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A confession !!

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Zelink's Love Story (Eng. ver)

translation : @mylonelydreaming

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[Zelink] 狗狗林克跟貓貓薩爾達~

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Honestly, jinshi was the one who drinks a peepee no no juice, should he really be surprised that he's a "decent-sized frog".

these stressful face to face panels are my FAV lolll

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Isnt this also the reason why he worked in the inner palace to assure that the emperor will have an heir that isn't him. And why he pretends that the "emperor's younger brother" is sickly and weak so people will less likely to try to make him the emperor.

He doesnt want to be emperor, just let him live his life with maomao without the responsibility of a nation

it’s interesting that some would want jinshi to be emperor and maomao to be empress when it’s been hinted multiple times that he doesn’t want to be and it’ll be the cause of his early demise. nothing wrong with wanting him as the emperor but i personally don’t see it as a good thing.

just a short rambling after reading the web novel and seeing the latest ln15 spoilers.

> jinshi, especially after that scene on ln5 shows immense character growth in the latter volumes. in the latest ln, he’d rather let go of maomao than chain her to him when he (unwillingly) becomes emperor. previously, he proclaimed that he wanted her to be his wife and would get rid of any obstacles hence why he branded himself to the disappointment of the emperor and maomao. he was quite possessive and childish when he was young, far from the current jinshi now.

> same with maomao, she used to avoid trouble and involvement in the royal court but now she’s more outspoken about her thoughts and feelings. confident with her skills and quite assertive.

> there is this deep understanding between them and in the epilogue it’s clear that they both didn’t want him on the throne. they used to be evasive with their feelings and now they’re being straightforward with each other and that’s progress if you ask me. it’s subtle but they show their care through physical touch and company (it’s their love language!!)

> a lot of fans have noted that they parallel both of their parents’ failed relationships and i agree (don’t want to elaborate on this cuz it’ll be long)

> ah duo and the emperor (also maomao) know that jinshi will be a wise and kind emperor but this will cause him to die early. now that he’s doing the emperor’s work while he’s recovering, he was clearly overworked to the point where maomao has to take care of him. this is just a glimpse of what will happen to him once he ascends the throne and that’s not what ah duo wants for her only child, same with maomao. if he does become the next emperor, he needs maomao by his side to keep him in check and that’s another problem to face politically and emotionally. she’s willing to be by his side but at the expense of her freedom and jinshi doesn’t want to rob her of that.

tldr: jinshi becoming the emperor is not the happy ending we’re looking for. unless the author will give him a leeway like him becoming a regnant until his siblings are of age or if maomao is the only consort he will have. and there’s still a long way to go tho because he still doesn’t know his real parents and if iirc there’s this faction who wants him on the throne. more content to consume lol.

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[Zelink] Doodle P.S.: 手部動作有參考素材~

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Jinshi why can’t your ass FUCKING BEHAVE PLEASE

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There are so many places in the Villeneuve Dune adaptations where he just...takes all the narrative pieces that Frank Herbert laid out and subtly rearranges them into something that tells the story better--that creates dramatic tension where you need it, communicates the themes and message of the book more clearly, or corrects something in the text that contradicts or undermines what Herbert said he was trying to say.

The fedaykin are probably my favorite example of this. I just re-read a little part of the book and got smacked in the face with how different they are.

(under the cut for book spoilers and length)

The fedaykin in the book are Paul's personal followers, sort of his personal guard. They show up after his legend has already started growing (the word doesn't appear in the book until chapter 40) and they are people who have specifically dedicated themselves to fighting for him, and right from the moment they're introduced there is a kind of implied fanaticism to their militancy that's a bit uncomfortable to read. They're the most ardent believers in Paul's messianic status and willing to die for him. (They are also, as far as you can tell from the text, all men.)

In the book, as far as I can remember (I could be forgetting some small detail but I don't think so) there is no mention of armed resistance to colonialism on Arrakis before Paul shows up. As far as we know, he created it. This is exacerbated by the two-year time jump in the book, which means we never see how Paul goes from being a newly deposed ex-colonial overlord running for his life to someone who has his own private militia of people ready to give their lives for him.

The movie completely flips all these dynamics on their head in ways that add up to a radical change in meaning.

The fedaykin in the movie are an already-existing guerrilla resistance movement on Arrakis that formed long before Paul showed up. Literally the first thing we learn about the Fremen, less that two minutes into the first movie, is that they are fighting back against the colonization and exploitation of their home and have been for decades.

The movie fedaykin also start out being the most skeptical of the prophecy about Paul, which is a great choice from both a political and a character standpoint. Of course they're skeptical. If you're part of a small guerrilla force repeatedly going up against a much bigger and stronger imperial army...you have to believe in your own agency. You have to believe that it is possible to win, and that this tiny little chip in the armor of a giant terrifying military machine that you are making right now will make a difference in the end. These are the people who are directly on the front lines of resisting oppression. They are doing it with their own sweat, blood and ingenuity, and they are not about to wait around for some messiah who may never come.

From a character standpoint, this is really the best possible environment you could put Paul Atreides in if you want to keep him humble. He doesn't get any automatic respect handed to him due to title or birthright or religious belief. He has to prove himself--not as any kind of savior but as a good fighter and a reliable member of a collective political project. And he does. This is an environment that really draws out his best qualities. He's a skilled fighter; he's brave (sometimes recklessly so); he's intensely loyal to and protective of people he cares about. He is not too proud to learn from others and work hard in an egalitarian environment where he gets no special treatment or extra glory. The longer he spends with the fedaykin the more his allegiance shifts from Atreides to Fremen, and the more skeptical he himself becomes about the prophecy. This sets up the conflict with Jessica, which comes to a head before she leaves for the south. And his political sincerity--that he genuinely comes to believe that these people deserve liberation from all colonial forces and his only role should be to help where he can--is what makes the tragedy work. Because in the end we know he will betray all these values and become the exact thing he said he didn't want to be.

There's another layer of meaning to all this that I don't know if the filmmakers were even aware of. Given the time period (1960s) and Herbert's propensity for using Arabic or Arabic-inspired words for aspects of Fremen culture, it seems very likely that the made-up word fedaykin was taken from fedayeen, a real Arabic word that was frequently used untranslated in American news media at the time, usually to refer to Palestinian armed resistance groups.

Fedayeen is usually translated into English as fighter, guerrilla, militant or something similar. The translation of fedaykin that Herbert provides in Dune is "death commando"...which is a whole bucket of yikes in my opinion, but it's not entirely absurd if we're assuming that this fake word and the real word fedayeen function in the same way. A more literal translation of fedayeen is "self-sacrificer," as in willing, intentional self-sacrifice for a political cause, up to and including sacrificing your life.

If you apply this logic to Dune, it means that Villeneuve has actually shifted the meaning of this word in-universe, from fighters who are willing to sacrifice themselves for Paul to fighters who are willing to sacrifice themselves for their people. And the fedaykin are no longer a group created for Paul but a group that Paul counts himself as part of, one member among equals. Which is just WILDLY different from what's in the book. And so much better in my opinion.

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Love this couple. Credits to the artist. If you know the name of the artist kindly message me so that I can properly provide credits.

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Not just physical genes too, because members of the La clan by blood have their own eccentricity, each one is weird in their own way lol

BBY Lakan and Lahan look alike.

La Clan genes are pretty strong.

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Lakan 🤝 Stoick the Vast

To their wives: you are as beautiful as the day i lost you

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That’s it, the Professor is truly the King of Sass

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Maomao: *dont let them know your next move*

Maomao's next move:

Get Lakan to stop trying to buy her contract by getting him to buy her mom's contract instead whom he doesn't know is still alive.

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Lakan chose to let Maomao win at the 3rd game instead of doing it earlier because he just wants to hang out with his kid.

He knew that he was a lightweight, and wouldn't stand a chance when drinking alcohol so he must've known he can only lose once the moment the alcohol was added into the game.

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Is.. is he gonna start a holy war? 🤔

Is he gonna be the father of the god emperor? 😮

So is bezos like the harkonens, will he someday assassinate elon and he will assassinate him back.

Girl what do you MEAN?

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Anime onlies are hilarious. Anyway, please sign up the form if youve hated Lakan and is now guilty for hating his ass

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