In the movie there's this deleted scene where Lucy visits Max' place - and the e try way is a bright blue, there's a jukebox in the most brilliantly bright colours, a ferris wheel miniature that moves on its own. Everything in the rooms we're shown is brightly coloured, and very much a collection of curiosities. But then again - they are modern curiosities.
Now, upstairs, however, he tends to collect things from his past, the times he has lived through. Like a victorian study, like a bedroom with items dating as far back as the early 1600s. Upstairs is a place where visitors won't go, so that's where he'll keep the items of his past.
If you were to truly look at it, his whole house was just a collection of curiosities.
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Prompt request- 6 and 18?
6. Why are you completely drenched?
18. Is he always like this?
I hope you like this!💜
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The store was quiet tonight. Usually, it was filled with young teens trying to decide what movie to watch or young couples in search of a good flick to put on. Now, it was quiet. The only noise audible was the static coming from the dozen television screens showing clips from several movies.
It was weird for it to be so quiet on a Friday night, but in all honesty, I couldn't really be bothered. Maybe if it stayed this quiet, I could go home early and have some time for myself. I sighed as I leaned on the counter, staring at the boardwalk. The sign on the door clearly said open - on the right side, I checked that one twice already - and even the door was propped open. The boardwalk itself was quite busy, but hardly anyone even looked towards the store. I sighed as I flipped through a magazine, finding the reason: some big-time artist was performing down the beach. That explained a lot. It would also mean that afterwards it would get busy.
"Jesus, you look like a walking depression!"
I looked up with an annoyed glare. Paul stood in the doorway, blocking any potential customer from entering.
"I do not. I look like an exhausted and bored customer service worker."
"Isn't that the same thing?"
I laughed, causing him to grin. He stepped into the store, a loud sloshing sound following him with every step he took. I frowned, looking at him.
"What did you do?"
"Nothing." He shrugged. I looked at him, then at his clothes and realised in the bright light of the store that he was soaking wet.
"Why are you completely drenched?" I asked, slightly panicking. Max would not be happy with this...
"I fell in the ocean."
"You fell? In the ocean?"
He nodded, jumping up to sit on the counter. I quickly pushed him off, earning an annoyed 'Hey!'.
"No, listen - you get the whole store wet, and I am the one that gets to clean it and gets to deal with an angry Max."
"He wouldn't get angry with you."
"He would, Paul. Either get out of the store or help dry everything off."
"I'll go!"
With that, he left, leaving a long wet trail behind. I sighed as I searched in the back for a mop and a bucket. That asshole. Sure, I was no longer bored, but I preferred being bored over cleaning up someone else's mess. I found the mop in the corner of the broomcloset and made my way back out on the floor. With an annoyed and tired sigh, I got to work, quickly cleaning up the wet footprints.
"Have you seen Paul?"
I jumped, almost kicking the bucket I'd used to empty the mop in over the floor. David stood in front of me.
"Hold on," I said as I grabbed the bucket and placed it on the counter, quickly calming myself down. It was a miracle how someone who wore that kind of boots could make so little noise.
"Well?"
"Yeah. He was here."
"What did he do this time?"
He must have picked up on my mood - although that wasn't that difficult to do. I motioned towards the - clean - wet floor and the mop leaning against the counter.
"Is he always like this?" I asked. Surely, he wasn't, right?
"Chaotic and an asshole?"
"You said it, not me."
"He is."
I nodded. It was good to know that I wasn't anything personal anyway.
"He's also very adamant to visit you every night."
"I see all of you each night." I countered - they always came in to bother Max.
"He comes in for you."
"Why?"
"Ask him. Not my thing to tell."
I sighed, rolling my eyes. "You're just as much an asshole as he is, you know that?"
David just grinned, a sudden unpredictability in his eyes. "I'm worse, darling."
I shivered. "Well, if you do find Paul, could you tell him to come back?"
David nodded as he lit a cigarette. I decided not to mention anything about it. That was a Max problem - if he didn't want anyone to smoke in his store, he should enforce that rule with the most problematic customers, and not the customer service worker working for a minimum wage.
He left the store, and I finished cleaning up Paul's mess. It got me wondering, though, why was he so adamant about coming here each night and talking to me? None of the other boys really paid much attention, but Paul? Besides the obvious tomfoolery in his act, he was quite sweet. One time, he'd gotten me dinner when he realised I forgot to eat. He always checked up on me, even stepped in one time when I had a difficult customer. And I always did like to see him. It did cheer me up. It did make me feel more relaxed. So, I thought to myself, if he comes in here and I ask him why and he tells me he likes me - maybe I actually like him too?
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A parallel I love in Dune: Part 2 (so… spoilers. duh.)
(I did not realize this on my own, it was Nikhil Clayton’s tiktok that pointed this out so go check out his video)
When we’re introduced to Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen he’s fighting what the Harkonnens believe are the last three members of House Atreides. Two of the three men are bigger and more imposing while the other one is skinnier and looks weaker by comparison. But the two bigger ones are actually drugged and easily bested by Feyd-Rautha, while the skinnier one isn’t and is actually able to have a fair duel with Feyd-Rautha. The duel goes on until both fighters are fighting over one knife and eventually Feyd-Rautha is able to beat the skinnier fighter and supposedly destroy all of House Atreides.
Then later in the movie, Paul finds out that he is part Harkonnen due to Lady Jessica being The Baron’s daughter. Later when Paul is asked what he’s gonna do to stop the Harkonnens, Paul responds with something along the lines of “We’re Harkonnens, that’s how we’ll win. By being Harkonnens.” (again, I am paraphrasing that).
And that’s exactly what Paul does. When it comes to the Harkonnens, there are three faces that come to mind in the movie, the Baron, Rabban, and Feyd-Rautha and look-wise, the Baron and Rabban are much bigger and more imposing, so you’d think they’d be a bigger challenge, but no, Paul and Gurney are able to defeat those two very easily. Leaving only Feyd-Rautha, the skinnier one of the three, to have an actual fair duel with Paul, where it eventually comes down them fighting for the control of one knife until Paul eventually gets the upper hand and defeats Feyd-Rautha.
So when we see Feyd-Rautha in the arena, he is literally showing us how he and his family will be taken down and when Paul says they defeat House Harkonnen by being Harkonnens, he’s saying he will do the exact same thing we saw Feyd-Rautha do to defeat House Atreides.
I just think that that’s all really neat.
Thanks for reading!
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