Inceptiversary 2026 Watch Parties: Week 4 (Saturday, July 25 - Sunday, July 26)
1. 28 Days Later - Saturday, July 25, 8PM EDT | Sunday, July 26, 12AM GMT | +1 10AM AEST
Twenty-eight days after the outbreak of a deadly virus in London, which infects everyone and turns them into braindead killers, the survivors try to cope with their losses and find sanctuary.
2. (500) Days of Summer - Sunday, July 26, 8PM EDT | Monday, July 27, 12AM GMT | +1 10AM AEST)
Tom revisits the approximate one year he shared with Summer, the girl he thought he could spend the rest of his life with. She, on the other hand, does not believe in relationships or boyfriends.
Watch parties occur in the #watch-party channel on the Inception Discord server and are open to all! (Message us if you need an invite.) To participate in a watch party, you can watch the screenshare stream on Discord, or sync up with us using your own copy of the movie.
Prompt: "Wait, what?" (phrase must be used word for word, but not necessarily as dialogue)
Genre: Accidental marriage
Word limit: Between 350 and 400 words, inclusive
To vote, head over to this Google Form and vote for your favorite and least favorite drabble.
Authors, you are welcome to vote, but you cannot vote for your own drabble.
Betas, you are welcome to vote as well. You may vote for the drabble you betaed if you truly believe it is the best!
Voting will close on July 23 @ 7 PM EDT (click here for your time zone!).
There are several events this year that are offering prizes, and we are asking you, our talented, generous Inception friends, to donate things to be used as those prizes!
Prize offers from previous years have included:
drabbles
prompted fics
digital or traditional sketches
podfics
crocheted goods
art stickers
beta reading
photo manip
multi gif sets
Please fill out this Google Form to submit a prize offer. If you wish to offer more than one prize, please fill out one form per prize.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to the Inceptiversary mods on tumblr or by email at inceptiversarymods @ gmail . com!
Inception Watch Party Bingo is coming up on Thursday, July 16!
Inception watch party bingo will take place at the following watch party in the #watch-party channel on the Discord server (message us if you need an invite!):
Thursday, July 16 8:00 PM EDT | 12AM GMT
Watch party bingo (not the same thing as Inception Bingo, the fanworks event) is a special watch party event where you receive a bingo card listing certain parts of Inception, and you mark off your squares as you identify these parts during the watch party. The first three bingo callers are eligible to win a prize!
This is blackout bingo, which means that a bingo is made when all boxes are checked off on your card.
Once you have a full card, send a BINGO in the chat and verify that the watch party host saw your message.
If you are the first, second, third, or fourth place bingo caller in chat, send an email to [email protected] with your Discord name for verification (only the top three people per chat get a prize, but we take four names in case someone filled their card incorrectly).
Once your card is verified, you’ll get a confirmation email back and you’ll be connected to your prize-giver. Prize delivery time may vary.
Rules
You may only play one card.
You may only play during one watch party.
You must be present in the #watch-party channel when your bingo items occur during the movie.
Inceptiversary 2026 Watch Parties: Week 3 (Thursday, July 16 - Sunday, July 19)
1. Inception - (BINGO) - Thursday, July 16, 8PM EDT | Friday, July 17, 12AM GMT | +1 10AM AEST
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O.
2. Shutter Island - Saturday, July 18, 8PM EDT | Sunday, July 19, 12AM GMT | +1 10AM AEST
Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, are sent to an asylum on a remote island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient, where Teddy uncovers a shocking truth about the place.
In an apocalyptic world, a tyrant rules over a stark desert, controlling every drop of water. Two rebels, one escaping grief and the other reaching out to her childhood, are the last hope for a few.
Watch parties occur in the #watch-party channel on the Inception Discord server and are open to all! (Message us if you need an invite.) To participate in a watch party, you can watch the screenshare stream on Discord, or sync up with us using your own copy of the movie.
Inceptiversary 2026 Watch Parties: Week 2 (Saturday, July 11 - Sunday, July 12)
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1. RocknRolla - Saturday, July 11, 8PM EDT | Sunday, July 12, 12AM GMT | +1 10AM AEST
A real estate fraud worth millions grabs the attention of the city's gangsters. When Wild Bunch tries to steal the cash, a local drug addict too attempts to get his share of the stolen money.
2. Venom - Sunday, July 12, 8PM EDT | Monday, July 13, 12AM GMT | +1 10AM AEST)
While trying to take down Carlton, the CEO of Life Foundation, Eddie, a journalist, investigates experiments of human trials. Unwittingly, he gets merged with a symbiotic alien with lethal abilities.
Watch parties occur in the #watch-party channel on the Inception Discord server and are open to all! (Message us if you need an invite.) To participate in a watch party, you can watch the screenshare stream on Discord, or sync up with us using your own copy of the movie.
In our 15th year, we want to spend Inceptiversary looking back on and appreciating everyone who made us what we are today.
This year our tag is #inceptionkittiesretrospective where we invite you to share posts old and new, celebrating your favorite moments with us!
Whether you have been a part of our great fandom over the last decade and a half, or you're an intrigued newbie because The Odyssey is opening, everyone is welcome, because #inceptionkitties are also #nolankitties!
Let's spread the love and the tags!
During the month of July, please join us by posting and reblogging all manner of content not limited to:
- intros to your kitties
- fond memories you hold of our blog
- new or old pics of your furbabies
- the nolan movie your kitties like to watch
- if your cat was cast in a nolan movie, which one would it be?
We stand ready to share your posts, so please remember to mention us with @inceptionkitties + use #inceptionkittiesretrospective, #inceptionkitties, #nolankitties, #inceptiversary 2026
Inception 30 Day Challenge 2026: Get creative and win prizes!
Create a post, whether it be text, art, music, or any other media, using these 31 items as prompts. Feel free to participate in as many or as few of them as you want!
Copy the prompt into the body of the post somewhere and tag your posts with @inception30daychallenge, #inceptiversary,and #inception30daychallenge. Your posts will be reblogged on this blog for everyone to appreciate!
You earn one entry for every prompt you answer before 11:59 PM EDT on July 31 (what’s that in my timezone?). We’ll hold a raffle then to determine our prize winner(s)! More info can be found in our FAQ.
Prompts below the cut, or at this Google Doc link!
Day 01: Your favorite line.
Day 02: What other media would you like to see in a crossover?
Day 03: A headcanon for how two characters interact (i.e. hobbies, inside jokes).
Day 04: Yusuf’s totem?
Day 05: A character’s go-to karaoke song.
Day 06: Did Robert Fischer have childhood pets?
Day 07: Recommend a fic with less than 1000 hits!
Day 08: If the roles in the movie were swapped, who would be who?
Day 09: What part would you play on a dreamshare team?
Day 10: A fanart rec! (note: please do not repost art from tumblr artists! just reblog it and tag @inception30daychallenge so we can see it.)
Day 11: Arthur’s preferred tie knot?
Day 12: What style of dance does each character prefer?
Day 13: What other movie would you recommend to a fellow Inception fan?
Day 14: A pre-canon headcanon.
Day 15: Ariadne’s favorite art movement?
Day 16: Inception Day! Tell us about your first experience with the movie or first experience with the fandom!
Day 17: What would your favorite character’s social media handle be?
Day 18: During a job, what’s everyone’s caffeinated beverage of choice?
Day 19: A headcanon about Saito’s family and/or relationships.
Day 20: Your favorite scene.
Day 21: Do Phillipa and James’s names have any particular meanings?
Day 22: A post-canon headcanon.
Day 23: Is ‘Eames’ his real name?
Day 24: What movie does Cobb watch on repeat?
Day 25: Fill out this alignment chart!
Day 26: Who’s the biggest shipper/meddler on the team?
Day 27: What song would play over the credits of an Inception sitcom?
Day 28: What job would your favorite character have if they weren’t in dreamshare (or weren’t a high-powered business executive)?
Day 29: A self-rec! (anything from art to a funny Tumblr post you made!)
Inceptiversary 2026 Watch Parties: Week 1 (Saturday, July 4 - Sunday, July 5)
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Welcome to Inceptiversary 2026! We’re excited to start off the month of festivities with a showing of Brick and Memento!
1. Brick - Saturday, July 4, 8PM EDT | Sunday, July 5, 12AM GMT | +1 10AM AEST
Brendan Frye, a high school student, receives a phone call from his ex-girlfriend. When he learns she has been murdered, he decides to investigate the truth.
2. Memento - Sunday, July 5, 8PM EDT | Monday, July 6, 12AM GMT | +1 10AM AEST)
Leonard Shelby, an insurance investigator, suffers from anterograde amnesia and uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife, which is the last thing he remembers.
Watch parties occur in the #watch-party channel on the Inception Discord server and are open to all! (Message us if you need an invite.) To participate in a watch party, you can watch the screenshare stream on Discord, or sync up with us using your own copy of the movie.
In its tenth year of tenderness, it's Inception Positivity!
Inceptiversary is back, and as it turns out, Inception Positivity is the most resilient parasite. You know the drill: head over to our Google form and submit some anonymous notes of appreciation for your fellow Inception fandom members. We will then post your note on this blog, spreading joy one colourful graphic at a time!
Your notes can be as long, short, serious, silly, general or specific as you want, and you can leave as many as you want!
Key dates:
June 24: Submissions open
July 1: Posting begins
July 28: Submissions close
July 31: Posting ends
For more information, check out the FAQ, or feel free to send a message or ask!
Signups will close as soon as all 10 slots are filled, or by Thursday, June 25 at 7PM ET at the latest.
AELDWS will run for six weeks from June 26 to July 31. The weekly schedule is below:
Friday @ 1AM ET - prompt revealed
Tuesday @ 1PM ET - drabbles due
Tuesday night - drabbles posted, voting opens
Thursday @ 7PM ET - voting closes
Thursday night - results posted, drabbles revealed
Friday @ 1AM ET - new prompt revealed
AELDWS is a weekly, elimination drabble contest. Each Friday, a prompt will be posted which consists of a prompt, genre, and word limit. Author drabbles are compiled, with author names removed, and the fandom is invited to vote for their favorite and least favorite drabbles. The author who comes in last place each week is eliminated until there are only three authors remaining in the final week.
Note: If all ten slots are filled, the first two weeks of AELDWS will be double elimination weeks.
If you have any questions, send us a message or an ask!
Signups will open on Friday, June 19 at 7AM ET (click the hyperlink for your timezone!). There will be 10 slots available!
Signups will close as soon as all slots are filled, or by Thursday, June 25 at 7PM ET at the latest.
AELDWS will run for six weeks from June 26 to July 31. The weekly schedule is below:
Friday @ 1AM ET - prompt revealed
Tuesday @ 1PM ET - drabbles due
Tuesday night - drabbles posted, voting opens
Thursday @ 7PM ET - voting closes
Thursday night - results posted, drabbles revealed
Friday @ 1AM ET - new prompt revealed
AELDWS is a weekly, elimination drabble contest. Each Friday, a prompt will be posted which consists of a prompt, genre, and word limit. Author drabbles are compiled, with author names removed, and the fandom is invited to vote for their favorite and least favorite drabbles. The author who comes in last place each week is eliminated until there are only three authors remaining in the final week.
Note: If all ten slots are filled, the first two weeks of AELDWS will be double elimination weeks.
If you have any questions, send us a message or an ask!
It’s that time of year again!!! Get ready to gear up for Inceptiversary 2026!
We want to know what you want to watch! You decide, we host!
Please use this survey to provide your opinion on watch party movie choices for Inceptiversary 2026, the fandom’s month-long celebration of Inception!
We all love a little variety, so if there are any other films you’d like to watch outside of the survey list please mention them within the survey in the “Other” field. A romcom? A horror film? We don't judge, drop us a suggestion!
We are always in need of hosts, so if you are interested in hosting a watch party this Inceptiversary please let us know!!
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Survey closes Sunday, June 14th, 11:59PM CST (Monday, June 15th, 5:59AM BST/4:59AM GMT, Monday, June 15th 2:59PM AEST).
Please see the FAQs for further info - any questions please do not hesitate to drop us an ask!
