Well, it would seem to me that if he had a really dark background, and furthermore dark tendencies, he'd have a lot of difficulty being so domestic, not only in the real world, but in the fifty years he spent in limbo with Mal. If he had soldierly instincts and urges from the beginning, I would have pegged him to incept her after maybe two years, three tops down there. But maybe that's just me.
As for military training, I would have thought he'd need to go far beyond basic training to get to the level of stealth he manages to pull off in Saito's temple dream. But I'm pretty ignorant about military training, so that could be totally wrong.
You make a good point about Miles' comment, I hadn't thought of that. Maybe once Mal's death came up, a whole bunch of Cobb's past got dredged up? That could be interesting. Or maybe it took him a while to get a hold of a PASIV to do dream work after he started running, so he initially took jobs being an assassin or something.
Woah. I think I just blew my own mind. That would be so cool.
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Date: 5 Jan 2011 14:34 (UTC)As for military training, I would have thought he'd need to go far beyond basic training to get to the level of stealth he manages to pull off in Saito's temple dream. But I'm pretty ignorant about military training, so that could be totally wrong.
You make a good point about Miles' comment, I hadn't thought of that. Maybe once Mal's death came up, a whole bunch of Cobb's past got dredged up? That could be interesting. Or maybe it took him a while to get a hold of a PASIV to do dream work after he started running, so he initially took jobs being an assassin or something.
Woah. I think I just blew my own mind. That would be so cool.