Arthur through the lens of Jung’s Caregiver archetype

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NOTE: This is not the giant Arthur meta I’ve been talking about. That’s still in the works. But a tumblr anon requested that I discuss the caregiver aspect of Arthur’s characterisation a little more (for greater context, see this gif set), so I shall.
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Inception is an interesting fandom to be in. At its heart, it’s a fandom of possibility. The

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[metanewsmods]

Hi, can we link this at metanews?

[sibilantly]

Hi! Absolutely! Go right ahead.

[bookshop]

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CHIME IN HERE WITH

for the insearchtion challenge last year our team made 2 decks of Tarot Cards--one for a literal interpretation of the ending, one for a figurative interpretation. The roles of the players all shuffled around in each deck--for everyone except Arthur.

http://tarotception.tumblr.com/

In both decks, Arthur is Strength. Here's the original Rider-Waite image for Strength:

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Oh my God, yes. Thank you for bringing that tarot deck to my attention! Re-blogging LIKE IT'S GOING OUT OF STYLE, YO.

Arthurrrrrr. Arthur, bb. *incoherent sobbing*

Same anon here

[anonymous]

THANK YOU for this. There simply isn't enough discussion in fandom about caregiver Arthur. At least, there isn't to me. It is possible that there could never be enough for my taste so it's possible I am tad biased