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Entry tags:
Inception / Winnie-the-Pooh
Title: Believe Me If You Can (The House at Pooh Corner)
Pairing: Arthur/Eames with a side of Cobb/Saito, Ariadne/Yusuf
Length: 11,600 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gyzym
Author Website: gyzym's stories on AO3; Master fic list on LJ
Why this must be read: Not so much a cross-over as a fusion, but it's one of those things that if you know and love Winnie-the-Pooh, you're going to laugh extra hard. The team is doing a job for Disney, and their best strategy is to go into a dream of the Hundred Acre Wood and let the dream assign them to be characters ... Rabbit, Eeyore, Piglet, etc. Okay, so it sounds like crack fic - I know - but the thing that makes this story extraordinary is that it's not just that.
Yes, the premise is absurd, but the personalities of the beloved Winnie-the-Pooh characters fit so well with the Inception team. There are laugh out loud moments - Arthur/Rabbit's obsession with carrots (and pot) is hilarious. There are moments that are absolutely heart-breakingly poignant and sweet ... like when Eames realizes he's lost the ability to forge within the dream. And besides the wonderful characterizations, there's also an underlying plot that ties it all together.
"This," Arthur says, blinking asleep, "is the weirdest fucking thing we've ever done. "
They're in the middle of a forest--well, no. That's not really right, is it? To be accurate: they are in the middle of a drawing of a forest, and everything is cartoonish and garish and too bright, and Arthur is feeling…yellow.
He's also hearing everything. He starts to reach up and touch his own ears and rapidly decides better of it.
"This was your idea originally," Cobb reminds him, straightening his tiny red shirt. "I wanted to turn this job down. Fuck, I'm never going to be able to read this story to my kids again."
"Disney is a very important client," Saito says, waving a wing. "It was in all of our best interest to take this job."
"It was in your best interest to take this job," Yusuf sighs sullenly below them. "I wanted to test some new chemicals. Thanks for noticin' me."
"Oooh, look," Ariadne pipes up, clapping her rounded little pink hands delightedly, "it's happening already! That's so interesting, I knew we'd take on aspects of their personalities."
"Speaking of personalities," Arthur says, "where the hell is Eames?"
As if on cue, something large, orange and striped bounds out of the clearing. Arthur narrows his eyes as it comes into focus, and then Eames is on him, tackling him to the ground.
"The wonderful thing about Tiggers, darling," he murmurs, "is that Tiggers are wonderful things."
And that's when it really hits him--they're actually in Winnie the Pooh.
On LJ: Believe Me If You Can - Part 1
Believe Me If You Can - Part 2
On AO3: Believe Me If You Can (The House at Pooh Corner)
If you enjoy the story, remember to feedback the author!
Pairing: Arthur/Eames with a side of Cobb/Saito, Ariadne/Yusuf
Length: 11,600 words
Author on LJ:
gyzymAuthor Website: gyzym's stories on AO3; Master fic list on LJ
Why this must be read: Not so much a cross-over as a fusion, but it's one of those things that if you know and love Winnie-the-Pooh, you're going to laugh extra hard. The team is doing a job for Disney, and their best strategy is to go into a dream of the Hundred Acre Wood and let the dream assign them to be characters ... Rabbit, Eeyore, Piglet, etc. Okay, so it sounds like crack fic - I know - but the thing that makes this story extraordinary is that it's not just that.
Yes, the premise is absurd, but the personalities of the beloved Winnie-the-Pooh characters fit so well with the Inception team. There are laugh out loud moments - Arthur/Rabbit's obsession with carrots (and pot) is hilarious. There are moments that are absolutely heart-breakingly poignant and sweet ... like when Eames realizes he's lost the ability to forge within the dream. And besides the wonderful characterizations, there's also an underlying plot that ties it all together.
"This," Arthur says, blinking asleep, "is the weirdest fucking thing we've ever done. "
They're in the middle of a forest--well, no. That's not really right, is it? To be accurate: they are in the middle of a drawing of a forest, and everything is cartoonish and garish and too bright, and Arthur is feeling…yellow.
He's also hearing everything. He starts to reach up and touch his own ears and rapidly decides better of it.
"This was your idea originally," Cobb reminds him, straightening his tiny red shirt. "I wanted to turn this job down. Fuck, I'm never going to be able to read this story to my kids again."
"Disney is a very important client," Saito says, waving a wing. "It was in all of our best interest to take this job."
"It was in your best interest to take this job," Yusuf sighs sullenly below them. "I wanted to test some new chemicals. Thanks for noticin' me."
"Oooh, look," Ariadne pipes up, clapping her rounded little pink hands delightedly, "it's happening already! That's so interesting, I knew we'd take on aspects of their personalities."
"Speaking of personalities," Arthur says, "where the hell is Eames?"
As if on cue, something large, orange and striped bounds out of the clearing. Arthur narrows his eyes as it comes into focus, and then Eames is on him, tackling him to the ground.
"The wonderful thing about Tiggers, darling," he murmurs, "is that Tiggers are wonderful things."
And that's when it really hits him--they're actually in Winnie the Pooh.
On LJ: Believe Me If You Can - Part 1
Believe Me If You Can - Part 2
On AO3: Believe Me If You Can (The House at Pooh Corner)
If you enjoy the story, remember to feedback the author!