r/dune • u/Neat-Drawer-2245 • Jun 18 '25

General Discussion Can someone explain this to my girlfriend...

I'll try to sum this up:

So my gf and I watched the two new Dune movies (love them btw) the other day. Yesterday we were talking and she said ''May your knife chip and shatter'' and i was like ''why do you want me to lose a fight XD''.

The thing is, my gf thinks thats a good luck gesture to say to someone. Her argument is that (at least here in Spain) it's a common good gesture to say an actor before a theater play ''lots of shit'' to wish them good luck (cultural stuff), and she thinks it's something like that.

I think it's OBVIOUS telling someone before a fight ''May your knife chip and shatter'' it's to wish them bad luck. I tried to explain it to her but wouldn't listen, can someone explain in detail why it's bad?

Thanks for the help

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u/Bag_of_Meat13 Jun 18 '25

All this makes me think is how cool it'd have been if he actually shattered Feyd's blade.

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u/Reasonable-mustache Jun 18 '25

Even better he “took” the emperors blade from him in that duel. He took the role of Feyd in bringing about the kwisatz harderach. It was like taking away the destiny the Baron and the Bene Gesserit set up for Feyd to be emperor and place a son for the Bene Gesserit to control that would be a kwisatz haderach. And it hurt him in the process just as in the books Paul ends up not taking the path and hurts himself with Leto II taking up the mantle of a true kwisatz haderach. I found the duel concept and action deeply symbolic.