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OftenBen  ·  2291 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: My First Reading of Dune

    I think her decision to bear a son indicated that she was so unconsciously connected to the BG breeding plan that it was an instinctual answer to finding the Kwisats Haderach.

I LIKE this idea. I like it a LOT. Good insight my dude, that might as well be canon for me. Plus the whole point about choosing to be different is very interesting. Was her choice worth it?

I expected more from Liet Kynes too. He was sitting at such a fun power conflux, but then, that's why he died arguably. The Shadout also feels like a letdown when you think about how smart and tough a Fremen has to be to make it to old age.

The long life thing I believe refers also to quality of life. Plus if a person can afford to eat lots and lots of spice they are likely influential enough to get murdered as well. Death by involuntary perforation is abundant in the Dune universe.