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Oh, I can totally see that 😂

After Morzan's death Galbatorix must've been a real pain in the ass

Durza: Galbatorix?

Galbatorix, crying: He used to call me that

Durza: it is your FUCKING NAME

* sobbing *

Rereading Eldest:

Eragon: Let me kill you it be noble.

Murtagh: hell no! but also join me... also I will let you go after my silly villain speech. Also I hate the fact that you are nothing like me.

If Murtagh killed Eragon he would be a mental disaster for the rest of his life.

If Eragon killed Murtagh... he would be all profound grief and sadness before moving on after several good cry sessions.

I'd like to give my two cents to defend elves, cause I think the existance of these creatures opens the door to a super interesting conversation about human existance.

So, little premise, according to European folklore, elves and humans were created, at the beginning of time, on the same day of the same substance. The creator made these creatures very similar to each other, but he gave each one different gifts.

For the Elves he granted immortality, and their destiny was to remain in the world until the end of days; for this reason they have enormous affection for nature and know, better than men, all its creatures, with whom they live peacefully. For the same reason, they received the gift of divination and prophecy, and were made to remain eternally young and supremely wise.

Men were created mortal, but they were given the gift of shaping their life, adapting it to the vicissitudes of the world, in which they would spread out in search of something they would never find.

To make this search more bearable, the creator wanted humans to live only for a short period of time. Their destiny ended with death, but what awaited them next, even the elves did not know.

In this distribution of gifts, the elves were not sure if they had received the best part.

Men's lives were a mystery, so they were always watching them and they were testing them. Perhaps the elves envied the uncertainty in which those beings so much like them lived. Hence the legend of the demons, fallen/dark elves.

With this basis down, do you really want to blame elves' detachment and lack of participation in the human history? They're not a different race, even if they look a bit like us, they're a completely different species, like humans and dragons. Like we wouldn't inferfere too much with, idk, a dragon war, neither the elves are obligated to participate in ours. And here it opens the reflection.

Think about it, us humans were given mortality, we KNOW our life is fragile and that we're not strong enough to survive on our own. Yet, we don't unite, we don't adapt to nature but we take over it like WE are the SUPERIOR ones, we are always in search for power and we make wars for it. We should have evolved even better than elves, because we now the real value of life, and some of them even envy us for it. Yet, they're the ones who dispose of their unlimited time in a good way, so I'd say they are superior. There's nothing wrong with it either, we should know we're not the better species out there, look at our planet...

We love to blame our situation on someone higher than us, huh? (speaking as an agnostic)

It would even go against elves' NATURE to inferfere too much with us.

Fantasy is made to reflect on our word, but it does not mirror it. Elves are not there to resemble human condition, they are there to make us think about a condition above us, and how it would be if we emulated it.

I'm back to reading Eldest after not reading for weeks. and it's the point when I'm asking does christopher paolini want me to hate the elves??

JUST BRING BACK HIGH FANTASY*

I don't know about you guys but i really miss seeing "high fantasy" dragons in media, high fantasy dragons are like Smaug (The Hobbit), Draco (DragonHeart), Saphira (Eragon) and Spyro (Spyro the Dragon games franchise) for example, they have their own free will and cannot be controlled, they are highly intelligent and capable of speaking and even writing or drawing. It seems the version of dragons that has taken over is the animalistic and realistic version, that are basically huge dogs that can breath fire, bring back intellectual dragons that like to make riddles to fool intruders, bring back grumpy dragons that live isolated from everyone but they are actually lonely and in need of a friend, bring back the loyal and brave dragons that are willing to sacrifice themselves to save the ones they love, dragons that will talk to you about the mysteries of the world and the universe, JUST BRING BACK HIGH FANTASY DRAGONS GODDAMIT

I don't know why this makes me sob

In the Eragon-verse it's implied that dragons are already semi-cognizant within their eggs and can choose when to hatch. Which just makes it all the more wild and kind of heartbreaking that Thorn hatched for Murtagh when he did? Like, what was his fetal thought process? Wow, this guy's got problems! Anyone gonna join him in having an absolutely awful time? And then Thorn didn't wait for an answer.

What if Eragon being a dragon rider was somehow a proof of his trustworthiness?

Murtagh is so anxious not to be known and hated for who he is and yet when Eragon asks him who he is he says, "Murtagh" as if using an alias just isn't the done thing when you're running away and trying to remain unrecognized. Fortunately for him Eragon is still a clueless bumpkin at this point and is like, "Never heard of you. Bestie."

I need a personal Murtagh in my life fr

Murtagh: Meets a child in a tavern

Child: I hate this girl in town

Murtagh: lol yeah fuck that bitch stab her with a fork.

I wholeheartedly agree, and may I just add Kovu from The Lion King 2...

Okay we know the Warren Peace -> Zuko pipleline exists but I would like to propose that somewhere along that pipeline is Murtagh from Eragon

Saphira to Eragon when he almost got laid: NO! NOT UNDER MY WATCH! I DID NOT CONSENT

Thorn to Murtagh: Maybe your problem is that you're fucking bitchless

I have just learned that an Inheritance Cycle show is in the works, and um, what?!

AU where eragon sells saphiras egg to sloan for three crowns and and dies after the weeks worth of food runs out and saphira hatches for sloan and he names her pork then sloan and pork kill galbitorix

I love the batshit storytelling power of tabletop games.

Things my players have done in our campaign so far:

- Left Glaedr's eldunarí to freeze outside because they used him as an eye for their snowman and then forgot about him while they ran off to do their mission

- My werecat player traumatized the thirteen year old dragon rider student by giving him a "prophecy" about how he is destined for great things, but he was going to be betrayed by the person he trusts the most (he pulled that completely out of his ass).

- My dragon player has made a pact with the weird groundskeeper/janitor around campus to fuel her kleptomaniac tendency, and steal a gem from my blacksmith player. More on that to come.

- They did some absolutely heinous things to a pack of Shrrg in their first combat encounter. RIP.

- They adopted one of the Shrrg after they doomed him to a slow death of starvation by shattering his teeth (horrible). They healed him, and charmed him into being a friend, and then forged him a new set of magically enchanted steel dentures, so now he is going to be a permanent party member!

- They essentially ignored the main quest (a mysterious circle of destruction and mutated Shrrg that suggest a magical detonation in the same vein of the Vroengard explosion/the Galbatorix explosion only a few miles from the school) in order to go on a new self imposed sidequest of... Well.

- First the party cajoled Saphira into dragging back a Christmas tree.

- The bard (my boyfriend irl) has an antagonistic love-hate relationship with Glaedr (somehow) and spontaneously invented the holiday Christmas in universe while trying to convince Glaedr to sub in as a Christmas ornament. Glaedr refused.

- The whole party, now on board, convinced all the other eldunarí to be Christmas tree ornaments. Glaedr eventually caved and agreed to be the tree topper (the most prestigious position for the most important eldunarí, of course, they told him).

- They decided to name the holiday Gladmas in his honor.

- They came up with the (completely original) idea of a Gladmas icon- a man on the back of a beautiful glittering red dragon, who visits all the little children and leaves them presents. They came up with a plan to use all the eldunarí to power a hasten spell to get them around the world in one night. And they know just the perfect duo to pull this off! The only rider around with a red dragon who would fit the bill!

- So next session is going to be a side quest to convince Murtagh to become Santa Claus.

glad to see murtagh's still living his worst life in the new book

blood-oath celebration glow up

it was not lost on me that nasuada wore murtagh's colors in the last chapter

murtagh & his massive baby toddler

eragon & saphira

I swear I only watch Eragon for the plot.

The Plot:

50 Thoughts I Had While Watching Eragon (2006)

*Grabs popcorn, pillows and blankets and is all comfy.*

1. Ah, yes. The one man’s voice that everyone wishes they had besides Morgan Freeman’s and James Earl Jones’. 

2. Galbatorix? Sounds like a cough medicine, or some weird flavour of soup. Thanks Nostalgia Critic

3. Well, at least Rumple’s still got his magic, though and instead of the dagger - Man, that guy needs a good ol’ manicure. And probably a haircut.

4. Eragon reminds me of a young and British Luke Skywalker. 

5. “The king's strip. The best cut there is. The fat just melts into the meat.” An actual quote by a passionate butcher. 

6. I've only known Brom for a day and a half, but if anything happens to him....

7. Two boys get into a fake sword fight and proceed to wrestle like kids. How cute. 

8. And you never see Roran again. 

9. OH, SWEET HOLY COW! THE STONE IS HATCHING! Be cool, be cool!  

10. *jumps back* Woah! Durza! Gimme a headphone warning next time you decide to scream at the top of your lungs like that! Jeez! I had it on full blast. 

11. “I swear to everything on this green earth, I would pay Jeremy Irons to read my grocery lists!” Totally not me. 

12. Rachel Weisz is Saphira? I KNEW her voice was familiar. *squeals* 

13. Eragon, let me explain something to you: You can’t just sneak into people’s houses, it’s not just bad manners, it’s COMMON SENSE, DUDE! 

14. I know you’re mad at Saphira because you couldn’t save your uncle, but if she’d allowed you to warn him, you would be dead and so would she, then the movie would have been a whole lot shorter. 

15. No time to say goodbye, you have to leave with the dragon man now. 

16. There’s no need to get defensive. How was Brom supposed to know that you were seventeen? You look twelve! 

17. Aww, is Dad embarrassing you, Eragon? Then you should have known better than to challenge him. 

18. Now we know who started the fire. Not Ryan

19. Angela’s pretty and I would love to have my fortune told, but Eragon, don’t you do ANYTHING you’re told?! It’s like we constantly have to keep an eye on you. 

20. Ooh! We’re learning some words in the Ancient language now? Cool! *brandishes pencil and misspells every word*

21. Wait, we’re flying again? I mean, sure, I almost died the last time, but why not? 

22. When did he have time to make a saddle? They’ve been traveling all this way. Magic, I guess? 

23. Makes sense why the man is so protective of you and Saphira. He was a Dragon Rider! 

24. Morzan? That’s a better name than I could ever come up with. 

25. “Congratulations. You've just been promoted.” An actual quote by Durza who should just do the work himself instead of relying on these dunderheads.

26. Sweet Dreams are made of these! Who am I to....

27. “Help me Eragon, you’re my only hope.” ~ Arya, probably. 

28. He came all this way and now you’re turning him away? Don’t you wanna get away from the crazy psycho who watches you while you sleep? 

29. Wait, how did Brom get here so quickly? His dad instincts must be kicking in because that’s real speed, I tell ya. 

30. THIS IS WHY I DON’T GET ATTACHED TO CHARACTERS. THEY ALWAYS DIE!!! 

31. Actual footage of admin when Saphira carries Brom over the mountain and there’s a ghost of a smile on his face as he takes his final breath: 

32. Oh, yeah. In case we forgot, Arya’s been poisoned by Durza’s magical demon nails. It’s too bad there isn’t someone who can lead you to the Varden. 

33. There is no way that this boy was in Tron and in that Pan movie with Hugh Jackman. PUBERTY HIT HIM LIKE A FLIPPING ASTEROID! Cue Murtagh simping hours.

35. Look at that Djimon Hounsou in another dragon movie. Except this time, he’s a good guy. 

36. Of course he’s Morzan’s son. No one can be 100 percent good and be that good looking. 

37. “You wanna know how I got this scar?” ~ Murtagh, maybe. But sweet precious boy, what did he do to you? 

38. “Tonight, we destroy the resistance.” Okay, Palpatine - I mean Durza. 

39. So Nasuada gets only thirty seconds of screen time? Does anyone else feel robbed besides me? Yeah? (Added after reading the books.) 

40. Arya’s healed nicely and now she’s ready to kick some butt! 

41. How come I’m only finding out now that Durza has a dragon, too? Or...no, it’s made of dust or something. 

42. My mans is still in jail? While all of this is going on? Guys, let him outta there. You can always put him back afterwards. 

43. NO, PLEASE DON’T LET SAPHIRA DIE. I SWEAR MY HEART CAN’T TAKE IT! AND SHE’S BEING SO SWEET, TOO! *sobbing increases*

45. Ah, waking up after a severe injury/concussion with Murtagh leaning over me? Sounds like my kind of morning. 

46. YAY! SHE’S OKAY. I AM SO HAPPY. 

47. Yes, Eragon, Brom, your father would be proud of you. *sniffles* 

48. Where’s Arya going? I thought they were gonna be together forever. Guess not, eh? She is a princess after all.  

49. Okay, I am convinced. Lemme go and read the-WAIT! THE KING HAS A DRAGON, TOO? IS THERE GONNA BE A SEQUEL? AHAHAHDBABDB

50.  Keeeeep Holding onnnnnn! I don’t know why they put an Avril Lavigne song in here, but I am not complaining. 

The End. This took me an hour or so to write, but it’s worth it. Also, I’m sorry if it’s so long, I’ve had a lot of thoughts. 

Again, my taste in fictional comfort characters is excellent, what do you mean? 

Jeremy Irons as Brom ERAGON 2006 | dir. Stefen Fangmeier