Inception question
Sep. 6th, 2010 11:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eretriaDoes the dream end when the dreamer dies in it?
Just wondering, because in the movie, in the very first dream sequence, Mal assumes it's Arthur's dream "judging by the decor, we're in
your mind, aren't we, Arthur". Cobb shoots him, but the dream doesn't end immediately.
Does that mean that the dream can exist beyond the dreamer? If the subject and other people sharing the dream are still alive, only the dreamer isn't ... does it mean the dream collapses, or the dream ends? Or does it just go on?
Just wondering, because in the movie, in the very first dream sequence, Mal assumes it's Arthur's dream "judging by the decor, we're in
your mind, aren't we, Arthur". Cobb shoots him, but the dream doesn't end immediately.
Does that mean that the dream can exist beyond the dreamer? If the subject and other people sharing the dream are still alive, only the dreamer isn't ... does it mean the dream collapses, or the dream ends? Or does it just go on?
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Date: 2010-09-06 10:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-07 04:53 am (UTC)This. This link is brilliant. Thank you so much!
Well, actually, there only ever is one dreamer, the others are just sharing, hence the question. But the FAQ backs that the first dream with Saito was Arthur's, and that would make the theory of the dream staying alive a little while after the dreamer dies likely.