Hunchback Jack wrote:
Teg is key, it seems to me. A major part of Leto's Golden Path was freeing humanity from being dominated by any future prescient ruler (via no-rooms/no-ships and the Siona genes). Teg circumvents that; he can see no-ships, and may be able to see Atreides as well. He also has the speedy thing going on. So he is either a new threat, or a new saviour (when the Enemy comes along).
I don't know if there's much to say that he could have prescient knowledge about people with the Siona genes, so I'm inclined to put him as an asset not a danger. I don't think seeing the no-ships really puts any strain on the LocalGP (I have to come up with some kind of term since the overall GP seems to be past any danger) as it doesn't bring back any real prescience, just an ability so see the
now more clearly. I can't see him becoming a potential emperor or other major threat due to this.
It's not clear to me what role Duncan has to play. He can see the new Face Dancers, and they seem to be interested in him. He has all the memories of the past Duncans, but doesn't have the Siona genes. So he is a mixed bag; curse and blessing?
He really went from supporting charactor in the first three to being a key charactor, and eventually he became (debatably) the central charactor. Could almost be a metaphor for the "everyman" taking back control of society from the super heros. I don't know if FH inteded him to be anything more than that. I would guess though that he would end up being the linchpin of the plot, probably just through making the tough choices (as opposed to gaining KH abilities etc).
As for the HM/BH alliance, I don't think FH would have spent any time on mopping up renegade Honoured Matre enclaves. It seems pretty clear that he considered the joining of the two sisterhoods to be complete (although factional infighting might continue). They would prepare for the Enemy, and continue seeding new Dunes to ensure melange production continues.
I'm pretty much with you on this one. I don't see the advantage of adding the "still un-converted" HM vs New BG battle side-plot. I think he would have really ramped up the internal dischord, possibly with the intent of having the BG learn something of their own methods by looking in the "HM mirror". Just a thought.
Ah, the Enemy. No idea. May be the Futars Handlers, may be the new Face Dancers, may be something else entirely. Not thinking machines tho.
I'm not 100% yet on being against some kind of Machine threat, though I would guess in that case that the SFD (is that what we're calling them?) would be at the helm, not the machines. I think it would have been a bit more like how FH describes the machines of the jihad, not terminator style at all. It could be that it's the SFD, but what powers have they gained to make them capable of the tachyon net etc. I'm really torn on this one.
Incidentally, it wasn't clear to me that Duncan's no-ship had actually moved into a different universe, just a completely different part of the current universe. Perhaps this is a topic for another time.
Yeah, I don't remember a tone from the end of chapterhouse but I think that was purly KJABH.
Finally, the ghola cells in the nullentropy tube. Perhaps this is fringe thinking, but I suspect FH would not have had them grown, but would have destroyed them. Why? Well, firstly, it's not clear that anything would have been gained by relying on heroes from the past - seems like a path to stagnation to me. Secondly, the main Atreides power was prescience, which has little use in a universe of no-ships and Siona genes. So what benefit would they be in any case? Thirdly, I can't see the BG allowing it - resurrecting the two people most destructive to their long-term plans?
I like to think that FH would have made the destruction of the cells a deliberate choice by the main characters to find new answers, not rely on old ones.
I could see them
maybe bringing back someone and having it become a huge mistake. That's a pretty big stretch tho. I'm with you on this one.
