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Children of Dune

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Children of Dune	label	Children of Dune
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Children of Dune	comment	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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Children of Dune / int_1237828f	type	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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Children of Dune / int_16364a29	type	Evil Sounds Deep
Children of Dune / int_16364a29	comment	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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Children of Dune / int_1af921a3	type	Either/Or Prophecy
Children of Dune / int_1af921a3	comment	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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Children of Dune / int_1b6d7d29	type	The Creon
Children of Dune / int_1b6d7d29	comment	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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Children of Dune / int_1c1d243c	type	Brother–Sister Team
Children of Dune / int_1c1d243c	comment	Brotherâ€“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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Children of Dune / int_1f6983f7	type	Ambiguous Situation
Children of Dune / int_1f6983f7	comment	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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Children of Dune / int_267ce120	type	Dirty Old Man
Children of Dune / int_267ce120	comment	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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Children of Dune / int_2fd7200b	type	Dead Guy Junior
Children of Dune / int_2fd7200b	comment	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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Children of Dune / int_30537448	type	The War to End All Wars
Children of Dune / int_30537448	comment	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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Children of Dune / int_30c40e9a	type	Deconstructor Fleet
Children of Dune / int_30c40e9a	comment	Deconstructor Fleet: For The Chosen One, the Messianic Archetype, and hero tropes in general.
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Children of Dune / int_369a1bf6	type	Death Faked for You
Children of Dune / int_369a1bf6	comment	Death Faked for You: Leto IIâ€™s gambit, which involves hypnotizing Ghanima so even she thinks heâ€™s dead.
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Children of Dune / int_3bb487aa	type	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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Children of Dune / int_3c3f28a5	type	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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Children of Dune / int_3f70415	type	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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Children of Dune / int_479d4e5a	type	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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Children of Dune / int_4c9d226e	type	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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Children of Dune / int_4de1a4f7	type	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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Children of Dune / int_4f6cf75	type	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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Children of Dune / int_4f773434	type	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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Children of Dune / int_504333fe	type	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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Children of Dune / int_5443ca51	type	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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Children of Dune / int_56352cc6	type	Animal Assassin
Children of Dune / int_56352cc6	comment	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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Children of Dune / int_56515a39	type	Artistic License â€“ History
Children of Dune / int_56515a39	comment	Artistic License â€“ 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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Children of Dune / int_57dda60c	type	The Emperor
Children of Dune / int_57dda60c	comment	The Emperor: Alia as Regent, ruling in the twins' name until they're old enough to take over the job.
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Children of Dune / int_5ca80293	type	Pragmatic Villainy
Children of Dune / int_5ca80293	comment	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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Children of Dune / int_62c365d5	type	Emotions vs. Stoicism
Children of Dune / int_62c365d5	comment	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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Children of Dune / int_663b22d9	type	Dying as Yourself
Children of Dune / int_663b22d9	comment	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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Children of Dune / int_66479d0	type	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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Children of Dune / int_66ce8a39	type	Fake Memories
Children of Dune / int_66ce8a39	comment	Fake Memories: Ghanima creates false memories to convince herself that Leto had died as part of a prophetic plan.
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Children of Dune / int_6bda9a30	type	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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Children of Dune / int_6e469807	type	OlderThanHeLooks
Children of Dune / int_6e469807	comment	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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Children of Dune / int_703b3699	type	Came Back Strong
Children of Dune / int_703b3699	comment	Came Back Strong: Leto II after his spice trial at Shuloch.
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Children of Dune / int_72595768	type	Darwinist Desire
Children of Dune / int_72595768	comment	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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Children of Dune / int_72cdfc33	type	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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Children of Dune / int_771f6307	type	Brother–Sister Incest
Children of Dune / int_771f6307	comment	Brotherâ€“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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Children of Dune / int_77c0952e	type	Face Your Fears
Children of Dune / int_77c0952e	comment	Face Your Fears: The Litany against fear promotes doing this whenever possible.
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Children of Dune / int_7b6e47a5	type	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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Children of Dune / int_8042e814	type	Actually Pretty Funny
Children of Dune / int_8042e814	comment	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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Children of Dune / int_86b21114	type	Badass Boast
Children of Dune / int_86b21114	comment	Badass Boast: As the "Desert Demon," Leto gives one to the cast out.
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Children of Dune / int_86bb7d97	type	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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Children of Dune / int_90a1fbd4	type	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: Aliaâ€™s continuation of Paulâ€™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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Children of Dune / int_f6b30338	type	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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