#Dominic Cobb

[picspammer]

What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient... highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate. An idea that is fully formed - fully understood - that sticks; right in there somewhere.

#beloveeeeed #i love inception ugh #inception #also one of my favorite quotes ever #christopher nolan #inception 2010 #mal inception #marion cotillard #robert fisher #cillian murphy #dominic cobb #leonardo dicaprio #nolanedit #inceptionedit

[thenwhatthefukcisthis]

I’m NOT a Dominic cobb apologist and a part of my brain says he just wanted the best forger in the world on his last chance at getting back his children, but a small part of my brain also says that getting Arthur and Eames together was his parting gift to his them.

He knew Arthur dropped everything for him (I agree with the popular headcanon that Arthur was with eames when mal passed and left him to go with cobb) and followed his sorry ass around the world and took hits thrown by him and for him with no apology in return. So even if he doesn’t make it, he wanted Arthur to find his happiness?

i feel inception wasn’t just making Robert to dissolve his fathers empire but also Cobbs little plan of performing inception on two of his best friends ;

#arthur x eames #Dominic Cobb #inception #I have so many feels about the broken yet so deep friendship between cobb and Arthur

[dareduffie]

me and the wife im telling you not to worry about

#wheres the inception with a laugh track edit #'its fine' mf you just got hit by a train #dom cobb #dominic cobb #mal cobb #inception #movies #film

[snowblack-charcoalwhite]

My brain did a thing:

An old man

Filled with regret

Waiting to die alone

Right, these two characters probably have more differences than similarities. Their main common points basically are: a) tragically losing their wives - with themselves contributing to that happening; b) IMO being major egoists (Viserys more of a passive kind, Cobb an active one).

Also I can`t help but think about the 'waiting to die alone' part: how, despite wildly different circumstances, both chose their solitude (Cobb was forced to leave his kids - but his emotional solitude was of his own making), and, on the face of it, they had a right to make that choice - except it led (or could have led, in Cobb`s case) to grave consequences for other people. Where does the right to grieve and set one`s boundaries end and the responsibility to and for others begin? Everyone has their answer, it seems.

#viserys i targaryen #dominic cobb #house of the dragon #hotd #inception #hotd parallels

[daily-movie-quotes]

Day 244

March 21

What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient... highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate. An idea that is fully formed - fully understood - that sticks; right in there somewhere.

-Dominic Cobb

(Played by Leonardo DiCaprio)

Inception

#dailymoviequotes #movies #inception #Dominic Cobb #leonardo dicaprio

[fernsjjf]

ROH World Tag Team Champions, FTR 'The Mechanic' Dax Harwood & 'The Fever' Cash Wheeler, Will Take On With The IWGP World Tag Team Champions, United Empire 'The Monster' Jeff Cobb & 'Dominator' Great O Khan, And Ropping Vice Trent Baretta & Rocky Romero. In The Winner Takes All, Triple Threat Tag Team Match, At The AEW X NJPW : Forbidden Door. This Is Going To Be A Blast.

#AEW #All Elite Wrestling #NJPW #New Japan Pro Wrestling #AEW X NJPW #Forbidden Door #AEW X NJPW : Forbidden Door #Top Guys #FTR #The Mechanic #Dax Harwood #The Fever #Cash Wheeler #United Empire #The Monster #Jeff Cobb #Dominator #Great O Khan #Ropping Vice #Trent Barreta #Rocky Romero #ROH World Tag Team Champion #IWGP World Tag Team Champion

[the-girl-wh0-cries-w0lf]

You're waiting for a train...

Robert Fischer x Cobbs Daughter!reader

*COMPLETED*

*This will follow the plot of the 2010 film 'Inception'*

description - Y/n, the daughter of the thief Dominic Cobb and the late Mal Cobb, joined her father on the run. Knowing her fathers innocence, she couldn't bear to be without him, so she gave up on her architecture degree and followed him into the world of dreams. They do jobs together and, even though Cobb worries about the amount of danger he's putting her in, he'd rather her be with him in the dreams rather than on the outside carrying his name like a brand. In the latest job they are given, Cobb searches to find peace and Y/n is confronted with a man who tugs on her heart and infiltrates her dreams.

*reader is 20*

a/n - welcome to my first multi-chapter fic and it is with a character from the talented Cillian Murphy! I watched Oppenheimer the other day, so I've been rewatching his filmography and I obviously came back to Inception. Inception is hands down my favourite film and I think it was this performance that put Cillian on the map as an actor of tremendous talent!

a/n 2 - each chapter will have it's own warnings but the general ones are SPOILERS! (also should there be a taglist for this?)

Series Word Count - 37k

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"You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger darling."

A Leap of Faith

To Build Cathedrals

Meeting Your Mark

Painted Windmill

A Lesson in Planning

Conscience Makes Cowards of Us All

Damsel in Distress

A Son's First Hero; A Daughter's First Love

Mr Charles and Miss Nobody

You Knew?

Go To Sleep, Miss Y/n

Couldn't Someone Have Dreamed of a Goddamn Beach?

Lies Are Weak Foundations

The Kick

Come Back To Reality

I Dreamed We’d Grow Old Together

#cillian murphy #cillian x fem!reader #cillian x reader #cillian x y/n #cillian series #cillian murphy imagine #cillian murphy fanfiction #cillian murphy fanfic #christopher nolan #inception #inception christopher nolan #robert fischer #robert fischer x reader #robert fischer imagine #dom cobb #mal cobb #eames inception #arthur inception #ariadne inception #tom hardy #leonardo dicaprio #joseph gordon levitt #elliot page #you're waiting on a train

[animalshowdown]

Phylum Round 1

Annelida: Segmented Worms. This group includes earthworms, leeches, and many classes under the umbrella of "polychaete". This diverse phylum encompasses deposit feeders (eating dirt), detritivores, scavengers, deadly ambush predators, filter feeders, parasites, herbivores, and more. They are broadly defined by their repeating body segments and parapodia, which are nubby appendages used for both movement and breathing. Some have curved jaws for catching prey or scraping detritus off of rocks, while others have wide, elaborate feather-like fans for filter feeding. While able to crawl freely, a majority of marine Annelids spend most of their time in self-built tubes or burrows. Among their many important functions, they play a key role in mixing soil/sediment, breaking down decaying organic matter, and providing a key food source to countless other animals.

Nematoda: Roundworms. Split between free-living and parasitic, terrestrial and aquatic, Nematodes inhabit just about every environment on Earth. Nematologist Nathan Cobb once said (paraphrased) that if all matter on Earth disappeared besides Nematodes, we would still be able to identify where everything used to be, simply by the thin layer of nematodes left behind. In the harsh environment of Antarctica's Dry Valleys, these worms dominate the relatively barren ecosystem. The roundworm C. elegans is a widely-studied model organism in science and medicine. Nematodes are also known to parasitize humans, due to their ability to enter a dormant larval state within the muscle of a carrier animal. This is part of why we fully cook pork; to kill any parasites in the meat.

#showing my bias here oops #WORM ON WORM VIOLENCE #sorry y'all I'm literally writing my dissertation on annelid worms <3 come talk to me about bioturbation #and nutrient cycling at the sediment-water interface <3333 #nematodes are cool too though! very interesting little guys #cw parasites #annelida #nematoda #animal bracket #tumblr bracket #bracket tournament #poll bracket #phylum round 1 #phylum

[patchwork-crow-writes]

What Is Magnificus's Endgame?

Heavy Inscryption spoilers under the Read More - you have been warned.

The four Scrybes of Inscryption are all after the OLD_DATA, and each has their reasoning for trying to gain access to it. P03 wants to spread itself across the internet and ensure its domination over the other Scrybes somewhere; Grimora wants to erase the entire game along with the OLD_DATA, to ensure it can never fall into the wrong hands; and Leshy just... wants to chill and play an immersive card game in his cabin.

But we are never given a reason why Magnificus wants the OLD_DATA. The only hint we are ever given is by Rebecha, the bridge-builder NPC in Acts 2 and 3, who mentions that his intentions are "too terrible to say", and never elaborates on that, or even brings it up ever again. Everything surrounding the Scrybe of Magics is intentionally cryptic and ambiguous, from his abilities of precognition, his randomly disappearing mid-sentence, and the... questionable treatment of his pupils.

But we can discern clues from these scattered fragments, along with a few secrets unearthed in the Console ARG, to piece together a possible motivation.

Let's start with Magnificus himself. As mentioned previously, he is the Scrybe of Magics, and his inscryption tool is a paintbrush, with which he can apply and remove sigils from existing cards. We can therefore understand him as an artistic soul, with a flair for the dramatic and producing the maximum possible impact from his works. He holds high expectations of those who would study under or challenge him, as we can see by the harsh treatment of his pupils.

Magnificus has three mages under his tutelege, who we know as Goobert, Amber and the Lonely Wizard. Each of them are vying for a coveted place in their master's deck, and have been subjected to various trials to prove themselves worthy, with Goobert being turned into literal goo, Amber existing as a head impaled upon a pike, and the Lonely Wizard deprived of all sensory experience. In each case, their suffering is commented upon and is demonstrated to be very real. On top of this, the three of them have been sealed away in their own pocket dimensions, completely isolated from the rest of the world.

You would expect Magnificus himself to comment upon them - to at least congratulate you for besting his students. But he never mentions them at all. You might be forgiven for thinking he had forgotten about them entirely, or even for holding them in utter contempt. His treatment of a picture painted by Goobert, where the two of them are happily embracing, is indicative of this attitude, with Goobert being completely whited-out from the picture.

The question is, why does Magnificus treat his pupils this way? What possible reason could there be to subject them to such horrific treatments, other than to ensure that they suffer in the worst possible ways? Could that suffering actually be integral to his process - his way to ensure that the "best" art is created? Much is said of the relationship between art and suffering, with the trope of the "tortured artist", and numerous quotes attributed to different artists linking the two. Of particular note is this quote attributed to Aldous Huxley:

"Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?"

Perhaps Magnificus believes it is a necessary precondition to suffer in order to produce the best art, the best cards, the best possible creative output. The greater the suffering, the greater the resulting work... and in fact, thanks to the Console ARG, we know this suffering is exactly what Magnificus is after.

The "Console ARG" is a secret exclusively found in the console releases of Inscryption, where through a series of puzzles players can discover the existence of a character called James Cobb. Further delving tells us that he was once a pupil of Magnificus, and that his trial involved his body warping and changing into different forms. But Magnificus was displeased with his protegee and got rid of him... which we discover is because Cobb actually seemed to enjoy what was happening to him. He wasn't suffering, so the Scrybe of Magics found him wanting. This tells us that the suffering of his pupils - who it should be remembered are to become the subjects of his paintings - is absolutely vital for his method of inscryption.

So then, all that remains is to link this knowledge with the OLD_DATA, and then try and discern what Magnificus wants to accomplish with it. So let's look at what the OLD_DATA actually is... or rather, what it's rumoured to be.

The OLD_DATA is intrinsically linked with the Karnoffel Code, which was supposedly a sequence of Karnoffel cards found in Adolf Hitler's breast pocket after his death, which contained the activation key for some sort of doomsday device. According to Kaycee's notes hidden in her Mod, she reckons device could potentially have the power to wipe Europe off the face of the map. And this doesn't even touch on the data's more supernatural aspects, including its seeming ability to grant sapience to the digital inhabitants of Inscryption, or that it may very well be an aspect of the Devil himself.

Consider the sheer scale of descruction that could be unleashed by the contents of the OLD_DATA, should it fall into the hands of someone willing to utilise it. Consider the sheer amount of suffering such an event would cause. Consider Magnificus's seeming devotion to have his subjects suffer for the sake of his art...

And so, we come to our answer. The reason that Maginificus has for pursuing the OLD_DATA, the reason that's "too terrible to say", is so that he can cause an event that unleashes untold suffering upon the world... for as his past and present actions show, there can be no true art without suffering.

And the greater the suffering... the greater the masterpiece.

#Rambling #Inscryption #essay #meta #theory #analysis #Magnificus #OLD_DATA #Karnoffel Code #James Cobb

[mister-eames]

what kind of relationship do arthur and eames develop with saito? the reason I ask this is, I see how both of their inherent qualities be in line with saito but it vastly different ways.. eames grows very fond of him over the course and despite the obvious fact that “billionaire has to live” thing, arthur is actually more concerned of him than cobb in the first level.. also in return, I feel like saito is one of first people who are receptive to eames and arthur being a thing.. love to know your take!

That's a very interesting question!! To be honest, without going into a super deep dive on his character, I kind of see Saito, at least in the beginning, to mostly be the antithesis of pretty much everyone else in terms of qualities, and it's only towards the end of the movie that he somewhat comes into alignment with everyone else. I think whether or not he retains those changes made at the end is what determines how he connects with Arthur and Eames and the others.

If I can give a small example - why they're all in on the Fischer job: Arthur is in it for the Cobb family, not even for professional interest, he doesn't care and didn't want to do it, Eames is in it for the challenge, for the unfinished business of his previous attempt at inception -- Saito is in it for money and corporate dominance. I believe Saito was a man who came from humble beginnings and enjoyed challenges once upon a time, and probably once valued family, liked getting his hands dirty -- he lost that along the way -- and then came down to Earth at the end, remembering who he was as a person as much as Fischer did.

For me, I think Eames really only began to respect Saito in the third level and Arthur when Saito fulfilled his promise. I believe Saito will continue to be a man of excess to some degree but now remembers what he really values, in people and in himself and will never be the same puppeteer he was before. I kind of see Saito having a close kinship with Cobb after the movie - and Arthur and Eames having a sort of extraneous connection that way - giving the kids what they need - more uncles and presents (who gives the best gifts??). But I agree, I do think Saito was receptive to AxE and probably interfered by playing matchmaker/cupid just to get rid of the UST in the room he could no longer stand xD

#inception #saito #arthur x eames

[angel-inked]

Wip Wednesday

I haven't written Eames in a while, so enjoy this blurb 😊

Taglist: @vvkingofgaybisciutsvv @thequeenofthewinter @thedevilshardy @mollybegger-blog @wandawiccan60 @cameleonhardyfan63 @hoodeddreams13 @inkwolvesandcoffee @liliac-dreamer @potter-solomons

"Wonderful,” Eames smiled as his forge of Browning lost its shape and dissipated, the smile turned into a bit of a smirk as his mind registered the disgruntled look Author shot Cobb as the latter praised Eames for his forgery. He had paraded around the barroom he'd dreamed up as the godfather of their Inception mark with ease, he briskly walked toward the table Cobb and Arthur occupied, thinking up some witty verbal ammunition to throw Arthur's way. As his mouth opened to speak, he turned considerably pale, leaning one hand on the table closest to him and the other clutched his stomach as a wave of nausea hit him, he considered dreaming up a bowl or bucket as the feeling that he might hurl increased. Cobb, of course, shot up from his chair and grabbed his arm. “Eames, what's wrong?” He asked worried, “are you sick?” He added when Eames didn't even so much as look up at him. “How blind are you, Dominic?” Arthur spat, standing up. The pair attempted to aid Eames to a chair, he recognized this as an attempt to help, but he pulled away from their grasps. “I'm not some nursing case.” He mumbled quietly. “Right,” Arthur drew out, “because appearing as though your next door to passing out is not at all a cause for concern.” His narrowed eyes were fixed on the forger. “I'm not!” Eames persisted, though he swayed a bit as the lightheadedness he was feeling worsened, Arthur grabbed his shoulder to steady him with a resigned sigh, that much Eames was thankful for. Something in his body seemed to settle, even Arthur deemed him steady enough to stand on his own. Eames bolted toward the bathroom, slamming the door behind him. The last thing he heard before the bar exploded was Cobb calling his name.

#tom hardy #hope you enjoy #wip wednesday #wip wip wip #ian eames inception

[thenwhatthefukcisthis]

so,

I love the kick scene. The cheeky smirk, the exasperated look, the dangling legs and steady foot hovering near the unstable chair and how mr. zimmers music gives the perfect drop to create one of the most visually satisfying scenes ever.

but.. I also like the immediate line which precedes it.

from the beginning of the movie, we get to see snippets of how arthur is well and truly done with Cobbs shit and the unpleasantness it brings. he knows cobb can potentially sabotage the entire mission, and being the pointman, he needs to ask the important questions, he needs to know how they all wake up. But here, he brings up the previous mishap. while arthur really doesn’t need to add the part he got shot by cobb, he says it anyway..

Is it anger? Is it frustration? Or is it both? Is it both of those and also cause he’s hurt?

that wasn’t the first time arthur was killed by either of his best friends, and even though it comes as some sort of twisted mercy from cobb, it still stings. He hides it as much as he can but he’s only human. it’s not easy to gloss over the fact that despite not being able to kill his own projection, cobb is always ready to kill his only friend who dropped everything and ran away with him. he doesn’t show remorse over it and even here, when arthur does mention it, the most cobb manages is an exasperated eye roll. it’s all arthur will ever get from dominic “one apology” cobb.

eames sees this. he sees thru the brittle anger and fragile frustration and sees how hurt arthur really is. eames also knows that he can’t interrupt and may be try giving a cobb piece of mind or acknowledge arthurs pain, both eames knows that Arthur wouldn’t appreciate. So he goes with one thing he has always been good at in getting Arthur to relax a little.

Distraction. tried and tested and confirmed over the years to get an exhausted arthur to smile, a scared arthur to chuckle, a stressed arthur to smirk, a worried arthur to snort or a sad arthur to give a fond eye roll.

and it works. the moment is stolen from cobb and eames can’t help by smile at arthur levelling him with a lovable bitch face. It’s not perfect, and may be a poor substitute for a hug that eames really wants to give, but he knows he has made arthur tear himself from a bad memory and look at eames with a promise of some laughter.

#each scene of this goddamn movie is so well made #and made to ship arthur and eames #my darlings #eames just wanna see arthur smile okay #inception #arthur x eames #dreamhusbands #arthur and eames #headcanon..ish?

[dareduffie]

Guy who has not dealt with his trauma and is actively unpleasant to be around and puts other peoples lives at risk numerous times for the sake of his own desperation + his friend who follows him around the world even though he could leave at any time and he'd be better off for it

#i personally do not interpret their relationship as either familial OR homoerotic but rather a third secret thing #the amount of times that cobb tells arthur to do something and then arthur just. does it #particularly in the scene where the team has just found out that if they die in the dream they could get stuck in limbo #of course some of this is the prioritization of the job especially since its yk time sensitive #but i do think its an interesting part of their dynamic #arthur understands more than most why cobb is the way he is and i think he also understands what would happen if he left #cobb would deteriorate and so arthur takes that unto himself #if you need to be mean be mean to me #maybe an obligation to mal and the kids too #arthur and eames is fun to play with of course but the arthur and cobb relationship is so interesting to me #arthur from inception #dominic cobb #dom cobb #inception #movies #film #arthur

[naddpod-arc-tournament]

It's here! The final showdown!

Highlights from Tales from the Crick:

pulling Balnor from the deck

seeing the Crick and Mee Maw for the first time, Hardwon bends the knee to Maw Maw

Trust the Gust!

“I’m sorry Jolene, I’m sorry Jolene, I’m sorry Jolene”

Melora restores the Crick with the elemental boons

Highlights from The Chosen Saga Part 2:

Telaine and Melora reconciliation

All-Caster Dominate Person Palooza: Green Teens vs Beverly, Meemaw and Peepaw vs Moonshine, and Cobb, Jaina, and Maw Maw vs Hardwon

“How long do half-elves live?”

297 goddamn damage

One Big Bed

If I forgot important highlights, leave them in the tags to help others make their choice!

(This is the final matchup of the NADDPod Bahumia Arc Tournament)

#naddpod #not another dnd podcast #bahumia #naddpod spoilers #hardwon surefoot #moonshine cybin #beverly toegold #jake hurwitz #emily axford #caldwell tanner #brian murphy

[hillzhqs]

'𝚝𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗

hear those silver bells? it's christmas time in los angeles. some families actually do make the yuletide gay, managing to leave their troubles far away. other families have a merry little christmas even when their troubles aren't so far away. some presents might end up returned but some gifts are for keeps. other presents come when you least expect them and everyone knows the biggest present comes in the smallest box. then there are those boxes you wish you had never opened. have a holly jolly christmas, xoxo.

‹   ⅰ.   › you have been cordially invited to celebrate christmas eve at the kennedy estate in hidden hills, california. this year's theme is 'the colors of the season.' there will be different themed rooms throughout the home that will be color coordinated - red, green, white, silver, gold and black. the dress code is to wear one of these colors. admission to the party will not be granted if you are not following dress code. this is not a casual event by any means, so please do dress your best.

‹   ⅱ.   ›  the party will be taking place on discord. please keep an eye out for the link. while the event will be taking place over the span of one night rp time (december 24th, 2023), you can start writing on sunday, december 10th, 2023. threads can continue until everyone completes their writing.

‹   ⅲ.   ›  in the spirit of the season, kathy kennedy hosts an annual 'kathy kringle' where she pairs up people from the party to exchange gifts with one another. under the cut, please find your partner. there will be a channel in the event server where you can drop pictures and edits of the gifts called 'kathy kringle' and you can write out your characters exchanging gifts in the 'grand foyer' channel

‹   ⅳ.   › gossip girl has eyes everywhere, especially in an event as star studded as this one. if there's anything specific that you don't want leaked, please be sure to come to me before hand. if not, everything is up for grabs and can potentially be blasted for everyone to see.

‹   ⅴ.   ›  be inclusive! make sure you're writing/plotting with everyone and most importantly, have fun!!

✳    𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐤𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬   ﹕please see under the cut!

LEX -adrian fitzgerald . - DEE - julian calvary

SOPHIE -mallory wells - T - travis buckley .

KELLY - tyler cobb - SOPHIE -kaya khalid

KELLY - drew monroe - CANDICE -bentley hart

CANDICE -sienna spencer - T - vincent hart .

KELLY - madeline kennedy - CANDICE -genevieve evans

DEE - lilian hawker - CANDICE -sebastian davis

KELLY - roman barlowe - LEX -teddy taylor .

LEX -camryn kennedy . - T - hunter valmont .

BECCA - juliette hart . - KELLY - matteo rossi

SARA- oliver van horn - LEX -madden kennedy .

BECCA - stacey ortiz . - KELLY - franz wanger

SOPHIE -angel griffin - CANDICE - felicity dupont

SARA- avett marie - LEX -keanu carter .

SOPHIE -ford anderson - LEX -jade santos .

LEX -beau calvary - SOPHIE -archie sinclair

DEE - ezra basel - T - james vanderbilt .

SOPHIE -everly blackwell - CANDICE -jackson blackwell

SOPHIE -zion davis - FREY - na-eun seo

T - austen sinclair . - CANDICE -johnny kennedy

KELLY - charlotte windsor - SOPHIE -maddox mckelvie

CANDICE -adelaide windsor - BECCA - erin halliday .

KELLY - ayaz demiric- SARA- caleb khan

DEE - dominic law - FREY - penelope kennedy

DEE - gigi majok - SARA- finley kennedy

T - jordana kennedy . - CANDICE -brooke hawker

KELLY - ethan briggs - T - hana hershey ratanavadi .

SOPHIE -kacey king - DEE - carter talbot

KELLY - afia amoabeng - T - caiden sharpe .

FREY - kwame amoabeng - KELLY - seo sieun

KELLY - merve baysel - CANDICE -persephone sinclair

SOPHIE - ophelia evans - BECCA - farrah osmond

LEX -selene sinclair . - T - alabama messi .

DEE - derek taylor - CANDICE -bianca sinclair

T - bristol decker . - SOPHIE -mackenzie kennedy

#hillzevent

[the-girl-wh0-cries-w0lf]

You're waiting for a train...(1)

A Leap of Faith

Robert Fischer x Cobbs Daughter!reader

a/n - this is going to be multiple parts as I thought that would be preferable to a 20k fic. So let me know what you think! Also should I make a taglist for this???? (it's my first time doing a multi-chapter so I don't really know :)

description - y/n, the daughter of the thief Dominic Cobb and the late Mal Cobb, joined her father on the run. Knowing her fathers innocence, she couldn't bear to be without him, so she gave up on her architecture degree and followed him into the world of dreams. They do jobs together and, even though Cobb worries about the amount of danger he's putting her in he'd rather her be with him in the dreams rather than on the outside with his name like a brand. In the latest job they are given, Cobb finds peace and Y/n finds her one true love.

*reader is 20*

warnings - angst, dream infiltrating, incepting an idea into someones mind (which comes with it's own ethical qualms), mentions of death, creepy men.

word count - 1.2k

a/n - watched Oppenheimer so yeah...Cillian Murphy.

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Some thought I was stupid. Following my father into a life of crime. Every day my life was threatened and every day I felt unsafe in my skin. But I couldn’t let my father go. I knew mom hadn’t been well since they woke from their dream.

Dad had told me they’d been stuck for 50 years and I suddenly realised how muddled my mom had become. So I knew there was no way he’d killed her that night. She’d wanted to wake up and she wanted him to come with her.

So I followed my dad because I’d rather be a criminal than be without him. Some thought my father was stupid for letting me follow. But truth was, he wanted me with him as well. We couldn’t see James and Philippa so we settled for the family we had left. Us two.

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The clock’s hands on my watch reached 30. I hurriedly placed the headphones onto Nash’s head and began the music.

Arthur woke up first as the sedative wore off. He told me that Saito had figured it out and we needed to disappear. I helped him with the others. Seconds later Nash and dad woke up in succession.

“How did you mess up the carpet?”

“I didn’t know he was going to rub his face on it.” I rolled my eyes at his incompetency.

“You always have to expect them to do the unexpected!” I voiced my concerns.

“Oh yeah how about you go down there with us instead of judging from up here!”

“I’ve been in dreams longer than you’ve been alive my friend.” I smirked at him but felt him sidle up to my ear and whisper. “I’d have you on the carpet.” He was roughly shoved back by Arthur. In the years of him working with my dad, Arthur had practically become my protector and he looked out for me at every turn.  He glared at Nash in warning and jerked his head towards where my dad was packing up. Arthur could handle him on his own but he relished in the fear that spread across his eyes.

I helped my dad pack up the case and took the hand he offered me as he led me down the bullet train.

-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-

I joined dad in his hotel room with Arthur and we prepared to leave. We only stayed in the same room in very dire circumstances as dad believed I was safer far from him. Or because he felt safer alone.

When I entered, I noticed the spinning top.

Mom.

Dad followed my eyes and then looked down ashamed. I knew what he was doing. He was hanging on the balance of dream and reality, convincing himself that mom was wrong.

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We three came to the rooftop, ready to fly away from this mess. But the closer we got, we noticed Nash slumped, bloody and bruised. Suddenly Saito appeared from the other side.

“He sold you out, in exchange for my sparing of his life.” Of course, it would be him! I tried to appear angry but I felt nothing. Our lives would be over soon.

Saito offered my father a gun but he declined saying that he doesn’t handle things that way. As Nash was dragged out of the helicopter we were invited to take our seats. I followed nervously.

“What will you do with him?”

“Nothing, but I can’t speak for Cobal engineering.” Ice ran down my spine, understanding the fate we narrowly avoided. Dad grasped my shaking hands.

“What do you want from us?”

“Inception. Is it possible?” Dad tensed and tightened his grip on my hands.

“Of course not!” Arthur answered.

“If you can steal an idea from someone’s mind, why can’t you plant one instead.”

“Okay, here’s me planting an idea in your mind. I say, ‘don’t think about elephants’, what do you think about?”

“Elephants.”

“Right but it wasn’t your idea. Because you know I gave it to you.”

I jumped in to assist. “The subjects mind can always trace the genesis of the idea, true inspiration is impossible to fake.”

My dad softly whispered beside me, and I managed to make out his disagreement with mine and Arthur’s points.

“Can you do it?” Saito smirked.

“Are you offering me a choice? Cause I can find my own way to square things with Cobal.”

“Then you have a choice.”

“Then I choose to leave, sir.”

“You want to take that risk? You want her to take that risk?” His piercing eyes lifted to mine and I felt my dad’s palms sweat at the thought of me in danger. He knew Cobal engineering would not even spare his daughter.

We landed outside of a private jet and I jumped out first ready to leave. I was enchanted by the scale of the jet but my happiness was short lived when I remembered who I was and what was going to happen, once again. Arthur and Dad joined my stride but we were halted by Saito’s voice. A final plea.

“How would you like to go home.” No. How dare he taunt us like that. There was nothing I wanted more than to go home with my dad and he chooses to dangle that freedom in front of us like a donkey with a carrot!

“Can’t fix that! No one can!”

“Just like Inception.” I don’t know if it was the sincerity in his voice but I chose to shuck off Arthur’s hand on my arm and walk back towards the helicopter.

“You’re serious. Aren’t you? Well how complex is the idea.”

"y/n what are you doing?"

“Simple enough.”

I scoffed. “No idea is simple enough if you have to plant it in someone’s mind.”

“My main competitor is an old man in poor health. His son will soon inherit his father’s business. I need him to decide to break up his father’s empire.” A business deal. Did I expect anything less. At least we could remove emotions from it. Simple and transactional.

My father joined the discussion. “If I did this-If I even could do this.” He grabbed my hand. “We’d need a guarantee. How do I know you can deliver?”

“You don’t! But I can. So, do you want to take a leap of faith?”

I shivered hearing my mother’s words pour out of this man’s mouth.

“Or become an old man, filled with regret?”

Dad lowered his head into a gentle nod.

“Assemble your team Mr Cobb, and choose your people more wisely.” The helicopter doors closed and up it went. In a daze I followed them onto the jet and sat down, silent.

“Look, I know how much you two want to go home--”

“No. Arthur, you don’t.” The first words I’d said in over an hour. I punctuated them by standing up and locking myself in the bathroom. Dad’s fingers brushed mine as I left in a brazen attempt to stop me.

As I sat there I thought back on my life, specifically the before. Pictures and films of our happy family danced through my head and I cried. I cried for the first time since we’d left that day. Since I’d hugged my baby siblings goodbye and promised them I’d be back soon. I cried thinking there might be a way. This was our chance.

I splashed water on my face and made my way back out with a fresh smile. I rested my arm on my dad’s shoulder.

“we’re doing this.” I announced. “I know, sweetie.”

I relaxed back into my seat, assured in our choice but nervous of the outcome. “So, where to now.”

“Paris. We need another architect.”

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