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Published: 2011-11-19 00:39:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 1791; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 14
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Description "In El-Harim, there lived a man, a man with yellow eyes!
To me, he said, 'Beware the whispers, for they whisper lies!'"

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Spoilers! Spoilers! Spoilers!

Drawn very soon after finishing the book. I LOOOOOOOOVED it!! Especially Murtagh and Nasuada. It was Murtagh I was really agonizing about these past three years, because, as I realized while reading the last book, if his ultimate fate was not done atall right, then I frankly did not care about any of the rest of it. Now that's not to say that I don't care about any of the other things in the book but Murtagh, it's just that what happened to him would be too integral for it to be done wrong and me to still think well of the book as a whole. But as it turned out, my fears were groundless. Took like, 400 pages to actually GET to the awesome Murtagh stuff, but it was all totally worth it. Though I never would have guessed about the shipping! I mean, I'd heard of people shipping that, but I thought it was quite conjecture-y. But now! I love this ship WAY more than any other in the series! Heck, I think it's my new OTP (that is, my current OTP. My Ultimate and Eternal OTP is and forever shall be Nysric.)

Anyways, I found that illusion incredibly sad. Nasuada's longing for children is such an awesome quality. It's one I have myself, and is often downplayed in today's literature, because feminists hate motherhood and want nothing to ever promote it.
The whole ship's sad really. ;_; But I don't wanna hear any a this crap about how it "Didn't get a satisfying resolution." COME ON. It's the very beauty of this romance that it's sad. They couldn't very well get married, as no one would trust Nasuada then, and the fact that we didn't hear their final conversation is fitting; the most romantic things should be private. And seriously, for love to be real, it has to remain even through hardships. Yes, they never got married. No, he never said "I love you" (what he did say I find EONS more romantically fitting for the situation and original.) and yeah, they may have never seen each other again. But if those trifles are enough to kill a love, then it was never very strong to begin with. And I personally think their love is.


More Murtagh x Nasuada (what shall we call that? Nastagh? Murada?) to come!

Characters copyright Christopher Paolini. (and my hat's off to 'im!)
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Comments: 19

bbqbert [2018-09-20 01:02:09 +0000 UTC]

BEAUTIFUL!!! AAAAH! You captured a great scene so well! AARRRGH! This scene just killed me. I can't even... He seemed so happy, and doing what he would probably be excellent at--being a noble, debating, working for the good of the country--and she had all of her dreams fulfilled, too. ARGH. WHAT A PAINFUL THING. AAAAARGH!!!! I am so freakin' glad this stuff existed... Thanks for the memories! Hahaha

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eightcrows In reply to bbqbert [2018-09-20 04:04:02 +0000 UTC]

Ah thanks! Ikr? Just so much in there. It was one of the things that really impressed me with this series, is your so used to having the big bad villainous king that wants to rule the world blah blah, so it's really impressive how EVIL he ends up seeming. That really first hit me with the possession at the end of Brisingr, but Nasuada's captivity + the final battle really hit it home even more.

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bbqbert In reply to eightcrows [2018-09-20 23:14:13 +0000 UTC]

I liked Galbatorix as a villain, to be honest. Yeah, he was a manipulative psycho, but he seemed GENUINE. Like he legitimately believed what he was doing was RIGHT and was HELPING people. And then you can tell he's really cunning, too... like I can imagine him originally speaking super kindly to Murtagh, then in the next minute torturing him, like he just loses it and goes crazy. He isn't just about death and destruction, but that manipulation is interesting... like even CAPTURING Nasuada and making MURTAGH torture her, knowing full well they like each other... It's just... sadistic on a new level. I think it's better than the typical MWAHAHAHA I AM EVIL villain that we see a lot, hahaha...

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eightcrows In reply to bbqbert [2018-09-21 16:21:53 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, no, there's some very deep levels of evil there! I just had so many "YOU FIEND!!!" moments at him. XD

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StorytellingWriter10 [2013-10-23 00:58:37 +0000 UTC]

I'm voting for Mursuada.

 

I love Nasuada's face, she's all "GRRRR!" while Murtagh's just like, "Oh, you stabbed me. That's cool."

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eightcrows In reply to StorytellingWriter10 [2013-10-23 05:11:11 +0000 UTC]

Ok cool.

Thanks. Yup, on account a being an illusion i warrant.

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StorytellingWriter10 In reply to eightcrows [2013-10-23 14:15:43 +0000 UTC]

I really liked it. You're a great artist, who ships my OTP for this fandom. So that just makes you even more awesome.

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eightcrows In reply to StorytellingWriter10 [2013-10-23 16:00:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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StorytellingWriter10 In reply to eightcrows [2013-10-23 16:17:33 +0000 UTC]

No problem!

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mrm215 [2012-06-20 14:08:28 +0000 UTC]

awesome depiction! I love the mood that the background evokes and nasuada's expression is spot on definitely a fave <3

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eightcrows In reply to mrm215 [2012-06-21 19:08:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it!

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Texka [2012-01-26 01:34:14 +0000 UTC]

MURSUADA!

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eightcrows In reply to Texka [2012-01-26 02:05:34 +0000 UTC]

Good name idea! Thanks for the fav!

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Texka In reply to eightcrows [2012-01-26 02:56:16 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome! :3 I came up with the name a few days ago. XD I was all "Hmm...this pairing needs a name. MURSUADA!" *shot*

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eightcrows In reply to Texka [2012-01-26 03:33:34 +0000 UTC]

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warrioroffantasy [2011-11-19 01:03:38 +0000 UTC]

ikr? it was sad that they couldnt be together. they wanted to but they couldnt

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eightcrows In reply to warrioroffantasy [2011-11-19 01:05:40 +0000 UTC]

Definitely! 'Tis a sad ship indeed.

Thanks for the comment!

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warrioroffantasy In reply to eightcrows [2011-11-19 01:30:37 +0000 UTC]

your welcome

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eightcrows In reply to warrioroffantasy [2011-11-19 03:42:44 +0000 UTC]

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