#the dune saga

[bruisedconscience-reblogs]

idk if this makes any sense or not but that’s not my fault bc, i am reading dune

[beelze-bruh]

Navigator leftovers

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[userkhael]

REBECCA FERGUSON as Lady Jessica In Dune: Part Two (2024), dir. Denis Villeneuve

[texaschainsawmascara]

Anya Taylor Joy & Malcolm McRae wedding

[askarsjustsoswedish]

Alexander Skarsgård and Omar Sy Co-presented the SAG Award for Female Actor Drama Series on 24 February 2024.  Netflix Live.

[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

[dehautdesert]

What you need to understand is that all the things I've ever been obsessed with ever since I was a little girl are actually in conversation with/inspired by each other.

AKA the literary equivalent of the Habsburg family tree (It really explains how a lot of these guys come off as very similar even though the authors have never heard of each other e.g. Gen Queensthief and Lymond. It's because they share like 98% of their DNA and can be traced to 2 common ancestors. Captive Prince is basically that one guy who was so inbred he needed to eat through a straw because he couldn't open his jaw, and I say this in the most affectionate way possible.)

I'm pretty sure lots of these people have also been inspired by Dumas and Sabatini, but I can't find them saying so on record (only Lynn Flewelling cited Sabatini among her influences).

Other common influences that I didn't include because either I've never been more than lukewarm on them or because they're a cultural milestone everyone's read are Tolkien (obviously), Shakespeare (obviously), Mary Renault, Arthur Conan Doyle, Anne Rice, and obviously the Odyssey, the inventor of the guile hero. Other books inspired by these that I didn't include because I've never been more than lukewarm on them include Diana Gabaldon's Outlander, Cassandra Claire's entire opus, Christopher Ruocchio's Sun Eater, Scott Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamora (which I remember liking a lot when I was reading them, but I don't remember anything about them currently), and Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel series. And also a million Star Wars and ASOIAF copycats I guess. Thought I might list them anyway in case somebody used this as a reclist. Some rando on Reddit said that Martin cited Dunnett as one of his influences but I can't find where he said that? All I've found was an ancient forum post where he says he never read them.

*Pacat has cited ASOIAF as an influence on her Dark Rise books, which I haven't read, but I included it nonetheless.

Also the arrow between Kay and Graves should be in the opposite direction but I can't be arsed to fix it lol

[ohmovie]

The Hand of God be my witness. I am the Voice from the Outer World. Dune: Part Two (2024) dir. Denis Villeneuve

That is the darkest of angels. The fifth Rider of the Apocalypse. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) dir. George Miller

[troythecatfish]

[arrakisser]

you’ve heard of “may the 4th be with you” — now get ready for “may thy 9th chip and shatter”

[admireforever]

Dune: Part Two

[beelze-bruh]

In the Landsraad Imperium, space travel is the number one most valued commodity. Without access to trade, transport or travel between planets, the empire encompassing the known universe would hold no utility and would crumble instantly. After the Butlerian Jihad lead a crusade to destroy and ban the creation of all thinking machines, AI and computers were no longer an option to calculate the complexities of wormhole space travel. Against all odds, the empire found a way. The hallucinogenic spice Melange found in abundance only on the planet Arrakis was found to have mind expanding properties beyond anything humanity had ever considered possible. Not only did the spice produce abilities such as prescience, telepathy, and even telekinesis in high enough doses, but in massive quantities can cause physical mutation into beings with a high enough mental capacity to calculate interstellar travel with near total perfection. This created the Spacing Guild, who without contest became the most powerful and influential group in the known universe. A single Guild Navigator holds more authority than the emperor himself, despite being limited to their tanks of spice infused gas, swimming around like fish in a field of levitation. Due to this advancement, the spice Melange catapulted to become the most valuable substance in the known universe and human history in general. A single kilogram of spice is worth more in every currency than the modern value of an equal amount of gold, oil, diamonds or cocaine combined.

[sand-realtor]

[userkhael]

TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET as Paul Atreides Dune 2021, Dir. Denis Villeneuve

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