Altair Email Network (2)

[coldthermistor]

Title: Altair Email Network
Fandom: Inception 
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Ariadne, Arthur, Cobb, Eames, Saito, Yusuf 
Summary: A glance at the emails and inboxes of the team during a job. Slightly cracky. Slight hints of Arthur/Cobb.
Note: This is vastly inspired by the little section in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood where you can access the

Comments

[kirstenlouise]

I really love epistolary fic, though I don't think I've seen any in this fandom that isn't A/E, so this was very much ~tailored to my interests. Cracky, but not too over the top, it was incredibly amusing and very enjoyable to read.

I APPROVE OF THE SUDDEN INVASION OF PLOT. And bitchy!Arthur. How could I not approve of that?

With such short snippets of text that work like dialogue, it's pretty hard to keep your characters in character and I think you did an excellent job of that. Their personalities are distinct and ring true. Loved this!

All you need is crack

[coldthermistor]

Thanks :D

Whee - MY SUBCONSCIOUS KNEW YOU HAD A HANKERING FOR NON-A/E EPISTOLARY AND THEREFORE BID ME PRODUCE THIS. RESONANCE, MY PARTICLE OF THE OPPOSITE SPIN. RESONANCE.

bitchy!Arthur with failtastic spelling gave me a kick to write :P And yeah, true, though I have no idea how the plot crept in. Post-exam status, I'll bet ;)

And thanks. Glad the characterisation worked, because I was playing with some of them a little. (Read: Eames, Yusuf, Arthur.)

P.S. I'll have you know the supposed drunk-email bit was entirely inspired by your brilliant trail of comedic gold on everyone's lj posts. I'd totally have put you up there too, except my notes would have ballooned.

Re: All you need is crack

[kirstenlouise]

NATURALLY. RESONANCE 24/7 AND THEN SOME.

...I knew all of that about being Cobb's whore looked oddly familiar.

Re: All you need is crack

[coldthermistor]

Oh, and I actually hinted at Eames/Yusuf there. I BLAME YOU. YOU PLANTED THAT IDEA IN MY HEAD AND I'VE NEVER QUITE LET GO.

...yep :P Entirely, entirely inspired. You be an inspiring figure :D

[coldthermistor]

Thanks! :D Glad you liked it! I was so amused by the Warren Vidic of Assassin's Creed (he reminded me a bit of Arthur and he had atrocious writing and all) so I decided to use a similar style for Arthur. Terse, no capitals, and at times, prolific use of shortforms.

Heh, the coded messages were really for the fun of it ;) Most of them were easter eggs and all. If you caught most of them, I'm glad ;)

Oh, I almost tried sketching the blackmail out with my fail-ly art skills. Decided against it in the end, fortunately.

[coldthermistor]

Thanks mate :P

Actually, it isn't just Cobb's reaction ;) It's a coded message to Eames. The problem with epistolary is you can only show and not tell, so I've buried easter eggs and codes all over the place. That particular message was a signal to Eames.

Lol, the memories - you done that before? :P I did get told off by my coach when my team was doing that. She was like, "YOU'RE IN THE SAME ROOM. SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU."

Poor Saito :P I wanted to write more for him, but I honestly couldn't see him playing around with an email network as much as the rest would :/

[niftywithan]

FAN-FREAKIN-TASTIC.

I love love love them emailing themselves while they're in the same room. Because I have done that. And the plot invasion is wonderful! Epistolary fics are great, and so is this. Great job! :D :D :D

[coldthermistor]

Thank! :D

IKR, my team always used to have our coach getting on our case for that. Something about 'You girls are sitting next to each other, why are you emailing each other!'

Yep, plot is always fun :D

[anonymous]

This was a really nice fic I was laughing the whole time especially the part where Eames was pretending to be Arthur and telling Cobb that Arthur was Cobb's whore ohhh and the blackmailing

[coldthermistor]

Thank you! :D Glad you enjoyed it!