#muse: irulan corrino

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𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐔𝐏 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐋 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐄𝐋𝐒𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐃𝐍'𝐓 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐑. not having it, in whatever capacity, felt intimidating. this, espescially that was entirely new territory for the princess. having never slept with a man, because of her own reasons & not having interest in someone enough to try, irulan didn't like that she didn't know exactly what to expect nor do. of course, however, she knew the basic concept & what it can result in--it wasn't uncommon, before, for those in the bene gesserit to be sent off, test a prospect, & to secure his bloodline. it was more of an assignment, no emotion needed, but this was different. paul was different toward her & he had been for some time in a genuine effort to make an actual marriage out of their union. it was scary, irulan had to admit to herself, because she never expected this out of him. but, at the same time, it made her feel a twinge of hope that she's finally being given what was wanted.

@ruingod said, [ COAX ] : THE DOMINANT PARTNER GENTLY MOVING THE SHY OR OVERWHELMED SUBMISSIVE'S HANDS FROM COVERING THEIR FACE SO THEY CAN KISS THEM, BREATHING PRAISE AGAINST THEIR SKIN.

paul had kissed her gently where the pair of them sat on the edge of her bed. irulan could feel her heart pounding in her chest, the flush of color she knew was on her skin because of how warm she felt. it was when paul moved his lips down, pressing them against her skin causing her to let out a breathy, wanting sigh, did irulan feel herself get more bashful that she would've allowed outside of these chambers. hands come up to cover her face, turning away. she feels hands wrap about her wrists, removing her hands, only for her face to be guided back into paul. eyes close again, hand instead reaching out to hold onto his shirt covered forearm. ❛ i- . . i like when you say those things. ❜ praise, it had always had a great effect on her. outside &, apparently, inside the bedroom.

[wr1tten]

𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚  𝗜𝗡  𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗧  𝗢𝗙  𝗛𝗘𝗥  𝗠𝗔𝗗𝗘  𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗜’𝗦  𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗖𝗛  𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗥.      it  made  her  ꜱɪᴄᴋ ;      the  very  thought  that  this  woman  was  𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚍  to  paul.      that  she  wore  this  𝒸ʳᵒʷⁿ  ₒf   𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.      as  if  she  could  do  ᴺᴼ  𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐.      her  brows  downset,    𝓈𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘦  𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙚  eyes  narrowing  in  on  the  princess,            ❝    do  not  take  my  ᴅɪꜱᴛᴀꜱᴛᴇ  as  𝒋𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒚.    ❞            if  anything,    chani  𝙿𝙸𝚃𝙸𝙴𝙳  her.      this  ᵖᵒᵒʳ  ᵍⁱʳˡ  was  just  a  𝚙𝚊𝚠𝚗  in  this  game  of  𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴  that  paul  had  𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢  ᶜʳᵃᶠᵗᵉᵈ.            ❝    you  assume  that  i  desire  ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ  that  you  have?    ❞            she  never  wanted  a  throne,    she  never  wanted  ᴾᴼᵂᴱᴿ.      𝑎𝑙𝑙  𝑠𝘩𝑒  𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑  𝑤𝑎𝑠  𝑡𝑜  𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒  𝘩𝑒𝑟  𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒  𝑜𝑓  𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑠  𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡.      to  the  harkonnens,    to  the  𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒚.            ❝    ɪ  ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ.    ❞            but  was  it  the  truth?      because  irulan  had  the  man  she  𝑳𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑫  in  a  way  that  she  never  could.

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@petitsdieu ♡'d for Irulan

*✧･ﾟ:*✧･ﾟ:  ───👑       She remains quiet for a few moments, this new life had been an adjustment. There is a moment where she goes to speak and then pauses looking at the guard with her and a sigh.

❝Thank you for visiting me. The adjustment to this new life has been-- it has been difficult. A friendly face is more than welcome.❞

A soft sigh as she lifted her tea to her lips and took a small sip. Hara had been one of her only close friends prior to this but now, everything in her life felt as if it belonged to Paul and not herself. Her choices were not her own any longer.  

❝How has your family been? I can not imagine how hearing of what transpired here must have made you feel.❞

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@beldusaint liked this for a starter ╱ not accepting.

　"You're looking at me like I'm see-through," she remarked, her voice tinged with a hint of bitterness. As a pawn in the intricate game of politics orchestrated by her father and the Bene Gesserit, Irulan had grown accustomed to being regarded as nothing more than a tool for alliance-building and power consolidation. Behind her composed façade, she concealed a well of frustration at her lack of agency, longing to break free from the shackles of her predetermined fate. Yet, she maintained a façade of regal poise, masking her inner turmoil with practiced grace.

[impercre]

Testing Starter Call- Irulan Corrino

Like all muses she will be primarily book but with some miniseries influences. Because Frank Herbert didn't love her but John Harrison did.

[keyndom]

KEYNDOM⸻ INDEPENDENT, MUTUAL EXCLUSIVE AND SELECTIVE BLOG FOR PRINCESS IRULAN CORRINO FROM THE DUNE FRANCHISE. BASED ON THE MOVIEVERSE WITH INFLUENCES FROM BOOKS AND MAINLY HEADCANON BASED. CST + 3. SHE/HER. WRITTEN BY CALI. (#)

an exploration of: prophecy girl, history remember the victors, glorified firstborn daughter, knowledge is power, marriage of convenience, the princess becomes an empress, the negociator, the writer.

PROMO.

temporary rules under the cut.

01ㅤ| ㅤㅤintroductionㅤ : ㅤmy name is CALI (SHE/HER, CST+3) born in 1994, 21+ .welcome to my PRINCESS IRULAN CORRINO muse blog. this blog is private, selective and mutually exclusive. meaning i won't interact with blogs that are not mutuals with me. [this blog is open to plotting both on discord via tupperbox and tumblr].

02.ㅤ| ㅤㅤactivityㅤ : activity on this blog will be medium to low through the week days. i'm mostly active at nights and from fridays to sundays activity will be higher through the weekends and through tupperbox on discord .best way to reach me will be through discord that can be asked upon request to create a 1x1 server or just to talk. [please don't pressure me for replies or asks. as well, communication is key, i'm not a mind reader so if something is bothering you, asking me is okay.].

03.ㅤ| ㅤthreadsㅤ : ㅤthreads will be dropped and asks will be cleared. we are always welcome to do multi threads at the same time. if i get overwhelmed i will usually drop things to start over. i have a generalized anxiety disorder so that affects my productivity too asks are always welcome to be turned into threads . do not reblog memes from me unless we are mutuals. [and if you want to unfollow me, please softblock. as well, if we are friends, always reach out if you are uncomfortable, i will do my best to improve]

04.ㅤ| ㅤㅤformattingㅤ : ㅤfrom january, 2023 , this blog is forced to have only the BETA EDITOR + TRIM. please keep this in mind while roleplaying with me if you are still using the legacy editor. I no longer use small text as my go-to formatting but i might use it at times. i am still available to use legacy when required but do keep this in mind ㅤ[BETA EDITOR + REGULAR TEXT + DOUBLE SPACE. WILL USE ICONS IRREGULARY.]

05.ㅤ| BANNED FACECLAIMS. elizabeth olsen, scarlett johansson, jeremy renner, amber heard, allison mack, gal gadot, johnny depp.

06.ㅤ| ㅤㅤcreditsㅤ : psd, graphics, promo are all done made by me through my resource blog. some days i will be iconless and others i will use them, mostly when i'm at home. [i write novella, multi-para and single line as well text roleplay via discord/tupperbox and tumblr as well].

07.ㅤ| ㅤㅤshippingㅤ : ㅤ shipping is wonderful and it's one of my favorite things in the world. irulan is canonically going to marry paul as part of the new pact and become empress. i would love to explore their marriage and dynamic but i will not push this, but i believe the movies are going on an interesting note for them. for crossover shisp, all of them all welcome.

08.ㅤ| ㅤㅤDNIㅤ : ㅤ due to personal reasons, i won't be roleplaying with characters from the following fandoms. DC'S STARGIRL, PEACEMAKER, MUSES FROM THE BATMAN (2022) AND HORROR MUSES BASED (SELECTIVE), WRESTLING FACECLAIMS. unless we are friends. on my other non ck related muses i don't mind but i have had some bad experiences in the past [personal DNI can be given in privacy, however no name drops will be given here as none of the people are bad and DNI worthy, just uncomfortable].

09.ㅤ| ㅤㅤetiquetteㅤ : ㅤ don't godmod my muse. small things are welcomed. irulan is a bene gesserit of hidden rank with a few of their abilities trained. she is however, very much human but if your muse wants to hurt her psychically, you need to let me know i just want to be given a heads up if you will ever do a thing to hurt them. i assure you, i will not mind if plotted. [as well, don't assume ships with me unless we are friends].

10.ㅤ| changes: ㅤhere are a few of the changes regarding my irulan as i follow her from the movies and what could be, knowing of a few changes they did to the books.

chani leaving at the end instead of bowing down leaves open for exploration of irulan and paul's relationship, as a political alliance and as a marriage. even odd parallels between leto and jessica.

irulan is trained by the bene gesserit, however, she is told she is weak due to her individuality and not following most of the rules that are set for her.

i believe irulan is fascinated by paul atreides, aware that his mother went against rules to birth a boy when only girls are in the order.

she is a writer and scribe and transcribe stories from one language to another and speaks plenty of them.

regardless of paul, irulan always knew she was meant to be empress.

[385bookreviews]

1.36.3 Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

SPOILERS

Pages: 477

Time Read: 11 hours and 16 minutes

Overall Rating: ★★★★☆ Storyline: ★★★★☆ Dialogue: ★★★★☆ Characters: ★★★★☆

Genre: Adult Science Fiction

TWs for the book: Violence, murder, death, addiction, incest, body horror, mental illness, war, su*c*de, drug use, possession, psychosis, colonization, self harm, sexism, drug abuse, torture, kidnapping, grief, religion/religious bigotry, adult/minor relationship

POV: Third person

Time Period/Location: Nine years after the events of Dune Messiah; On Arrakis and Salusa Secundus.

First Line: A spot of light appeared on the deep red rug which covered the raw rock of the cave floor.

Nine years after Paul Muad'Dib walked off into the desert, Stilgar guards Leto II and Ghanima, Paul's young twins. He contemplates how things in the Imperium got to this point, and if he should kill Leto and Ghanima to put an end to House Atreides and the pre-born. He ultimately decides against it.

Leto and Ghanima prepare to meet their grandmother, Lady Jessica for the first time. Alia, the current Regent of the Imperium, says she will meet her and Arrakeen and bring her back to Sietch Tabr to meet the twins. Leto and Ghanima discuss amongst themselves that Alia has become an Abomination, possessed by one of her past lives. Alia flies to Arrakeen and muses over why her mother has come to see her, suspecting ulterior motives. Jessica returns, and in a grand entrance to the people of the city, has her men, Gurney Halleck, and Stilgar capture people in the crowd to interrogate them. Alia is enraged she acted without her permission, but Jessica ignores her and talks to two of Alia's priests. One of them, a man named Javid, gives her pause. She notes that he hates the Atreides, and that Alia is involved with him, despite being married to Duncan Idaho. Jessica desires to go to Sietch Tabr immediately to meet her grandchildren, but is delayed by the pomp and ceremony of Alia's priests.

On Salusa Secundus, Irulan's sister, Wensicia of House Corrino, plots to have two Laza tigers kill the Atreides twins by gifting them specific robes the tigers will track. Her Bashar, Tyekanik, is opposed to the idea, but she commands him to obey, and to convert to the religion of Muad'Dib in order to persuade her son Farad'n to willingly become Emperor when her schemes fall into place.

Leto struggles with prescient dreams about an abandoned sietch called Jacurutu, and him and Ghanima both intensely fear becoming Abomination like Alia.

A mysterious blind figure known as the Preacher begins to appear in the city, preaching heresy against Alia and the Golden Elixir. Everyone begins to speculate that this man is actually Paul Muad'Dib, and that he didn't die when he wandered into the desert nine years before.

Alia recalls her possession. She cut off her ancestors' memories and pushed them down and away, not communicating with them or viewing them like the twins did. This left her susceptible to all of them overpowering her. To prevent this from happening, she allowed the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen to have partial possession of her. He commanded her to use the Bene Gesserit ways to stay eternally young, something highly forbidden, and he also commanded her to sleep with Javid.

Leto and Ghanima allow themselves temporary possession by the memories of Paul and Chani, and they seek advice from them. They conclude that they must follow Paul's Golden Path, the one he saw in his visions and ran off into the desert to escape.

The Preacher visits Farad'n on Arrakis to interpret his dreams. He refuses to tell Farad'n his interpretation, but reveals that Tyekanik bargained with the Preacher, who wanted to hear Farad'n's dreams in exchange for him commanding Duncan Idaho to come to their side.

Alia plots to abduct Lady Jessica and make it seem as though House Corrino was responsible, and Leto warns Jessica of this, and also tells her to cooperate with the abduction. Leto also warns Stilgar not to trust Alia, and that he sees three paths in his visions: that he will die outside of Sietch Tabr, that he will marry Ghanima, and that he will kill Jessica. Stilgar is highly disturbed by this conversation and tries to ignore it. Alia tells Duncan to kidnap Jessica, and he sees for the first time that she is possessed. He agrees anyways, and leaves.

Alia requests for Jessica to sit in the morning council to hear the supplicants. Alia says for Jessica to take the first petitioner, who is a musician who is in Arrakeen on a pilgrimage. He was jumped and had his money stolen and he appeals to be given money to return home. Jessica asks where he intends to go, and he says he intends to go to House Corrino. Jessica knows this is somehow a trap from Alia, and asks him to play music so she can decide what to do with him. He improvises a song and Alia becomes offended when he compares her to a death-spirit. Jessica allows him to go to House Corrino. Then a Fremen Naib, a former member of Paul's Fedaykin, appeals to them about how the terraforming of Dune is killing the sandworms and the spice trade. A priest runs forward insisting he be removed for wanting to appear under false pretenses. Alia silently commands the priest and he tries to shoot and kill Jessica under the guise of trying to kill the Fedaykin. Jessica and the man, Ghadhean, duck out of the way, and Ghadhean delivers a deadly blow to the priest. Jessica commands two servants to save the priests life so he can be questioned, but another member of Alia's court kills the priest before that can happen. Jessica accuses Alia of attempting to kill her, and calls her out for being possessed by the Baron. She then escapes with the help of Ghadhean and some other Fedaykin in the room. They hide her in an abandoned sietch, and Duncan Idaho comes to take her to safety, but actually abducts her and takes her to Salusa Secundus and House Corrino, defying both Alia and Lady Jessica in favor of the orders of the Preacher.

Leto and Ghanima know that House Corrino has sent animals to hunt and kill them. They sneak out into the desert at night and plot to make it seem as though Leto was killed so he might go find Jacurutu and lead humanity down the Golden Path. The Laza tigers find them, and they hide in a crevice in the rocks. They use the poisoned tips of their crysknives to kill the tigers by swiping their paws with them, but Ghanima is injured by their claws. Leto leaves on a sandworm and heads south, while Ghanima hypnotizes herself into believing that Leto is truly dead, and she won't believe anything else until he sees her again and says the words "Golden Path" in one of the ancient languages they both speak. She makes her way back to Sietch Tabr and sees a Fremen man and woman talking in the secret exit. The man has a control panel for the Laza tigers. Ghanima kills him with a poisoned needle, and takes the woman hostage.

Duncan and Jessica arrive on Salusa Secundus. Farad'n is displeased by the scheming of his mother, which Jessica and Duncan take advantage of. They make a deal that Jessica will teach Farad'n in the way of the Bene Gesserit, and she will also announce that she is there of her own free will so Alia cannot make it seem as though she were kidnapped. Farad'n banishes Wensicia, and then they begin to plot a marriage between Farad'n and Ghanima. Duncan tries to kill himself for some reason, and then disavows himself from the service of the Atreides.

Leto arrives at Jacurutu, but is caught by a Fremen named Namri, father of Javid, and Gurney Halleck. Gurney Halleck is under orders by Lady Jessica to make Leto undergo the spice trance, and to kill him if he shows signs of becoming Abomination.

Alia has Ghanima in her possession and tells her that she is going to marry Farad'n. Ghanima adamantly refuses, saying she will kill him for the death of Leto. Alia and Irulan try desperately to convince her, but she continues to refuse, until Alia agrees to let Ghanima kill Farad'n when they are betrothed. Irulan is appalled and tries to talk both of them out of it, but it is the only way in which Ghanima agrees.

Namri's niece Sabiha is assigned to guard Leto during his trances. Leto hypnotizes her and she falls asleep, allowing him to escape the sietch and hide out under the sand in the midst of a storm. Jacurutu was the old abandoned sietch of the Cast Out, a group of Fremen that stole others' water, but the Cast Out were still alive and weren't living there, so he travels further south.

Duncan returns to Alia, who is disappointed in him, but commands him to go back to Sietch Tabr to help guard Ghanima, who has returned there with Stilgar and Irulan. Duncan goes, but dodges the escort of one of Alia's guards, as he deduces that Alia was meaning for him to die on the trip there.

Leto encounters the Cast Out harvesting spice, and demands he be taken to their sietch, Shuloch, which is nothing more than a ramshackle village. There he discovers Sabiha, who was sent there as punishment by Namri for letting Leto escape. He goes out at night and covers his skin with sandtrouts, the first form of the sandworms. They engulf him and becoming a living stillsuit that make him much more powerful and more fast. He escapes Shuloch and makes a mission of destroying the qanats of the sietches to try and set back the terraforming by generations. Back in Jacurutu, Namri reveals to Gurney that him and his son Javid have been working for House Corrino. Gurney kills him and flees Jacurutu.

Months later, Leto, who has gained the power to control the sandworms and become nonhuman due to his bond with the sandtrouts, confronts the Preacher and his child guide. He kills the guide, and forces the Preacher to reveal his true identity as Paul Muad'Dib. Paul tries to talk Leto out of following the Golden Path, but Leto refuses.

Duncan tries to convince Stilgar to put Alia to a Trial of Possession. Stilgar insists upon him and his sietch remaining neutral. Javid walks in and Duncan kills him, forcing Stilgar to kill Duncan. He then remembers some of Leto's words to him about not trusting Alia and protecting Ghanima, and he takes his sietch and flees into the desert. Alia enlists one of Stilgar's former sietch members to hunt him down.

Leto and Paul find Gurney Halleck hiding out at a different sietch and bring him back to Shuloch with them. Gurney is stunned to see Leto's transformations and Paul alive. Stilgar tries to meet with the man assigned to hunt him down to work out a treaty between him and Alia, but Alia's other soldiers kidnap Ghanima and Stilgar kills the other Fremen.

Alia plans for Jessica and Farad'n's arrival for Ghanima's betrothal. She gazes out of her window, and sees the Preacher approaching. He gathers the crowd and she sends her priests down to grab him and bring him to her, and plans to have him enter at the same time as Ghanima, because she has figured out that he is Paul. Farad'n and Jessica arrive and come to watch the Preacher, but a mob breaks out in the street below. The priests try to grab Paul, but he is stabbed to death. Alia is enraged, and reveals to Jessica and Farad'n that that was Paul. The doors burst open and Leto comes in dragging Ghanima behind him. He says the words and Ghanima breaks from her hypnosis and asks him if their plan worked. Alia demands to know about the plan, and her and Leto fight, him throwing her around like a doll with his new super strength. He gives her two options: Trial of Possession, or she can throw herself out the window. She becomes fully possessed by all of the lives within her, mainly by the Baron, but she is able to fight them off long enough to throw herself out of the window.

Leto is crowned Emperor, and he makes Farad'n his Scribe. The Naibs swear fealty to him and worship him as the embodiment of Shai-Hulud. He speaks with Farad'n privately with Ghanima, asking him for his Sardaukar forces. Farad'n doesn't want to give them up, but Leto says that he will. He also says Farad'n will not be marrying Ghanima, but that he will marry her, and that Farad'n will secretly father the Atreides line going forward as Leto is no longer able to reproduce. Farad'n tries to argue, but Leto insists this will happen, and that he will rule for 4000 years and create a Golden Age, but all of his subjects will be weak and subservient. He renames Farad'n as Harq al-Ada, the historian that has been writing most of the passages throughout the book.

Leto II Atreides (Desert Demon/Ari/Batigh): Leto was definitely an unsettling part of the book. He says a lot of odd things before he starts taking spice, but afterwards, his chapters kind of drag on and on with a lot of his musings and movements through the world. Like with Paul, you think that he is trying to do the good and right thing, but after he takes the spice, he is sucked onto this Golden Path, and, because he is young and pre-born, he doesn't have the power to resist like Paul did.

Ghanima Atreides: She is my favorite character in the book and I really enjoyed all of her scenes.

Duncan Idaho (Hayt): Once again I am confused about a lot of Duncan's motive and actions in the ending of the book, if anyone has any clarification about this feel free to message me!

Stilgar: I really like how we got more of Stilgar's perspective in this book, seeing him question his loyalty and make certain connections. The twins, particularly Leto, really manipulated him, and it was interesting to see how in the first chapter he questioned killing the twins and in the last chapter he questioned if he should have done it when he had the chance.

Alia Atreides (St. Alia of the Knife/Coan-Teen/Abomination/Womb of Heaven): Alia's descent into madness was really interesting to watch. I feel like we never got to see Alia's true personality, which makes sense because she never had one. She tried to create her own sense of self to the point of her own detriment.

Storyline: I really enjoyed this book the most out of the first three. The second half of the book was quite a bit slower because a lot of it was Leto high on spice in the desert, but I liked the short chapters and the switching of the perspectives. It does get a little confusing with the weeks and months that pass with only vague mention, but it wasn't too much of an issue.

Quotes: -"Government and religion united, and breaking a law became sin. A smell of blasphemy arose like smoke around any questioning of governmental edicts. The guilt of rebellion invoked hellfire and self-righteous judgements. Yet it was men who created these governmental edicts."-Stilgar (p.6)

-"The joy of living, its beauty is all bound up in the fact that life can surprise you."-Leto II (p.83)

-"Atrocity is recognized as such by victim and perpetrator alike, by all who learn about it at whatever remove. Atrocity has no excuses, no mitigating argument. Atrocity never balances or rectifies the past. Atrocity merely arms the future for more atrocity. It is self-perpetuating upon itself--a barbarous form of incest. Whoever commits atrocity also commits those future atrocities thus bred."-The Apocrypha of Muad'Dib (p.117)

-"The past may show the right way to behave if you live in the past, Stil, but circumstances change."-Leto II (p.133)

-"What other function did the priesthood serve than to deny individual will?"-Stilgar (p.139)

-"It's beautiful, but it's not art. Humans create art by their own violence, by their own volition."-Duncan (p.143)

-"To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror; to learn irrefutably that you are mortal is to know the end of terror."-Jessica (p.154)

-"Good government never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders."-The Spacing Guild Manual (p.171)

-"Our civilization could well die of indifference within it before succumbing to external attack."-Jessica (p.172)

-"If you put away those who report accurately, you'll keep only those who know what you want to hear... I can think of nothing more poisonous than to rot in the stink of your own reflections."-Jessica (p.181)

-"Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern. And as the aristocracy develops, government tends more and more to act exclusively in the interest of the ruling class--whether that class be hereditary royalty, oligarchs of financial empires, or entrenched bureaucracy."-Bene Gesserit Training Manual (p.221)

-"But one learns from books and reels only certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things."-Farad'n/Harq al-Ada (p.245)

-"Is your religion real when it costs you nothing and carries no risk? Is your religion real when you commit atrocities in its name? Whence comes your downward degeneration from the original revelation?"-The Preacher/Paul Muad'Dib (p.262)

-"To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty."-Leto II (p.314)

-"But the evil was known after the event!"-The Preacher/Paul Muad'Dib "Which is the way of many great evils."-Leto II (p.406)

-"The child who refuses to travel in the father's harness, this is the symbol of man's most unique capability. 'I do not have to be what my father was. I do not have to obey my father's rules or even believe everything he believed. It is my strength as a human that I can make my own choices of what to believe and what not to believe, of what to be and what not to be."-Leto II (p.449)

[benegesseriits]

CANON MUSE LIST.

Leto Atreides.

Tertiary muse. The Red Duke. FC: Oscar Isaac.

Jessica Nerus.

Secondary muse. The Reverend Mother. FC: Rebecca Ferguson.

Paul Atreides.

Primary muse. The Lisan al Gaib. FC: Timothée Chalamet.

Alia Atreides.

Secondary muse. The Saint of the Knife. FC: Emilia Clarke.

Anirul Corrino.

Primary muse. The Empress Dowager. FC: Olivia Cooke.

Irulan Corrino.

Primary muse. The Empress. FC: Florence Pugh.

Duncan Idaho.

Tertiary muse. The Swordmaster. FC: Jason Momoa.

OC MUSE LIST.

Deara Corrino.

The Empress Who Never Was. FCs: Milly Alcock & Naomi Watts.

Calla Ginaz.

The Jewel. FC: Jodie Comer.

Solana Moritani.

The Blade. FC: Alisha Boe.

Siona Vernius.

The Just. FC: Jessie Mei Li

Helena Fenring.

The Countess. FC: Anya Chalotra.

Nerys Nebiro.

The Wise. FC: Savannah Steyn.

Seha Mapes.

The Feydakin. FC: Amber Midthunder.

Sheets TBA. Also, I will write other muses upon request, but I will deny certain muses (ex. the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen).

[isefyres-archive]

ISEFYRES⸻ INDEPENDENT, MUTUAL EXCLUSIVE AND SELECTIVE BLOG FOR A MULTIMUSE FEATURING MUSES FROM A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE AND HBO'S HOUSE OF THE DRAGON AND GAME OF THRONES. CST + 3. SHE/HER. WRITTEN BY CALI. (#)

due  to  the  nature  of  the  books  and  the  show,  this  blog  is  not  for  minors.  21+  and  above.

OTHER ASOIAF BLOGS: JON SNOW | ROBB STARK | MYRCELLA BARATHEON | SARA SNOW | JAIME LANNISTER. | MELISANDRE. | CREGAN STARK. | DAEMON TARGARYEN | VISERYS III TARGARYEN | ALICENT HIGHTOWER. | RHAENYRA TARGARYEN | DAENERYS TARGARYEN | LYANNA STARK | MYSARIA OF LYS | SANSA STARK | MARGAERY TYRELL | VAL OF THE FREE FOLK

OTHER BLOGS: PAUL ASTRIDES | LADY JESSICA | PRINCESS IRULAN CORRINO | THE GHOUL/COOPER HOWARD

CARRD. PROMO. MEME TAG. MUSES BIO LIST. (WIP)

psa: all memes reblogged here can also be send to any of the other blogs whenever you like.

Lys information: due to the city of Lys being underdeveloped in the books these are all of my headcanons about it. If you have time, please read them as I do refer to them from time to time and some muses are from there.

General Information of the City.

Fashion Style of Lys.

Doreah of Lys, Daenerys Handmaiden.

The Gods of Lys and rituals.

The Six Ruling Houses of Lys.

[aranostra]

aranostra horror, fantasy, and science fiction multimuse written by aj including muses from dune (book), grishaverse, IT (book), scream, saw, interview with the vampire, and others 20+ only crossover friendly explores themes of guilt, greed, evil, violence, and survival. est. march 2022

HIGHEST MUSE: armand (moved to @servire), louis de pointe du lac, nicolas de lenfent, lena molloy (oc), romulus (oc), lee harker, norman bates, john sheppard, randy meeks, sidney prescott

also found at @servire, @lessluck, @mctives

guidelines ;; muse list ;; meme tag ;; promo :: interest tracker

guidelines and muse list for mobile:

GUIDELINES

I’m aj (he/him, 30+) and this is an indie rp blog for various horror characters.

18+ only, crossover and oc friendly. I follow most people back, but I will block for bigotry, drama, harassment, etc.

Because some of these muse are horror-based, there will be dark and heavy themes. I tag content with “csw [warning]”. If I’m not tagging something you’d like tagged, feel free to contact me. If it’s more comfortable for you, you may message me anonymously and I will not post it; I will just tag what needs to be tagged.

I don’t need many warnings, but if there’s something you know that I don’t want to see, the tag to use is “aj don’t look”.

Please feel free to message me if we’re mutuals! I’m always happy to chat and plot.

MUSELIST

Literature

Dune

irulan corrino ;; info

gurney halleck ;; info

liet kynes ;; info

Stephen King’s IT

richie tozier ;; info

stan uris ;; IT ;; info

audra denbrough ;; info

Film

Scream (1994)

randy meeks ;;  info

dwight “dewey” riley ;; info

sidney prescott ;; info

billy loomis ;; info

Evil Dead (1980)

ashley williams ;; info

cheryl williams ;; info

Five Nights at Freddie’s

henry emily ;; info

william afton ;; info

Other

norman bates ;; psycho 1 & 2 ;; info

lee harker ;; longlegs ;; info

jesse walsh ;; nightmare on elm street ;; info

john kramer ;; saw franchise ;;  info

brian green ;; carriers ;; info

dennis rafkin ;; thirteen ghosts ;; info

Television

Interview with the Vampire armand ;; moved to @servire

louis de pointe du lac ;; info

paul de pointe du lac ;; info

claudia de lioncourt ;; info

nicolas de lenfent ;; info

lestat de lioncourt ;; info

daniel molloy ;; info

lena molloy (oc) ;; info

romulus (oc) ;; info

Shadow and Bone

kaz brekker ;; info

inej ghafa ;; info

jordie rietveld ;; info

Stargate Atlantis

john sheppard ;; info

Video Games

Bloodborne

laurence the first vicar ;; info

brador ;; info

Dark Souls

dark sun gwyndolin ;; info

laurentius of the great swamp ;; info

Dark Souls 3

prince lothric ;; info

Other

brian thomas ;; marble hornets ;; info

timothy wright ;; marble hornets ;; info

alex kralie ;; marble hornets ;; info

jessica locke ;; marble hornets ;; info

evan myers ;; everymanHYBRID ;; info

[sordidery]

# SORDIDERY. . . a multi-muse blog. private, mutuals only, mid to low activity. expect violent content. uses beta-editor exclusively. by ripley, she/they, 21.

ROSTER. MEMES. PINTEREST.

BLOGS:

@thyvein , maren yearly. active.

@paravideo , paranormal oc. inactive.

@irulean , irulan corrino. hiatus.

[roseguided]

𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐔𝐋 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐁 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐄. or so the princess thought, felt, more times than not. both of them seem to grow tired of their clashing heads, their stubborn wills, but no matter what happens irulan feels that argument cannot be avoided so easily. that is unless one or the other, in their exhaust for hurled back handed comments & subtle insults, concede for the sake of ending the conversation. never did she imagine her life would amount to this--yes, she'd been given an assignment of sorts from the reverend mother but that doesn't dimish the effects day to day has on her strong, but taxed, mental state. the game between them grows old, but a game played nonetheless to irulan's immense displeasure.

@feyras said, " I HOPE YOU'RE NOT LEAVING ON MY ACCOUNT. "

hands are quick to close her book, snapped shut with all the attitude & tension held about her shoulders. pushing heavy chair backward with movement. eyes bear into him for a moment making her displeasure known. ❛ that's precisely why i'm leaving. ❜ says empress, but empress only in name, as she rounds the otherside of the desk. ❛ i have no desire, nor the energy, to be glared at nor met with disdain today, paul. ❜ irulan walks past him, stopping at the door to almost mockingly bow her head. it's always been fake submission.

[requitals]

#requitals, a multimuse by k (25, she/they). private & selective. very low activity—basically when i feel like it, let's be honest.

rules-wise, just don't be weird about it. this is not my most active blog and will never be.

muse list below the cut. subject to change etc. etc. i've asterisked the ones that are rattling around in my brain especially quickly at this moment in time (10/25/23).

films

john constantine / constantine (2005) - bastard first, exorcist second. more or less doomed depending on how you look at it. vague with timeline. *brendan frye / brick (2005) - grimy noir detective in modern day and very sunny san clemente, california. generally set a few years post-movie at minimum where he's grown up and has not gotten better. *bruce wayne / the batman (2022), batman: unburied, several comics of my specific choice - the prince of gotham and the bat. generally played later in his life, in his thirties or forties, where he's figured it out but still has a plethora of psychological issues. chani / dune films + book inspo (2021 -) - you know, i love when we make chani into a real character. anyway arrakis is Her planet actually and she did turn away from that holy war. also, she has every right to be blowing up the spice harvesters actually. irulan corrino / dune films + book inspo (2021 -) - i'm still sort of spinning around everything with her but by god do i need her devious little brain. and her willpower on things. she's not a good bene gesserit but she is an excellent political figure. lee harker / longlegs (2024) - fbi special agent. a little bit psychic (sort of. about certain things.) cursed by the family line. doomed by satanic narrative in a way that would make even the most doomed character you can think of blush.

television

number five / the umbrella academy (2019-), canon divergent - ex-temporal assassin turned grumpy teleporting world saver. not really interested in the show's time looping thing. way more interested in revenge. *charlie cale / poker face (2023 -) - basically girl columbo but not a cop. blue collar detective extraordinaire. can be set basically anywhere with how far she travels. *dominique dipierro / mr. robot (2015-2019) - miserable lonely fbi agent, socially incapable, completely consumed by her work (unless she's not). generally set post-canon, but i can play around with this.

games

harry dubois / disco elysium (2019) - pile of neuroses and complexes in the shape of a man. irrepressible miracle. tequila sunset. i can play around and put this whenever. kim kitsuragi / disco elysium (2019) - most straight-laced lieutenant in revachol. extremely uncool unless he is standing next to harry dubois, at which point he becomes the coolest guy in the area. whenever in canon. *james savage / el paso, elsewhere (2023) - monster hunter turned vampire all because of a toxic ex. noir protagonist. recovering addict. full of the troubles. generally post-game, but you can play around whenever. *saga anderson / alan wake 2 (2023) - fbi agent caught in alan wake's horror story. descended from the old gods of asgard (both band and deity). has seer abilities and a steady hand with a gun. canon is... interesting here. we'd have to talk about it. karlach cliffgate / baldur's gate 3 (2023) - tiefling barbarian with an infernal engine in her chest that's going to erupt. fundamentally good person cursed by the narrative. literally deserves all the anger in the world, actually, even if letting herself feel it is dangerous.

novels

jade daniels / my heart is a chainsaw (2019-) - final girl who doesn't think she's a final girl. horror movie buff. recovering from a truly horrific childhood, as much as one can. we can play around with timeline on this.

podcasts

mabel martin / mabel (2018-) - girl on fire, girl with flowers growing out of her, not a girl at all but a mouth of many teeth. do not ask me about mabel podcast canon timeline. david ward / i am in eskew (2018-) - pathetic lonely cringefail history major who got trapped in a horrific city that fell in love with his pathetic vibes. might be a ghost. has a nightmarish reflection. probably post-canon unless your guy wants to end up in the city of eskew (not recommended for health and wellbeing).

[roseguidedarc]

 @conzierge​ ASKED,   “ 𝒊 𝒂𝒎 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒅. 𝒚𝒐𝒖… 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈. “

           𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐑,  𝐓𝐎 𝐔𝐏𝐒𝐄𝐓 𝐇𝐄𝐑.  set herself below him as irulan can see he thinks himself above everyone else . . even implying that his concubine is higher than herself which irulan would simply laugh at if spoken a loud.   reaction isn’t what he might’ve wanted or even expected as lips pull at the sides in a grin && a short, amused laugh escapes the inside of her chest.   both gestures a rarity these days as she remained tied in this loveless, combative marriage with constant reminds of just how   𝚄𝙽𝚆𝙰𝙽𝚃𝙴𝙳   she is !     (   emotionless monster she is not.  human being,  though it’s hard for someone like paul to see her as such when he might as well consider her an obstacle he cannot get rid of.  bound to a woman who wants nothing more than to be loved, to be shown respect, to be treated with just an ounce of kindness but instead he is met with resentment, a deep seated irritation as a result of that lacking.   )     ;      a step is taken forward, woman having laced fingers together in front of her.  eyes raise from the floor to settle on his features && making purposeful eye contact.  irulan wants paul to see how unaffected she is,  how his words haven’t wounded her in the slightest.     ❝ without me you’d have none of this. my father wouldn’t have given you anything. ❞   a fact she often   𝖜𝖊𝖆𝖕𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖟𝖊𝖘   because it’s truthful. long locks of golden hair shift with the movement of her body,   ❝  && might i suggest you . . be more careful with your words,  my lord.  just now it seems kings , or gods as you so self proclaim , have a tendency to die like flies. ❞   tone is kept level,   ❝  wouldn’t want the wrong person to hear && take it as an invitation, would we?  ❞

[debuendiente-arch]

Irulan Corrino—quick&lazy facts

comes from a big ol’ misogynist mess of a scifi canon

oldest princess of an empire, gets forcibly married to paul atreides to legitimize his takeover of the empire

not an empress nor a queen, simply “[title]-consort”

was actually raised to be empress regnant lmao to add insult to injury

paul has an exclusive fremen lover (chani) and makes no secret that irulan is nothing but an unloved and untouched political tool

well, he values her enough to give her a place in the council though he also uhh hates and distrusts her

is technically a spy for the bene gesserit and was trained by them as well

she is considered a failure as a bg adept, as she can never fulfill her (gag) purpose

is a survivor of csa & sexual exploitation which is uhhh par for the course for bg training, has some lingering traumas bc of that

“pretensions of a literary nature” = is a historian and librarian unlike any other in the imperium, who shaped the narrative of paul atreides’ reign almost single-handedly

helped her sister-in-law---alia, the holy regnant---raise her husband’s twins

In non-canon verses: 

Irulan is also pressured into a marriage with Paul as part of his hostile takeover of [REDACTED] and to add legitimacy to said hostile takeover. 

Did some higher education, if applicable, but short of a graduate degree.

Instead of pursuing a career, aided her husband’s. after his death, raised his children. etc. 

[impercre]

HOTTEST MUSE RESULTS

Chani Kynes by 53.3 %

2nd Place- Wanna Marcus 21.6%

3rd Place- St. Alia of the Knife 13.5%

4th Place- Feyd Rautha Harkonnen/Trinitas (no icons) 8.1%

5th Place- Princess Consort Irulan Corrino 5.4%