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Paul Atreides was literally designed/breed to have the special powers though, which makes his case a bad example. If not him it would have been whoever else wa
by stevekemp 10y ago
Paul Atreides was literally designed/breed to have the special powers though, which makes his case a bad example.
If not him it would have been whoever else was at the peak of the sisterhood's breeding plan.
- sangnoir 10y agoThere are countless nods to aristocracy in Dune even if you ignore Paul Atreides & the BG conspiracy.
- CodeMage 10y agoI wouldn't say there are "nods to aristocracy". The whole Faufreluches class system was quite deliberately designed for the Dune world. Herbert has his characters criticize it subtly at various points of the first three books and then has Leto II outright declare it as one of the biggest problems with the human society in "The God Emperor of Dune".
- douche 10y agoPaul Atreides was also a mistake in the sisterhood's breeding plan, since Jessica broke with their Illuminati-esque plan out of love for her Duke and to give him an heir, and thus jumped the gun a generation too early. Paul was supposed to be Paulina and marry Feyd-Rautha, rather than gut him in front of the Emperor.
- stevekemp 10y agoTrue he wasn't supposed to be what he was, but he was definitely along the path, the golden path, towards the perfect person they'd be working for.