Ah yes Dune, we have witch bitch wizard Mother of the millennium, narrative successor accidental-deliberate genocidal religious despot, eldest daughter traumacore war criminal princess, the only one who can think straight but is doomed by falling in love with the said prophet-despot, 4 year old space cocaine abomination turned cult-leader, and fridged malewife. Family of all time truly.
"shes the embodiment of feminine energy in an amab body and also it wouldnt save her bc shes doomed to her fate but it would make her Better" - @bimbutchpride
"1. the way prescience works in the dune universe is super gender essentialist, so being the kwizats haderach basically makes paul the first non-binary person to EVER have existed in the dune universe (I'm not joking). the reason paul is fully prescient is because he can see into both the feminine and masculine parts of himself, which no one else can do. paul also transfers his ancestral memories into both his son AND daughter.
2. paul was "supposed" to be born afab. it's a huge plot point. thousands of years of breeding programs have been going on, and paul's sole intended purpose in that was to be a woman. being born amab is what makes paul the kwizats haderach, but the kwizats haderach was supposed to be born a generation later, so he existence screws everything up.
3. being the kwizats haderach (a.k.a. not being entirely spiritually male) makes paul super dysphoric. every time he chooses to use his inherently male ability to see into the future, he locks himself into that future, and that terrifies him. he feels doomed to grow up to fulfill his specifically masculine role. after growing up and becoming that man, he spends most of his time being super depressed and dissociating.
4. he is analogous to jesus and jesus is trans to me
in conclusion, puberty blockers and estrogen would not have only saved paul but also would have stopped maud'dib's jihad and saved 61 billion lives 馃様" @goat-boy-sounds
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fucked up reverse wedding iconography jessica waiting at the altar she built with her own hands to martyr her son upon! paul walking towards her clothed in white(ish) walking towards his own destruction and resurrection as something other.