chvrlotte

a godswood without gods, as empty as me

[ghostinwinterfell]

NO PLEASE NOT AGAIN

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— sansa and lady

[wulfhalls]

The Fremen see her as the Earth Figure, a demi-goddess whose special charge is to protect the tribes through her powers of violence. She is Reverend Mother to their Reverend Mothers. To pilgrims who seek her out with demands that she restore virility or make the barren fruitful, she is a form of anti-mentat. She feeds on that strong human desire for the mysterious. She is living proof that the 'analytic' has limits. She represents ultimate tension. She is the virgin-harlot - witty, vulgur, cruel, as destructive in her whims as a coriolis storm.

ALIA ATREIDES

[seraphimerism]

st alia of the knife

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saint alia of the knife

from page 110 of dune messiah, frank herbert

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anya taylor joy as alia atreides

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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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helaena targaryen.

why are people trying to paint helaena the villain of hotd season 2, if she was just telling the truth? is it just because she’s the only dreamer at the time? justice for my girl helaena targaryen, she’s never done anything wrong!

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page 184 of dune messiah by frank herbert

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“to the dark lord. i know i will be dead long before you read this, but i want you to know it was i who discovered your secret. i have stolen the real horcrux and intend to destroy it as soon as i can. i face death in the hope that when you meet your match, you will be mortal once more. R.A.B."

regulus black’s letter to lord voldemort

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page 110 of dune messiah by frank herbert

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page 77 of dune messiah by frank herbert

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page 46 of dune messiah by frank herbert

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page 18 of dune messiah by frank herbert

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page 128 of dune messiah by frank herbert