OH MY GOD OKAY HERE'S A QUICK STARTER LIST, NOBODY PANIC
DON'T BE OVERWHELMED KIDS, IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY.
10 FICS TO EASE YOU GENTLY INTO INCEPTION FANDOM
(EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE SCARED AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SHIP OR WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON AND JESUS THERE ARE LIKE 84385401895404 COMMENTS ON THE KINK MEME WHAT DO YOU DO HELP)
1. PYRIMIDINE'S BOARDING SCHOOL AU SERIES. ARTHUR/EAMES.
Any Way You Choose to Give It and sequel, Warmer Places.
2. parka_girl's YUSUF/ROBERT FIC THAT'S POST-CANON AND CAN BE GEN IF YOU WANT.
In Between the Day and the Night.
3. recrudescence's YUSUF/EAMES FIC THAT'S PRE-CANON AND IS TOTALLY AMAZING.
Réclame.
4. saucy_kate's ARTHUR/EAMES, COBB/SAITO FIC THAT'S POST-CANON AND FULL OF PURE IMAGINATION.
fly me to the moon (and let me dream among the stars).
5. kellifer_fic's ARTHUR/ARIADNE FIC THAT'S POST-CANON AND BEAUTIFUL AND SMART AND FUN.
Perfection in Design.
6. chibi_lurrel's MESMERIZING ARTHUR/ARIADNE/COBB TRIANGLE OF ANGST AND LOVE:
Storied.
7. pyrimidine's SUPERB BACKSTORY FOR ARTHUR, MAL, AND COBB.
The Way Out
8. zoi_no_miko's PHENOMENAL LIMBO COBB/SAITO FIC:
La Reve.
9. ONE OF THE 2 MOST AMAZING FICS YOU WILL EVER READ IN THIS FANDOM: ARTHUR/ARIADNE/EAMES, THEIR LIVES POST-CANON, by vinylroad:
The New World Order.
10. THE OTHER MOST AMAZING FIC YOU WILL EVER READ IN THIS FANDOM: MAL, ARTHUR, THEIR LIVES POST-CANON, by electrumqueen:
i am the hero of this story (don't need to be saved).
(and when you're safely on board the Arthur/Eames train, as you will be because IT'S THAT TRAIN YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, then we can talk about the phenomenal mafia AU, the heist AU, the coffeeshop AU, the telepathy AU oh my god, the one with the cuddling lessons, the glorious shameless up-against-the-wall porn, the other glorious shameless up-against-the-wall porn, the one where they have to go undercover in a gay nightclub, the one where eames has a kid, the slow burning pining fic, the one where Eames Arthur!proofs his flat, the one where Eames is stupid enough to fall in love with his projection of Arthur, the one where Eames drunk-dials Arthur bc he *loves* him, the one where Arthur's a princess in a tower and Eames rescues him, the incredible, glorious insomnia fic, the ajf;lj;lkasjflkdsjflkalwfjelfja;wfsadfj;sldkfd@@!!$)@$ smoking hot Regency AU fic holy cripes, and the one where they have to share a bed. ETC ETC ETC)
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5 6 Inception fandom authors whose fics should always cause you to drop what you're doing and run to read, post-haste:
10 FICS TO EASE YOU GENTLY INTO INCEPTION FANDOM
(EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE SCARED AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SHIP OR WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON AND JESUS THERE ARE LIKE 84385401895404 COMMENTS ON THE KINK MEME WHAT DO YOU DO HELP)
1. PYRIMIDINE'S BOARDING SCHOOL AU SERIES. ARTHUR/EAMES.
Any Way You Choose to Give It and sequel, Warmer Places.
2. parka_girl's YUSUF/ROBERT FIC THAT'S POST-CANON AND CAN BE GEN IF YOU WANT.
In Between the Day and the Night.
3. recrudescence's YUSUF/EAMES FIC THAT'S PRE-CANON AND IS TOTALLY AMAZING.
Réclame.
4. saucy_kate's ARTHUR/EAMES, COBB/SAITO FIC THAT'S POST-CANON AND FULL OF PURE IMAGINATION.
fly me to the moon (and let me dream among the stars).
5. kellifer_fic's ARTHUR/ARIADNE FIC THAT'S POST-CANON AND BEAUTIFUL AND SMART AND FUN.
Perfection in Design.
6. chibi_lurrel's MESMERIZING ARTHUR/ARIADNE/COBB TRIANGLE OF ANGST AND LOVE:
Storied.
7. pyrimidine's SUPERB BACKSTORY FOR ARTHUR, MAL, AND COBB.
The Way Out
8. zoi_no_miko's PHENOMENAL LIMBO COBB/SAITO FIC:
La Reve.
9. ONE OF THE 2 MOST AMAZING FICS YOU WILL EVER READ IN THIS FANDOM: ARTHUR/ARIADNE/EAMES, THEIR LIVES POST-CANON, by vinylroad:
The New World Order.
10. THE OTHER MOST AMAZING FIC YOU WILL EVER READ IN THIS FANDOM: MAL, ARTHUR, THEIR LIVES POST-CANON, by electrumqueen:
i am the hero of this story (don't need to be saved).
(and when you're safely on board the Arthur/Eames train, as you will be because IT'S THAT TRAIN YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, then we can talk about the phenomenal mafia AU, the heist AU, the coffeeshop AU, the telepathy AU oh my god, the one with the cuddling lessons, the glorious shameless up-against-the-wall porn, the other glorious shameless up-against-the-wall porn, the one where they have to go undercover in a gay nightclub, the one where eames has a kid, the slow burning pining fic, the one where Eames Arthur!proofs his flat, the one where Eames is stupid enough to fall in love with his projection of Arthur, the one where Eames drunk-dials Arthur bc he *loves* him, the one where Arthur's a princess in a tower and Eames rescues him, the incredible, glorious insomnia fic, the ajf;lj;lkasjflkdsjflkalwfjelfja;wfsadfj;sldkfd@@!!$)@$ smoking hot Regency AU fic holy cripes, and the one where they have to share a bed. ETC ETC ETC)
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5 6 Inception fandom authors whose fics should always cause you to drop what you're doing and run to read, post-haste:
- pyrimidine
- recrudescence
- chibi_lurrel
- jibrailis
- ifeelbetter
- fermine
BUT I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON. AND ON. SERIOUSLY THIS FANDOM IS MOVING SO FAST I CAN BARELY KEEP UP, AND I KNOW HOW TO KEEP UP.
*runs off to read more fic*