Wherever You Will Be (That's Where I'll Call Home)

Wherever You Will Be (That's Where I'll Call Home), also known as The Domesticverse, is a classic series in the Inception fandom by gyzym.
The series follows the development of Arthur and Eames' relationship, mostly post-canon, though the first installment of the series takes place before and during the events of the film.
It also features Ariadne/Yusuf as a side pairing, with one part of the series (Part 6, take the long way home (soft as the radio)) told from Ariadne's point of view and focusing on her growing relationship with Yusuf, as well as her perspective on Arthur and Eames' relationship.
The series is classic curtainfic, and is celebrated for how normal it makes the lives of Arthur and Eames, in comparison to the high-risk, high-octane events of the film. At the same time, the series deals with the reality of a relationship between two professional dreamsharers, with Arthur experiencing night terrors and Eames returning from a job gone wrong with extensive injuries.
The Domesticverse was one of the first long fics in the Inception fandom, and is credited for originating a number of headcanons regarding Arthur and Eames which have since become embedded in fanon. These include Arthur's driving prowess and Mal having taught him how to drive, Eames' cooking skills (and Arthur, by comparison, being an awful cook), Arthur being a terrible morning person, and Eames being the son of an emotionally distant and wealthy family.
==Additional Ficlets & Installments==
On 30 December 2010, gyzym published a New Year's ficlet to LiveJournal which takes place in The Domesticverse, depicting Arthur and Eames' first New Year as a sort-of couple. It is around 2,500 words and takes place between Part 1 of The Domesticverse, 'between my reflex & my resolve', and Part 2, 'this life looks good on you'.
The summary reads:
In addition to the eight existing parts of The Domesticverse, the series (which is listed as incomplete on AO3) also has at least one additional installment that has yet to be finished.
On 1 February 2011, gyzym posted a "WIP dump" to LiveJournal which featured a 300-word ficlet about Arthur sleepwalking, part of an Anastasia AU, and "2,000 words of the new domesticverse featuring a new OC that I'll explain the purpose of at some point".cattle in the marketplace, scatterlings and orphanages by gyzym on LiveJournal, published February 1, 2011 (Accessed September 23, 2017).
The excerpt from The Domesticverse centres on Arthur having a severe allergy to mango which he did not disclose to Eames, and takes place after the existing eight parts of the series - Ariadne and Yusuf are shown to be fully in a relationship by this point. It has yet to be published in completed form, and the author has not made any more posts to their LiveJournal under the domesticverse tag since it was posted.
==Fan Comments About the Series==
===Dreaming Readers Book Club Discussion===
Dreaming Readers is an Inception fanfic "book club" on Tumblr and LiveJournal in which readers gather to discuss the themes and nuances of Inception fanfics, which have been nominated and voted on by the community.
In May 2016, the group discussed the Domesticverse series, split across two posts: the first dealt with parts 1-4, and the second with parts 5,7&8. (Part 6, the Ariadne/Yusuf fic, was discussed during rarepair week). Among the themes discussed by the group were:
* How the first story in the series (between my reflex & my resolve) differs from the rest of the 'verse
* The dreamshare world
* Arthur and Eames' different ways of expressing affection
* Competence kink
* Family backgrounds
* Sex as a means of moving the plot forward emotionally
* Arthur's eventual declaration of love to Eames, and what it means for his character
* The series' influence on fanon
Some comments about the series from the discussion:
===Other Reactions===
==References==
Category:Slash Fanfiction
Category:2010 Fanfiction‎