Eragon/Arya (Theories)

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There is no guarantee indeed that Arya loves Eragon, that it sure. I am not very fond of elf/human relationships. Elfs are originally nature spirits, minor deities, similar to nymphs in Greek mythology. They are exceedingly beautifull and immortal because they are idealized perceptions of humans. It is as minor deities that they appear in Tolkien. I am not very much aware of Northern mythologies, but I know that in Greek mythology unions between nymphs and human were hard and rare: Thetis did marry Peleus and produce Achilles because Zeus, father of gods ordered Peleus to do so since Thetis' son was destined to be more important than his father (and told him how to court her). Unions with gods in Greek mythology were much more common since the aristocratic families of ancient Greece wanted to claim descendance from a god, hence Zeus is cheating on Hera all the time or Heracles had children with 62 different women. The human/elf relationships that are all too common in fantasy novels (at least as far as I know, I am more a sci-fi fan) are an outcome of the lack of knowledge of the origin of the material they are treating among modern fantasy writers. It is Arya that is Eragon's more likely future mate. Eowyn did get Faramir in LotR rather than Aragorn, but both characters were introduced in the Two Towers (and Aragorn was already engaged). There are not that many female characters in the books so far:

• Saphira: I don't think CP is about to write bestiality
• Elva: Ditto for pedophilia
• Fricaya: I don't think Eragon has even met Nasuada's secretary
• Gertrude: Eragon knows Elva's guardian but has only interacted once with her, not likely anyway
• Islanzadi: Obviously not possible.
• Trianna: There is a line in Eldest that Eragon understood why it was wrong to go with her
• Nasuada: Little likely, she has not shown any sign she sees him in romantic light, neither has Eragon shown anything similar. Their relation seems professional/friendly in my eyes
• Angela: Other than that she is middle aged, weird and based on CP's sister being a fortune teller makes her a rather neutral person. She could have slipped some love potion in his tea if she really wanted to.

Arya's courtship is the main theme in the part of Eldest that deals with Eragon (the other themes being Vanir's hostility, Oromis' teaching of Eragon and the knowledege on Alagaesia we gain, dwarvish culture and the geography of Alagaesia). It does not seem likely to me that CP would dedicate so much time and effort in a literary device that he will reject in book III. In true life you are likely to be rejected by someone you really like despite much effort only to discover somebody special that will come out of the blue but this is literature, not real life. Finally the reason I think that Arya is already in love with him is that in both the end of Eragon and the first half of Eldest is that she is very protective of him. She protects him from the Twins' test, she does save him by breaking the Star Saphire though it makes her collapse with exhaustion (and gain bad blood with the dwarves), she goes searching for Murtagh and the Twins "for him", she does tell him may the stars watch over you despite the fact that he was no longer to remain independant of all after he was to give his fealty to Nassuada, she is the one who is by his bed when he is attacked by Durza's wound when they go up the river and unlike her mother only has words for encouragement for him when he complains of his condition and finally she does teach him the elven customs so that "he does not shame himself or her with his ignorance" although the elves, as becomes obvious when he met Islanzadi, did not expect him to know them. True, Orik was also protective of him but not so much as Arya. ikokki

I believe Arya and Eragon will not be together. During the Agaeti Blodhren, while Eragon was druggged by the sweet air, he confesses his love for Arya. She regects him once again. This is after Eragon is transformed. Before his in turned into his half elf half human state, when he makes the farth of Arya, she breaks it and leaves. Judged on logic, I think this means she is angry. Most people when they have feelings for someone they don't usually break a work of art they created. Even if Arya was hiding feelings for Eragon, she wouldn't be that cruel. In personal opinion, I think Arya is a Mary Sue, or insanly perfect. In my veiw, it seems like Christopher Paolini takes every chance he gets to say how beautful her face is or how breathtakingly amazing she is. A beautful elf, powerful in magic, princess, a choice for the green dragon, that seems perfect to me. Eragon seems a Gary Stu, the male equivalent to a Mary Sue. A dragon rider, a powerful elf as a love interest, kick but dragon, powerful elf abilitys on his side, all the while with a cruel, desparing past to haunt him and make every action all the more amazing. Gary Stu. If they fall in love, I think that some people might be a little put off by a romance scene while they want some fight scenes with Murtagh and Galbatorix. --Kystra 12:22, 22 February 2007 (EST)

Ironic as at it may seem it is cruelty that is a certain sign of love, see for example Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos which a few years ago was turned into a movie with John Malikovich, Glenn Close, Michelle Pfeifer, Uma Thurman and Keanu Reeves. One becomes cruel to somebody one loves when he/she tries to hide true feelings from yourself and/or the other person. Arya has a very strong sense of duty, strong enough to abandon the pampered life of a purple-born princess, take the yawe and serve her people. Even if Arya is a Mary Sue (which I certainly doubt because she has shown a full range of emotions) that does not make her less interesting just like the many Mary Sues of Jules Vernes are interesting. Eragon is anything but perfect. He might not have some phobia we are aware of like real people but he is definitely one that makes mistakes and has wrong convictions. Christopher Paolini on the one hand is too good and on the other hand to bad a writer to pull a rabbit out of a hat and somehow find a perfect mate for Eragon that he has yet to introduce. Of all female characters introduced so far (and last time the only ones I did not analyse were Katrina and Rhunon, both of which are unlikely for different reasons) it is Arya that is most likely. Had another suitable female character been introduced I would agree, she is not really apropriate for him but due to the process of elimination (and since love is a part of coming of age novels like this one) they will get together. --Ikokki 22:18, 22 February 2007 (EST)

I still believe Eragon is a Gary Stu. In an interview, Christopher Paolini said it was very easy to imagine himself as Eragon while he wrote. Therefore, he probably is giving Eragon these kick-butt powers. So far he has with Sapphira's power, the elvin abilitys, and so on. Yes, love is part of most coming of age books, and I think that, in personal opinion, Arya will eventually fall in love with Eragon, but then get captured and fall in love with Murtagh.--Kystra 23:24, 22 February 2007 (EST)

i certainly wouldn't call Eragon a Gary Stu. there is almost nothing perfect about him. also, i saw an interview with CP and he said that he originally based Eragon off of himself, but as the writing process went on, Eragon became a different person and had almost nothing to do with himself. i wouldn't call Arya a Mary Sue either. if anyone is a Mary Sue, i would say it's Katrina. she is WAY too perfect!!! - Eringon

i say murtagh is more of a gary stu than Eragon is. he has made next to no mistakes, and Eragons "dark past" pales in comparison to murtagh's, who is the son of morzan, who was hated by his father enought to have a sword thrown at him, and who in about have as much time of training as Eragon beat him in a fight with the only damage to him being a scratch on his chest plate. Arya definatly isnt a mary sue. just because she is who she is doesnt mean she wants to be, she has even explained to Eragon that she does not have to be queen if she does not want to( and she probably wont be), of caorse shes powerful,shes an ELF, did you think she was going to be weak. and of coarse she is beautiful, every elf is because they choose how they look, would you make yourself ugly if you could, i dought it.-Leon

Some elves choose how they look. Others leave themselfs to be normal. As for Murtagh being a Gary Stu, he has a troubled past, but he is evil, so it suites him. He couldn't just have had saintly parents and a perfect childhood frollecing amongst daisys if he was going to be evil! And Murtagh trained with Tornac his teen years, so probably 4-5 years, maybe more. Eragon was trained by Brom, and only for a few months. Even if Murtagh had less training than I assume, he still had more than Eragon. Arya will become queen, once she goes with Eragon to some distant lands with Eragon whcih everyone says will happen. --Kystra 22:42, 24 February 2007 (EST)

what about all those arguments against murtagh being evil, you know , where he turns on galbatorix at the last minute, sacrificing himself to save many people. Or what about the one where murtagh/Arya fall in love. i bet galby wouldnt be happy about that. Murtagh beat Eragon with magic, not with a sword like Tornac taught him.Arya might become queen in her home land with Eragon, assuming two things. #1-they still have monarchy in the elves home land#2Arya's "royal" blood meens anything to the current king/queen there.-Leon

what is it with everyone thinking Murtagh and Arya will fall in love? i just don't see it happening. i also don't think Arya will ever become queen of the elves in Ellesmera or the distant land, which i hope she goes to with Eragon. you know how every time Eragon tells Arya how much he loves her and Arya tenses up? well, maybe she tenses up because she's trying to keep her feelings hidden from Eragon and she has to concentrate really hard to keep from telling Eragon, but this is just a thought. also, in Angela's prophecy, she said that Eragon would have an "epic" romance with a woman of noble blood. that pretty much only leaves Arya and Nasuada. maybe not even Nasuada because some may argue that she isn't even of noble blood because the varden arn't really a monarchy. (i know you've heard most of this, but stay with me) it only leave Arya. Eragon has had a crush on Arya for a long time, but you can hardly call being rejected three or four times "epic". that is why i think Arya and Eragon will certainly be together. i also know that Angela said that Eragon's romance may or may not end happily. that could have been a tese to make us think that he's been rejected by Arya so many times, he could never end up with her. these are all thoughts, but i really hope they come true. - Eringon

I think that Eragon and Arya will end up being together. Who cares if she's a hundred and he's 16, when Aragorn and Arwen hook up, she's at least one hundred years older. -Axle Grease 10:47, 10 March 2007 (EST)

As I wrote before the great purge I think Arya is already in love with Eragon but will not show it due to her sense of duty. I don't see Arya/Murtagh happening because they have had no interaction whatsoever so far. In any case when Aragorn married Arwen he was 90 and she was 2700 years old. Between Eragon's 17 and Arya's 100 that difference was far greater... Ikokki 16:16, 6 March 2007 (EST)

I have already outline on top why I think Arya already likes Eragon. What was deleted during the great purge was that I believe that her attraction to Eragon is the reason why she does NOT bind herself in the ancient language to eternally reject Eragon during their discussion before the battle of the burning plains. When Eragon says "It wouldn't get me anywhere would it?" she remains silent because otherwise she would be bound in a bound stronger than life to forever reject him and because she is already attracted to him and cannot truthfully answer no. I have a hunch the reason it is from chapter 3 the excerpt of book III included in Eldest SE is because Elva, who knows of Eragon's pain (and IMO of Arya's) will say something revealing the attraction in the first two chapters (but then again I have not read the book III excerpt in Eldest SE nor do I know something more than the 15 word summary in the Wikipedia book III page). Ikokki 19:02, 8 March 2007 (EST)

Arya might have feelings for Eragon, but if you pay attention in Eldest theres a ton of signs that she was in love with Faolin, one of the elves killed in the proluge of eragon. So she might be staying away from Eragon right now because she still feels a loyalty to Faolin, or she doesn't want to fall for eragon only for him to be killed, too. - Sam

I checked out wikipedia and indeed ther is no summary, my memory failed me; I had read the summary of the excerpt somewhere on the internet after doing a google search. A new letter by Paolini was published online here [http://www.alagaesie.net/modules.php?name=Content

To Sam, there are no signs that she has feelings for someone else. None, shes not in love with Faolin, yes she gets sad when they were talking about him, but wouldnt you if one of your friends were killed? She doesnt want to complicate eragons already complicated tasks. She doenst want to cloud his judgement if it were to come down to saving his life or killing Gallbys life.--Eragon man 19:50, 23 July 2007 (PDT)

There are signs she was in love with Faolin.... regardless, she is slightly depressed because of his death. Who knows, maybe he was the type of older brother who took care of his little sis. And I'm sorry if this is all redundant, but I'm signing my posts even though I supposedly joined because I can't see it on my computer. AFM

o..k.. but who makes a flower for their lil sis? -Patteh

Ummmm. . . really caring older brothers? Yeah . . . no. I have got two older brothers, me being their 'little sis' and I really can't see them beating themselves up to grow me a flower on some great special occasion, even if we all were elves. But then again . . . inexpensive gift idea . . . -Hot Elf Babe

Some brothers aren't like that..... I know I only would if my sister was like 5..... and that's if I had a sister..... got two little brothers though..... So I wouldn't be the type who would.... But some brothers are really caring and would do it.... I don't believe it.... Just throwing out a WILD possibility. AFM

well what about his fairth in her room (im assuming it is him) a "little sis" might have a family potrait, but i dont think they would have one of just thier " big brother"-Leon

Wait when did it say that in the books we saw the inside of her room?--Eragon man 15:13, 31 July

2007 (PDT)

Sometime in Eldest..... when Eragon first learned that he would have to make something for the Blood Oath celbration. He went to try and find Arya at her place. AFM

Well, i think Eragon and Arya are gonna be together in Book 3. All signs (or almost all) point to it, so why not? I know Arya rejects Mr. E. Shadeslayer PLENTY of times, but here's why: She is in love with him, but she's hiding it because she doesn't want to distract him from his duties and maybe she thinks they wouldn't do well together since she's an Elf and he's a human. As for her falling in love with Murtagh, that is totally NOT gonna happen. He does say she's beautiful when Eragon and him rescue her from Gil'ead, but beyond that he shows no romantic interest in her and she shows none to him. I also think Eragon and Arya are gonna get hitched because there's like no one else for him to get together with. Well, there is, I guess, but most of these chicks I'm about to list are highly unlikely. the only possibilities for a love interest are: Arya, Nasuada, Trianna, Katrina, or some girl we haven't met yet. Okay. Katrina is totally not gonna be it. She's engaged to Eragon's COUSIN, for crying out loud! do you really think Eragon's gonna fall in love with his cousin's fiancee. No way. Trianna? Probably not. Eragon did show a little interest in her in Eldest, but nothing really came of that. And she even gets kinda mad at him later on in the book, so I don't think she's the one. Nasuada? Well...maybe. She's black and he's white, but I don't think Eragon's some kind of racist, so I don't think that'll be a probalem. But probably they'll go on being friends but won't fall in love. What's more likely is that Nasuada will go with Murtagh. There are several hints in Eragon and Eldest that they like each other. As for a new girl being introduced; it could happen, but I don't think it will. what's most likely is that Eragon and Arya will end up together. (Oh, and by the way, I think Arya will be the rider of the green dragon and I also think she was in love with Faolin before he got killed. You guys seem to think they were brother and sister, but I think they were in love.) -- Beautiful Elf

Good thinking --Axle Grease 12:57, 6 September 2007 (EST)

well, not everyone thought they were bro and sis, maybe no one did, it was more of a discusion of possibilities. i definatly think they were in love though-Leon