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[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 86 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Jokes aside, not swallowing would be unthinkable in the context of Arrakis.

EDIT: The horror!

[-] FateOfTheCrow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 60 points 6 months ago

"I'm not some kind of pervert."

-Frank "Beefswelling" Herbert

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 28 points 6 months ago

You really gotta give Herbert for towing right up to the line for incest, giving it a little kiss, but not crossing it.

[-] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 months ago

Lol mind providing some context for those of us unaware?

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 30 points 6 months ago

You really ought to just read the books, but it's a LOT of "technically not incest" throughout the series. From the Bene Gesserit breeding programs, to Paul considering using his sister to make an heir, to Leto II's interest in his sister despite being unable to have sex, and then his breeding programs with the Duncan Idaho gholas. Nothing you can really call incest actually happens, but it's definitely uncomfortable at times.

[-] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

If we're just talking pervert stuff instead of specifically incest, there's the thing from Chapterhouse where they "awake" the mind of a dead person they put into a child's body by the bene gesserit having sex with them. (This is a super old memory so may be misremembering specifics)

[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 20 points 6 months ago

You're almost entirely correct. They clone individuals (gholas) and raise them in "tanks" which are basically women in a much worse situation than Handmaid's Tale. The clone in question was Teg Atreides who was the Bashar (General) for the Bene Gesserit. They normally awakened memories in gholas through stress but he was very young when they needed him to manage their forces. There was a suggestion about using sex instead which produced a long moral discussion about the use of sex vs violence. They went with sex and it worked.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 points 6 months ago

Is royal incest really incest?

[-] bhamlin@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Incest is always incest. Whether or not it's a problem is always a context thing.

[-] NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

Duncan Idaho climbed a cliff so good it made a woman cum.

[-] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

Lol are you serious or making this up? I was going to downvote you because of the irrelevant comment but...

[-] ButtDrugs@lemm.ee 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

She came buckets. Bad water discipline but they weren't really about that life anymore.

[-] L3mmyW1nks@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I think it's not too far off at least. It was on their way to kill Leto II. and she quite liked what she saw.
Frank Herbert has quite a few sexual surprises hidden in Dune. I doubt they'll be shown in the movies....

[-] topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Well, he is Duncan Idaho and an upgraded version. Read the God emperor of Dune for more information

[-] ButtDrugs@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

In the next movie we might get to see Anya taylor joy fighting some training robots naked and paul getting hot and bothered by it.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

We can hope. Sadly the miniseries had her clothed.

[-] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

That's Adult Beefswelling to you.

[-] lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works 42 points 6 months ago

If it was anybody else I would assume this was a fake quote.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 31 points 6 months ago

as childish as this type of thing is, the book makes it clear just how every bit of water has to be collected and not wasted.

[-] Cipher22@lemmy.world 26 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Have you read the later books? That would be fairly mild.

[-] GluWu@lemm.ee 21 points 6 months ago

Its not gay if we're on Arrakis.

[-] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 months ago

It’s not gay if the still suit is on

[-] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 6 points 6 months ago
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