving gift event!
Secret Saito (@secretsaito)
November - December; Posting Day December 31
A fun fandom gift exchange! When you sign up, you provide a prompt and a list of pairings, genres, etc. you would be open to receiving and creating for. Once signups have closed, Saito shuffles all the responses together and pairs everyone up with someone else (but secretly!). On posting day, you can unveil your fanwork to your giftee and spread some love!
Inception is funny because the final heist is a wildly different experience for everyone involved.
Yusuf drives across town under gunfire and voluntarily drives off the edge of a bridge. He probably has a resting heart rate of 180 for the duration and it’s over in, say, 15 minutes.
Arthur finally gets to snap at his boss, something we get the sense he’s been wanting to do for a solid year now. He vents the rest of his frustrations on unsuspecting goons, then spends the rest of the heist quietly problem solving around his unconscious and therefore uncomplaining teammates. This is probably his preferred way of dealing with people.
Saito gets shot and dies an agonizing death for anywhere from a few minutes to about an hour. Instead of being allowed to peacefully suffer, he volunteers to lead his business rival on a mountain expedition that involves driving pitons into rock, then survives a free fall down the same mountain before holding off enemy fire with his dying breath. His reward for finally kicking the bucket is aging fifty fucking years.
Cobb literally goes through every stage of grief and dies twice. I mean he’s not my favourite but he’s certainly suffering for his art.
Ariadne is on the steepest learning curve of her life: by the end of this learning abroad experience, she’s a certified psychiatrist and also she’s shot someone.
Eames is going through every single one of his employable skills like an intern hoping to be promoted at the end of term. This includes hitting on two billionaires and firing a grenade launcher to impress a coworker. By far having the most fun.
Robert Fischer has been the CEO of a Fortune 500 company for a week. He’s been sedated, kidnapped, conned, betrayed, led mountain-climbing, shot, resuscitated, and resolves an adult life time worth of daddy issues in the time it takes to order coffee. Possibly fires his uncle when he lands for reasons he can’t explain even to himself.
A recap: The Inception Gen/Rare Pair Drabble Competition (IGRPDC for short!) is a non-elimination drabble competition to focus on gen fic (no romantic pairings) and/or rare pair fic (pairings other than Arthur and Eames).
IGRPDC 2024 will run for four weeks from Friday, March 1 to Thursday, March 28.
Fill out this form now to secure your spot for the IGRPDC writing competition!
Note: There are ten spots available, and the competition will only run if we get a minimum of five participants.
Sign-ups will close on Thursday, February 29 @ 9PM EST (check what time that is for you here), or when spots fill up, whichever comes first!
On the form, you will be asked for:
your main username
your Tumblr username (if different)
your email address
More info including the weekly schedule can be found in the rules and the FAQ. If you’re on mobile, you can find these links in our blog description!
If you have any questions, feel free to send us a message or an ask!
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