#ms dune

[polar-myst]

lil sandy guy

[bondilluns]

oh frankie <3

[shipcestuous]

I decided to go back and read your Paul/Jessica commentaries again, and I thought that you'd be interested in hearing these things.

Jessica is Paul's concubine through weird legal fuckery and property rights. Jessica was purchased from the Bene Gesserit school by Leto's father (Paulus Atreides) for Leto when they were teenagers. From the day that the Old Duke bought Jessica for Leto, Jessica became property of the Ducal Household. Yes, she is Paul's mother. But, legally, Jessica is Paul's property after Leto's death. That's a big part of the book and why Jessica defers to Paul and allows Paul to dictate a lot of the things that are happening once the House of Atreides falls. Jessica is the bound concubine for life to the Duke of House Atreides - no matter who he is.

So, technically, from a legal standpoint, Jessica is actually Paul's concubine, which would be a classic Bene Gesserit move (Bene Gesserit sisters will marry and breed with their own sons if ordered to preserve or strengthen traits in House bloodlines.)

Another thing I wanted to mention was pertaining to the Dune movie draft with canon Paul/Jessica (which was actually the first draft for Ridley Scott's attempt before the Lynch movie)– here's what its writer (Rudolph Wurlitzer) had to say about it:

“I took what I always felt to be a latent but very strong Oedipal attraction between Paul and the Lady Jessica, his mother, one step further. I injected a lovemaking sequence between these two. I meant that act as a supreme defiance of certain boundaries, which might make Paul even more heroic—in the sense that he willingly, but lovingly, broke a taboo.”

Lastly, I don't know if you've heard this before, but at least three more scenes between them (including two training sequences that you can find stills of) were removed from Part One because test audiences and executives had gained the impression that they were in a secret relationship and thought that they had too much sexual tension (hence the deletion of the aforementioned scenes) together, and that Jessica was pregnant with Paul's child, not Leto’s. This was also because of Rebecca Ferguson's choice to play Jessica as very closed off and reserved when dealing with Paul, which, when combined with the aforementioned factors, had the effect of giving their interactions a sexual and romantically intimate subtext (and also due to runtime!) The scene where they change into their stillsuits was just the tip of the iceberg compared to what they cut out. It's wild that because Rebecca Ferguson can't play maternal at all (which is actually quite fitting for Jessica,) test audiences and execs really thought that Part One was a secret love story between Paul and Jessica...

This ask was delicious, like a giant slice of fresh chocolate cake, the kind with chocolate shavings on top.

I had heard some of these things but I thought they were just rumors. It sounds like they're a bit (a lot) more confirmed than I had realized.

I had absolutely no idea that Jessica was considered property or that she passed to Paul upon Leto's death. The Bene Gesserit powerful/powerless dichotomy is really fascinating.

That Rudolph Wurlitzer quote is insane.

might make Paul even more heroic

Heroic, lmao. I like the way this guy thinks. Pour one out for this version that was never made, and also for the scenes that were cut from 2021, so steamy they convinced test audiences and executives that Jessica was carrying Paul's child.

And raise one up to Rebecca Ferguson. I toast to you, madam.

[dostimesnoah]

DISTILL THE LIFE THAT'S INSIDE OF ME SIT AND DRINK PENNYROYAL TEA I'M ANEMIC ROYALTY

[calkale]

if ai is so good why cant i find exactly what im looking for when searching anywhere

[dimalink]

Planet of Oasis – ships with sails and knights

Pixel art for today based on videogame Farland Story. It is also a role playing game for Super Nintendo. So here it is interesting, a such a world map. It has lots of details. A graphics of Super Nintendo gives ability to draw lots of small objects. It is looks interesting in result. Like something like Shining Force. But it is a world map. But, it has lots of little humans at the screen.

And this is my drawing based on same theme. At the planet desert of the magic kingdom there are lots of oasis. But all of them, are small. And here it is only a sand. Planet with sand, made out of sand. And all the kingdom is scattered for all over the planet. In a form of small buildings.

And somewhere from a sky they fly – and sand ships which use sails. Most possible, that they are from a nearest planet. Which is hard to see because of sand storms here. They land their knights here. In a most different regions of this kingdom.

You are a traveler. And you travel for a long time about this planet desert. And you look at different corners of the kingdom. And, in such moment, you try to understand what is going on. So, this way your story to begin in this world of oasis. Lots of them, but they are small in size. Around them it is built everything here.

It reminds me a lot Shining Force 2 world map from this game. And I decide to suggest my such fantasy tale.

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[samasmith23]

I do find it really fascinating that Tyesha initially became interested in Islam via reading Dune, since I’ve heard a a ton of mixed responses towards Dune from Muslims online, with some enjoying it as a sci-if classic, while others have criticized it (and understandably so...) for cultural appropriation…

Also, love Kamala's Wolverine house shoes there! Such a cute Easter Egg!

From Ms. Marvel (2015) #4 by G. Willow Wilson & Nico Leon.

[gwendyworm]

TEEHEE ICON CHANGE!!!!

i have so many brain worms for so many things and ik i wanna post i just have no idea what it should be about-

would it be weird if i just started posting about dune?-

[pikslasrce]

morning <3

[polar-myst]

Muad’dib is so confused.

[theicarusconstellation]

i put all the characters in my dune hunger games au into the brant-steele hunger games simulator and feyd won💀

[shipcestuous]

I remembered your long posts about Paul/Jessica from quite a while ago, and I was wondering: if you've seen Part Two yet, how did it influence your thoughts on the ship? Personally, I feel like it only enhanced what was there in Part One: Paul kind of takes on the role of a husband (husbandson?) for her, he asks her if she's OK like 30 different times after they kill the Harkonnen patrol, they have a moment where they talk through Alia as a proxy like a sparing married couple before she leaves for the South (and act like an expecting husband and wife in general), some scenes with a romantic context between Paul and Chani from the book are given to Paul and Jessica... and by the end, Jessica is his Empress in all but name. By the end, while I really liked Paul and Chani together, Paul and Jessica really superseded them as my #1 Dune ship.

I'm writing for them right now, in fact– would you like a link to the fic when I've finished? It should be up by the end of August or so.

Anon: Can you talk about the paul and jessica moments in the movie dune part two?

I appreciate both of these asks and your interests in my thoughts on Paul and Jessica. I feel at such a disadvantage because I haven't read the books, but I will attempt to share some thoughts anyway on Dune: Part Two.

My response got too long, and I had to post it on Wordpress, so you can find that at this link.

I really enjoyed your commentary @paganmindidnothingwrong, especially about Paul and Jessica sparring like a married couple and I completely agree.

I didn't know that some Paul/Chani moments from the book were given to Paul/Jessica in the movie, I would love to hear more about that.

Thank you so much for these asks!

[mystys-spam]

Concerning my name on my blog; “ms’s reblogs”

It is literally mysty swirl ‘s reblogs

And same goes for my stupid amount of tags ;)

Also that is Mysty Swirl. Yes they r a pony.😌

[call-me-the-candyman]

As the desert sun sets, a scorpion-man emerges. It knows it cannot see after the sun goes down, but it loves to watch the sky as it does so. It counts all the sand, hoping that one day they'll be enough stars in the night sky as there are particles in the dunes...

[aethelredism]

remember when you could choose to pay the same amount, sometimes even more, to stream a new release at home instead of going to the movie theater, even though it was playing in both locations. now your only option is to go to the movie theater where people talk and have their phones out the entire time.

[creativedifferencespodcast]

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