The part where he gets a "look of passion", and suddenly Eragon gets a tickling feeling in his legs? I half expected Chris Hansen to step out and give one of his one liners. Perhaps: "You're not working anymore magic, today, buddy. Why don't you sit down at that table over there."

And then there's the fact that he stared at Eragon seizing on the ground, without helping.

Oh yeah. Creepy as hell, not to mention a complete jerk. Remember too that this is the same guy who saw a desolate, bereft boy who had lost his soulmate, and told him to fuck off and deal. And who stood by and let one of his students mercilessly bully the other.

Second of all, that message usually is like "Be yourself... as long as it doesn't make anyone uncomfortable."

Yeah, no kidding...

We want to see characters that use clever or out of the box solutions to solve problems, not just blast their way out of it.

Hell yeah. The over-powered character who just bruteforces his way to victory the way Eragon does is BORING. Not to mention impossible to relate to. Unless you too are an arrogant bully with superpowers, I suppose...