He's still not a villain, like some like to say, but definitely not the good guy we all think of when we use that term. He's a kid who was put into a horrible situation with no good outcome. He sacrificed his humanity to try to guide the rest of humanity on the best path. Humans were just flawed because they wanted a glorious leader and they needed to learn not to trust someone with that much power.
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Muffi@programming.dev · 10 pts · 2y
"Our resources are limited, fear is all we have" is literally Paul rationalising terrorism
No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
But fear is the mind killer
swab148@startrek.website · 3 pts · 2y
"I will let it pass over deez nutz!" - Paul Atreides, probably
LordSinguloth@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
There are two kinds of dune fans.
Those who think Paul is a good guy, and those who read the second two books
Cethin@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y
He's still not a villain, like some like to say, but definitely not the good guy we all think of when we use that term. He's a kid who was put into a horrible situation with no good outcome. He sacrificed his humanity to try to guide the rest of humanity on the best path. Humans were just flawed because they wanted a glorious leader and they needed to learn not to trust someone with that much power.
FrenchThrowAway@jlai.lu · 1 pts · 2y
He quite literally called it Jihad
LordSinguloth@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
Frank was extremely homo phobic as well as racist.
You see him come to terms with the former in the fourth book.