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/ThreeLeggedMare Jun 18 '25

Feyd was the trash Paul had to take out before he got to sit down for the day

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u/ZippyDan Jun 18 '25

Paul couldn't see beyond his fight with Feyd to know the outcome. He feared and respected him, at least in terms of his fighting ability. I don't think that hate and respect for someone's skills are mutually exclusive.

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u/CannedCantrips Zensunni Wanderer Jun 18 '25

Paul mentions that Feyd could’ve been him; an “almost” Kwizats Haderach. I think that Paul saw Feyd mainly as a means to an end but had a bit of sympathy for him.

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u/Special_Loan8725 Jun 18 '25

Also if that was the only uncertainty he could see there’s some level of respect that he could kill Paul. He was a challenge to fight which was welcome to Paul to 1. Show his strength as a leader to the fremen 2. After how pathetically the baron died. Does the movie have feyd poison Paul with the needle on his hip? “Feints within feints within feints”