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The Inescapable Truth by ethrosdemon (PG-13)
Fandom: INCEPTION / DC UNIVERSE - BATMAN COMICS
Pairing: Arthur/Eames (pre-slash), Tim Drake/Dick Grayson (past)
Length: ~ 11,600 words
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ethrosdemon
Author Website: Bibliotecque; Dream a Little Dream Inception Tag on LJ
Why this must be read: I could've recommended any one ofethrosdemon's stories and been happy, but this is a story for which I have a particular fondness. I'm a huge fan of stories that present me with a truth and then convince me of it. This is one of those.
If you don't know anything about Batman, the author has some notes and a basic primer. Essentially, you need to know (in the simplest terms) that there were 3 Robins: Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake. What you need to know about Tim Drake is that he was one of the most focused of the Robins; smart, lethal, and possibly the most like Batman himself. Secretive, particular, and loyal to a fault not only describes Tim Drake, but the man he grew up to be: Arthur from Inception.
The thing is, I can believe this version. I can totally imagine Tim getting out of the vigilante business and still ending up in a world that's larger than life and just as dangerous. It would be pretty hard to be the sidekick/partner to BATMAN, and go on to have a normal life.
So, even if you don't know anything about Batman, read this with an open mind and imagine. If you don't know anything about Inception, same thing goes although you might have it slightly easier. Still, the story works, and not only does it have Arthur trying to resolve family issues (as only the screwed-up Bat!family can), but Eames happens to be in Gotham City, and not surprisingly, gets entangled in Arthur's secrets. Sometimes even heroes need to trust someone, and no matter who your family is ... at the end of the day, they're still family. Lovely insight into both fandoms. Letethrosdemon make a believer out of you, too.
Gotham never changes.
Arthur wonders why the people who have the financial security to move choose to stay. When given the option of leaving, he exercised it immediately. It wasn't just the personal stuff--the baggage--it was also the bleakness of mid-February when the snow's sooty and black no matter how much falls, it was the belching factories that stand as a reminder of how nothing is normal in Gotham (even the decaying of American manufacturing), it was the beauty of the Art Deco and Nouveau architecture that's a botoxed face on a cancer-ridden body.
Gotham is Eames's primary US base of operations.
That sums the city up perfectly.
Gotham is Arthur's broken heart, his history--a very, very long time ago in his actual experience. He's lived several lives over in dreams, one after the other. He's been so many different people that his files are necessary because he can't be bothered to remember them all. He's been a pirate, a soldier, a tycoon, a sidekick, a mastermind, a killer, a lover. He's deconstructed himself and popped the pieces back together so many times he doesn't bother to ponder who am I?. He's who he is in the moment, and that's good enough.
He's certainly no longer Tim Drake.
But try telling Dick that.
On LJ: The Inescapable Truth
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Pairing: Arthur/Eames (pre-slash), Tim Drake/Dick Grayson (past)
Length: ~ 11,600 words
Author on LJ:
ethrosdemonAuthor Website: Bibliotecque; Dream a Little Dream Inception Tag on LJ
Why this must be read: I could've recommended any one of
ethrosdemon's stories and been happy, but this is a story for which I have a particular fondness. I'm a huge fan of stories that present me with a truth and then convince me of it. This is one of those.If you don't know anything about Batman, the author has some notes and a basic primer. Essentially, you need to know (in the simplest terms) that there were 3 Robins: Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake. What you need to know about Tim Drake is that he was one of the most focused of the Robins; smart, lethal, and possibly the most like Batman himself. Secretive, particular, and loyal to a fault not only describes Tim Drake, but the man he grew up to be: Arthur from Inception.
The thing is, I can believe this version. I can totally imagine Tim getting out of the vigilante business and still ending up in a world that's larger than life and just as dangerous. It would be pretty hard to be the sidekick/partner to BATMAN, and go on to have a normal life.
So, even if you don't know anything about Batman, read this with an open mind and imagine. If you don't know anything about Inception, same thing goes although you might have it slightly easier. Still, the story works, and not only does it have Arthur trying to resolve family issues (as only the screwed-up Bat!family can), but Eames happens to be in Gotham City, and not surprisingly, gets entangled in Arthur's secrets. Sometimes even heroes need to trust someone, and no matter who your family is ... at the end of the day, they're still family. Lovely insight into both fandoms. Let
ethrosdemon make a believer out of you, too.Gotham never changes.
Arthur wonders why the people who have the financial security to move choose to stay. When given the option of leaving, he exercised it immediately. It wasn't just the personal stuff--the baggage--it was also the bleakness of mid-February when the snow's sooty and black no matter how much falls, it was the belching factories that stand as a reminder of how nothing is normal in Gotham (even the decaying of American manufacturing), it was the beauty of the Art Deco and Nouveau architecture that's a botoxed face on a cancer-ridden body.
Gotham is Eames's primary US base of operations.
That sums the city up perfectly.
Gotham is Arthur's broken heart, his history--a very, very long time ago in his actual experience. He's lived several lives over in dreams, one after the other. He's been so many different people that his files are necessary because he can't be bothered to remember them all. He's been a pirate, a soldier, a tycoon, a sidekick, a mastermind, a killer, a lover. He's deconstructed himself and popped the pieces back together so many times he doesn't bother to ponder who am I?. He's who he is in the moment, and that's good enough.
He's certainly no longer Tim Drake.
But try telling Dick that.
On LJ: The Inescapable Truth
It doesn't matter how old or new or (how popular) a story is, authors love feedback!