Fic: When We Swam (3/3)

[chibi_lurrel]

Title: When We Swam
Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Rating: R for violence
Summary: Cobb gets a lesson about Buddhist theology, Arthur always needs to be 17 moves ahead, and Eames doesn't know why.
Words: 11,186

Comments

[chibi_lurrel]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! ♥!

[dumbimps]

He wants some acknowledgement, maybe, of the violence that inhabits their arms and the way it grows when they’re twined together.

Loved this line and many others that I was too breathless to stop and try to copy into the comment box. This was all so very.. zen and beautiful ♥

[chibi_lurrel]

Thank you! (you picked out my favorite line! ♥!)

[trifota]

Wonderful usage of Eastern philosophy. Refreshing and beautiful. *_________*

Arthur is too hard with himself though, someone must remind him of the middle-path rule.

The funny thing is, read those Sanskrit phases in Roman from make me feels ridiculously alienate. /coolstorybro.

[chibi_lurrel]

I wanted this to be about Arthur finding the middle path for himself, and I like to think he's found it. Sorry if the Romanization threw you off -- I'm Nichiren Shu, so I'm more used to Japanese translations of things, but thought that this would be the easiest way of naming things.

Thank you so much, also! It means a lot from someone familiar with Eastern philosophy!

[trifota]

Ahahaha, it's just me who cannot connect the word to the concept,your technique is elegant in and of itself. *___* My knowledge of Buddhism is limited to Hinayana Buddhism that's in practice here and I'm quite sure that there are quite a few differences between those two. XD

I think Inception merge well with Eastern philosophies, especially the Indian-origin ones. But I may or may not just love to see authors broaden the horizon and take my breath away again and again. <3<3<3

[littlestarling]

This story is fantastic. I love that it's not only about suffering but also about love, and it has a calm, crystal clear tone that's a great pleasure to read. The visual images you create are sharp and in focus. Lovely read. Thanks for sharing it.

[chibi_lurrel]

Visuals are something I have been working on with my writing, so thank you so much for this lovely comment!

[darrus]

This is great. Amazing. I loved it so much!
Thank you!

[chibi_lurrel]

Thank you kindly!