hi @coriander do you want to hear my insane Dune hot take now that I finished the book

@wallhackio Hit me

@coriander Dune and Attack on Titan are the same story

@wallhackio Never saw/read AOT

@wallhackio What I will say is that I know AOT ends up being weirdly fascist and Dune is specifically (and more clearly in the sequels because people didn't get it) a critique of the kind of white-saviour fascism Paul is doing

@coriander Dune had much better intent than AoT but that didn't stop the worst kinds of fan to reading the wrong things out of it

@wallhackio If nothing else, you should also read Messiah, it makes it much more explicit that Paul is the bad guy

A ton of people hated it when it came out because of this =P

@coriander yeah I put a hold on it through the library when I learned this information

@coriander anyway, aside from the fatphobia and homophobia surrounding the Baron I also had weird feelings about the idea that the Fremen are the most powerful fighting guys ever, it has some "hard times make great men" energy

@wallhackio Oh yeah the fatphobia and homophobia are fuckin awful, Frank did NOT like gay people lmao

There's a scene in God-Emperor where Duncan Idaho goes on a rampage because he saw two girls kissing, it's hilarious and it's NOT meant to be

@coriander LOL

@coriander yuri is too powerful to be seen by the weak-hearted

@wallhackio SO true

@wallhackio Also did you already know the stupid thing about Duncan Idaho later in the series or are you just rolling with that?

@coriander I have no idea what you're talking about

@wallhackio Oh, Duncan Idaho comes back in the later books

They keep cloning him

@coriander Somehow, Duncan Idaho returned!

@wallhackio The vats of Ix is how

@wallhackio OH CALEB DO YOU KNOW THE THING ABOUT THE PLANET IX

@wallhackio This is my favourite piece of Dune Lore

@coriander nope