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[alchemyalice]

Ahem. Firstly, hello new friends! I am glad you all love Inception as much as I do!

Secondly...I have had a revelation as how I am going to make my big bang as ridiculous and epic as possible.

The thing that I really wanted to do from the beginning was respect the change of medium that fanfiction creates when its fandom is dedicated to a film or TV show. I wanted to do it particularly for Inception because, as it's been noted on more than one occasion, more than dreaming, the film is about film making. It's a contemplation of its own medium. I'd really like to try to do something similar (though probably not with anything close to the same skill or deftness...I just like a challenge). So, we're no longer dealing with moving pictures, we're dealing mainly with words. And words have a whole different kind of feel to them, a different kind of surrealism. With that in mind, here's what I want to do:

I don't really have a fully planned plot in mind yet, but someone's going to be in a coma (probably Fischer) and we are going to slip and slide our way in and out of different dream levels by way of text

slides--

being replaced on the overhead projector in the auditorium. Arthur blinks, and tries to remember where he was a second ago.
It doesn't come.
Down a level then. Damn.

So yeah. I want to play this just a little bit meta, but not as meta as Jasper Fforde, say. But I want to exploit the fact that we're not using film, we're using words and webspace. So yeah. Unconstructed dreamspace GO. Moreover, unstable constructed dreamspace, DOUBLE GO. And as a result, lots of weird links and word play. Does that make sense? I'm going to need to brush up on my synonyms and puns. And my formatting skillz. 

But more importantly, is this a cool or stupid idea? Am I totally pretentious and need to be knocked down a peg? Tell me before I commit fic! No seriously, tell me if this is dumb. Because it's going to be a hell of a challenge, and so I'd like to know whether it's worth it or going to end in tears.

Comments

[noctemus.livejournal.com]

Being someone that's only been a lurker on your journal till now I don't know if my words count for sh** but I find that idea extreamly luring and would sure as hell not mind reading it. The more I hear about this movie the more I want to see it. So far there's only been rave reviews wherever I look *grin*. So any hoo, I say go for it.

[princess-aleera.livejournal.com]

If you can float it, this would be AWESOME BY EPIC PROPORTIONS.

But it's gonna be damned difficult; to be able to keep track and not let the readers get lost in the formatting.

I say go for it, try, and if it fails, well. It fails. *g*

[purlpetrograd.livejournal.com]

OK, now that sounds awesomeee. It will definitely be a tricky, but I think it is definitely worth the risk because it is an epic idea.

[strzyga.livejournal.com]

personally i think the idea is brilliant haha. i'd be willing to help, haha, if you're hitting a rough spot. i'd also like to recommend you look up some e. e. cummings for formatting inspiration, 'cause he plays (er, played) with that kind of shit all the time :)

[carameltrap.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't mind reading that. It's only a couple of lines but I'm already intrigued. I've seen this format before but I can't remember.

[lady81bird.livejournal.com]

Sounds interesting. It will need a good attention and commitment from the reader to get it all (and I think that some connections that you will consider obvious will not be noticed by some readers while the others will find things you never thought to write into the story...), but I think it will be worth it.

[prismdropz.livejournal.com]

I'd say it sounds interesting. Maybe with the potential to be very confusing if it gets away from you but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Also, I'm very much looking forward to your big bang. I've read you Inception drabbles so far (which is actually what got me interested in seeing the film so kudos to you) and I think my favorites are the Cobb/Fischer stories although I was fascinated by the precept behind "Defense Mechanisms". Did you have any plans to include those elements in your BB fic? Not that I won't read it anyway, but I'm curious ^.^

[coldthermistor.livejournal.com]

Sounds epic. Go for it! It's really cool, and I'd totally review that fic. Leave love for it. Rec it :D

I've seen one where it was an encoded story, and a fic within a fic for Inception, and I can't express just how much mileage most of us got from that one.

So. Seriously, sounds cool, sounds absolutely, smashingly brilliant :P