𝖗𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖓𝖉

[godastra]

GODDASTRA⸻ INDEPENDENT, MUTUAL EXCLUSIVE AND SELECTIVE BLOG FOR REVEREND MOTHER, LADY JESSICA OF HOUSE ATREIDES FROM THE DUNE FRANCHISE. BASED ON THE MOVIEVERSE WITH INFLUENCES FROM BOOKS AND MAINLY HEADCANON BASED. CST + 3. SHE/HER. WRITTEN BY CALI. (#)

exploration of: self fulfilling prophecies, mother of a god, motherhood, guiding hand, destiny is forged by those who write it, strong willingness, a new order, a mother's love, beyond alive, immortality.

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temporary rules under the cut:

01ㅤ| ㅤㅤintroductionㅤ : ㅤmy name is CALI (SHE/HER, CST+3) born in 1994, 21+ .welcome to my REVEREND MOTHER LADY JESSICA 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. jessica is part of the bene gesserit sistherhood, disobeyed orders by giving leto a son instead of a daughter as is tradition. she is also a skilled fighter and user of the voice and many of the abilities of the order, later becoming reverend mother and a figure in paul's ascension, 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| details: ㅤhere are a few of details from my jessica, mostly taking from the movies and what i believe the third movie will take. from the books I take further knowledge as well background. the dune trilogy will be taken as the base.

jessica went against orders to give leto a son out of love and a believe that she could give birth, due to her training to the Kwisatz Hadarach.

she trained paul, a male in the art of the bene gesserit order, something forbidden, which allowed to also reach beyond anyone else's powers. his psychic abilities manifested in youth and increased through her guidance.

Jessica undertook the process of ingesting the toxic liquid of a young sandworm to produce the Water of Life, elevating herself as Reverend Mother, when she survived the process, many fremen saw it as a sign that paul was their messiah.

ASOIAF verse: jessica is a red priestess under a secret order called the bene gesserit, that want to give birth to the next nissa nissa for azor ahai. jessica, against orders, gave birth to a son, who she trained as azor ahai. after the destruction of their house in Qarth due to their family rising into power, jessica and her son travel through the desert and are taken with the people of the red sea, who see and follow paul as their messiah who promises green land in the dessert. they go to mereen, to ask queen daenerys for aid to overthrow the rest of qarth's factions and in turn, help her with her powers.

[godastra]

leto was right, that woman was wife material.

[ruingod]

             [     ...     ]            𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓   𝐈𝐒   𝐀   son   and   mother,     if   not   one   whole,     split   in   two     ?     babe   of   prophecised   fire,     torn   apart   from   her   insides   out   when   she   delivered   him   into   the   arms   of   her   expecting   duke,     claws   baring   and   forcing   his   way   into   the   light   as   she   gave   him   everything   she   possessed   in   the   moment   of   his   first   moon     ...     all   in   the   name   of   love,     all   in   hopes   that   he   would   be   far   greater   than   all   the   names   that   came   before   him.     '     have   i   not,     mother     ?     done   him   proud     ?     '    if   he   were   much   younger,     much   weaker,     and   poisoned   with   much   more   hopeful   naiveté     ...     he   would   let   himself   question   his   mother's   words,     and   yet,     there   he   stands.     sand   beneath   his   feet   and   cerulean   tossed   towards   the   far   distance,     finding   comfort   anywhere   but   twin   hues.     paul   atreides   is   nothing   but   an   amalgamation   of   the   great   nobles   that   have   been   pawns   to   a   greater   game   unbeknownst   to   themselves     :     chess   pieces   to   sacred   sisters,     where   milleniums   of   history   are   broken   apart   by   one   woman,     and   the   babe   who   ripped   himself   out   of   her.     "     i've   never   had   a   choice.     you   made   sure   of   that   the   minute   you   birthed   me,     "     but   what   use   of   it,     really     ?     to   fight   what   is   already   right   before   your   eyes     ? his   spite   huddles   between   anger-riddled   resentment   and   grateful   devotion     ...     complexities   that   even   the   prophecised   muad'dib   fail   to   properly   comprehend.     he   loves   his   mother   dearly,     and   those   who   would   come   for   her   head   would   answer   by   his   blade     :     but   who   had   raised   him   is   equal   parts   maternal   and   fiendish.     parent   and   enemy.     mother   and   his   biggest   foil.     no   one   knows   him   better   than   the   one   woman   who   have   seen   the   last   flickers   of   his   former   self   dissipate   from   his   eyes,     and   enter   new     ...     striking,     blues.        "     what   do   you   bid   me   for,     then     ?     speak   to   me   honestly,     "     not   an   ask,     rather,     a   command.     "     leader   or   monster     ?     "     

[godastra]

"we   all   have   a   choice.   yours   took   you   closer   to   where   i   knew   you   could   be."   her   special   boy.   so   much   like   leto,   and   yet,   so   much   like   her.   her   duke   would   be   proud,   would   he   not?   that   their   boy   was   no   longer   a   boy   but   a   man,   determination   in   his   eyes   she   had   not   seen   before.   she   delights   in   her   knowledge   she   had   not   been   wrong   in   her   thoughts,   that   she   could   birth   the   savior.   these   fremen   see   him   as   such,   and   they   see   her   as   holy   too   for   he   came   from   her.   sacred   womb   gave   birth   to   their   savior.

  he   is   perhaps   more   than   she   thought   of,   his   plans   greater   than   she   dream   of   him.   a   mother   is   proud,   and   the   bene   sister   in   her   is   in   awe   at   his   presence.   he   commands   even   her,   and   her   lips   curve   into   a   smile,   almost   maternally.   she   taught   him   right.   "a   god."   she   responds   in   truth   by   his   command. ``and   gods   answer   to   no   one   but   themselves."   his   sister   still   in   her   womb   speaks   of   love   for   her   brother   and   she   shares   the   sentiment,   perhaps   more.   he   is   her   first   born,   an   act   of   love   and   rebellion   and   pride.  

"your   future   is   grand.   I   guided   some   of   it,   that   is   true,   but   you   decided   in   the   end,   what   to   do."   never   a   monster,   not   in   a   mother's   eyes.   and   more   than   a   leader.   a   god   fits   him   just   right.   "if   you   don't   accept   god   then   take   EMPEROR   as   your   role.   in   some   languages,   the   title   remains   the   same."

[cultfic]

the song in her voice carries through to his soul, eases the highest of spirits, the hardened temper and he drinks in her words, temporary ire fading slowly as he observes the grace with which her neck carries her head. ❝  most special .. he's yours.  ❞ a subtle shrug, voiced as evidence: because nothing she touches or creates is short of special. she appeals to his notoriously boundless fondness for the boy, more like leto than he certainly realizes but it will take a lifetime for paul to fully understand the legacy his father will leave for him and, in this, he trusts jessica to guide their son where he himself cannot follow. there's so much of her in him. too much, perhaps, for the boy to fully distinguish both inheritances.

a tired smile pulls at the corner of his lips as his hand welcomes hers in it, rests on his chest and allows the moment to last, his eyes read in hers the solace he finds in her presence, too; thoughts of their quarrel far from his mind. gently, he brings her fingers to bearded mouth, deposits a kiss upon them, lets his other hand brush against her cheek, thumb tracing patterns there. and foreheads lock. ❝  please, forgive me, my love. i do not deserve your patience.  ❞ duke leto's lids are heavy when he peers into her eyes, betraying the exhaustion of his rank and the concern of the lover and father.

[godastra]

"ours."   she   repeats,   correcting   his   voice   with   a   gentle   stern.   their   boy   has   two   bloodlines   to   follow   but   she   will   not   make   him   choose   one   or   the   other.   but   he   has   to   learn   both.   she   wants   to   tell   leto   how   truly   special   is   paul.   does   he   realizes   what   could   be?   from   the   moment   she   broke   the   rules   and   gave   him   a   boy   instead   of   a   girl   as   she   was   told   to   do.   "he   has   your   heart.   he   admires   you   more   than   you   realize."   whatever   it   is   going   to   happen   soon,   something   she   feels,   will   break   him,   but   perhaps,   it's   what   is   needed   for   the   boy   to   grow   into   a   man.   cruel   for   him,   cruel   for   her,   if   she   is   meant   to   lose   leto.   bera   do   not   love,   and   yet,   she   has   nothing   but   love   for   him   in   her   heart.  

she   relaxes   into   the   touch   as   he   gives   in,   long   forgotten   argument   falls   short   as   she   closes   her   eyes   upon   his   forehead   against   her   own   and   then,   peer   back.   "nonsense.   I   am   not   an   easy   person   to   read,   let   alone   love.   and   yet,   here   we   are.   if   anyone   earned   my   patience,   is   you."   she   is   his   wife   in   all   but   name.   everyone   knows   it   so,   she   might   not   have   his   last   name   but   she   runs   the   household   like   a   matriarch.   her   hand   moves   to   soothe   his   head,   the   edges   of   his   eyes,   were   she   sees   the   weight   of   his   dukedom.  

"better   to   let   that   frustration   out   than   keep   it   in,   leto.   your   new   responsibilities   and   family   need   you   sharp."   a   fool,   she   been   called.   to   let   such   emotions   control   how   she   feels,   what   she   had   done.   he   is   worthy.      

[godastra]

jessica, powerful in her own right, gets insulted, remains unfased. pau.l:

[godastra]

@ruingod asked: “ Did you have to go that far? ”

"Everything   I   had   done   was   done   with   a   purpose.   And   for   you."   She   was   not   wrong   when   she   felt   that   Leto   wanting   a   son   and   her   delivering   him   one,   breaking   vows   and   promises   of   the   order   meant   something.   He   had   been   special   since   he   was   born,   she   had   felt   it   then   and   she   feels   it   now,   as   he   grows   into   his   abilities,   as   destiny   forges   a   path   for   him   to   take   until   he   decided   the   path   should   be   forged   by   him.  

"One   must   be   ready   to   do   what   it   has   to   in   order   to   reach   the   destination   you   desire.   You   are   no   follower,   Paul.   You   are   a   leader   and   they   are   signs   you   cannot   ignore."   Powers   he   has,   visions   that   call   to   him,   he   has   been   having   them   more   and   more.   Making   the   fremen   follow   him,   make   them   all   kneel   to   his   name   was   the   first   of   many   steps.  

She   is   a   mother,   but   she   is   also   a   Bene   Gesserit   of   a   high   order   and   through   her,   came   THE   KWISATZ   HADERACH,   that   she   is   sure.   "I   would   do   it   again.   But   you   have   grown   and   it's   time   you   decide   for   yourself,   of   what   must   be   done   for   yourself,   and   your   father's   memory."

[godastra]

@cultfic asked: “ You're hard to hate. ” /from leto

Whatever   it   was   that   the   argument   had   been,   seems   to   dissipate   with   those   words.   Jessica   stares   back.   She   is   always   controlled   when   it   comes   to   herself,   years   of   training   and   putting   herself   through   it   all   to   become   one   of   the   best,   and   yet,   she   is   disarmed   with   a   few   words   from   him.   There   must   be   a   reason   why   she   was   put   on   his   path,   why   his   desire   for   a   son   had   made   her   a   rule   breaker,   and   as   she   watched   Paul   grow,   she   knew   there   was   a   purpose.  

"What   I   do,   what   I   have   done,   is   for   you.   For   us.   Our   son,   he   is   special."   He   must   see   that,   her   hand   placed   above   his   chest,   Jessica   sighs   as   she   let   the   thumbing   of   his   heart   be   a   calming   son.   He   must   know   he   has   a   lot   of   inheritance,   from   both   sides.   "Am   I   hard   to   love   too   or   will   you   let   me   soothe   your   headache?"   He   had   been   having   those   a   lot   lately.   And   she   is   best   prepared   to   help   him   through   the   journey   back   to   reality.  

Love,   fear   are   all   emotions   that   she   should   put   aside   for   everything,   the   bigger   purpose   of   her   order   and   yet,   she   finds   herself   in   love   with   the   man.   A   mere   concubine   back   then,   she   was   charmed   by   his   sight   of   the   future,   and   what   should   be   done.   A   visionary.   

[godastra]

i'm about to go to bed soon but i will reply to stuff tomorrow. gonna lurk for a while and here is my discord if anyone wants to chat until i doze off.

caliofhousestark

[godastra]

loving leto and thinking she could birth the messiah are not mutually exclusive.

[untitledmemes]

4-Word Sentence Prompts

Part II An assortment of prompts and/or starters using only four words. Adjust as necessary to fit pronoun and/or descriptor. Reblog, please do not repost or add.

“ What are you doing? ”

“ Quite the predicement, indeed. ”

“ I won't be there. ”

“ I will be there. ”

“ On your knees, pet. ”

“ Now put this on. ”

“ Don't say another word. ”

“ I am so lonely. ”

“ I am never alone. ”

“ It's love, my dear. ”

“ You feel so good. ”

“ Don't look at me. ”

“ When are you back? ”

“ How did it happen? ”

“ Be savage, not average. ”

“ You don't know me. ”

“ I know you best. ”

“ Still water run deep. ”

“ This was your choice. ”

“ This was my choice. ”

“ Don't forget to breathe. ”

“ Everyone feels broken sometimes. ”

“ It's okay, just breathe. ”

“ Spare me the theatrics. ”

“ Get to the point. ”

“ You're hard to love. ”

“ You're hard to hate. ”

“ Let's make some magic. ”

“ Own who you are. ”

“ Light always casts shadows. ”

“ Anywhere but here, please. ”

“ I have the butterflies. ”

“ Do it for yourself. ”

“ Do it for me. ”

“ Good things take time. ”

“ All in due time. ”

“ You are allowed happiness. ”

“ Grow, and become great. ”

“ I want to scream. ”

“ Hush now, be quiet. ”

“ Say your last words. ”

“ Mornings are for me. ”

“ Evenings are for me. ”

“ Don't you trust me? ”

“ I never trusted you. ”

[untitledmemes]

Dune: Part One Prompts

Part I An assortment of prompts taken from the movie Dune: Part One (2021). Adjust as necessary to fit pronoun and/or descriptor. In case of Multimuse, don't forget to specify which one/s. Reblog, please do not repost or add.

“ Dreams are messages from the deep. ”

“ Their cruelty to my people is all I've known. ”

“ Who will our next oppressors be? ”

“ It's good you're up early. ”

“ Why do we have to go through all of this when it's already decided? ”

“ If you want it, make me give it to you. ”

“ There is no call we do not answer, there is no faith we betray. ”

“ I'd like you to take me with you. ”

“ Can I trust you with something? ”

“ It felt like if I had been there, you'd be alive. ”

“ You're not taking me seriously. ”

“ Dreams make good stories, but everything important happens when you're awake because that's when we make everything happen. ”

“ I've been training my whole life. What is the point if I can't face an actual risk? ”

“ I need you by my side. ”

“ I told my father I didn't want this either. ”

“ A great man doesn't seek to lead. He's called to it, and he answers. ”

“ I found my own way to it. Maybe you'll find yours. ”

“ Don't stand with your back to the door. ”

“ The slow blade penetrates the shield. ”

“ You fight when the necessity arises, no matter the mood. ”

“ I see you found the mood. ”

“ You don't understand the grave nature of what's happening to us. ”

“ Don't be too sure it's an act of love. ”

“ When if a gift not a gift? ”

“ Defiance in the eyes. Like his father. ”

“ An animal caught in a trap will gnaw off its own leg to escape. What will you do? ”

“ I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings obliteration. I'll face my fear and I'll permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn to the inner eye and see its path. And where the fear is gone, there will be nothing. Only I will remain. ”

“ If you had been unable to control your impulses, like an animal, we could not let you live. ”

“ You inherit too much power. ”

“ Do you often dream things that happen just as you dreamed them? ”

“ Did you have to go that far? ”

“ Do you see so little hope? ”

“ How does it feel to walk on a new world? ”

“ Don't be fooled by the welcome. ”

“ Let's get you out of the sun. The heat can kill in this place. ”

“ They see what they've been told to see. ”

“ If you mean to harm me, I must warn you that whatever you're hiding, it won't be enough. ”

“ When you have lived with a prophecy this long, the moment of revelation is a shock. ”

“ Sire, I failed you today. There's no excuse. ”

“ It must never be known. ”

“ Thanks for the humiliation, old man. ”

“ I have never come so close to dying. ”

“ I respect the personal dignity of anyone that respects mine. ”

“ I believe your people and mine have much to offer one another. ”

“ Name what you want. If it's in my power to grant, I'll give it and ask for nothing. ”

“ Honor requires that I be elsewhere. ”

“ You have good eyes. ”

“ If we take one step out there, we're as good as dead. ”

“ I recognize your footsteps, old man. ”

“ Everything they left us is in shambles. We've been set up to fail. ”

“ I had a vision. My eyes were wide open. ”

“ You can't know that. I barely know that. ”

“ I trusted you completely. Even when you walked in shadows. ”

“ Why are you having these thoughts? This is not you. ”

“ I thought we'd have more time. ”

“ Why don't we just cut their throats? ”

“ Don't! You are not ready. ”

“ For hundreds of years, we've run blood for blood. But no more. ”

“ Here I am. Here I remain. ”

“ I am commanded to say nothing. To see nothing. ”

“ Tell me, please. What do you fear? ”

“ Somebody help me, please. ”

“ You know who you are. ”

[godastra]

she can believe in herself enough to be able to give birth to the one and also do it out of love for leto. not mutually exclusive. just spicy enough.

[brielarsonist]

LADY JESSICA & LETO ATREIDES DUNE (2021) dir. Denis Villeneuve

[rebeccalouisaferguson]

"There were a couple of scenes [in Dune (2021)] that were all about the training technique. There was one scene that I was quite sad they cut away. There are physical training methods, where Jessica teaches Paul the art of fighting with the knives that he later uses on Jamis [the Fremen warrior played by Babs Olusanmokun]" - Rebecca Ferguson for The Hollywood Reporter

Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica and Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides photographed by Chiabella James on set of Dune (2021) | "The Art and Soul of Dune" and "Dune: Part One : The Photography"

[godastra]

new fandoms are scary. been hiding in asoiaf for a year.

[godastra]

ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴇᴀʀ ʜᴀꜱ ɢᴏɴᴇ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ. ᴏɴʟʏ ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴ.

[godastra]

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