dreaming bigger, darling

I love how Eames is bored listening to Cobb.  Fidgeting and fiddling with his totem until Arthur speaks up.  Then his whole body focuses on Arthur.  He sits up and swivels around - even his hand stills for a bit.  All of his attention on Arthur.  Just look at them!!!

[snip] it delights me that Eames clearly lies in wait for Arthur to say something that he can jump all over him for.  It’s like someone put a coin in him the way he turns to Arthur with his eyes dancing.

[snip] personally I don’t think Eames lies in wait for Arthur—i mean, this is the guy who casually throws around phrases like “anti-monopolistic sentiments,” lol. I think it’s more that Arthur riles him to occupy whatever corner Arthur isn’t occupying.

[snip]  If anything I feel like Eames thinks Arthur’s a little dull (both in terms of intelligence and personality) and is quite overtly delighted and distracted by this spark of ~something from Arthur. 

[snip] I keep getting tripped up on Arthur regarding his level of education, and my Arthur never settles firmly into one or the other. He seems clearly sharp and competent, but… On the other hand, I always get stuck on the way he says “that worked so good” to Cobb instead of “that worked so well.”

I think that Arthur is a total street rat who’s had to fight for every scrap of education he’s gotten; and that, in self-educating himself, he’s gotten a much better, much higher level of cultural and general education than most people with four degrees or so. I LOVE that he says “that worked so good” bc to me that’s a) proof of how shaken up he is, that he lets his cultured veneer drop, and b) a hint of the rough past he’s smoothed over. And I think that Eames can always sense that past around Arthur’s edges, (even if you don’t buy the military backstory that says eames probably knew Arthur back when he WAS that street rat), and part of that gleam of delight is the chance to slip in some extra intimacy in reminding Arthur that Eames knows him that well, and no amount of five-syllable-words and fine suits can ever completely mask that.

when making your fic a heist fic actually involves plotting out the heist…ugh save me

on another note i just hit 20k today so. ✍️✍️✍️🔥

STILL figuring out this heist. but ive hit 30k so hooray me (save me)