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This central idea is why I hate dune.
Having a so called prophesied savior capable of insane things coming from a distant royal family of some space empire is too stupid to believe in.
You can't be both the underdog and the king at the same time, especially when your own supporters treat themselves as expendable.
Wasnt he like a test tube baby bred specifically to be the Messiah tho.
The tail end of a selective breeding program, but yes. The Bene Gesserit were (according to some internal hypotheses) belived to have been manipulated to expect the outcome later down the line, featuring an Atraides--Harkonnen child. But they were wrong.
That looks like Myne reading it which makes it even funnier.
Myne needs no special bloodline! Just near death merging of personalities and Ferdinand accidentally doing the magical equivalent of sex with minors.
So, certain people are magically entitled to power? I feel like I've heard that one before...
I liked this story better the first time, when it was called Moses