fic: in the night light (we still shine bright) // brom&morzan // inheritance, pre-series
title: in the night light (we still shine bright)
fandom: inheritance
rating: pg
pairing/characters: brom, morzan (morzan/galbatorix, unreq. brom/morzan)
warnings: brisingr spoilers, kind of incest? forsworn continuity, but i'm pretty sure no one cares.
disclaimer: inheritance & all characters belongs to chris paolini, and his thesaurus. the title comes ( Read more... )
fandom: inheritance
rating: pg
pairing/characters: brom, morzan (morzan/galbatorix, unreq. brom/morzan)
warnings: brisingr spoilers, kind of incest? forsworn continuity, but i'm pretty sure no one cares.
disclaimer: inheritance & all characters belongs to chris paolini, and his thesaurus. the title comes ( Read more... )
Okay. So there's not actually a clear thing that I wrote which is how this version of Saphira died, but have some tl;dr in which I try to explain this bit anyway?
-The reason it feels awkward is because I suck and basically wanted to shoehorn in this whole conversation that I really wanted to write, ever since we learned that the dragons forgot their names. (Because Galbatorix is pretty freaking smart, like he wouldn't figure that out before it happened!)
-Saphira got killed by Galbatorix, I think--Brom came to them, before (because he was totally in love with Morzan I DON'T CARE WHAT CANON SAYS ABOUT BROTHERLINESS) and asked to join their side, and Morzan said, fuck no, because he actually likes Brom and knows that they are brothers (oh, god, trust me you don't want the whole convoluted backstory on that one)-- and Brom was all trying to save her and Morzan stopped him, held him back, because it was the only way to keep Brom from getting mixed up in their whole crazy plan to save the world. (Because obvs. the Dragon Riders suck, and there is like, some big flaw in the system that Galbatorix sees and needs to fix. [Okay, there are some kinks I'm working out in my fanon. :P])
-Galbatorix has this whole crazy set of wards around Morzan (because he is obsessive & protective of the people he loves, ever since his dragon died!) and one of them kind of dampens aggression, so Brom is pretty fucking pissed but he can't actually, like, feel it; plus he's in shock, plus there's still a remnant of his being in love with Morzan that will never quite go away, though over time it morphs into "oh my god you asshole i will kill you stone-dead".
[haha of -course- i don't mind you poking at my fic! i've never met anyone who actually understood what kind of fandom-crap i was babbling on about before either. ;)]
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>>because he was totally in love with Morzan I DON'T CARE WHAT CANON SAYS ABOUT BROTHERLINESS
YES. YES AND YES. There was so NOTHING about "brotherliness" in Eldest, either, okay. I remember Oromis talking about "the depth of Brom's affection for [Morzan]" and I remember giggling my fool head off. IT WAS LOVE, DAMMIT.
Also I do feel Brom may be the biggest chunk of wasted potential. I wonder if CP ever realized how fucking awesome that backstory was? I feel like he's starting to.
ARGH longer comment later because I SO have more to say. XDDD
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Hi, Pot; my name is Kettle. I think we may have a few things in common. XD
I can sympathize with the desire to make Morzan (or any villain) a sympathetic character, one with good motives. Mine just...kind of isn't. His dragon hatched for him when he was younger than he ought to have been, and the two of them build each other up in the worst ways. He's a sociopath: he doesn't hate anyone, but he finds it very easy (and entertaining, a lot of the time) to hurt people.
ANYWAY this is totally not the place for me to blargh about my personal fanon, SO, back to yours. XDDD
>>-The reason it feels awkward is because I suck and basically wanted to shoehorn in this whole conversation that I really wanted to write, ever since we learned that the dragons forgot their names. (Because Galbatorix is pretty freaking smart, like he wouldn't figure that out before it happened!)
I totally know that feeling, and it's still a good conversation, so don't beat yourself up too much. :P I am utterly in love with the dragons losing their names--I'm as interested in the dragons as I am in their riders, and the idea of them doing that to other dragons is just, guh, I had to put the book down. It made me want to fic, too--I just haven't had the time.
I'm totally with you in, like, everything else you said in the next paragraph (I mean, again, not my fanon, but it makes sense on its own), and SO MUCH agreement on Galby wanting to "fix" the Dragonriders (isn't it implied in canon that they were a bunch of arrogant fucks?). I'm personally attached to Morzan being the one who kills Saphira, but, eh, to each their own, and I can see why that doesn't fit as well with your Morzan.
Your NEXT paragraph makes me realize that I do not give near enough thought to Galby. XD When I backstory (shut up, it is so a verb), I tend to focus obsessively on Oromis and Morzan and Brom and their dragons and later on the mess that is MorzanBrom in particular. I rather like the idea of Galby being super-protective, and it makes a lot of sense, really. *will be playing with this* Also, all of that is a pretty good explanation, and it probably would've been more clear if I'd read more of your fic beforehand.
Which I will totally do BUT atm I have to go help my roomies make dinner. Argh!
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GOD ELDEST WAS SO SHIT BUT AT THE SAME TIME. SO MUCH GAY, OMG. EVERYONE IN THIS SERIES IS A WHORE I SWEAR TO GOD, THOSE STDs IN ALAGAESIA MUST BE FLOURISHING. [haha, my bff lyra_hime and i were walking to her place after buying the book and i was reading out the oromis conversation about brom and morzan and we kept having to stop and double over laughing.]
Ugh, the backstory makes my heart do flippy circles. ILU, unspecified backstory of awesome! [i totally want like, highschool!au of the backstory kids? like, Vrael is the principal! Selena is a Mean Girl dating Morzan! Morzan is the cool guy who used to be friends with Brom until something happened when they were small! Galbatorix is a new teacher who is really not sleeping with one of his students! Brom is like, the bitter outcast! Jeod is the new kid! omg it would be so terrible and yet, awesome.]
WELL MY ERAGON IS A SOCIOPATH INSTEAD. SO MAYBE IT'S GENETIC. ...there should be a verse where everyone except, like, galbatorix is absolutely fucking crazy. (or possibly that's canon?)
See, the problem with my Morzan is that he's like, stereotypical uke. Freaking CLAMP.
OH MY GOD I WANT TO SPEND SO MANY WORDS TALKING ABOUT HOW THE DRAGONS FELT. I WANT TO READ SO MANY WORDS TALKING ABOUT THOSE DRAGONS.
[Basically? OH GOD FANDOM PLEASE GROW. PLEASE.]
Hmm, yeah, I can see how it would work better for sociopath!Morzan to have him kill first!Saphira. But my Morzan is a fluffy kitten at heart, so, um, yeah. That would be wildly OOC for him. (Only he is wildly OOC for canon, but whatever! I am still awesomesauce. xD)
OH MY GOD DO NOT GET ME STARTED ON THE WAYS THAT I LOVE GALBATORIX. THE MAN IS JUST-- AJRHAKLSD HE'S SO HOT. AND SMART. (hotsmart, even!)(plus, personalfanon!Galbatorix is a communist, which idek, just makes him like 7897234836 times more awesome.) AND OH MY HEART, I WILL NEVER STOP SHIPPING HIM WITH MORZAN. NEVER. NOT UNTIL I DIE. (and, um. super-protective galby? never not hot, okay. shutup he maybe hits like twenty of my kinks. :P)
...THIS MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL SORRY MY BAD. =D
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I HAVE WRITTEN HIGH SCHOOL AU WITH BACKSTORY FOLKS, IT IS MY SECRET SHAME.
WE NEED TO CONVERSE RE: THIS, FOR IT IS EPIC, ahahahahahahaha I am a horrible person. XDDDD
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OMGOMGOMGOMG I TOTALLY NEED THIS IN MY LIFE LIKE FOR SERIOUS! THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH CAPSLOCK IN THE WOOORLD TO PROPERLY DEPICT HOW MUCH I WANT THIS.
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>>THOSE STDs IN ALAGAESIA MUST BE FLOURISHING.
I consider it 100% canon that Oromis has AIDS. XDDDDD Seriously, Eldest, all that got me THROUGH Eldest was making NON. STOP. GAY JOKES. Between the super-gay backstory, the really CREEPILY sexual descriptions of Oromis (not even just the hairless groin, k), the Agaeti Blodhran (WTF FREAKY SEX PARTY), and the Murtagh-stuff that just read as SO slashy to me? IT WAS A PRETTY EASY READ ONCE HE GOT TO ELFLAND.
>>WELL MY ERAGON IS A SOCIOPATH INSTEAD. SO MAYBE IT'S GENETIC. ...there should be a verse where everyone except, like, galbatorix is absolutely fucking crazy. (or possibly that's canon?)
I mean, if you really look at these characters objectively, between the codependent dragons and the teenagers who are totally okay with killing LOTS and LOTS of people, Galby IS sane by comparison.
>>See, the problem with my Morzan is that he's like, stereotypical uke. Freaking CLAMP.
AHAHAHA PERFECT. YOURS IS SUBARU. MINE IS SEISHIROU. THEY SHOULD HAVE SEX.
And...fuck, I write about the dragons all the time. They are my favorites. :( And it's ANNOYING because it's like...I'm only writing about them BECAUSE I WANT TO READ ABOUT THEM, it'd be so much easier if someone else was doing it. :(
And re: your Morzan killing Saphira, yeah, that was the impression I got from your description, that for him it'd be OOC. XD Which is fine! Different fanon, I can respect this~
AHAHAHA YOU ARE WITH GALBY LIKE I AM WITH...i dunno LIKE EIGHT MILLION OTHER CHARACTERS; he is TOTALLY MY TYPE but sadly I think he just hit me at the wrong time. XD I AM MORE INCLINED TOWARDS THE BROM/MORZAN AND SELENA/MORZAN/BROM I MUST ADMIT. BUT I AM OPEN TO CONVERSION AND YOUR GALBY SOUNDS LIKE AWESOMESAUCE.
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...ME TOO. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ;)
-IT WAS A PRETTY EASY READ ONCE HE GOT TO ELFLAND.
IDEK BUT I LOLD. (WHO WANTS TO BET WHERE ARYA WAS CONCEIVED?)
I kind of want Galbatorix to end up being the Best Thing Ever for Murtagh? Like, IDEK, it would be hilarious if the "torture" that Murtagh was complaining about was, like, "NO YOU CANNOT GET DRUNK ON A SCHOOL NIGHT GO TO BED AT A REASONABLE HOUR", and "NO MURTAGH, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO KILL THESE PEOPLE (maybe later)" and Thorn was normal-growing! Saphira was just stunted, because Eragon is a loser!
-YOURS IS SUBARU. MINE IS SEISHIROU.
HAHA OMG THAT SEEMS SO WEIRD TO ME! BECAUSE MY GALBATORIX IS SEISHIROU AND slkjfdslkjf HOW WEIRD/COOL IS THAT. [dude, your morzan and my galbatorix would be epic and hi~larious.]
-And...fuck, I write about the dragons all the time.
OKAY WHAT. WHERE. NOW PLZ. (haha, i keep searching desperately for fic in this fandom and i tell you, it is hard work. SAVE ME.)
...God, I so want to read what happened with your Morzan and first!Saphira and Brom! Your fanon seems really cool~ :)
-BUT I AM OPEN TO CONVERSION AND YOUR GALBY SOUNDS LIKE AWESOMESAUCE.
OH IT IS ON. ONCE YOU ARE ON AIM? GET PREPARED. -goes through backlog of fanon that lists reasons why galbatorix is awesome-
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THIS IS THE BEST VERSION OF CANON EVER. I WANT TO FIC THIS. DEAR GOD, MOTHER!GALBY. THIS MUST BE DONE.
>>HAHA OMG THAT SEEMS SO WEIRD TO ME! BECAUSE MY GALBATORIX IS SEISHIROU AND slkjfdslkjf HOW WEIRD/COOL IS THAT. [dude, your morzan and my galbatorix would be epic and hi~larious.]
I feel like my Galby is not that far off from yours? Probably a bit crazier. ...And less than fixated on Morzan. Okay, possibly very far off from yours. XDDDDD I feel like my Morzan would have a very similar dynamic, though, with both your Galby and mine.
I THINK THEY MIGHT TAKE OVER THE WORLD ohwait. That's sort of canon isn't it. EXCEPT THEN BROM HAPPENED damn you brommity.
>>OKAY WHAT. WHERE. NOW PLZ. (haha, i keep searching desperately for fic in this fandom and i tell you, it is hard work. SAVE ME.)
OKAY LIKE I DON'T POST IT ANYWHERE BECAUSE I HATE THIS FANDOM SO HARD. XDDDD YOU MAKE ME WANT TO POST THINGS THOUGH. IF YOU THINK SHURTYFIC IS WORTH IT I WILL GIVE IT A SHOT.
And actually gold_bluepoint has written a really creepy bit that is first!Saphira's actual death, in our fanon. It is somewhere on her LJ, because she is a good person and actually posts things, unlike me. It's just...not as good without context. And kind of disturbing. Because Morzan has the best of everything, and what's better than a dragon? A CANNIBAL DRAGON. WOOO. o_O But I will totally give you context if you'd like. 'Cause like. I want to share crazy fanon of win.
YAAAAAAY GALBY FANON! MAKE ME LOVE HIM, BECAUSE I KNOW I AM MISSING OUT. :D :D :D
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IT IS A VOID THAT MUST BE FILLED, OMG.
-EXCEPT THEN BROM HAPPENED
...goddamn you, Brom. [By which I mean: ILU LOTS BE MY BFF?] STILL THO. DO NOT MESS WITH GALBATORIX'S CAREFULLY LAID PLANS. (it will stop you getting laid.)
-IF YOU THINK SHURTYFIC IS WORTH IT I WILL GIVE IT A SHOT.
SHURTYFIC IS ABSOLUTELY NOT WORTH IT. It used to be okay? Like, there was either less dumb people or I was dumb enough not to care? But all/most of the intelligent people have migrated away, and the only people left are... not particularly good fandom participants.
ALSO: IT WILL SUCK YOUR SOUL.
-But I will totally give you context if you'd like. 'Cause like. I want to share crazy fanon of win.
I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH. God, I love your crazy fanon! (The only fic worth reading in this fandom is disturbing. Almost as a rule, anything that is not creepy as all hell, and warned as such, is really really shit.) CANNIBAL DRAGON FTW.
GALBY IS SMRT! HE TOOK OVER ALAGAESIA WITHIN LIKE, FIVE YEARS, WITH ONLY HIS WITS & SEX APPEAL AND ALL THE ATTRACTIVE TEENAGERS HE SEDUCED TO THE DARK SIDE. (WHAT UNTIL WE HAVE ACTUAL CANON I'M GOING TO ASSUME THE FORSWORN WERE ALL HOT TEENAGERS/YOUNG ADULTS K?)
...PLUS HE KICKED VRAEL IN THE CROTCH C'MON THAT'S AWESOME. (idk what Vrael has canonically done to make me hate him so much, but in my fanon he is a complete asshole, and I laugh gleefully when Galbatorix >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> him.)
I AM MAKING LISTS.
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AHAHAHA in my fanon Morzan is older than him XDDDD but not by much AND I AM TTLY WITH YOU ON THE REST. O GALBY. &hearts
>>...PLUS HE KICKED VRAEL IN THE CROTCH C'MON THAT'S AWESOME. (idk what Vrael has canonically done to make me hate him so much, but in my fanon he is a complete asshole, and I laugh gleefully when Galbatorix >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> him.)
I AGREE. VRAEL IS AN ASS IN MY FANON TOO AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHY, tho if there's any truth to the riders being all corrupt and shit before they went, IT MAKES SENSE. I mean.
Also that was the first thing I loved about the books, back when I was first reading them; Galby kicked him IN THE FORK OF THE LEGS and I was like "WHAT THE DRAGONRIDERS DON'T THINK TO WEAR CUPS?!" and I died laughing and then I was in love. Galbatorix >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Vrael, I agree wholeheartedly.
But then, elves are in general kind of obnoxious. This is canon! LOOK AT ARYA. "Yeah your religion that you've built your entire society on is bullshit, AREN'T I A GREAT DIPLOMAT."
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THAT TOTALLY EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCE IN DYNAMIC. (well, some of it.)
GALBY HAS HIS PRIORITIES STRAIGHT. Taking over the world, check. Surrounded by hot people, check. ♥
-VRAEL IS AN ASS IN MY FANON TOO
I THINK HE JUST HAS AN AIR OF ASS AROUND HIM. (he is my morzan's father! and my brom's father! i'm into that whole cyclical nature of things xD) I sincerely hope we find out that the Riders were douchebags pre-Galby; it's hinted at, right?
I LOVE INTELLIGENT PEOPLE. Galbatorix is intelligent. Vrael is not. ;)
I LOVE ARYA SO MUCH OMG. SHE'S SUCH A BITCH. SHE HATES LIKE EVERYONE. SHE HITS SO MANY OF MY KINKS ESPECIALLY NOW THAT ERAGON HAS STOPPED DESCRIBING HER HAIR SO MUCH.
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