#the m x n relationship goes from 0 to 100 without explanation or proper development

[eliza-makepeace]

I agree. Murtagh needs someone who'll give him peace, and that includes a life away from court, where he can be his own self without outward opinion. If he stays with nasuada he'll have to be prince consort, his children's safety (and claim to the throne) will be put to the test because of who he is. He wants a home, a family, warmth and peace. Not being around backstabbing noblemen all his life. He hated being at uru'baen. It being renamed into Ilirea won't change that.

And tbh there's no way someone with murtagh's life experiences would fall in love easily, especially not with someone he barely knows and is mostly on the enemy side of the war.

I know many of you will most probably kill me if I say this, but I need to take it out: I honestly feel like Chris didn’t develop Murtagh and Nasuada the way he should have. I mean, their supposed relationship. It would be great if they were together in a near future, I’m not hating on the ship, but it felt as if out of absolutely nothing Christopher decided to put them together… Murtagh decides to convince Galbatorix to bring her to Uru'baen to save her from getting killed and they’ve only spoken once. It’s not like he was already in love with her. If it had been Eragon instead of Murtagh, he may have fallen in love more easily, but we’re talking about Murtagh. This young man has enormous trust issues and I highly doubt that just because he thinks Nasuada is fantastically fabulous he would fall for her. It would take him way more time to do that merely because of his upbringing and so forth. And then, when he takes her and Galbatorix forces him to torture her… Yes, they do get to talk and sort of befriend each other, but I don’t see how –also we have to understand they know each other very little from before their current situation– someone like Murtagh would go to the extreme of literally risking his life for someone he knows very little. I am the first one that wants Murtagh to be happy and I think Nasuada is perfect for him, but considering Murtagh's– and even Nasuada's– way of thinking… It feels like, in order for them to actually be in love with each other, they’d need to know each other way better… I don’t know….

[everythingloveandanimated]

I remember thinking (and hoping) that Alín would be a good match for Murtagh. Once she gets some more real world experience and matures and grows up a bit, I think she’ll be a candidate for him. She did help him in the battle in Oth Orum beneath the village, so she’s not opposed to fisticuffs, but she definitely needs to be trained in combat. It doesn’t need to be at Murtagh’s level, but she at least needs to be able to quickly strike to incapacitate.

She also knows how to dance and Murtagh should have a partner that dances. Murtagh also needs moments to dance for the joy of it. (Party at Carvahall. If there is any talk, it’s about events outside the valley or business or family or town gossip. A far cry from political machinations of the balls he grew up in.)

She also has a good relationship with Thorn, which would be important for any woman Murtagh ends up with. Though I would feel better if she didn’t have such a deified perspective of Thorn. Murtagh’s partner should snark with Thorn. All three of them would love it.

I know many of you will most probably kill me if I say this, but I need to take it out: I honestly feel like Chris didn’t develop Murtagh and Nasuada the way he should have. I mean, their supposed relationship. It would be great if they were together in a near future, I’m not hating on the ship, but it felt as if out of absolutely nothing Christopher decided to put them together… Murtagh decides to convince Galbatorix to bring her to Uru'baen to save her from getting killed and they’ve only spoken once. It’s not like he was already in love with her. If it had been Eragon instead of Murtagh, he may have fallen in love more easily, but we’re talking about Murtagh. This young man has enormous trust issues and I highly doubt that just because he thinks Nasuada is fantastically fabulous he would fall for her. It would take him way more time to do that merely because of his upbringing and so forth. And then, when he takes her and Galbatorix forces him to torture her… Yes, they do get to talk and sort of befriend each other, but I don’t see how –also we have to understand they know each other very little from before their current situation– someone like Murtagh would go to the extreme of literally risking his life for someone he knows very little. I am the first one that wants Murtagh to be happy and I think Nasuada is perfect for him, but considering Murtagh's– and even Nasuada's– way of thinking… It feels like, in order for them to actually be in love with each other, they’d need to know each other way better… I don’t know….