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fire nation kataang my cutiepies

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So there is this thing that the two Villeneuve Dune movies do together that I cannot stop thinking about, where they will present something (often, a weapon) in a context the first time around where it looks a certain way (often, very sexy and cool). And then they will present it again in a way that doesn't exactly negate your reading of the original context but makes you recoil in horror from the new context.

Paul and Jessica using the Voice to escape from their Harkonnen captors? Very sexy and cool. Look at them working together, mother and son, a couple of space witch badasses.

Jessica using the Voice on Chani to force her to participate in reviving Paul after he drinks the Water of Life? Horrifying. Saying you will be part of this myth that has been created to serve political ends that have nothing to do with your liberation, and if you don't do it voluntarily to save the person you love then I will make you do it.

Chani and Paul working together to take down the ornithopter gunship using those little shoulder-fired rockets? Very sexy and cool, we love guerrilla warfare against an occupying army. (I'm not being facetious here, this sequence is extremely satisfying to watch.)

The much later image of Paul silhouetted against the blast from the missiles from his family's private nuclear arsenal blowing up the shield wall? Nightmarish.

The way the climactic battle to retake the palace at Arrakeen extends into the night so that it begins to look very very much like the initial Harkonnen attack on the same place? I'm sure this is intentional; the whole third act is about taking a giant sledgehammer to the idea that the Atreides are the better or more civilized imperialists.

Perhaps my favorite example of this is the Atreides signet ring. When Paul first puts it on in the first movie, it's a symbol of him accepting that Leto is dead. It's a melancholy moment, but it's also a sign of Paul accepting the responsibility of his birthright as the new Duke.

Early in the second movie, when he is trying to be equal to the Fremen, he takes the ring off. And you just know that when he decides to put it back on again, that will be the sign that everything's about to go to shit. And when it happens it's a very similar moment--it is Paul accepting his birthright, just a different kind. But the accompanying feeling is oh no.

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“i want you to know, i will love you as long as i breathe.”

dune part ii / ojibwa / waiting for this story to end before i begin another, jan heller lev

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Her aura >>>>

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the death of paul atreides // the pieta - michaelangelo

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1x05 AU. Anakin's ghost trains Ahsoka in the World Between Worlds, leading to some painful revelations.

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Ahsoka: Hayden Christensen and Rosario Dawson on Anakin's RETURN

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It's the goddess

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Kiss

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It's the goddess

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Anyway some Dimileth compilation, and some others dmlth AUs

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Thank you for your service <3 I freakin love it 🥹

It's the goddess

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looking for fics about your favorite character on ao3 be like:

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what the actual fuck

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ooh that sounds- what the fuck

unfinished

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the best fic ive ever read in my life. this absolutely ruined me and ill never be the same ever again

dont care

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Being a Kenobi would be so fulfilling for Anakin and obiwans story 🥺 It would also mean that Ani and Obi are stuck connected as family forever due to extended relations

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body positivity with disability or chronic illness is really hard

like, i don’t love my body. it’s actively working against me 100% of the time. what i do love is how i’ve grown to work around my body, how i’ve grown to understand my body. the work i’ve had to put in to learn about my own body and the unique things about it cannot be undermined.

my body is hard work, and i don’t love it, but i will work with it to live happily.

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Unwavering resolve.

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Missed it 😔 Will do next time! Love these two together. What dates was it?

Aaaaannnnnnddddd THATS a wrap 🥰 thank you again for a wonderful week. We’re a small little group but that’s what makes events like this so fun.

Blows a kiss to you all 😘 until next year

🧡💙🤍