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Children of Dune
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Children of Dune is the third book in the original six-part Dune saga, written by Frank Herbert and published in 1976. Children of Dune was the first hard-cover science fiction best-seller and was nominated for a Hugo Award.The story skips ahead from Dune Messiah and follows what has happened to the Atreides Imperium after Paul Muad'Dib walked off into the desert. Paul's sister Alia rules as Regent in the name of Paul's son Leto II, however her increasing paranoia leads her to continue to consume more and more Spice, exposing her as a pre-born to increased risk of possession and "abomination". Alia pressures the similarly pre-born Leto II and his sister Ghanima to do the same in order to use oracular vision to suss out threats to their empire.The Lady Jessica and Gurney Halleck also return to Arrakis to assess the condition of her daughter and grandchildren. Meanwhile, a plot is emerging on Selusa Secundas, where the remaining House of Corrino plans a move against the Atreides twins in a scheme to retake the throne. A mysterious preacher has also emerged to challenge the religious message of Alia's priesthood and her rule.Will Leto II and Ghanima be able to inherit the future from their lost father and ailing aunt?Children of Dune spawned its own Sci-Fi Channel miniseries adaptation Frank Herbert's Children of Dune which also covers the events of the previous book Dune Messiah. | |
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Anyone Can Die | |
Children of Dune / int_1237828f | comment |
Anyone Can Die: Even major characters aren't safe from death's cold embrace in this book, as Paul, Alia and Duncan Idaho all learn the hard way.. | |
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Evil Sounds Deep | |
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Evil Sounds Deep: The voices of within her Genetic Memory have different tones, but Alia notes Baron Harkonnen's basso voice is the loudest amongst them. | |
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Either/Or Prophecy | |
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Either/Or Prophecy: Paul and later Leto II can see possible futures and must choose the best one to carry out. | |
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The Creon | |
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The Creon: The Bene Gesserit play this trope on an organizational scale. They do not believe that assuming direct control of the empire will be beneficial to them, and instead conduct extremely elaborate (millennia-spanning) schemes to remain advisors to the emperor while controlling the empire only from the shadows. | |
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Brother–Sister Team | |
Children of Dune / int_1c1d243c | comment |
Brother–Sister Team: Leto II and Ghanima are twins, as well as pre-born. This makes them the only people capable of mutually understanding each other in the entire universe. Paul and Alia to a lesser degree. | |
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Ambiguous Situation | |
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Ambiguous Situation: Many characters wonder if the Preacher is Paul and further, how did he survive his walk into the desert? A number of people believe he's Paul back from the dead while others wonder if Paul speaks through this desert Fremen. When seeing his face, Alia can't quite tell if it's Paul because of how the desert living has aged him. The Preacher confides to Alia that he is indeed Paul, and later tells Leto this as well. When he walked into the desert at the end of Dune Messiah, the Cast Out of Jacurutu were lying in wait and took him in, hoping to use his visions for their own ends. Paul consented to it in order to find a way to help prevent the future he envisioned. Who is exactly Harum, the ancient king of Earth whose conscience Leto is instrumentalizing? The first thought that comes to mind given all the Islamic tones is Harun al-Rashid, but Leto goes to explain that Harum was revered as a god and fathered a dynasty that lasted 3,000 years, which has no equivalent in known history, unless it redirects to some Conan-esque prehistoric civilization known history doesn't remember anymore. Ultimately, nothing is clarified. | |
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Dirty Old Man | |
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Dirty Old Man:Baron Harkonnen is back and horny as ever. A not-insignificant portion of his time is spent vicariously experiencing pleasure from his granddaughter having sex with other men. When Alia meets with Buer Agarves, they see Buer through two eyes: one that sees him as he is and one that sees an eroticized version tinged with lust. | |
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Dead Guy Junior | |
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Dead Guy Junior: Paul named both of his Leto II after his father, but the first died years before the second came along. | |
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The War to End All Wars | |
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The War to End All Wars: Kralizec; in the oldest Fremen beliefs it is the Typhoon Struggle, the war at the end of the universe. | |
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Deconstructor Fleet | |
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Deconstructor Fleet: For The Chosen One, the Messianic Archetype, and hero tropes in general. | |
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Death Faked for You | |
Children of Dune / int_369a1bf6 | comment |
Death Faked for You: Leto II’s gambit, which involves hypnotizing Ghanima so even she thinks he’s dead. | |
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King Bob the Nth | |
Children of Dune / int_3bb487aa | comment |
King Bob the Nth: Leto II, so named after his long-deceased grandfather. | |
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Blessed with Suck | |
Children of Dune / int_3c3f28a5 | comment |
Blessed with Suck: Alia has access to the genetic memory of all her ancestors. Unfortunately, this includes her grandfather, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen. | |
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Because Destiny Says So | |
Children of Dune / int_3f70415 | comment |
Because Destiny Says So: Paul and Leto II's battle of visions. Paul locked himself into a terrible path, which necessitated Leto II taking a worse one with even more personal sacrifice. | |
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Would Hurt a Child | |
Children of Dune / int_479d4e5a | comment |
Would Hurt a Child: Wensicia Corrino plots to kill the Atreides twins and as such has a pair of Laza tigers trained and conditioned for the job. Said tigers have been conditioned using twin children brought from off-world made to look like Leto II and Ghanima and then having the tigers sicced on them. | |
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Formerly Fit | |
Children of Dune / int_4c9d226e | comment |
Formerly Fit: Alia was shown to be a very adept fighter and athlete in her youth. However, the stress of leadership coupled with her lack of fieldwork has caused her to gain weight. It also serves as another sign of the Baron's presence in her mind. | |
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Improvised Weapon | |
Children of Dune / int_4de1a4f7 | comment |
Improvised Weapon: Shields are never used on Arrakis as their frequencies attract worms. Assan Tariq uses a pseudo-shield as a means of offense rather than defense, planting it in hopes it will draw a worm to attack. | |
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Mirroring Factions | |
Children of Dune / int_4f6cf75 | comment |
Mirroring Factions: Further comparisons between the Sardaukar and Fremen are brought up in this book with the Sardaukar taking a more active role since Dune Messiah. The current Sardaukar commander, Tyekanik, becomes quite interested in Fremen religion when ordered to study it and when he and Stilgar meet at the end of the book, it's noted that a silent understanding passes between them. | |
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Wise Beyond Their Years | |
Children of Dune / int_4f773434 | comment |
Wise Beyond Their Years: The pre-born, due to awakened genetic memory in the womb, struggle to develop a personality of their own and are entirely intelligent even before birth. | |
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A God I Am Not | |
Children of Dune / int_504333fe | comment |
A God I Am Not: As "the Preacher", Paul actively works to destroy his own godhead. Also a case of Unwanted False Faith. | |
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Metronomic Man Mashing | |
Children of Dune / int_5443ca51 | comment |
Metronomic Man Mashing: At the climactic duel, Leto catches Alia's foot during her toe-pointing kick, after which he swings her easily around his head. However, he doesn't complete the trope move, rather letting her fall in a heap... eventually. | |
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Animal Assassin | |
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Animal Assassin: A daughter of the deposed Emperor develops a plot to assassinate Paul's children Leto II and Ghanima with conditioned Laza Tigers. Alia also offhandedly mentions the existence of "House ferrets" designed to protect her Keep from assassination attempts via smaller, trained, venomous creatures. | |
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Artistic License – History | |
Children of Dune / int_56515a39 | comment |
Artistic License – History: A chapter showcases the quote, "When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom fecause that is according to my principles." The in-universe quotation has Harq al-Ada echoing real life pop culture by attributing it to 19th century French writer Louis Veuillot, but this is wrong. In reality, Veuillot was accused of criticizing liberalism with this quote, but he denied having ever uttered it, and the whole thing seems to have been made up by his political opponent Charles de Montalembert. The quote comes rather from Thomas Babington Macaulay, who phrased it as, "when you are the stronger, you ought to tolerate me, for it is your duty to tolerate truth; but when I am the stronger, I shall persecute you, for it is my duty to persecute error." | |
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The Emperor | |
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The Emperor: Alia as Regent, ruling in the twins' name until they're old enough to take over the job. | |
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Pragmatic Villainy | |
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Pragmatic Villainy: When she orders Paymon executed, Alia is racked with guilt as she acted hastily and not confirmed if his insults against her were true. Baron Harkonnen disagrees, saying that Paymon was a dangerous individual to have in her employ and that her decision helped maintain order in their society. | |
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Twin Desynch | |
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Twin Desynch: Paul and Chani's creepy Half-Identical Twins, Leto II and Ghanima, have acted almost completely in tandem since they were born. Though both twins have Psychic Powers, the emergence of Leto II's much more powerful prescience, as well as the political plotting surrounding them, makes both twins know they will one day go on diverging paths. This happens after they survive the assassination attempt by House Corrino. Leto goes to Jacurutu, while Ghanima conditions herself into believing he is dead. The prose notes their mutual sorrow at knowing they will never be in sync again. Leto II eventually goes on to live for millennia as the tyrannical god-emperor, while the Atreides line continues through Ghanima. | |
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Emotions vs. Stoicism | |
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Emotions vs. Stoicism: The Bene Gesserit stress emotional control at all times as both proof of humanity and a basic survival tool with the Litany Against Fear. Unlike Vulcans, they're more than happy to use emotion as a tool to manipulate others — their emphasis is control, not denial. | |
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Dying as Yourself | |
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Dying as Yourself: When Leto demands that Alia take a Trial of Possession, it seems that Baron Harkonnen has completely taken over. However Alia forces her will through his control and commits suicide by jumping from her tower. Her last act to destroy the Old Baron. | |
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Our Ghosts Are Different | |
Children of Dune / int_66479d0 | comment |
Our Ghosts Are Different: A Bene Gesserit's "ancestral egos" can become troublesome. Alia finds this out the hard way. | |
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Fake Memories | |
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Fake Memories: Ghanima creates false memories to convince herself that Leto had died as part of a prophetic plan. | |
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Meaningful Name | |
Children of Dune / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Meaningful Name: Ghanima, Leto II's twin sister. Her name means "spoils of war," because despite his seeing-the-future-vision, he'd never realized his wife was having twins. "Ghanima" also comes with added connotations of an object that is no longer being used for its real purpose — or for any meaningful purpose at all, in fact. | |
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OlderThanHeLooks | |
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Older Than He Looks: The Preacher is supposed to be Paul's age but looks like an elderly Fremen. Gurney acknowledges how much the desert life has weathered the Preacher's skin, making him look even older than Gurney himself (Gurney being an older man at this point in his life). The Preacher actually is Paul. | |
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Came Back Strong | |
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Came Back Strong: Leto II after his spice trial at Shuloch. | |
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Darwinist Desire | |
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Darwinist Desire: the Bene Gesserit actually have Darwinist Desire Matchmaking. They've been secretly manipulating the marriages of all the members of the noble houses to produce the Kwisatz Haderach, a being capable of omniscience. | |
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Big Bad Ensemble | |
Children of Dune / int_72cdfc33 | comment |
Big Bad Ensemble: Played With. The story starts with Alia and Wensicia Corrino as the main antagonists, each a danger to the twins and a threat to each other. Alia continues the Jihad and exerts more power onto the empire whilst Wensicia wants to depose her and place her son on the throne. Halfway through the story, Wensicia's son Farad'n is informed of her schemes, and when he takes over the family he banishes her for all the child death she caused. Farad'n's leadership of the house is much less aggressive and they fall from their position as central antagonists while Alia is revealed to be possessed by Baron Harkonnen, whose villainy drives the plot. | |
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Brother–Sister Incest | |
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Brother–Sister Incest: Children of Dune, while treating incest as a theme, doesn't create such feelings Leto II and his sister Ghanima. Ghanima says "I will not bear your children, brother," to which Leto replies, "I love you, my sister, but that is not the way my thought tends." They do end up marrying each other, but it is nonsexual and actually meant to invoke pharaonic-archetypes of ancient Egypt. | |
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Face Your Fears | |
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Face Your Fears: The Litany against fear promotes doing this whenever possible. | |
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Armor-Piercing Question | |
Children of Dune / int_7b6e47a5 | comment |
Armor-Piercing Question: Leto II uses this on Stilgar to make him realize the true depths of decadence the Fremen have fallen to as a result of achieving their vision of Paradise. The narrative illustrates this beautifully by treating readers to Stilgar's internal monologue while musing on the reasons Leto chose to phrase it like that. | |
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Actually Pretty Funny | |
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Actually Pretty Funny: When Paul dies Leto has his water drained and placed in a jar by his right elbow on the throne. According to Leto, the memory of Paul within him actually finds it quite humorous. | |
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Badass Boast | |
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Badass Boast: As the "Desert Demon," Leto gives one to the cast out. | |
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Cultured Badass | |
Children of Dune / int_86bb7d97 | comment |
Cultured Badass: Pretty much everyone is as well-learned as they are badass. | |
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Children of Dune / int_87646020 | type |
Memory Gambit | |
Children of Dune / int_87646020 | comment |
Memory Gambit: Ghanima hypnotizes herself to believe she witnessed her brother being assassinated by Laza tigers, when in actuality he had escaped. | |
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Children of Dune / int_903e9dc9 | type |
Regent for Life | |
Children of Dune / int_903e9dc9 | comment |
Regent for Life: Alia (she didn't start out that way, but shit happened). | |
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Split-Personality Takeover | |
Children of Dune / int_90a1fbd4 | comment |
Split-Personality Takeover: Alia gets taken over by the memory-construct of her dead grandfather Baron Harkonnen. It doesn't end well. | |
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Children of Dune / int_952d21ec | type |
Bus Crash | |
Children of Dune / int_952d21ec | comment |
Bus Crash: It's revealed that the former Emperor, Shaddam Corrino IV, died in exile somewhere between book 2 and 3. | |
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Children of Dune / int_96144372 | type |
Aristocrats Are Evil | |
Children of Dune / int_96144372 | comment |
Aristocrats Are Evil: The Corrinos are still the same antagonistic aristocrats they were during Shaddam'a reign. | |
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Children of Dune / int_97ee3a58 | type |
Vicariously Ambitious | |
Children of Dune / int_97ee3a58 | comment |
Vicariously Ambitious: Wensicia Corrino plots to regain the throne for her House by making her son the logical heir. Her son actually considers her methods foolish and hamfisted, and banishes her when they inevitably fail. | |
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Children of Dune / int_9ae8eea9 | type |
Character Tics | |
Children of Dune / int_9ae8eea9 | comment |
Character Tics: The Baron apparently tapped his fingers during anxiety or boredom, as shown in Children of Dune when Alia becomes possessed with her ego-memories of him. | |
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Children of Dune / int_9cad69bf | type |
Depraved Homosexual | |
Children of Dune / int_9cad69bf | comment |
Depraved Homosexual: In exchange for his "advice", the Baron is allowed to fully possess Alia during sexual encounters. He then constantly pushes her to take new lovers in what amounts to a psychic Bed Trick. | |
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Children of Dune / int_9e1548b4 | type |
Old Retainer | |
Children of Dune / int_9e1548b4 | comment |
Old Retainer: Gurney Halleck now serves the Lady Jessica. He never got the earldom that Paul demanded from Shaddam IV at the end of the first book. | |
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Children of Dune / int_9e943076 | type |
One-Man Army | |
Children of Dune / int_9e943076 | comment |
One-Man Army: Leto II, after he merges with the Sandtrout, encasing himself in a second skin made of the creatures. The end result makes him incredibly strong, agile, and durable; able to leap distances and decapitate people with ease. He leads a one-man attack on the various Qanat's and single-handedly cripples the terraforming of Arrakis. | |
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Children of Dune / int_a35c7d61 | type |
Casual High Drop | |
Children of Dune / int_a35c7d61 | comment |
Casual High Drop: Leto II demonstrates his new post-transformation abilities by leaping off a cliff and into a canal. | |
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Children of Dune / int_a8896b94 | type |
Leave No Witnesses | |
Children of Dune / int_a8896b94 | comment |
Leave No Witnesses: With the Laza tiger plan put into motion, Wensicia Corrino employs this along with You Have Outlived Your Usefulness in order to keep the plot secret. She has the tigers turn on the Levenbrech and kill him and then orders Tyekanik to kill the transporter after he delivers the animals. Tyekanik sardonically offers to do it to himself as well but Wensicia replies that the fact that he probably would kill himself if ordered is why he's kept around. | |
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Children of Dune / int_aa4fa3d5 | type |
Ancient Astronauts | |
Children of Dune / int_aa4fa3d5 | comment |
Ancient Astronauts: A variant in that humans themselves fill this role, with the Bene Gesserit purposely spreading myths based on heroic and religious archetypes throughout fledgling colonies to make use of the people there later. | |
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Children of Dune / int_ac09dc0f | type |
Alas, Poor Villain | |
Children of Dune / int_ac09dc0f | comment |
Alas, Poor Villain: Alia's sanity degradation is something that Leto and Ghanima sympathize with and struggle to overcome. She ultimately becomes a pawn of the Baron and kills herself to prevent him from winning. At the end of the book Leto and Ghanima are able to conquer their condition and control their inner lives and Jessica realizes with dismay that Alia could have been saved too if they'd actually reached out before it became too late. | |
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Children of Dune / int_b1c2112 | type |
Tracking Device | |
Children of Dune / int_b1c2112 | comment |
Tracking Device: When Alia sends Buer Agarves on a diplomatic mission to Stilgar, she conceals a homing signal in the new boots she gives him so her forces can follow him and capture Stilgar. | |
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Children of Dune / int_b70ea2b9 | type |
Seize Them! | |
Children of Dune / int_b70ea2b9 | comment |
Seize Them!: When Leto knocks the door to Alia's room off its hinges and enters her presence along with his sister Ghanima, Alia shouts at her guards to "Seize them!" Leto picks up the half-tonne door he just came through and throws it at the guards. | |
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Children of Dune / int_b8c34249 | type |
Galactic Superpower | |
Children of Dune / int_b8c34249 | comment |
Galactic Superpower: The Empire that reigned from the Butlerian Jihad to Leto II's planned Scattering. | |
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Children of Dune / int_bba9ea51 | type |
Good Stepmother | |
Children of Dune / int_bba9ea51 | comment |
Good Stepmother: Irulan is for all intents and purposes Leto and Ghanima's stepmother, being married to their biological father, Paul Atreides, and loves them as if they were her own children. | |
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Children of Dune / int_c83a589c | type |
Luke, I Am Your Father | |
Children of Dune / int_c83a589c | comment |
Luke, I Am Your Father: A twofer, actually. Baron Harkonnen is father to Jessica and grandfather to Paul. This becomes a Chekhov's Gun in Children of Dune, when his genetic memory-self possesses Alia. | |
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Children of Dune / int_caf8c66c | type |
The Chains of Commanding | |
Children of Dune / int_caf8c66c | comment |
The Chains of Commanding: Alia cannot bear their weight. | |
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Children of Dune / int_d001c42c | type |
Anti-Villain | |
Children of Dune / int_d001c42c | comment |
Anti-Villain: Farad'n Corrino is built up as the villain. The ending reveals that he becomes a trusted companion of Leto II, and that he is the one whose quotes have been peppered throughout the novel. | |
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Children of Dune / int_d39e327f | type |
What the Hell, Hero? | |
Children of Dune / int_d39e327f | comment |
What the Hell, Hero?: Leto has a moment when he tears into his grandmother over her letting the situation on Dune get out of hand. | |
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Children of Dune / int_d848560f | type |
Unusual Euphemism | |
Children of Dune / int_d848560f | comment |
Unusual Euphemism: "An adult beefswelling" is used as a rather... unfortunate euphemism for "erection". | |
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Children of Dune / int_da2b1604 | type |
Foe-Tossing Charge | |
Children of Dune / int_da2b1604 | comment |
Foe-Tossing Charge: At the finale of Children of Dune, Leto II fights his way through Alia's elite guards before smashing down the door to her chambers, his extreme strength (due to sandworm-based enhancements) allowing him to basically sweep them aside. Since he was dragging his sister along during all of this, it means his Foe-Tossing Charge was one-handed! | |
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Children of Dune / int_da76b18 | type |
Hijacked by Ganon | |
Children of Dune / int_da76b18 | comment |
Hijacked by Ganon: The reason for Alia's increasing instability? She's fallen under the sway of her grandfather and the first book's villain, Baron Harkonnen. | |
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Children of Dune / int_dc1c7647 | type |
Voice of the Legion | |
Children of Dune / int_dc1c7647 | comment |
Voice of the Legion: The billions of ego memories within genetic memory-awakened individuals can appear like this, especially to the pre-born, who hadn't yet developed a distinct personality to act as a buffer. | |
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Children of Dune / int_dd082289 | type |
A Million Is a Statistic | |
Children of Dune / int_dd082289 | comment |
A Million Is a Statistic: Alia’s continuation of Paul’s jihad. | |
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Children of Dune / int_df60d405 | type |
Culture Chop Suey | |
Children of Dune / int_df60d405 | comment |
Culture Chop Suey: A classic example. Millennia of galactic colonization have created completely new unrecognizable ethnicities and modified versions of current Earth religions. | |
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Children of Dune / int_e003c829 | type |
History Repeats | |
Children of Dune / int_e003c829 | comment |
History Repeats: Once again, one of the heirs of House Atreides eventually winds up in a union with an avid writer from the Corrino family, who grows up to the primary chronicler of their reign, in the name of furthering the Atreides agenda. "Harq al-Ada" is revealed to be an adult Farad'n, who's obligated to become Ghanima's concubine as a peace settlement with the Corrinos—effectively filling the same role as Princess Irulan in the original novel. That said, it also reverses the first example: Farad'n is relegated to concubine as opposed to in-name-only spouse, the union is expressly meant to produce offspring, and it's heavily hinted that affection, or even love, will develop between them. | |
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Children of Dune / int_e431c24c | type |
Not Quite Dead | |
Children of Dune / int_e431c24c | comment |
Not Quite Dead: Leto II, whose plans necessitate faking death and eventual "resurrection". | |
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Children of Dune / int_f12c6fb1 | type |
Surprisingly Sudden Death | |
Children of Dune / int_f12c6fb1 | comment |
Surprisingly Sudden Death: Many deaths have build-up or a fight based around them, but Javid's stands out. After Duncan and Stilgar have a conversation about what to do with the state of the empire, Javid walks in and Duncan stands up to leave before fatally stabbing him in the chest. | |
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Children of Dune / int_f4cc32ce | type |
Creepy Twins | |
Children of Dune / int_f4cc32ce | comment |
Creepy Twins: Paul and Chani's twins, Leto II and Ghanima, are physically nine or so but have access to their genetic memories, leading to them acting like little psychic adults. They also have a penchant for doing this in unison. This tends to unnerve even those in their inner circle. | |
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Children of Dune / int_f597ca28 | type |
Cuckold Horns | |
Children of Dune / int_f597ca28 | comment |
Cuckold Horns: When wondering whether their aunt Alia is bedding Javid, one of the twins asks whether Alia's husband Duncan has "sprouted horns". | |
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Murder Is the Best Solution | |
Children of Dune / int_f6b30338 | comment |
Murder Is the Best Solution: With the setting being what it is, murder is often touted as a good way to deal with anything. Stilgar wanted Farad'n assassinated before the book's events to snuff out a potential threat to their rule, Baron Harkonnen encourages killing Javid because he's gained too much influence, and the various schemes in the book incorporate a killing of Alia or Jessica as a means to gain power. | |
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