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Does Arya Love Eragon???
Topic Started: Jul 23 2006, 06:24 AM (4,554 Views)
couragesoccer17
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I think she does love him, abd she will have a breakdown in the 3rd book, or some period where she has to make a deep decision involving her fate with Eragon.
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Time to break out DA BOMB!!! Here it goes! "My feelings for you are those of a friend and nothing more. I am grateful to you for rescuing me from Gil'ead, and I find your company pleasant. That is all.... Relinquish this quest of yours - It will only bring you heartache - and find someone your own age to spend the long years with." (this was all in the AL)

Here are two quotes from right before the battle:
"Arya never even looked at him while she walked."
After his appology:
"He had accomplished what he wanted to, but it seemed to have changed nothing between him and Arya."
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we were definitely on topic and we were talking about eragon getting arya to love him or to show that she loves him
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I'MNOTCRAZY
Jul 30 2006, 02:57 AM
Time to break out DA BOMB!!! Here it goes! "My feelings for you are those of a friend and nothing more. I am grateful to you for rescuing me from Gil'ead, and I find your company pleasant. That is all.... Relinquish this quest of yours - It will only bring you heartache - and find someone your own age to spend the long years with." (this was all in the AL)

Here are two quotes from right before the battle:
"Arya never even looked at him while she walked."
After his appology:
"He had accomplished what he wanted to, but it seemed to have changed nothing between him and Arya."

I have another quote; it's the one I told you about the fairth.

"Now then, " said Oromis, "how should Ayra have responded to your fairth? It's clear that you see her in a romantic light, yet─while I have no doubt Ayra is fond of you─a union between the two of you is impossible due to your own youth, culture, race, and responsibilities. Your interest has placed Ayra in an uncomfortable position. She dare not confront you, for fear of disrupting your training. But, as the queen's daughter, she cannot ignore you and risk offending a Rider─especially one upon so much depends.... Even if you were a fit match, Ayra would refrain from encouraging you so that you could devote all your energy to the task at hand. She would sacrifice her happiness for the greater good." Eldest, 388

The excerpt does not openly confirm Ayra's feeling for Eragon, yet it clearly states she's aware of all the circumstances against a union between the two. Being Ayra so honorable, she would sacrifice her feelings until her last breath, and not encourage Eragon becuse of her honorability.
I still sustain she has feelings for him. Feelings are not something that pop up from from one day to another. It begins with physical attraction and little by little it turns into something deeper.
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At the moment no. She even spoke it in the ancient language which pretty much you can't lie in and knowing arya and her character and whatnot she is not a person to lie. I think for now she really doesn't feel anything towards eragon except for a special bond or friendship. But, that is not to say that later, in book 3, arya may feel something more and a relationship might start.

There is also that theory that arya may have loved and still does love foalin but i doubt it. seeing all the evidence and stuff i just don't buy it or like the theory much. As much as I hope that arya loves or likes eragon I don't think she does but I mean looking at Eldest and seeing all the small hints in there about the two of them seems to mean something. I don't think Christopher would just leave it at that and be done with it. There will definitely be more to eragon and arya in the final book, whether they both fall in love or something else.
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I really don't think she has physical attraction toward Eragon. "My feelings for you are those of a friend and nothing more." The fairth quote doen't change her feelings. If she had feelings for him, then the circumstance would inhibit her from having a relationship with him, but seeing as she doesn't.... FEELINGS aren't changed by circumstance, including the one described by Oromis. ACTION is impaired by this circumstance. Feeling and acting upon them are two different things.
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Maybe she will over time fall in love with him. That is usually how it goes.
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Yeah, but she doesn't love him at all at the end of Eldest. She will begin to love him when she gets her dragon.
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couragesoccer17
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Yes, we've pretty much cleared up wether or not she loves him, but now the question is, will she begin to?
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Maybe she will over time fall in love with him. That is usually how it goes.


lol! Yeah it makes me laugh when I think about this. Why is it always like this in books like these or just books for the matter. :P
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Love ALWAYS makes a good storyline better!!! It will probably be after their dragons mate, and her feelings get messed up.
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True. The dragon's mating would definitly screw with their feelings.
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I really wish I would be able to separate the way the dragon mating in the Dragonriders of Pern series form the Inheritance series.
All CP picked up from the DoP was the mental talk between Rider and Dragon.

I do not believe the mating of the dragons will affect the Riders in CP's world as it does in MacCaffrey's. The point I am trying to present here is that Ayra has feelings for Eragon, not love, but she does have feelings and I do not think it's just as a friend. I understand her being so honorable, and trying to discourage or promote Eragon for pursuing a relationship with her, but for them to end up together, there would have to be some kind of feelings for Eragon.
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There are 4 types of love (all have greek names): Agapē (ἀγάπη agápē) means "love" in modern day Greek. The term s'agapo means "I love you" in Greek. The word "agapo" is the verb "I love". In Ancient Greek it often refers to a general affection or concern, rather than the physical attraction suggested by "eros";agape is used in ancient texts to denote one's feeling for a good meal, one's children, and the feelings one has for a spouse. However there are a large number of exceptions in non-Christian writing where the term is used in a context where it means lust. The verb appears in the New Testament describing, amongst other things, the relationship between Jesus and the beloved disciple. Many Christian scholars have consequently argued that the verb's use in the New Testament is simply to describe God's love for humanity, while other scholars have argued that it has more romantic connotations.
Eros (ἔρως érōs) is passionate love, with sensual desire and longing. The Modern Greek word "erotas" means "(romantic) love". Plato refined his own definition. Although eros is initially felt for a person, with contemplation it becomes an appreciation of the beauty within that person, or even becomes appreciation of beauty itself. It should be noted Plato does not talk of physical attraction as a necessary part of love, hence the use of the word platonic to mean, "without physical attraction". Plato also said Eros helps the soul recall knowledge of beauty, and contributes to an understanding of spiritual truth. Lovers and philosophers are all inspired to seek truth by eros. The most famous ancient work on the subject of eros is Plato's Symposium, which is a discussion among the students of Socrates on the nature of eros.
Philia (φιλία philía), means friendship in modern Greek, a dispassionate virtuous love, was a concept developed by Aristotle. It includes loyalty to friends, family, and community, and requires virtue, equality and familiarity. In ancient texts, philia denoted a general type of love, used for love between family, between friends, a desire or enjoyment of an activity, as well as between lovers.
Storge (στοργή storgē) means affection in modern Greek; it is natural affection, like that felt by parents for offspring. Rarely used in ancient works, and then almost exclusively as a descriptor of relationships within the family.
The only one of these which Arya fels for Eragon is Philia.

P.S. did i scare everybody by pasting all of this stuff from Wilipedia???
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Well Saphira did tell him that their feelings would be intimatly linked.
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