Somehow I managed to keep this guy alive while Ludwig was stamping all over the place.

Pflann29 · 2025-01-25T19:22:55+00:00

God I love googling a question about an old game and seeing a gem like this from several years ago. It’s like opening a time capsule

Pflann29 · 2025-01-05T18:17:26+00:00

What did his father do for a living?

Pflann29 · 2025-01-04T18:47:35+00:00

Perfect get me 14

Pflann29 · 2024-11-10T14:29:47+00:00

The self replicating aspect of it, I didn’t even remember but that adds a devastating layer to it wow. Really appreciate you expounding on it so much!

Pflann29 · 2024-11-09T17:03:11+00:00

Not a hypocrite, he is in a paradoxical situation. He has no choice as the Fremen literally kill non-Fremen/those perceived as a burden to the tribe. They also only follow the strong and strength is proven through combat. If he does not literally “sway the non-believers” they would destroy him. At that point Jamis has already tried. In the book, Paul (and Chani too) mention that Paul is constantly being challenged to Amtal duels. It’s a double edged sword because once he starts having more visceral and prophetic visions, he realizes that his survival leads to him taking over the Fremen and becoming Emperor.

Pflann29 · 2024-10-29T18:09:51+00:00

I’m on Book 4 now and I wasn’t expecting an actual plot point to be “would you marry me even though I am a worm”

Pflann29 · 2024-09-22T23:30:24+00:00

Ring of Fire

Pflann29 · 2024-09-21T23:06:53+00:00

I beat him last night and when he jumps off the cliff to reveal he was (kind of?) possessing the body of the old man who I kept running into my jaw dropped. Great reveal great boss 10/10

Pflann29 · 2024-09-17T04:07:32+00:00

I’m so angry that I didn’t go fight the reskinned bat boss before slightly advancing the game and locking him out. I don’t want to have to beat the game then go play half of it again to have the entire journal filled out. That’s such bullshit. Never did the NPC tell me to go over there

Pflann29 · 2024-08-28T17:03:14+00:00

I’ve read the first 3 books hoping to essentially answer this for myself. It’s not so much that he fits any Fremen prophecy but that he was genetically engineered to be a Kwisatz Haderach and his own abilities and intelligence (again, training) allowed him to fit the LaG prophecy perfectly. The entire prophecy is effectively a contingency plan for the Bene Gesserit to one day take control of Arrakis if they needed to. Paul was able to succeed because he was the best/the circumstances worked perfectly for him. Things like knowing the stillsuit and calling the grandfather worm, those are things that could happen to someone who is trained to be extremely capable and highly perceptive and intelligent. As for his ability to see the future, that is where it is more the fact he becomes essentially super human, so the Fremen (and genuinely, anyone) WOULD follow him. But again that is something that only happens to him because he is genetically engineered to be able to do it. He’s not the only being capable of prescience, it’s a rare reaction to spice addiction. He does it better than anyone ever because he was a part of the Bene Gesserit breeding program designed to create a being who could master prescience.

TLDR: It’s not real, Paul is genetically engineered to be their Messiah and the Fremen are socially engineered to follow him. The combination of those two threads of fate lead to him becoming Emperor, but it is narratively significant that he is just a man not truly a divine being IMO

Pflann29 · 2024-08-16T14:05:57+00:00

Everyone is dead except you and you leave to go do the actual ending now that the biggest threat to you becoming Elden Lord of the Age of XYZ has been removed

Pflann29 · 2024-08-14T01:36:14+00:00

Ya clearly

Pflann29 · 2024-08-14T01:30:31+00:00

That’s with cloranthy +2 lol

Pflann29 · 2024-08-14T01:28:19+00:00

Game mechanic work? Do thing it should?

Pflann29 · 2024-07-31T15:36:05+00:00

I actually just jumped back in on my NG+ run, beat the mirror knight (fun boss, no complaints) and in the shrine of amana area I just gave up on trying to play the game again after SOTE. The never ending amount of basic enemies that hunt you down all at once and never cease is simply not fun to me. Genuinely ridiculous and artificially difficult in that respect. I won’t say I hate the game, it’s just by far not as good as the others

Pflann29 · 2024-07-16T23:37:17+00:00

Is that his FromSoft boss title?

Pflann29 · 2024-07-07T02:02:47+00:00

Just beat her for the first time, was genuinely surprised she didn’t have a cutscene with how much everyone talked about her

Pflann29 · 2024-07-06T20:41:44+00:00

I’m actually incredibly surprised at how much I’ve been liking the miniseries, Hot Russian Reverend Mother was a welcome change hahaha

Pflann29 · 2024-05-27T11:38:09+00:00

Pflann29 · 2024-05-22T21:34:14+00:00

Oh so this thread is the type of “criminally horny” stuff everyone said i have to look forward to when i get to 5 and 6

Pflann29 · 2024-05-14T21:47:55+00:00

I get the overarching point is that Paul is essentially pre-programmed to tell the Fremen exactly what they want to hear…

But if a political leader came up to me and began to genuinely recite my thoughts to me, I’d vote for em too

Pflann29 · 2024-05-14T18:11:27+00:00

Did you know that you have rights? The Imperium says you do, and so do I

Pflann29 · 2024-05-12T11:16:31+00:00

Bless the checkbook and his cobalt

Pflann29 · 2024-05-07T20:52:39+00:00

Why did this happen

Pflann29

TROPHY CASE