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Going through Heretics of Dune and have question. Did the Bene Gesserit and Miles Teg not know that the Honored Matres have returned to Gammu? There's a remark that said they hand been back "100 years". Kind of big detail to miss if you have a military outpost there.
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Capntastic posted:So is spice supposed to be a metaphor for something? Frank Herbert was a true believer in the power of psychedelic drugs.
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Automatic Slim posted:Going through Heretics of Dune and have question. They knew, or at least taraza and the higher rank knew, that one of the groups from the scattering was pumping big money into gammu. Can't remember if they already knew that it was the honored matres, but I think it gets explained as a lot of weirdos from the scattering returning to the core over the centuries and people not really knowing what the gently caress for a while. And then everybody suddenly knowing what the gently caress really quickly. The whole Duncan ghola fuckmaster plot is a convoluted plan to bait the matres into glassing rakis and killing the god emperor's dreaming pearls of awareness and also use space pussy magic for universe domination, somehow. Bubblyblubber fucked around with this message at 05:18 on Oct 8, 2020 |
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Oct 8, 2020 05:14
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Capntastic posted:So is spice supposed to be a metaphor for something? no, it's just a singularly precious commodity necessary for all trade and travel controlled by the ruling class and only found in the desert
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Oct 8, 2020 05:55
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They knew that scattering influences had hit gammu but they were caught blindside on how bad it was. Remember at the start of heretics there was a civil war of sorts in the sisterhood, deliberately inflamed by the Tleilaxu who kept killing the Duncan with the implicit support of the opposition faction of the sisterhood. So the BG were distracted as the HM started to infiltrate the old empire.
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Oct 8, 2020 07:26
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There were what, 12 Duncan ghola killed by the BT? So the "civil war" must have been going for at least a century, even if the Duncans were killed in childhood. It is intimated that some at least made it to sexual maturity, and the Tleilaxu knew they had failed because the sisterhood didn't blow up.
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Oct 8, 2020 07:30
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Doc Hawkins posted:no, it's just a singularly precious commodity necessary for all trade and travel controlled by the ruling class and only found in the desert now I’m just imagining paul chugging a glass of crude gasoline and tripping balls while he dies in the desert
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Oct 8, 2020 07:58
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Doc Hawkins posted:no, it's just a singularly precious commodity necessary for all trade and travel controlled by the ruling class and only found in the desert So, what, like tea or something??
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Oct 8, 2020 08:09
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Fly Molo posted:now I’m just imagining paul chugging a glass of crude gasoline and tripping balls while he dies in the desert And his son drinks enough oil to turn into a dinosaur poo poo, I'd read that
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Oct 8, 2020 08:37
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"Windmills kill birds", Paul said, as his Fedaykin went on a galactic rampage to destroy renewable energies.
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Oct 8, 2020 09:04
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its all nice on rice posted:So, what, like tea or something?? i believe this is why the bene gesserit refer to prescience as "the tea"
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Oct 8, 2020 09:05
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Wait I thought it was worm cum.That It was all a cautionary tale about protecting your bodily fluids from dastardly femoids trying to spermjack you.
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Oct 8, 2020 10:00
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Bubblyblubber posted:They knew, or at least taraza and the higher rank knew, that one of the groups from the scattering was pumping big money into gammu. Can't remember if they already knew that it was the honored matres, but I think it gets explained as a lot of weirdos from the scattering returning to the core over the centuries and people not really knowing what the gently caress for a while. Thanks. The first four books in the series have a lot of restraint when it comes to sex. Don’t know what happened in Herbert’s life but he lets it all hang out in the last two books.
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Oct 8, 2020 10:17
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exmachina posted:There were what, 12 Duncan ghola killed by the BT? So the "civil war" must have been going for at least a century, even if the Duncans were killed in childhood. It is intimated that some at least made it to sexual maturity, and the Tleilaxu knew they had failed because the sisterhood didn't blow up. Rereading the Dune series came with a realization that there are a lot of Mary Sues in this series but still surprisingly not obnoxious. The fascinating thing about Herbert’s plotting is that the main characters know something is about to happen, tell you how it’s going to happen, but it’s still an interesting read.
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Oct 8, 2020 10:23
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Step 1: Space pussy magic Step 2: ??? Step 3: Universal domination
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Oct 8, 2020 10:42
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Automatic Slim posted:Thanks. Elder male fantasy writer brain. Its an epidemic.
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Oct 8, 2020 12:25
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Shageletic posted:Elder male fantasy writer brain. Tolkien seemed to avoid it but then again he was weird in all kinds of other ways. Apparently he was an anarcho-monarchist.
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Shageletic posted:Elder male fantasy writer brain. Plus herbert smoked those jazz cigarettes, they make you horny
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Oct 8, 2020 14:30
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While the possible postponing is pretty sad, I wanted to watch the trailer again and saw comment threads about -possibly- young people saying they are reading / already read the book for the first time after the trailer is  as all gently caress for me.
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Oct 8, 2020 14:31
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On that note, the full cast audiobook is amazing. I picked it up to refresh my memory before the movie 
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Oct 8, 2020 14:32
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its all nice on rice posted:So, what, like tea or something?? Texas tea, son 
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Oct 8, 2020 14:40
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Simone Magus posted:On that note, the full cast audiobook is amazing. I picked it up to refresh my memory before the movie The WHAT now? A frantic google search didn't come with anything, you mean the new movie cast, right? Galewolf fucked around with this message at 14:53 on Oct 8, 2020 |
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Oct 8, 2020 14:42
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There doesn't seem to be any news about when the HBO Dune TV show will come out if at all.
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Galewolf posted:The WHAT now? A frantic google search didn't come with anything, you mean the new movie cast, right? Sorry no, I mean the audiobook has a full voice cast that is very very good
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Oct 8, 2020 15:41
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The Honored Matres are hot as hell.
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Oct 8, 2020 15:49
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oil does let you see the future and create mentats, by creating electricity to power computers. 
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Oct 8, 2020 15:58
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hbd you horny old goat. https://twitter.com/Legendary/status/1314234183393263619?s=20
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Oct 8, 2020 17:24
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"Frank Frank Frank" goes the refrain, "a million boners were not enough for dirty old Frank!"
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Oct 8, 2020 18:48
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Groovelord Neato posted:The Honored Matres are hot as hell. Every time someone brings them up Bene Geseritts call them whores. Thats some outright cattiness.
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Blood sugar sucker fish In my dish How many pieces Do you wish Step into a heaven Where I keep it on the soul side Girl please me Be my soul bride Every women Has a piece of Aphrodite Copulate to create A state of sexual light Kissing her virginity My affinity I mingle with the gods I mingle with divinity Blood sugar baby She's magik Sex magik sex magik Blood sugar baby She's magik Sex magik sex magik Blood sugar crazy She has it Sex magik sex magik Blood sugar baby She's magik Sex magik sex magik Glorious euphoria Is my must Erotic shock Is a function of lust Temporarily blind Dimensions to discover In time Each into the other Uncontrollable notes From her snow white throat Fill a space In which two bodies float Operatic by voice A fanatic by choice Aromatic is the flower She must be moist Blood sugar baby She's magik Sex magik sex magik Blood sugar baby She's magik Sex magik sex magik Blood sugar crazy She has it Sex magik sex magik Blood sugar baby She's magik Sex magik sex magik niethan fucked around with this message at 19:28 on Oct 8, 2020 |
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Oct 8, 2020 19:25
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cross post from the simpsons meme thread
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TK-42-1 posted:cross post from the simpsons meme thread Hahaha that's good 
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Oh cool. Catch up on over 1200 new posts in this thread, just to find out the loving movie has been delayed.
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Oct 8, 2020 21:53
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It's not about the destination, the real jihad was the friends we made along the way
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The way I always saw it, whores were not an insult just for HM, but for anyone who used sisterhood techniques to hold power for themselves. I remember a passage where someone, possibly Lucilla, says something like "why do you think we call them whores?"
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still say the duncan sex battle should be presented and narrated like a dbz battle, complete with bombastic recaps and previews and the peanut gallery commentating on the sidelines
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Oct 9, 2020 06:49
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I always liked the bit where Leto I bans the practice or ostentatiously wasting water when you wash your hands at a banquet, but then the maid staff get mad because collecting those towels was a lucrative side-hustle.
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Oct 9, 2020 12:41
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It was pretty much " We're so rich, lets show it by just dumping a bunch of water on the floor" then the maids would squeeze all the water out of the towels and sell it
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Joke Miriam posted:I always liked the bit where Leto I bans the practice or ostentatiously wasting water when you wash your hands at a banquet, but then the maid staff get mad because collecting those towels was a lucrative side-hustle. Yeah! It's really good storytelling because it does so much. It shows you who Leto is, and what he values. It shows you how weird and alien Arrakis is, and shows you how their customs differ and gives you a relatable example of what the implications of that are. But it also sets up the idea that great leaders, even with the best intentions, are doomed to fail! The whole thing sets the tone that even in seemingly comfortable surroundings, the 'politics' around you is threatening and dangerous! So good.
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Leto I should have banned the use of exclamation marks at the table
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