“No More Terrible Disaster Could Befall Your People Than For Them To Fall Into The Hands Of A Hero.”

feyd and his chevelle wagon, 1977

yes I may be cringe but I'm free. AU in which uhhhh some kidnapping and romantic american cross-country roadtrip except Bad happens. but it's fine(?) in the end(???)

also here's a polaroid because I may be cringe but I'm free. though idk if feyd would let paul have access to a camera in this situation...IT'S COMPLICATED

when is a gift not a gift?

Still having Chani feelings, man. Because I think it is actually not that common to see a character (but especially a female character) whose main commitment in life is to a political struggle, and to have that be taken seriously by the narrative. Not painted as naive idealism or a trendy lifestyle choice or something the character eventually leaves behind for "real" commitments like marriage, career or children.

We don't see really anything of Chani's home life in the sietch, but it seems reasonable to infer that the fedaykin are what she's built her life around. The very first thing we learn about her, before we even know her name, is that she's a fighter. This is a core part of her identity.

She falls in love with Paul when he's willing to risk his life beside her as an equal, for a cause that she can't escape but he could walk away from if he chose. The question she asks him is not Do you love me? but Will you always be with me? Will you always be beside me in the struggle, fighting for the same things I am?

And as soon as the answer to that question is no, they're over. There is absolutely no possibility of love overriding that political betrayal, because her love for him is inextricable from coming to trust that he is committed to their liberation and not simply trying to use them. He said over and over again that he didn't want power, and as soon as he reaches out to claim it there is no way they can be together. The worst betrayal isn't watching him choose another woman, it's watching him declare himself emperor and send her own people off to slaughter others when he said he was fighting for their freedom.

So she leaves him, and we're never supposed to see it as anything but justified. There is simply no way she will turn her back on the most important thing in her life for him.

VIRGINIA MADSEN AS PRINCESS IRULAN Dune, 1984

Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Atreides in Dune (1984)

Dune (1984) - Dir. David Lynch “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will let it pass over me and through me. And when it has passed I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where it has gone, there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”

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