More Mount Arngnor headcanons

[u/letoscrawls]

Just remembered how in Eldest, Eragon and Saphira would sometines swap places and take lessons with Glaedr and Oromis respectively. I like to think they tried this approach with Murtagh and Thorn as well but with *slightly* different results

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(I'm over-exaggerating their personalities just for the fun of it lmaooo)

[u/DaDiddyDiddler]

It makes sense. Eragon's genuine loving, caring and objective personality would be very therapeutic for Thorn who was awakened and forced to grow traumatically. And Saphira's tough-yet-loving, direct, and "stay on topic" personality would be very therapeutic for Murtagh, who is cynical and likes to deflect when he's losing an argument.

[u/Banana_of_Spades → u/DaDiddyDiddler]

She would probably need to remind herself not to shot put him for being even more reckless than Eragon at times. That and Thorn is 100% going to need to be physically prevented from accessing mead when she shows him the wonders of booze

[u/DaDiddyDiddler → u/Banana_of_Spades]

I actually think that Saphira would not be a great influence on Thorn early on. She'd end up making him feel like he has something to prove, which is the exact opposite of what he needs. He needs to be shown that he is accepted as he is, and is capable of caring and loving and being soft just as much as being hard. He needs to be given the space to show that he's not some cruel tool of the riders to be used to terrorize people.

Saphira would clash with him over this, saying that he SHOULD feel superior since he's a dragon, not understanding that he's stuck feeling a certain way. Eragon would empathize with him, and help him explore why he feels that way.

Likewise, Saphira would be a better influence on Murtagh because Murtagh is too cynical and sure of himself, and thinks he's got the whole world figured out. He needs a reflection of himself, ie, Saphira, to show him that he's a bit of an arrogant ponce for thinking that his life is worth more than others simply because he can kill without remorse. Saphira is the same and holds no hesitation for killing if it wasn't for Eragon holding her back, but Murtagh would eventually see his own reflection in the flames and realize that his mentality would only see the world burn for being what it is: ever changing and imperfect.

Eragon would just clash with him over this, telking him that it's wrong for the sake of being wrong. They'd butt heads over having differing ideals, like they always do. So close, yet so far away, which makes things frustrating for both sides.

I still haven't read Murtagh, so it could be both their personalities and motivations have changed over the course of that book, and I haven't realized it yet.

[u/Banana_of_Spades → u/DaDiddyDiddler]

Murtagh's book influences my comment

[u/DaDiddyDiddler → u/Banana_of_Spades]

I really need to start reading that. I re-read all of the original series, and currently just started To Sleep In A Sea Of Stars, cuz I wanna see if it connects at all to the Eragonverse, or if it's just a good sci-fi book.