Murtagh is the real "Drama Queen" of the Inheritance cycle

He showed up so dramatically to save Eragon from Ra'Zacs and then from Durza (he even put on a fake beard)

He waited all day just to attack Eragon on the Burning Plains and to reveal that he was the new Rider.

He decided to attack Varden on the day of Roran's wedding and didn't have a helmet, just to show everyone how beautiful his hair was

In the Inheritance, Murtagh was the most dramatic, especially in Dras Leona and with Nasuada (he was wearing a silver mask, which was unnecessary because Nasuada had already known that it was him)

Murtagh and Eragon have red and blue dynamic, and I'm here for it

If they played monopoly

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"The most dramatic stubborn family"

The main question is will someone torture Murtagh in the new book (again)

unfortunately for him he occupies the narrative position of canon's favorite chew-toy lmao

Murtagh: "I expected better from you" well that's your fault lmao I got nothing to do with that

Inheritance cycle where everything is the same but from time to time someone makes a modern reference that not even they understand

Eragon: "we have to run"

Murtagh: "no shit Sherlock"

Eragon: "what??"

Murtagh: "I... don't know"

POV You are Brom and Saphira looking at the three two-legged basket cases you're herding around the Empire

(RB with who's who out of Eragon, Murtagh and Arya and what they're saying because I would LOVE to hear it.)

Heh

Both Eragon and Arya delighting in the fact that Murtagh no longer has enhanced abilities (unless he got some in the last book. Again, waiting for a hurricane here….) and taking every chance to chuck him over their shoulder and go fast.

“Eragon, I don’ wan’ ta-WAYGH!”

“*skeeeeert!* Students! This is my older half brother, Murtagh! Give him a warm welcome, he can be a bit shy.”

“I hate you sometimes.”

“Awww, you let Arya get away with it.”

“That woman bloody terrifies me still. I saw her eat hardtack. Hardtack! Like crisps!! You? I saw you trip over your own bloody bootlaces climbing off Saphira just last WEEK, not to mention while we traveled!”

“Eh, I’ll just do it when you least expect it.”

“Don’ you bloody dare.”

Holds up RGB squad riders: they are buddies!

I don't care what canon says I live in delulu land where they all get along very well

A lot of people complained that Murtagh in Murtagh (2023) was much more resentful towards Eragon, than he was towards Murtagh in The Fork, the Witch and the Worm (2018). Okay, so here is their last interaction backwards:

... That is 2.5/4 negative points.

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.

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

"i could fix him" please don't it took a lot of work to fuck him up this bad

I wonder if Arya getting cornered into accepting the throne was also something The Dreamers had a hand in. After all, it keeps her from investigating around Alagaesia like Murtagh is. She is also considered a war hero, too, so she would have a lot of support from the people. Meanwhile, they can make sure that Murtagh stays a villain to the people of Alagaesia and constantly spread the word of all atrocities he’s committed and keep him isolated in that way.

The Dreamers probably think they have no reason to fear him since he seems to have no support whatsoever. Or they think they still have a shot at enslaving him. Little do they know that he’s probably the most dangerous to them out of the three. Now if he just loosened up about letting others touch his mind to communicate and also swallow his pride and accept some rider education from Eragon and Arya, he’d be even more unstoppable. After all, he figured out with Bachel that her lack of education was a weakness just as much as it was his.

If Murtagh’s adventures can prove that Alagaesia needs more riders, it might allow Arya to leave the throne to someone else and force her people to see that she’s needed outside of their kingdom. I’m hoping that’s what will happen so that she isn’t stuck in Ellesmera the whole time. Or at the very least allow her to leave the elven kingdom more often and accept that she has duties beyond just being their queen. Murtagh will need help eventually after all and Eragon can’t physically be there.