A Morzan who loved his wife more than anything, who wanted to love his sons, but by the time Selena and Murtagh enter his life, that life hasn't actually belonged to him in a very long time. He's stained by a century of blood and violence and cruelty, he's leashed to a man whose humanity died with his dragon, and Morzan's own wife and son are nothing but tools no matter what he may have wanted for them.

A Morzan who is only allowed a family, only allowed some semblance of happiness and joy, when that family serves Galbatorix. Selena as the Black Hand and Murtagh as a sacrificial lamb, raised to be whatever the king wants him to be. Neither of them are truly Morzan's because he doesn't have anything of his own anymore; everything he is and has belongs to Galbatorix.

friend: oh like romantically?

me: no. like cursed object passed between hands for centuries, they are cosmically linked, probably bonded by blood ritual, I think they’ve fought in a war together in at least three lifetimes, and their souls make direct eye contact every time they breathe in the same room

friend: so… romantically?

They don't need a single word to coordinate, they understand each other so deeply that they can predict every movement, knowing exactly where the other’s blind spots and weaknesses are

ADDITIONALLY, Saphira has a *errm* history of aggressive flirting. The combination of her ramming Thorn with her snoot while going “lmfao, ur such a dork” while he looks into the abyss with a 1000 yard stare bc of flashbacks is INTERESTING!! Imagine the angst due to miscommunication and navigating boundaries before the dynamic of a draconic girlfriend saying, “My mate is showing off his hoard and you better be nice 👹” (Thorn shows off two very average boulders)

and Glaedr’s Eldunari would be in the background “~aM i A jOkE t0 yOu ?~

was doing some research on dragons laying down

Been thinking about saphira's cringe teenage crush on glaedr and how her feelings must have slipped through the bond with eragon... The idea of him having magical-dragon-bond induced thoughts about oromis was too intrusive to ignore LMFAOOO