#dune part ii spoilers

[beautyinsteadofashes]

I've seen a lot of people (mostly men if that's a factor) focus on how Chani was heart broken by Paul choosing Irulan. Am I the only one that thinks she's mostly upset that he's lost himself, is embracing/using the prophecy and waging war? She definitely cries as she summons the worm and is quiet and alone but in the room she's angry and staunch and doesn't bow to him. Their conversation about him not wanting to lose himself or lose her before they left for the South felt very important. Maybe I'm misinterpreting but I definitely felt like it was more nuanced and deeper than her just being his love interest. I think Zendaya and Denis made some really cool and powerful changes to her character.

[thedeadtravelfast]

Paul drinking the Water of Life:

Feyd if he drank the Water of Life:

[kurtskrow]

[baby-alia-speaks]

Well, I didn't love absolutely everything about Dune Part II, but I did love itty bitty Alia. Enough to make a whole new blog and name it after her. Also, I didn't have a Dune blog before. Here is where I shall put all my Dune post/reblogs from now on, I reckon. Even though I will probably always and forever continue to put EVERYTHING on main as well.

[saintsalia]

can’t wait for dune part ii to drop on streaming so i can gif fetus alia ❤️

[demigoddessqueens]

this feels canon to me

Paul: here’s to the love of my life, my soulmate, my heart of 5000 years, the mother of my legacy!

everyone on Arrakis: ….

Paul: and then here’s to my wife, Irulan

[theology101]

Me seeing Dune for the fifth time in the same theatre: “He’s gonna do it this time!”

Me, three hours later after Feyd-Rautha doesn’t kiss Paul in the final knife fight: “He forgor 😔”

[feyd-meowtha]

Paul: I'm coming home and you better not be Shai Hulud when I get there

Leto II:

[fukutomichi]

"Your father didn't believe in revenge"

[wormgodking]

IM SO FUCKING EXCITED FOR SPACE CRIME: IMPERIALISM METAPHOR FOR WESTERN EXPLOITATION OF OTHER COUNTRIES THE MOVIE

You guys don’t understand. He’a good and he’s evil. He’s a white savior. He’s a genetically engineered bioweapon spreading a false religion. His mere existence creates a religious fervor that culminates in a relentless jihad across the galaxy as millions are killed. He’s tortured by the unavoidable knowledge that he cannot control the genocide committed in his own name. His influence lasts millennia and culminates in his only son becoming a horrific worm god king man who abolishes incarceration and rules on sheer religious extremism alone. By saving the Fremen from their oppression and terraforming Dune into a paradise he undermines their entire cultural foundation of water scarcity via white saviorism. He’ll become a shell. His son will become a horror. The Fremen will become a ruined remnant of what they once were. All in the name of Muad’dib.

[thedeadtravelfast]

A prophet is not without honour -

but in his own country -

and among his own kin -

and in his own house.

Mark 6:4

[kurtskrow]

[redskull199987]

Guess who finally watched Dune Part II :D

!SPOILERS!

Ya'll, this movie sigle-handedly made me realize again just how much I love movies. It was so fucking awesome. Every littel Part about it

Let's start with the acting. And Oh boy, Every single actor and actress did their job perfectly. Everything felt so real. The Moment Paul drank the Water of Life??? You could literally see how he changed, how he embraced the fact that he is the Lissan Al-Gaib, the acting was literally perfect. And then there is freaking Austin Butler

This man has portrayed Feyd-Rautha so perfectly. When I read the Book, that was literally how I imagined him, it was awesome

Talking of Feyd-Rautha, the fight scene between him and Paul??? It was so good, my jaw literallly dropped when I saw it. The moment they stabbed each other being a reference to Part I where Gurney and Paul trained together, just chefs kiss.

Also, hear me out on Lady Jessica. I was so exited to see her become the Sayyadina. That transition from being a loving Mother to an Almost cult-like religous leader that pushes Paul into a direction of her wishes. It was portrayed beautifully. Let alone her character and Costume design. It was breathtaking.

Another thing that really blew my mind again, was the Soundtrack. Seriously, who let Hans Zimmer cook this hard?? The Soundtrack was literally one of the reasons I was so exited for Part II and was not dissapointed.

Let's also not forget the Scene where Paul rode on Shai Hulud for the first time. My jaw was literally on the Floor the entire Time. That was also one of the scenes, I was most exited for and man, I wanted to stand up and clap after it because it was so fucking awesome. The fact alone that the Fremen ride on the Sandworms has me giddy like a little kid.

And of course, the End, the beginning of the holy war. I must admit, I have not read past the first Book yet, but I am most exited to start now and I really hope that the Franchise gets continued. The final scenes just had so much power in them, you could almost feel the tension in the air, with Paul becoming the Emporer and leading the Fremen into battle. It was just mind-blowing.

[medievalfantasyqueen]

As a long term reader of Dune (I have read up till Heretics of Dune), it warms my heart to see the words Bene Gesserit and Kwisatz Haderach now being used by many more people around the world, and people walking into zoos' kangaroo mouse / jerboa habitats and going Muad'Dib.

Meanwhile, I also hope that in spite of the similarities - ie house versus house and politics - Dune is not A Song of Ice and Fire. There is a poignant difference, while ASOIAF was historical fantasy fiction, while Dune is a massively, sprawling story across not just years and kingdoms, but millenia and galaxies. Additionally, Dune is Herbert's nuanced attempt at tracing the possibilities of not only human exploration and colonisation of non-Earth planets outside of the Milky Way Galaxy, but also a tracking of how human history, politics, religion, cultures and languages would grow and converge and diverge and develop over time. You will see the characters speaking in variations of Arabic, of French, of English, of course - and with vestiges of Latin and Hebrew. The religion is a converged and developed mixture of Buddhism, Catholicism variants and Buddhism; you see Hadith being referenced, you see Bible books being referenced.

BOOK SPOILERS AHEAD ------

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Dune: Messiah is one of my favourite books because there is Duncan Idaho, there is Chani and the twins, Paul's blinding and sight at first and then the emotional pain of Chani's loss making him lose that sight, and then Paul walking away into the desert. Alia Atriedes, Jessica leaving in full realisation of the horrors she has unleashed and so damn much. And Paul being increasingly aware of the Tleilaxu plots.

[crash476]

Hey, spoilers for Dune Part 2, but what if Chani's already pregnant with the twins?

[reallyunluckyrunaway]

This is exactly how it played out...