creation mated to destruction by matrixrefugee [t]

[ideare]

Fandom: inception Title: creation mated to destruction Pairing/Character Focus: mallorie 'mal' cobb Author: matrixrefugee What makes this a gem: Whether Dom is asleep or not, Mal is always watching... creation mated to destruction is an inception fic from the point of view of mal, and also my first bookmark on ao3. here's my original comment on why this fic is so good: i like how mal was aware of ariadne and dom from the moment they entered the dream; how mal is connected to the projections but is also stronger than them, how they sense and act on her emotions. i love how mal's anger is directed at dom, how she wants to punish him before she can forgive him for what he did to her. i also love how mal sees herself as protecting ariadne from a similar fate that mal suffered through, even if she doesn't particularly like her. it never occurred to me that mal would see ariadne as someone who is replacing her in both dom's work life and love life. my favourite line is: The girl needed to learn that the act of creation also implied that there were acts of destruction as well. another line i really liked is: Her chance came again in due time. It could have been a week, it could have been a month, it could have been a day later. because it shows that time is such a fluid and ambiguous thing, especially in the dream-world. it shows how mal is existing in a place where the traumatic events in her life could have happened days ago instead of years, and mal is perfectly justified to sit and stew in her anger when her pain still feels so recent to her. overall, this is beautifully written!