Ep. 72 - Eldest: The Beginning of Wisdom & Broken Egg and Scattered Nest

About this episode

The hosts discuss Eragon's growth and the events of specific chapters in Eldest, highlighting themes of embarrassment and relationships.

Has Eragon finally learned his lesson? Lucy and Darien suffer major second-hand embarrassment in Eldest chapter 46, “The Beginning of Wisdom,” and Chapter 47, “Broken Egg and Scattered Nest.” Talking points include Eragon promising to be cool with Arya from now on, Arya revealing herself to a basic bitch (affectionate), a last-minute arts and crafts assignment, some deep dragon lore, the hosts doubling down on how it would be cooler/make more sense for all Riders to look like their dragons, Saphira experiencing the brutal sting of rejection, and the looming threat of the next set of chapters. Content Warning: This episode contains mention of child death. Sparks of Inspiration Darien fell in love with Bea Fitzgerald’s The End Crowns All. Lucy is (was) so happy with the increase in sunlight hours. Share your Sparks of Inspiration or your thoughts about Eragon with us on Instagram ⁠ ⁠@EragonPod⁠ ⁠ or send an email to eragonpod@gmail.com (Here it is, Owen!!) Snag your own ⁠EABA merch!⁠ Help Lucy meet Toothless at Universal Epic Universe AND listen to our bonus episode about The Legend of Zelda and When Women Were Dragons by supporting the show on Patreon: ⁠…

People in this episode

Hosts: Lucy Hart, Darien Smartt

Topics covered

• Eragon's character development
• dragon lore
• relationships
• embarrassment
• literary analysis

Keywords

• Eragon
• Eldest
• dragon lore
• Arya
• child death
• literary discussion
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Instagram, Universal Epic Universe

Books & works: Eldest, The End Crowns All, The Legend of Zelda, When Women Were Dragons

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