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With the release of Murtagh: The World of Eragon I have been scouring Ao3 looking for Murtagh-centric fics and haven’t come up with much, at least fics that are completed, which is criminal.

Specifically, the tag “Murtagh Morzansson Needs a Hug” has 19 works and that is the only “Canonical” Freeform tag Murtagh has on Ao3

Since I’m still thinking about Murtagh, I guess I’ll share one of the ideas I’ve got bouncing around in my head.

I hope you’ve heard of the Regression trope because that’s what this is - what if Murtagh and Thorn died somehow, the specifics don’t matter at the moment, Murtagh woke up young again, maybe after his mother died, maybe before, both have interesting implications. Of course Murtagh would have to get Thorn’s egg somehow, maybe he’d use his future knowledge to steal it out from under Galbatorix’ nose, not even he would suspect a child to have stolen it. Obviously Thorn will have regressed as well, maybe he would hatch the moment he regressed and gone to Murtagh himself? One thing I’m particularly interested in would be Murtagh’s interactions with Brom while knowing who he is, one funny idea I had is one where Murtagh suddenly shows up on Garrow’s doorstep with the only explanation being that he ‘wanted to be with his brother’ Brom doing a double take upon seeing them together would be hilarious.

Unfortunately I don’t have the wherewithal to write this myself, I’d have to reread the entire series and I have an allergic reaction to the beginning of series I’ve already read before, don’t ask me why I don’t have an answer for you.

With the release of Murtagh: The World of Eragon I have been scouring Ao3 looking for Murtagh-centric fics and haven’t come up with much, at least fics that are completed, which is criminal.

Specifically, the tag “Murtagh Morzansson Needs a Hug” has 19 works and that is the only “Canonical” Freeform tag Murtagh has on Ao3

Relevant to my brainworm from earlier, I had the thought that since it’s always mentioned that Dragon magic is mysterious and that Murtagh dying would already send Thorn around the bend without the mind meld thing, he might do something crazy to get his rider back.

Me reading Eldest and Glaedr teaches how important it is to separate their minds if one of them is about to die to protect their partner from going mad to Saphira and Eragon: 🧐🤔

Me remembering that at the end of Murtagh Thorn and Murtagh full-on mindmeld while Murtagh is literally dying: 😯😟😥😢😭😭

Up to chapter 8 now, and another thing I really like about this story is how it slowly, so slowly, and in the background, shows the people of The Expedition getting closer, becoming tightly knit and fiercely loyal to each other, becoming denizens of a City. An expeditionary outpost left alone too long, forming a closely bonded community.

I’m tempted to read “The Ghost and The Raven” by Itar94 again, it’s not perfect, but it presses all my buttons. Only problem is that the first story alone is 130,000 words.

I mentioned in another one of my rambles that I like complicated family dynamics and oh boy do I have another one for you, this time from a manwha called “Revenge of the Iron-Blooded Sword Hound”. After being framed and killed by his father, Vikir regresses back to when he was born and makes it his life’s goal to get revenge on his father. If only it were that simple~

Did you think I was done with this? Wrong, one thing I’ve been thinking about recently is that I’d have to make it so Murtagh and Thorn got taught by Oromis and Glaedr, I don’t know how but I need that to happen. Oromis and Glaedr would be such a good stabilizing influence for them and it would be such great closure.

With the release of Murtagh: The World of Eragon I have been scouring Ao3 looking for Murtagh-centric fics and haven’t come up with much, at least fics that are completed, which is criminal.

Specifically, the tag “Murtagh Morzansson Needs a Hug” has 19 works and that is the only “Canonical” Freeform tag Murtagh has on Ao3

I finally scrounged up enough motivation to read System Collapse and oh my god, it’s amazing. When it first came to my library/Libby I got it and couldn’t manifest the interest required for my ADHD brain to read it, can’t remember why exactly, so I had to wait until I could get it again and it’s a lot more popular than I expected.

Side note, if you read the ebooks on Libby through the Kindle app you can just return the book right after you’ve gotten it on the app, Kindle handles the borrow separately from Libby so you can still read it for the whole month after you’ve gotten it even if you return it on Libby

Back to the main topic, I got so immersed in Murderbot fan fiction I kinda forgot what happened and what didn’t, so it took me a bit to connect the fact that this book is set right after Network Effect because I’m used to self contained stories, Fugitive Telemetry did not help with this.

This book basically wrapped up everything from Network Effect while also adding everything else I wanted in a new book, which I didn’t expect to happen in the same book but looking back at looks entirely feasible, witchcraft.

10/10 amazing addition to an amazing series

I will be completely honest, I was a bit wary from the impression I got from the summary but thank god it wasn’t some [REDACTED] nonsense again and something much more interesting and immediately palatable.

And just so you know I meant “[REDACTED]” not “redacted”, that is a very specific distinction.

I finally scrounged up enough motivation to read System Collapse and oh my god, it’s amazing. When it first came to my library/Libby I got it and couldn’t manifest the interest required for my ADHD brain to read it, can’t remember why exactly, so I had to wait until I could get it again and it’s a lot more popular than I expected.

Side note, if you read the ebooks on Libby through the Kindle app you can just return the book right after you’ve gotten it on the app, Kindle handles the borrow separately from Libby so you can still read it for the whole month after you’ve gotten it even if you return it on Libby

Back to the main topic, I got so immersed in Murderbot fan fiction I kinda forgot what happened and what didn’t, so it took me a bit to connect the fact that this book is set right after Network Effect because I’m used to self contained stories, Fugitive Telemetry did not help with this.

This book basically wrapped up everything from Network Effect while also adding everything else I wanted in a new book, which I didn’t expect to happen in the same book but looking back at looks entirely feasible, witchcraft.

10/10 amazing addition to an amazing series

Also, When will Murderbot get more drones?????? My Blorbo needs them!!!

I finally scrounged up enough motivation to read System Collapse and oh my god, it’s amazing. When it first came to my library/Libby I got it and couldn’t manifest the interest required for my ADHD brain to read it, can’t remember why exactly, so I had to wait until I could get it again and it’s a lot more popular than I expected.

Side note, if you read the ebooks on Libby through the Kindle app you can just return the book right after you’ve gotten it on the app, Kindle handles the borrow separately from Libby so you can still read it for the whole month after you’ve gotten it even if you return it on Libby

Back to the main topic, I got so immersed in Murderbot fan fiction I kinda forgot what happened and what didn’t, so it took me a bit to connect the fact that this book is set right after Network Effect because I’m used to self contained stories, Fugitive Telemetry did not help with this.

This book basically wrapped up everything from Network Effect while also adding everything else I wanted in a new book, which I didn’t expect to happen in the same book but looking back at looks entirely feasible, witchcraft.

10/10 amazing addition to an amazing series

I can’t escape, I went looking for memes and I found this

And if this doesn’t encapsulate this phase of Murderbot’s existence then I don’t know what will

I finally scrounged up enough motivation to read System Collapse and oh my god, it’s amazing. When it first came to my library/Libby I got it and couldn’t manifest the interest required for my ADHD brain to read it, can’t remember why exactly, so I had to wait until I could get it again and it’s a lot more popular than I expected.

Side note, if you read the ebooks on Libby through the Kindle app you can just return the book right after you’ve gotten it on the app, Kindle handles the borrow separately from Libby so you can still read it for the whole month after you’ve gotten it even if you return it on Libby

Back to the main topic, I got so immersed in Murderbot fan fiction I kinda forgot what happened and what didn’t, so it took me a bit to connect the fact that this book is set right after Network Effect because I’m used to self contained stories, Fugitive Telemetry did not help with this.

This book basically wrapped up everything from Network Effect while also adding everything else I wanted in a new book, which I didn’t expect to happen in the same book but looking back at looks entirely feasible, witchcraft.

10/10 amazing addition to an amazing series

I should put ADHD in my bio so people don’t think I’m insane, but then again, I am on Tumblr

Does tumblr just not include the long rambling reblogs to my posts when they show up on other people’s feeds or does tumblr just not tell me that that’s what they liked?

I should put ADHD in my bio so people don’t think I’m insane, but then again, I am on Tumblr

I swear replies just don’t work or I’m being ignored regularly

I should put ADHD in my bio so people don’t think I’m insane, but then again, I am on Tumblr

I need help finding Soundwave centric fics, I don’t care about who he’s shipped with really, which makes it difficult to search all the fics centered on him, so I’ll take recommendations

To get a feel for what I like, I’m a fan of The Echo Garden by Altraviolet (Obviously), and Living in a Lightless World by Darksidekelz

I decided to go back through The Nebula’s Civilization and take screenshots of LakRak. I’ve already taken 200 and I’m not even halfway through the available chapters

Your honor, I love him

I decided to go back through The Nebula’s Civilization and take screenshots of LakRak. I’ve already taken 200 and I’m not even halfway through the available chapters

Max Rockatansky is, in fact, one of my blorbos

I want him to be happy again

glad max friendly road

The blorbos, I love them

Didn’t want to spam your ask box, but I realized I was forgetting what I wanted to ask so here it is, maybe. Some of it might’ve been lost.

You mentioned at one point that Ratchet had mobility issues, but not what they were exactly.

Ratchet and Reg are battling to be my favorite, Austin is too similar to me to be my favorite unfortunately.

I can’t help but what to meddle with stories I really like, for instance I want to be a bit of a stalker and send Firestorm a picture of Ratchet in Backwater Downs, maybe with a clue on the back. I feel like that’s a fun idea to mess around with.

Most of Ratchet's mobility issues are in the parts of him that self-repaired instead of being fixed by a mechanic. His Plymouth Fury heritage gives him advanced self-repair, which is what kept him alive (that, and the roll-cage) during and after his crash. The mechanic that fixed him was hesitant to undo the self-repair's work since Ratchet was so precarious. The mechanic also did a lot of jury-rigging work, as Plymouths are a rarity in Australia. Now, his biggest issue is, his parking brake is useless. He can't do big hill starts anymore. Reg often drives behind him so that, if he gets stuck on a hill, he can roll back into Reg and do a normal hillstart. He also slips near cliffs or on beaches, and will roll if he falls asleep on an uneven surface. He can also be physically pushed around even with his brakes on. His left side axles were crimped in the crash and he can't go full lock to the left anymore. He also struggles with offroading, anything more than a dirt track is very difficult for him. He can't race on dirt at all anymore as it puts too much stress on his chassis. His A, B, and C pillars are all dented and were hammered and self-repaired into shape. His eyesight is much poorer than it used to be, and his muteness comes from the same damage. His brain simply can't connect the words and the sounds anymore. The front of his chassis rails are permanently twisted inwards which can feel uncomfortable for him, especially when he's turning hard - again, no offroading. His tailfins are not quite symmetrical anymore and it throws him off his line at high speeds and makes him stray to the right. His headlights also don't work 100% of the time, and his highbeams flicker terribly. The wiring is fucked.

His jaw clicks when he chews. This isn't a mobility issue but it didn't do that before the crash.

Austin I feel like doesn't get the full rep he deserves on here. It's very difficult for me to pack his entire character into a little comic because he has so SO much character. He is motivated by rage for decades and it twists him up inside. He's angry and bitter and anxious and horny and that's his 'good day'. He loves the dead and used to steal parts from graves and upgrade himself without anaesthetic. There is something deeply deeply wrong with him. He's absolutely my favourite because he is so fucked up but he's also so kind and loyal all the time. He would do anything for his friends and partners at the drop of a hat. But he also 100% is waiting for Reg to drop dead so he can take that delicious V10 for himself. And I do mean delicious. Which is to say just remember the version of him you see here is PG rated.

Realistically, Firestorm would never believe a picture of Ratchet (known to him as Ricochet) if he got one. Firestorm's business is perfectly legitimate, but he's not above running illegal stock behind the scenes. His association with Rundown also makes him a lot of enemies even in the criminal underbelly. Rundown has very few allies. So a picture of Ricochet, he'd just take that as an enemies' baiting attempt, albeit one in poor taste. It doesn't matter that the Fury in the photo has Ricochet's funny little twitch in his smile. Doesn't matter that he has matching warbles in his left fender, just like Ricochet had, from Firestorm's first attempt at panelbeating. Doesn't even matter that there's a red-eyed ragtop Hornet in the background, a model of car nearly impossible to find, who has Austin's missing tooth. Firestorm would never take the bait. He might store the photo away and he might lie awake at night, wondering about it, wishing desperately he was younger and more naive and stupid enough to pursue it. But he won't risk his family or his life. He has to make a decision, between chasing ghosts and raising his kids, and as much as it pains him he lets the photo sit in the dark album and gather dust with all the others.

BUT let's play in this for a second. Assuming there's a way to make Firestorm believe this isn't doctored, well, it doesn't matter that Backwater Downs is not even a town name, isn't even on the map. Doesn't matter that Ricochet has been missing for sixty years. Within a month of getting that photo, Firestorm is landing in Darwin International Airport. He storms out, buys a drum of water and drives south into the great flat lands.

Firestorm finding Ricochet is probably the worst way for them to reunite, because it makes Firestorm so incredibly, extremely angry. Sixty years and Ratchet never tried to reach out. Firestorm is so sick and tired of trying to hold his sibs together and he's sick of being forced to watch them drift away, and DIE, from apathy or petty arguments. Also in this timeline, Ratchet feels obliged to explain that he left because Robyn tried to kill him - shot him and everything. That would turn the whole situation into a disaster. The happier versions are when Ratchet comes back to America and reunites with Firestorm. He never reveals Robyn's crime, and he even allows Robyn to apologise to him, though he doesn't forgive her. She did a lot of damage, even if she hadn't meant it maliciously. And Firestorm is so happy to have Ricochet back home, he chooses to gloss over that yawning gap of "why didnt you call or text or write or fax or come home or-" that plays in his head constantly.

Fun fact, when Ratchet reunites with Firestorm, poor Rico gets a "Jr" tacked onto his name. Firestorm called him Junior on occasion, but thisis the first time Rico has to confront the fact he was named after someone that his dad missed dearly. And he hates being a Jr. He immediately tries to race Ratchet for his honour back and he gets his ass kicked. Ratchet then takes him out for beers and ice-cream and Rico Jr decides he has the best uncle in the whole world.