i made a post like this a while ago about how baffling the changes paul went through in such little time were to me. i don’t know why im just addicted to writing about him, even though i know nobody’s gonna see it, but i might as well.
in the last post i make about this it was much more heavily focused on the amount of time that it took for him to completely change from a boy on caladan to the messiah figure on arrakis and the emperor. i don’t know what it is about me, but i can get so obsessed with paul atreides and his character arc that he goes through in the first three books, and then ending in children of dune. i think it’s almost trying to trick you when you read the books, because paul is not the hero of the story. most of what we see in the first three books are from his perspective, with the exceptions of chapters from other characters views like jessica, irulan, the harkonnens, etc.
what really gets to me though, is his loss of innocence. he was really only a 15 year old boy on caladan who had told his father he didn’t want to be the duke of house atreides, and with the span of eight months, he’s the emperor. by dune messiah he’s committed a genocide. i don’t support it, but it’s just heartbreaking how he’s this false prophet who’s almost being forced into being this religious figure.
weather or not frank herbert intended it, i think paul atreides is just the most devastating character i’ve read. ( i don’t read enormous amounts of literature) im gonna defend him, even with the heinous war crimes against his name, but it’s okay! he’s never done anything wrong!
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