KanaAlyssum

Full grown adult yapping about The Inheritance Cycle

[kanabanana]

Modern AU: Murtagh was thrown into the foster system at around 3yrs old when Morzan's negligence caused the boy's back to be ripped open. There weren't many who were keen to look after a troubled boy with a mountain of medical problems, so he floated around until he was about five.

He then ended up with Tornac, who finally gave Murtagh the fatherly love he crucially needed. It took work for the two to truly understand one another, and for Murtagh to learn what a healthy father figure looked like.

Tornac officially adopted Murtagh when he turned seven, allowing the young boy to finally be comfortable enough to put down true roots.

[kanabanana]

Evil-ish Eragon: Really want to hone in on Eragon being 16 and very much mentally not okay. He's spent his whole life being a pawn, being abused and ground into dirt at any infraction. His want for control stems from this. He can't imagine being safe without control, nor can he imagine being happy without his family under his rule.

He's put himself in a cruel cycle. No matter what he does, he'll forever be viewed as the Mad King's charge, one who's destined to repeat his infractions and mistakes. So, Eragon compensates by eliminating anyone in his way, thus damning himself further. And when he's finally cornered, he can't understand why everyone hates him so. In his view, he's making the world better by being in control, and getting rid of anyone who opposes him.

This is why Murtagh's spell that defeats him centers around protection. Murtagh can see the hurt young boy desperate for the care he's been denied his whole life. He refuses to kill the last of his immediate family as everyone around him wants. So, he uses a wordless spell that essentially puts Eragon into a deep slumber, protected from the world around him until they can get him away from people.

[kanabanana]

Modern AU: Eragon would have the sickest wheelchair in town. Blue flames painted on by Saphira (it took days to finish). A lucky charm from Thorn he found on vacation. Murtagh's carefully tuned adjustments for maximum comfort. And, obviously, sparkly stickers from Ismira.

[kanabanana]

Modern AU: Instead of getting peeled open like a can of tuna, Eragon instead breaks his back in a freak accident. Fall gone wrong or incompatibility with a speeding vehicle maybe. So, he spends months kind of rotting away in a hospital with only his friends for company.

Saphira visits almost every day with her usual sassy, upbeat attitude to bring some sun in the room. Thorn is usually with her, sometimes sneaking in a sweet treat for morale.

Roran calls as often as possible, but he's too far away to visit regularly and having a kiddo makes it all the worse.

Murtagh is there every day, bright and early, before work. Then he comes back after until visitation hours end. He knows all too well the frustration and pain of a back injury, and would do anything to lessen that for his little brother.

[everythingloveandanimated]

Got any ideas for when Eragon begins physical therapy to get his strength and movement back?

[kanabanana]

Eragon would hate the chronic pain and weakness. When bedridden, he could sort of ignore it and enjoy the quiet moments alone and the time with his friends.

Now, being forced to rebuild muscles he used to rely on without thinking, he feels embarrassed about his disabilities. His whole life, he'd been the reliable one. The joyous, if a little naïve one. Used to be able to run a farm with only his cousin for help. He could do it all. And now, walking across the room caused pain and took minutes.

It'd be a battle of both body and mind. Eragon is lucky to have a strong support group, and two best friends that wouldn't let him wilt. But he'd still struggle finding strengths outside of his body for ages, and learning to love himself even if he felt inadequate.

[everythingloveandanimated]

👍🏻

I had a couple ideas myself.

1) depending on how old Ismira is, she and Eragon learn how to walk together. It’s bittersweet for Eragon “competing” (used loosely) with a baby. But it’s a bonding moment and Ismira inspires and motivates him.

2) Murtagh comes over to help with heating pads and comfort methods. He might have vague memories of his own recovery from his own back injury since he was three when he got it. I also keep picturing him doing that thing where he has Eragon against his back, Eragon’s arms over Murtagh’s shoulders, and slowly walk-slides around with Eragon.

Murtagh also understands the injured pride that Eragon has.

[everythingloveandanimated]

Would a motorized wheelchair help Eragon with his independence? It’s nowhere near the same as walking, and he does have to have people help lift him if he can’t lift himself in and out of it. But it is motion… and a little niece might like to go for a ride until she starts messing with the controls. Then she has to be handed off. 😉🤭

[kanabanana]

A wheelchair would be a great Niece Thievery Device. Eragon would use this most during early PT, and slowly wean to only having to use it during longer excursions. Murtagh at this point would have moved in with him as support. They both complain about awful disability infrastructure together.

[everythingloveandanimated]

Honestly LOVE the idea of Murtagh moving in and helping Eragon!

Saphira might be there too, but having Murtagh there to help in ways Saphira physically emotionally or psychologically can’t is a blessing to Eragon.

Also had the idea that by some miracle Murtagh is able to find his medical records of when he was healing from his childhood back injury.

[everythingloveandanimated]

Also also, would Murtagh be loaded? If yes, he can help cover costs of disability aid for the house that Eragon’s insurance is unable to cover.

This is a man who loves deeply, but also loves out of fear of losing someone close to his heart.

Eragon wants to pay him back somehow, Murtagh assures Eragon that his recovery and a life well lived will be payment enough.

[kanabanana]

Murtagh gets financial help from his adopted father, Tornac. Morzan was Deadbeat², so he doesn't have much from him.

It also helps that Murtagh is alright with saving, so he's got options when it comes to helping his little brother financially. He's mostly physical and emotional support, trying his best to make Eragon's life a little easier. They definitely have back injuries in common, and it helps the both of them to support each other about it.

Murtagh has also definitely developed some anxiety when it comes to Eragon's health. One near-death scare is enough for his heart for a lifetime. It leads to some problems with controlling behavior, but in this AU they can usually get over it eventually. Nothing a movie night with too many chips can't fix.

[everythingloveandanimated]

YAAAAYYYYYYY TORNAC’S STILL ALIVE IN THIS AU!!!!!🥰🥹🥰😭🥰 How old was Murtagh when he met Tornac? How old was he when he got adopted?

Yeeeeeaaaahhh…. Honing in on Murtagh’s anxiety over his brother’s health and well-being. We love our grumpy, wet cat man, being an overprotective older brother.

Also good to hear that their spats about overstepping and controlling behaviors are easily solved. 🥰🥰🥰🥰 What’s their favorite movie/comfort movie?

Also, is this AU part of the AU where Murtagh and Eragon meet in high school?(if it is, Brom freaks out thinking that Eragon got injured in an accident involving riding on Murtagh’s motorcycle.)

[kanabanana]

Tornac adopted Murtagh at around 4 years old. Turns out Alagaesia CPS notices when a toddlers' back is skinned and his father is too drunk to notice. It was a slow process of getting baby Murtagh comfortable with an adult male again, and with father-figures in general. They get there.

Brom definitely, instinctually, blamed Murtagh for Eragon's accident at first. His current status as deadbeat does not get him in the inner circles of information. He has his ways of finding out, though, so he has to begrudgingly realize that Murtagh is innocent and is in fact doing more than Brom ever has (ouch).

[kanabanana]

Modern AU: Instead of getting peeled open like a can of tuna, Eragon instead breaks his back in a freak accident. Fall gone wrong or incompatibility with a speeding vehicle maybe. So, he spends months kind of rotting away in a hospital with only his friends for company.

Saphira visits almost every day with her usual sassy, upbeat attitude to bring some sun in the room. Thorn is usually with her, sometimes sneaking in a sweet treat for morale.

Roran calls as often as possible, but he's too far away to visit regularly and having a kiddo makes it all the worse.

Murtagh is there every day, bright and early, before work. Then he comes back after until visitation hours end. He knows all too well the frustration and pain of a back injury, and would do anything to lessen that for his little brother.

[everythingloveandanimated]

Got any ideas for when Eragon begins physical therapy to get his strength and movement back?

[kanabanana]

Eragon would hate the chronic pain and weakness. When bedridden, he could sort of ignore it and enjoy the quiet moments alone and the time with his friends.

Now, being forced to rebuild muscles he used to rely on without thinking, he feels embarrassed about his disabilities. His whole life, he'd been the reliable one. The joyous, if a little naïve one. Used to be able to run a farm with only his cousin for help. He could do it all. And now, walking across the room caused pain and took minutes.

It'd be a battle of both body and mind. Eragon is lucky to have a strong support group, and two best friends that wouldn't let him wilt. But he'd still struggle finding strengths outside of his body for ages, and learning to love himself even if he felt inadequate.

[everythingloveandanimated]

👍🏻

I had a couple ideas myself.

1) depending on how old Ismira is, she and Eragon learn how to walk together. It’s bittersweet for Eragon “competing” (used loosely) with a baby. But it’s a bonding moment and Ismira inspires and motivates him.

2) Murtagh comes over to help with heating pads and comfort methods. He might have vague memories of his own recovery from his own back injury since he was three when he got it. I also keep picturing him doing that thing where he has Eragon against his back, Eragon’s arms over Murtagh’s shoulders, and slowly walk-slides around with Eragon.

Murtagh also understands the injured pride that Eragon has.

[everythingloveandanimated]

Would a motorized wheelchair help Eragon with his independence? It’s nowhere near the same as walking, and he does have to have people help lift him if he can’t lift himself in and out of it. But it is motion… and a little niece might like to go for a ride until she starts messing with the controls. Then she has to be handed off. 😉🤭

[kanabanana]

A wheelchair would be a great Niece Thievery Device. Eragon would use this most during early PT, and slowly wean to only having to use it during longer excursions. Murtagh at this point would have moved in with him as support. They both complain about awful disability infrastructure together.

[everythingloveandanimated]

Honestly LOVE the idea of Murtagh moving in and helping Eragon!

Saphira might be there too, but having Murtagh there to help in ways Saphira physically emotionally or psychologically can’t is a blessing to Eragon.

Also had the idea that by some miracle Murtagh is able to find his medical records of when he was healing from his childhood back injury.

[everythingloveandanimated]

Also also, would Murtagh be loaded? If yes, he can help cover costs of disability aid for the house that Eragon’s insurance is unable to cover.

This is a man who loves deeply, but also loves out of fear of losing someone close to his heart.

Eragon wants to pay him back somehow, Murtagh assures Eragon that his recovery and a life well lived will be payment enough.

[kanabanana]

Murtagh gets financial help from his adopted father, Tornac. Morzan was Deadbeat², so he doesn't have much from him.

It also helps that Murtagh is alright with saving, so he's got options when it comes to helping his little brother financially. He's mostly physical and emotional support, trying his best to make Eragon's life a little easier. They definitely have back injuries in common, and it helps the both of them to support each other about it.

Murtagh has also definitely developed some anxiety when it comes to Eragon's health. One near-death scare is enough for his heart for a lifetime. It leads to some problems with controlling behavior, but in this AU they can usually get over it eventually. Nothing a movie night with too many chips can't fix.

[kanabanana]

Modern AU: Instead of getting peeled open like a can of tuna, Eragon instead breaks his back in a freak accident. Fall gone wrong or incompatibility with a speeding vehicle maybe. So, he spends months kind of rotting away in a hospital with only his friends for company.

Saphira visits almost every day with her usual sassy, upbeat attitude to bring some sun in the room. Thorn is usually with her, sometimes sneaking in a sweet treat for morale.

Roran calls as often as possible, but he's too far away to visit regularly and having a kiddo makes it all the worse.

Murtagh is there every day, bright and early, before work. Then he comes back after until visitation hours end. He knows all too well the frustration and pain of a back injury, and would do anything to lessen that for his little brother.

[everythingloveandanimated]

Got any ideas for when Eragon begins physical therapy to get his strength and movement back?

[kanabanana]

Eragon would hate the chronic pain and weakness. When bedridden, he could sort of ignore it and enjoy the quiet moments alone and the time with his friends.

Now, being forced to rebuild muscles he used to rely on without thinking, he feels embarrassed about his disabilities. His whole life, he'd been the reliable one. The joyous, if a little naïve one. Used to be able to run a farm with only his cousin for help. He could do it all. And now, walking across the room caused pain and took minutes.

It'd be a battle of both body and mind. Eragon is lucky to have a strong support group, and two best friends that wouldn't let him wilt. But he'd still struggle finding strengths outside of his body for ages, and learning to love himself even if he felt inadequate.

[everythingloveandanimated]

👍🏻

I had a couple ideas myself.

1) depending on how old Ismira is, she and Eragon learn how to walk together. It’s bittersweet for Eragon “competing” (used loosely) with a baby. But it’s a bonding moment and Ismira inspires and motivates him.

2) Murtagh comes over to help with heating pads and comfort methods. He might have vague memories of his own recovery from his own back injury since he was three when he got it. I also keep picturing him doing that thing where he has Eragon against his back, Eragon’s arms over Murtagh’s shoulders, and slowly walk-slides around with Eragon.

Murtagh also understands the injured pride that Eragon has.

[everythingloveandanimated]

Would a motorized wheelchair help Eragon with his independence? It’s nowhere near the same as walking, and he does have to have people help lift him if he can’t lift himself in and out of it. But it is motion… and a little niece might like to go for a ride until she starts messing with the controls. Then she has to be handed off. 😉🤭

[kanabanana]

A wheelchair would be a great Niece Thievery Device. Eragon would use this most during early PT, and slowly wean to only having to use it during longer excursions. Murtagh at this point would have moved in with him as support. They both complain about awful disability infrastructure together.

[kanabanana]

Modern AU: Instead of getting peeled open like a can of tuna, Eragon instead breaks his back in a freak accident. Fall gone wrong or incompatibility with a speeding vehicle maybe. So, he spends months kind of rotting away in a hospital with only his friends for company.

Saphira visits almost every day with her usual sassy, upbeat attitude to bring some sun in the room. Thorn is usually with her, sometimes sneaking in a sweet treat for morale.

Roran calls as often as possible, but he's too far away to visit regularly and having a kiddo makes it all the worse.

Murtagh is there every day, bright and early, before work. Then he comes back after until visitation hours end. He knows all too well the frustration and pain of a back injury, and would do anything to lessen that for his little brother.

[everythingloveandanimated]

Got any ideas for when Eragon begins physical therapy to get his strength and movement back?

[kanabanana]

Eragon would hate the chronic pain and weakness. When bedridden, he could sort of ignore it and enjoy the quiet moments alone and the time with his friends.

Now, being forced to rebuild muscles he used to rely on without thinking, he feels embarrassed about his disabilities. His whole life, he'd been the reliable one. The joyous, if a little naïve one. Used to be able to run a farm with only his cousin for help. He could do it all. And now, walking across the room caused pain and took minutes.

It'd be a battle of both body and mind. Eragon is lucky to have a strong support group, and two best friends that wouldn't let him wilt. But he'd still struggle finding strengths outside of his body for ages, and learning to love himself even if he felt inadequate.

[kanabanana]

Modern AU: Instead of getting peeled open like a can of tuna, Eragon instead breaks his back in a freak accident. Fall gone wrong or incompatibility with a speeding vehicle maybe. So, he spends months kind of rotting away in a hospital with only his friends for company.

Saphira visits almost every day with her usual sassy, upbeat attitude to bring some sun in the room. Thorn is usually with her, sometimes sneaking in a sweet treat for morale.

Roran calls as often as possible, but he's too far away to visit regularly and having a kiddo makes it all the worse.

Murtagh is there every day, bright and early, before work. Then he comes back after until visitation hours end. He knows all too well the frustration and pain of a back injury, and would do anything to lessen that for his little brother.

[kanabanana]

If I don't get any Elva content in Tales 2 I fear I shall not mentally recover.

[kanabanana]

Eragon as soon as the fight can't be won with magic:

[kanabanana]

If Eragon doesn't keep his ADHD-esque tendencies in future depictions I will cry.

[dia-viller]

I like how Eragon and Murtagh both decided to completely ignore the fact that Murtagh kinda tried to kill Eragon in the throne room

[kanabanana]

Pick a color, any color.

I've been at this for a while now. I find it very funny that my Evil-ish project is thousands of words longer than the others. There is a favorite child.

[kanabanana]

Evil-ish Eragon

This darn AU about torturing the brothers has taken over my summer and my sanity.

[kanabanana]

Evil-ish Eragon

Eragon hears of the upcoming war and a panics a little. Despite his threats and offers for mercy, the damned rebels just refused to surrender. Now, he had to navigate a war just months into his reign and come out with as little casualties as possible. He looks into Galbatorix’s reserve of oddities, and there he discovers the experiments of the Black Hand. Notably, he finds a girl. She’s been cursed with the ability to always feel other people’s pain, and perfectly predict when pain will happen. Another side effect given onto her is to prevent hurt from happening, or suffer herself. Eragon is fascinated by such a curse, but ultimately finds it dishonorable to do to a child.

He bans the Black Hand from ever attempting such a feat again. The last thing Eragon needs on his name is child soldiers being forced to serve his magicians. Eragon decides to disassemble the curse one step at a time, his top priority being to take the child’s pain away. While he isn’t able to take away her ability to feel other’s pain and predict it, he is able to cure her of her obligation to help others. Feeling protective over the child, Eragon takes her under his wing as his charge. He names her Elva, replacing the simple tag-like name she had previously. The child is bitey from the short time she suffered through the full effects of the curse. She frequently lashes out and also uses other’s dark secrets against them. She does this to Eragon only once before he shields himself against it. It is the only time Eragon punishes her, as he believes it is all he needs for her to realize he can always control her.

Still, they form a bond despite the circumstances. Elva cannot help but become a little attached to the young man who didn’t hesitate to help her. Sure, he’s pretty fucked up himself, but he feeds her well and gives her independence. It’s nice.

Eragon does eventually find something he can use against the Varden that isn’t just bodies. A spell to take away pain. Essentially create a small army of undead soldiers that are unable to feel a hint of pain during battle. It’s genius. It’s deadly. With the help of the eldunari, Eragon contacts Lady Lorana, Feinster’s noble, and proposes the idea. The Lady is still very uncomfortable with Eragon’s new power, believing the former king’s charge is barely any better than the fallen emperor. Feeling pressured, she gives in. Eragon remotely enchants the relatively small standing army at the city, promising them safety for their families and riches to the whole city should they fight back the terrorists at their gates. It’s a perfect recipe for a bloody battle.

[kanabanana]

What do you prefer more: eramur where they are not brothers or eramur where they are still brothers as in canon?

No relation eramur certainly makes it easier to ship them. No harm in doing so. It definitely helps with timelines in some works, which is always needed when writing.

Related eramur is much more interesting in my opinion. You can go way more in depth with societal norms, pressures, relationship drama, and how a romantic relationship could stem from arduous circumstances. Is it taboo? Yeah. But what's the point of fiction if you never step out of your comfort zone?

Related or not, eramur has always been a crazy character deep dive magnet, but when they are brothers I got way more material to torture them with.

[kanabanana]

Evil-ish Eragon

Eragon wears a creepy as fuck smile all the time because his advisors told him that smile calms people's nerves. And that it'd make him appear more confident. None of them had the heart to tell Eragon that his forced smiles make him look really creepy.

Yes, Eragon still has social anxiety. He's just way better at burying it in this AU. Hence the fucked up smile. He has a much nicer natural smile when around the dragons and Murtagh.