wake us in the valley of the sun

[springtides]

wake us in the valley of the sun
inception: arthur/eames/robert
pre-film and post-film
pg13, 6839 wc
wanting is hunger. these men are the starving.
a/n basically i wrote this because i was thinking about what would have happened if 1. arthur and eames were the ones who trained robert fischer and have nothing to do with cobb or the team, and 2. the

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[icrackthecodes]

OK, I'm struggling to come up with a coherent comment here because all I want to do is sit here and flail madly and go OH MY GOD I LOVE YOU, because this is pretty much one of the best fanfictions I've ever read, I swear it.

It's the style in which it's written, primarily; you have an absolutely amazing turn of phrase, a really uniquely incredible way with words. All those little details that other people might not spend time on - colours, shapes, mundane observations of setting, idle thoughts - coming together make this piece feel so alive.

The premise is fascinating, too, and I don't think I've seen it before, or at least not handled in the same way. I loved how all the pieces of the puzzle fall into place - the flight, the hotel, the hospital - and how they all go wrong.

They both stare out into the empty field. The memory of the asphodel flowers of an old dream clenches and unclenches like a heartbeat, overlaid upon the field, bringing the unreal and the real together and wrenching it apart. White flowers in a hot summer field

[springtides]

oh, man. the irony here is that you say you're struggling to come up with a coherent comment and i'm struggling to come up with one in response. just, thank you so much, ahhhhhhh, i don't know what else to say but thank you ♥! i'm really glad you liked it, especially the premise because i spent the first week or two on this playing with it and it was great fun, but incredibly stressful for half the time.

tissues for you, lovely. ♥ ahhhhhh thank you thank you ♥♥♥

[springtides]

LOL HAIKU ♥ arthur/eames/fischer = five syllables, awesome.

thanks for the recc!

[croik]

This fic is really beautiful. I really enjoyed the style, it was very...dreamlike?? I hate to describe it in such a punny way but it's true! Everything was wispy and kind of distant and lovely. Your Eames was maybe the first Eames I've read in fandom that felt pretty much spot on to me, and seeing Robert incorporated, not just as an extra but as a vital part made me extremely happy. Bravo all around. The concept is clever and I wish there were more!

[springtides]

thank you! 'distant' is probably a good way to describe my style of writing, hahaha. sometimes good, sometimes bad, i'e been criticised in the past for my characterisation (which needs work T_T) but i'm glad you enjoyed that aspect of it :3

ahhh i'm so glad you liked eames! he was actually the most difficult character to write and i was worried about him. :3 but if you liked it, yay!

in terms of 'more', i've got only one other inception fic here, that's all ): i watched the movie and enjoyed it immensely but only got into fandom a short while ago...wish i'd joined earlier.

[croik]

Haha yeah, Eames is a tough cookie! I think I like him so much here because he's mostly understated. He's got a lot of personality without being the horny goofball he turns into in a lot of fics >.>;

I'll check out your other fic when I have a moment. Fandom may be slowing down now but it's good to see unique ideas like this still cropping up.

[springtides]

the horny goofball that interjects pet names into every sentence? definitely more than that. :3

i wish movie fandoms would last for longer. but i guess inception's been here for quite a good run anyway. let's hope 2011 will bring us even more excellent movies and their fandoms.

this is azure's haiku-inducing friend.

[hesselives]

i feel like all my senses have been taken apart and refashioned into...i can't even explain. in particular, the way you portray the constant push and pull between the three. the curving and bending and folding of their movements, the spaces around them. and i'm in love with the way your style represents that, with the swells of long and brief paragraphs. not a word or scene wasted.

i can count on one hand the number of stories that draw me back to the start, so i can search for the subtleties woven in. this is one of them.

Re: this is azure's haiku-inducing friend.

[springtides]

thank you so much ♥ this is the first time i've received a comment that's written like poetry, which explains the haiku element. no surprise that you're a writer- going through your fic and rec masterlists right now! *creeper*

this is less like poetry. lol.

[hesselives]

your story deserves so much more. really. <3
and oh my god, now i'm kind of hiding in embarrassment. /O\

Re: this is less like poetry. lol.

[springtides]

aw, thanks ♥

hahaha my new favorite emoticon right there. it's like the opposite of \o/ which will forever remind me of this macro i saw of saito saying 'SOMETIMES I THROW MY MONEY IN THE AIR/SAYING AYO/I'M SAITO'

[twicefolds]

It takes longer than usual. It’s difficult to find subjects in traffic; individual projections have a way of circling, like ocean currents, moving in patterns that suggest an epicentre, but it’s harder to see these when there are nothing but high rises and moving vehicles around.

For some reason, that was a clincher for me. I don't know, it just feels like you get the movie - the script, the premise, the ideas - and yet you make it your own. ~*pure creation*~

In three months time when the snow has melted, a farmer will find a small handgun lying by the side of the road. He’ll take it home and show his wife. He’ll never know that the new owner of a major energy conglomerate had stood here with a man who was neither friend nor foe and cried. My father loved me. My father did not love me. This, too, will never be known.Your fics always make me speechless, in the best way possible - I don't know how you manage to pull together all the complicated, finely crafted strands of the story together

[springtides]

actually i would argue that's ~*impure creation*~, bb. /falls at chris nolan's feet to beg for some ingenuity

lol omg yes it is. how do you remember this shit. all i can remember is brewing fame and bottling glory and stoppering death etc.

[twicefolds]

Hah~ You're creating good impure creations then :P

I am secretly an elephant.

[springtides]

impurity is my jam
unfortunately school requires me to create pure things T_T wae

that explains a lot. and by 'a lot' i mean your size and your baggy skin and your nose, which would make pinocchio proud