#willowthrush

[uniderp]

Meet Willowthrush! My newest guardian slyvari

despite her being the newest, she’s my oldest sylvari (story wise)

[vhagarswattle]

what was the dune article?

This one! https://slate.com/culture/2021/10/dune-2021-movie-vs-book-white-savior-islam.html

Specifically this line articulated what I felt watching the movie: "that centering of whiteness reads, in a way, as a type of white savior narrative. Even when the savior fails, destroys everything, and becomes a monster, his agency overrides that of everyone else and reduces them to side stories who are swept away in the terrific power of his myth."

Like, I get that Dune is eventually about paul becoming a space fascist or whatever (I think....based on what i've seen on the internet lol) but like... he is the central figure in this story, you are still placing him over a movie populated by side characters who are not white. It was a very good article! Really delved into the influence of Islam and Middle Eastern cultures on Frank Herbert and then how Villeneuve ultimately flattened it all into a generic "desert culture"

Pairs well with this