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[–] [email protected] 103 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That's not Paul, that's his son who turns into the worm.

[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Leto II mentioned that Paul also saw the Golden Path, but was too weak to implement it and instead went into the desert as the Preacher. It wasn't mentioned that worm transformation was required for the Golden Path to succeed, but it gave Leto longevity to oversee it.

What I'm trying to say is that Paul likely thought about transforming into the worm.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My interpretation agrees with you. I suppose it's possible he only saw the thousands of years of being a tyrant and was rejecting that. But I still think he saw the worm transformation.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Major Dune spoilers:

Isn't that pretty explicit in Children? Leto II frequently chastises his genetic memory father/actual father for being a coward to afraid to commit to the golden path. Paul saw where the golden path led and couldn't do it so he becomes the Preacher whereas Leto saw what was needed to guide humanity and thus sacrificed his to become The Tyrant

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago

When the preacher saw leto fused with the sand worms he said something to the effect of "so you've chosen that path". Which more than slightly implies he did see the worm part

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (11 children)

It’s really getting to me how many people are memeing Paul turning into a worm.

It feels like it’s a fact that was misinterpreted from one of those “7 CRAZY Things that Happen in the DUNE Novels - You’ll never believe number 6!” Videos. But because they haven’t read the books, they assume it must be Paul that worms out because he’s the Main Character, right?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Little do people know the real main character of the saga died in the first act of the first book.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Shadout Mapes

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I get the frustration but it's still funny.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I could swear that he was the one... but also I never even consider reading the books and all my knowledge comes from YT videos and podcasts lol

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Sorry but that's not accurate. It is definitely his son. There's evidence Paul considers it but Leto II is the one who actually merges with the worms

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What if I were a dirty hobo philosopher who shows up unexpected in like 20 years?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Depends, can you see the future?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Depends on the amount of mind altering drugs I'm currently on.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)

A worm? God Emperor. It all goes weird when he splits into sandpuppies though.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (7 children)

How many Duncan Idahos can you need

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

All of them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Better question - How many Duncan Idahos does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I need 2 Duncan Idahos per every Jan Michael Vincent

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was weird when the sand puppies merged into the worm. It was less weird when thousands of years later they were like… nah, we out.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

The weird part is absolutely "a lot of sand puppies biting this dude's arms at the same time somehow turns them and him into an immortal worm." With that context, "they stop being a worm by not biting him anymore" makes perfect sense.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You skipped a generation. Let's wait and see who they cast as Leto II and Ghanima for Children Of Dune... if they get there at all.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Weird fashion style to have your nose hair braided to your hair, I think you should shave it tho

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

“Yeah you’re right”

shaves it off, dies of dehydration two hours later

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Become a worm, to do what your father was too scared to. Rule as a tyrant for three thousand years to fundamentally shake shit up and keep shit shook up. Die. Shit comes back as if nothing ever happened.

(I haven’t read Heretics and ChapterHouse for a while)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think the last coming back was a Brian Herbert thing because Frank spent too much time beating his children and not enough telling them that Paul is actually a bad guy.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I like this template - this might be better than Anakin v Padmé

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

A blank template for your duneposting needs (I pulled it from a trailer so the frames don't quite match, but image quality is better)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Should we tell them about that time every major character gets reborn as a child clone thousands of years later so they can be chased by 2 beings, one of which is named Marty?

No, not yet? Ok....

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

This is an absolutely outstanding meme my good fellow hear hear well done and jolly good show what

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"I can control genital temperature."

"Layla had her orgasm."

Seriously, Frank and George must've been friends at some point (Lucas or R. R. Martin, take your pick, they're both pervs lol)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

It's not perverted for a woman to have an orgasm.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

God Emperor has a lot of super cringey stuff in it. This is, imo, the worst. In addition to being cringey, it is maybe some of the worst writing I have ever seen.

Basically, Duncan Idaho is climbing this like 3km tall wall for reasons that I won't get into while Nayla (who is one of Leto II's weird mutant fanatical female bodyguards/soldiers who he orders to have sex with his enemies/allies for political reasons) gets progressively hornier, saying things like "[if Duncan climbs that wall] I think I'll have an orgasm". This goes on for a whole chapter. Like 30+ pages of this iirc. Then Duncan finishes climbing the wall and Hugo and Nebula award winning author Frank Herbert ends this weird horny fanfic of a chapter with "And then Nayla had her orgasm". The whole thing is ridiculously gratuitous, serves almost no purpose, and drags on in a book that already seriously needed to be edited.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I once asked my wife if Jason Momoa could make a woman come just by climbing a mountain. They said yes, so I guess he was perfectly cast.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

What if our kids are abominations, and one turns into a worm?

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