Leto Ii - Blog Posts
leto had the measuring look about him, and caution, yes, but all of it had to be evaluated against that latent wildness, the susceptibility to dangerous decisions.
ghanima was more like her mother. there was chani's red hair, the set of chani's eyes, and a calculating way about her when she adjusted to difficulties.
she often said that she only did what she had to do, but where leto led she would follow.
and leto was going to lead them into danger.
CHILDREN OF DUNE (TV MINI SERIES 2003)
A Dune thought I was having recently is about when Leto II bonds with the sandtrout in Children of Dune. I was thinking about the role of the sandtrout in the sandworm's lifecycle, as larva, but how it cordons off water so the worm can flourish. When the sandtrout bonds to Leto II, it's like it would cordon off the water in his body so it can begin to flourish.
So he's watered and unwatered, human and sandworm, male and female, ancient and of the future, merciful and notoriously without mercy, Tyrant and redeemer... and like where the Fremen take the dead to sap their water, he's a living deathstill. It's good, it's very good.
