Status Updates From The Great Dune Trilogy

either paul is playin IxD chess, or the preacher is not him. definitely someone interesting. why should i care about the Farad'n's dream? i wonder if this signifies something about his bloodline. handing over Duncan...

so Ghani and Leto manifested Paul and Channi! okay!! leto worked harder for it, but it was safer. ghani got channi quickly but was almost overtaken. PAUL HAD A PLAN. ITS NOT JUST MYTHICAL HE HAD A FINAL VISION BEFORE LOSING IT, AND NOW LETO IS IN ON IT. And so is Ghani, hesitantly?!? His Golden Path... sandtrout... "Atreides Gods"

"The preacher must not know about this” OOOOH THAT WAS SLICK, I woulda swore Muriz was the preacher!! The cast out… the old ways… this has to be something relating to the Fremen law of sending the blind to the desert. were those 6 men trying to die an honorable death? But the city dude went out kicking and screaming… Paul is involved somehow, someway. HE HAS TO BE!! PLEASE!

So I was almost right. But…a little different… not ancient… the BARON. I should’ve known! Is this what the sisterhood feared?? Specifically?? Anyways, he’s helping Alia by shutting out the other ancient ancestral voices, and offering to help. But I don’t buy it fully… cuz DUH. Alia seems rather pliable, not so unwilling to work with her grandfather… hmmm… (loved this chapter!!)

Jessica and Ghanima meet one on one. I guess Alia overdosing on spice sent her into full “abomination” mode/mindset… what does that mean? That she’s hellbent in some esoteric path that deviates/revolts from the bene gesserit ideal? Some malignant ancestor in the gene pool who was scorned and parasitizes alia’s mind? I don’t know…maybe I missed something. CONFIRMED JESSICA IS WORKING WITH THE SISTERHOOD

A new princess! Wensicia! Using some uber-tigers to practice killing twin children… to restake her family’s claim to the throne w Farad’n? She seems wicked. All personal expendable.

Who the hell is the preacher. He’s blind… he speaks with a commanding voice ala bene gesserit training… but he claims to hold the hand of god… Paul’s?? Shit!!!

No lie... I want the preacher to be Paul somehow. And poor Leto jr, he’s surest having future dreams. Ghanima feeling left behind, like she’s losing her brother. But also… the worms didn’t ORIGINATE in Arrakis??? THEY’RE ALIENS??????? And what is this beef with Alia… ARRAKIS. DUNE. DESERT PLANET.

(Jessica up to something… Jacurutu??? Huh?)

A lot going on. Alia is highly suspicious of Jessica! And we see how upset she is that she isn’t prescient. And that she wants Leto jr. to indulge in presence via spice overdose. Then what is ghani’s role?? SHADDAM JR...!!! The foreshadowing of killing the kids that look like the twins… Jessica is acting like a literal mother of god. I’m with Alia I think she is definitely back in bed with the bene gesseritt

The twins are interesting… a little creepy! They give more insight into how the “pre-born” shared experience thing works. Jessica returns!!! But for what… who is the “Preacher?”