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theskyexists · 6 months

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It's funny how... They desperately try to update a story and almost succeed and make it make sense and the women get interesting roles and the gender essentialism is made 'unfortunate' or changed but then the story has to return to the original vision and Chani the Warrior, Chani the Clear-Sighted cannot tell Paul: you piece of shit. If you want to be emperor, alright, but let my people go. Leave this place. Give me the nuclear codes.

The original books said: this was inevitable. But it wasn't. And the films definitely make this clear. But they have to say the same thing or it truly isn't the same story anymore: this was inevitable.

Though it wasn't.

#even if most of her people are lost to lisan al gaib and the jihad... not all...#1. paul could have chosen to die in a million futures where he doesnt win: didnt #2. paul could have said: ok i got arrakis now: i got the spicefields hostage: ive got the emperor: we are starting our terraforming and not #doing the war #3. he could have knelt to chani and said: heres my blood heres my ring you get the nuclear codes im at your service #4. he could have chosen to die again after having bested the emperor by trying to ascend without an army behind him #well ANYWAYYYY #chani HAD to be silent and silenced to make the story work #not speak a single word to him again #dune #my stuff

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