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the-gom-jabbar · 2 months

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The whole genetics project of the Bene Gesserit may have been dubbed a failure because Paul wasn't a girl but there was nothing stopping Paul and Feyd-Ruatha acting on that sexual tension they had in both book and film.

Paul could have taken Feyd as a third Consort. Just imagine Paul with his Empress Irulan and his wife Chani sitting at his side and Feyd just sprawled on the dais steps just wearing something scandalous like

You were right Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, wasted potential.

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is-it-bussin-hannibal · 25 days

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#frank herbert's dune #dune part two #paul muad'dib #paul atreides #feyd rautha harkonnen #duncan idaho #baron harkonnen #princess irulan #irulan corrino #reverend mother gaius helen mohiam #dune incorrect quotes #incorrect quotes #feydpaul #feyd rautha x paul atreides

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ellestra · 2 months

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Paul Muad'Dib Usul

Dune Part 2 had more changes to the story than Part 1. It's not just omitting stuff for the sake of time but also changing the roles of many prominent characters. On one hand I understand why it feels like changing the story and characters. I felt it too watching - especially with Jessica and Chani becoming so different.

But on the other I feel it makes final message clearer. There are so many people who mistake this for a hero's story. This is why the white saviour phrase is so often thrown around. I feel like this version of the ending makes it very clear that is in not what Paul becomes.

It makes it sadder too since we see him try to avoid this and just be part of his new home. But the weight of expectations of so many people leave very limited options - from the believers and Jessica to his old life and Gurney Halleck - they all push for what they want him to be so they can get their fight and their revenge. And none of them is interested in the cost. Just like Stilgar they see the opportunities to get what they want and ignore everything else (which really is so common in wars it's not surprising even 20 000 more years in the future nothing changes). So Paul is left with only two options - it's either swim with the current and keep some control over where it takes him or go against it and drown.

It is of course magnified by the other side doing all they can to stack the deck for themselves so it's either victory or annihilation. And trying to pull the rains out of the hands of forces controlling the universe is never not bloody.

Reverend Mother Mohiam admits here directly that Bene Gesserit didn't just want a Kwisatz Haderach. They wanted one they could control. Just like they planted religions to control the populaces of countless worlds. But this kind of manipulation is easy to get out of hand when infighting happens and in the end not even chosen one can chose how it ends.

Even knowing the truth doesn't stop it. Even knowing what will happen doesn't stop it. Avalanche of history only stops at the bottom and you can only hope not to be one buried by it. But you can still judge those who started it.

The parts under the cut are bit more spoilery (about spice and controlling the universe)

So I don't necessarily disagree with the changes. Like I understand why Alia the way she is in books wouldn't really work. And I certainly get why they cut Count Fenrig. But there is one thing I wish they did leave - the Space Guild confrontation. Because this is missing important part of the message - the person who rules the Empire isn't the Emperor but the one who controls spice. Paul taking the title is just a formality.

Spice has always been the clear metaphor for oil. Spice is what allows for space travel and without it world become stranded alone. People are literally addicted to it and its life prolonging properties. Who controls the Spice controls the universe. And the person who can destroy something controls it. And this means there is no stopping the jihad. No bombing Arrakis from space. No travel ban on Fremen from Spacing Guild.

This allows Paul to destroy the old balance of power. He controls it all but he only does it through fulfilling other people expectations of who he is. And that means he becomes figurehead of a holy war. Those who helped him win now awaiting their rewards in blood for all that was done to them.

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lucimiir · 1 month

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Reverend Mother Mohiam:

#the bene gesserit have… interesting priorities #dune #dune messiah #dune reread #reverend mother gaius helen mohiam #bene gesserit #paul atreides #alia atreides #irulan corrino #chani kynes #memes

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cressida-jayoungr · 6 months

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One Dress a Day Challenge

October: Black Redux

Dune / Charlotte Rampling as Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam

A great example of costume as worldbuilding, the Reverend Mother's robes and headdress evoke tradition, mystery, and power. The robe is made of some heavy, rich material with a subtle pattern that is hard to see in the dim lighting of the scene. The tall headdress suggests high rank and also confers an air of authority, while the coarse net veil hides her features just enough to make her inscrutable. All in all, a very effective costume that contributes to making this scene very memorable.

To see all that gravitas turned into something completely silly, check out this video:

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twlvie · 1 year

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misery's a family business.

#dune #sorry for duneposting again. NOT!! lmao #reverend mother gaius helen mohiam #jessica atreides #alia atreides #my art

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nearlydark · 12 days

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"I hold at your neck the gom jabbar" she said. "The gom jabbar, the high-handed enemy. It's a needle with a drop of poison on its tip. Ah-ah! Don't pull away or you'll feel that poison."

Paul tried to swallow in a dry throat. He could not take his attention from the seamed old face, the glistening eyes, the pale gums around silvery metal teeth that flashed as she spoke.

"A duke's son must know about poisons," she said. "Here's a new one for you: the gom jabbar. It only kills animals."

Dune: Part One (2021) // Dune by Frank Herbert (1965)

#Dune #Dune part one #Dune 2021 #Paul Atreides #gom jabbar #reverend mother #reverend mother gaius helen mohiam #charlotte rampling #timothee chalamet #Frank Herbert #Dune books #Dune saga #might brighten it a bit but yea this scene is dark in general #my gifs

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pandalandalopalis · 27 days

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Dune spoilers:

Young Charlotte Rampling, who plays the Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam and Timothée Chalamet who plays Paul Atreides aka the actors playing grandmother and grandson

The CASTING

#dune #dune spoilers #dune part two #timothée chalamet #timothee chalamet #charlotte rampling #paul atreides #gaius helen mohiam #reverend mother gaius helen mohiam #reverend mother #panda posts

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pristina-nomine · 2 years

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Dune Messiah character portraits by Marc Simonetti

#in love with all of them #look at that scytale #dune messiah #dune #marc simonetti #frank herbert #paul atreides #alia atreides #chani kynes #duncan idaho #hayt #princess irulan corrino #princess irulan #scytale #stilgar #bijaz #reverend mother gaius helen mohiam #edric #illustrazione

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selfiesforalgernon · 3 months

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When The Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam meets Alia

#dune #lol #Tomie #tomie reaction image #reverend mother gaius helen mohiam #st. alia of the knife #alia atreides #Alia drags everyone so bad in the second-to-last chapter of Dune lol spoilers #she basically snatches everyone's weave #“I do not obey the emperor's orders.. she knows” yoooooooo pogchamp

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haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted · 2 years

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Dune: War on Arrakis - Gaius Helen Mohaim by Steve Prescott

#Dune #Dune: War on Arrakis #Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam #Gaius Helen Mohiam #Sci-fi #Bene Gesserit #Concept Art #Design #Steve Prescott

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blandiglandville · 2 years

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she holds at your neck the gom jabbar while your hand is inside her oddly frightening box wyd

#rpdr all stars 7 #dune #reverend mother gaius helen mohiam #bene gesserit #jaida essence hall

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thenotoriousscuttlecliff · 2 months

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Reverend Mother Mohiam: We wouldn't be in this mess if Jessica had just done as she was told and had a daughter. Alia: 'Sup bitch. Reverend Mother Mohiam: I take that back. This is so much worse.

#dune #alia atreides #reverend mother mohiam #gaius helen mohiam #st alia of the knife #even if she hadn't been preborn ii bet alia still would've been a nightmare for the bene gesserit

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scarywardrobe · 2 months

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#Dune #Timothee Chalamet #Charlotte Rampling #Paul Atreides #Gaius Helen Mohiam #Reverend Mother #Bene Gesserit #film #Denis Villeneuve

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twlvie · 1 year

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GASLIGHT GATEKEEP GIRLBOSS !!! (⁠◠⁠‿⁠・⁠)⁠—⁠☆

#dune #reverend mother gaius helen mohiam #say that three times fast #category 5 evil old woman moment #more sci fi needs hags. witches even .

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artemistics · 2 months

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Paul swallowed. The figure in front of him turned into the moon's path and he saw an elfin face, black pits of eyes. The familiarity of that face, the features out of numberless visions in his earliest prescience, shocked Paul to stillness. He remembered the angry bravado with which he had once described this face-from-a-dream, telling the Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam: "I will meet her." And here was the face, but in no meeting he had ever dreamed.

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