#happy Inceptiversary

[fiiiiin]

Happy Inception day, everyone. Even when I’m not in my hyperfixated phase Arthur and Eames are always at the back of my mind. They are the blueprint both for fandom in general but also for myself and my first foray into fandom. This fandom means so much to me and I will always return here at the end of the day no matter what my mind is currently preoccupied with. The most intelligent and gentle and mature and literary fandom I’ve ever been involved in, and I’m so grateful for the film and those involved, the fandom/fanwork that arose from it, and our darlings Arthur and Eames :’)

[dontbesillyo]

. . . I've been off here so long, I don't know up from down!

. . .

HAPPY INCEPTIVERSARY, anyway, to those that know (and those that knew)!

❤️NaN of Olde (now VERY old!)❤️

[cricketcat9]

Same, happy Inceptiversary! !

HAPPY INCEPTIVERSARY TO THE FANDOM THAT BROUGHT ME TO TUMBLR A DECADE AGO 🫵🥺

love what we built here ❤️

[gessorosso]

I’m watching Inception with my nephew and he just called Dom’s crew all Dream Jumpers. I’m gonna call them that from now on.

[dingdangit]

Title: in tramadol veritas

Pairing: Arthur/Eames

Rating: T

Words: 400

Summary: In which a sky-high Eames’ honesty makes Arthur reevaluate his assumptions.

Notes: This is my entry for Week 5 of AELDWS 2024! The prompt was Touch Starved, and the genre was Canon.

Mild warnings here for non-graphic description of a canon-typical injury, and a depiction of (prescribed) painkiller use.

[ladysarai]

@inception30daychallenge, Day 31: A letter to Inception fandom.

Dear Inception Fandom,

Friends, I am Old. I have been around the block and back again. I am old enough to have read fanfic on the computers in the school library and printed out fics for my friends because they did not have computers at home. I read fanfic on dial up. I cut my teeth on fanfic on FF.Net, on AngelFire websites, and on AOL Message Boards.

I say this ONLY because I want you all to know How Long I have been in Fannish Spaces, and how many fandoms I have been involved in, so that you can believe me when I say: I have NEVER encountered a fandom like this one.

If you look at my AO3, you'll see that most of my posted fics are dated prior to 2010. I spent most of my 30s not being particularly fannish. I didn't post fics. Once LJ made the move to DW, I lost track of fandoms and friends (and never really grasped Tumblr, tbh), and whatever writing I did, I kept to myself. I thought I had lost the ability to get fannishly obsessive over a piece of fiction. There are a lot of Real Life reasons for this--jobs, health, family crap, mental health, selling my home and building a new one, working in healthcare during COVID... And I was put on a medication a few years ago that, it turns out, basically induced depression, but I didn't realize it until February of this year, when I stopped taking it.

It was like a switch was thrown in my brain, and I suddenly wanted to read fanfic and create again! It was great! And one day I was rereading old fics by a favorite author and thought "what else did they write?" and saw they had Inception fics. I thought "huh. That was a fun movie. It provided the premise for the very best RP game I've ever been involved in. Why not?"

As they say, the rest is history. I fell down the rabbit hole of Inception fanfics, discovered an obsession with Arthur/Eames, and dragged my bestie @nutterzoi down with me. I swear that in April, I watched that movie basically every other day for the entire month. And then we started writing fics. I have now posted FOUR Inception fanfics since the middle of June. With Zoe, I'm working on a Big Bang and on several other fics. We literally have a gdoc of ideas for fics because otherwise we will forget them all.

This is all great, Sara, but what about the fandom? Guys. Friends. Zoe and I have been writing fanfic together basically nonstop since before Y2k. We have not posted any of our fanfic since prior to 2010. UNTIL NOW. And the reason I am happy to write and post fanfic? For other people to see and read?? Is because of YOU, the fandom.

This movie is 14 years old, but the fandom is alive and active. Arthur and Eames have about 3 minutes of screen time together, but over 8,000 fics on AO3! @inceptiversary came along just as I was finding my footing here on Tumblr, and MAN, the things everyone has come up with for @inception30daychallenge just blow my mind! The creativity, attention to details, impressive meta and gorgeous fanart and graphics are incredible. Maybe some of the reasons this fandom is so calm and comforting is that I missed the early growing pains, but it is FUN to come into a well established fandom with so much to read and see!

But even more than that... this fandom is KIND, and WELCOMING. I point out again that I am Old. I have reached the point in my life that I do not want to spend time around people or spaces that are not comfortable, especially online, which is where I go for my escapism and fun. Every single person I have interacted with in the Inception fandom has been friendly and encouraging. I hope you all know just how rare this is for both a fandom and for an online space. THANK YOU for being so wonderful. In more ways than one, you have restored my faith in fandoms and fannish spaces, and in my place in them. I certainly hope you're all okay with being stuck with me, because I do not see myself going anywhere.

Thank you for giving back a part of myself that I thought was lost and gone forever.

Love,

Sara

[rayelovesgreen]

Awww thank you so much!! Really appreciate your kind words despite my dissappearance during this year's Inceptiversary 😣 Sorry for not being able to participate any active stuff this month! It's been a hectic time for me but I'm glad this community is still growing and doing well. Happy (late) Inceptiversary everyone!! 👋♥

@rayelovesgreen - Happy Inceptiversary!!

[mizunoir]

Happy inceptiversary!!! 💖🎉

This year is extremely busy and I had no chance to work on something new ;w; so I may as well release into the wild these two artworks that were commissioned by our irreplaceable Alicia ❤

[vex-verlain]

I intended to participate in the @inception30daychallenge for 2024's @inceptiversary celebration, but a week has already gone by and I don't know if I will actually have the strength and energy to do so.

Here's my point: since it's unlikely I'll end up using these banners I made, I am offering them to the rest of you. Anyone who likes them should feel free to steal them!

To make them easier to download, I compiled all of these PNG images into a ZIP file and uploaded it to my Google Drive. You will find a link to it in the following places: the source of this post + the replies on this post.

There are only 30 banners, as I did not include Day #13: A fanart rec! because the prompt list specifically makes it clear that you should reblog the artist's work, not repost it.

If you notice any errors, please let me know. Note: I switched the prompts to American English.

Happy Inceptiversary, everyone! ❤

[eyedelweiss]

Day 16: happy inceptiversary!!

@inception30daychallenge

Thinking about elephants today.

Oh, you lovely, lovely people. I am thankful for the community you have fostered and warmed by the support you show each other.

Much love!!

[theangrykimchi]

Happy Inceptiversary dreamers 😍

HAPPY INCEPTERVERSARY EVERYONE!!!

time to celebrate the ship of the dreams :D

[doggosta]

Some one probably made this but anw my rendition happy 3rd of Inceptiversary!!!!

[a-forger-and-a-point-man]

HAPPY INCEPTIVERSARY beautiful people!!!

14 years of Inception fandom let’s go 💪

[inceptionpositivity]

@finelydressedspacemen - Happy Inceptiversary to someone who is awesome, smart, and creative!

[inceptionkitties]

YOU BET! our favorite tags so far!

AND WE'RE BACK FOR INCEPTIVERSARY 2024!

It’s the 30 DAYS OF #INCEPTIONKITTIES!

30 questions for the 30 days of Inceptiversary before we draw a random winner on July 31st! 

A fun Inception and feline-related question will be posed to the #inceptionkitties community each day at 11am New York / 4pm London / 3am Hong Kong.

All our cat pawrents have to do is reblog the post and share their response! You can type, draw, post a photograph, make a gif, submit a voice recording... whatever you like. 

There’s no signups or obligation to do all 30 questions. Pick and choose at your convenience! But anyone who tackles at least 15 questions gets entered into the draw for a small prize!

And yes, you can always go back to a day you missed and tackle that question! This is going to be relaxed and enjoyable, just like a good cat loaf should be! 

HAPPY INCEPTIVERSARY!

[dontbesillyo]

A late Day 27: A self-rec! (anything from art to a funny Tumblr post you made!)

AI is so weird.

Happy Inceptiversary, anyway!

Hope people had a blast🔥!

&;o*