Dune: Malky, The Man Who Knew God

[@brusso456]

The God Emperors death was a gift to himself. So it had to be a surprise.

[@rahulshah1408]

The smiley face is an awesome touch to the comment.

[@TheTrueMalice]

Watchmen, Wal-Mart, and more only the original poster knows

[@Bigandrewm]

I think God Emperor is an underappreciated masterpiece. Herbert was extremely ambitious in writing this with a central character who had had their humanity almost completely corrupted and destroyed, and to still make Leto sympathetic. How do you write for a character that doesn't think in human terms? Herbert did this on more than this occasion, actually.

[@tobyvision]

For me, God Emperor is a close second to Dune. All of the others pale in comparison.

[@ememememem592]

I mean, is he inhuman? Or just the result of a person in those circumstances, but still fundamentally human?

[@davidtatro7457]

As much as l love Heretics and Chapterhouse and their ascendency of some of the most amazing female characters ever set to paper, l still feel like God Emperor is the beating heart of the entire saga.

[@LegendMkr7]

It sucks we will probably never see this or Children of Dune on the big screen, there are just to many weird things happening to have the average movie goer want to see it, IMHO.

[@steelgreyed]

The true appreciation for a Masterpiece is how often it is "copied....." How many "fake" Mona Lisa's presently exist?

[@blackbuddah8543]

The dialogue between The God emperor & Malkry was was legendary.

[@jabbadesilijictiure2937]

M O N S T E R P E N I S

[@cedriceric9730]

Super duper legendary

[@daniels7907]

But Leto *needed* the Ixians to be treacherous. It was one of the contradictions that made the Golden Path seem so nonsensical to everyone else. Leto needed them to develop the no-chambers and no-ships that would be crucial to the Scattering. The millennia-old dogma of the Butlerian Jihad had halted technological progress. Worst of all, it had enabled the Guild's monopoly on space travel, which *had* to be broken in order for humanity to spread throughout the universe. Ixian no-ships, with their navigation machines, were the key to the Golden Path.

[@havefuntazarasu5367]

In the grim darkness of the far future... Wait wrong book

[@thesurvivalist.]

Fact!

[@cjhepburn7406]

Daniel S Yes. Cj.

[@cjhepburn7406]

There needs 2 be a documentary about No-Ships. Cj.

[@similaritiesendhere]

I've recently been debating Dune lore on KZbin. The commandment against thinking machines did nothing to stop their secret development and encouraged the creation of other factions just as dangerous. The Jihad and great scattering might have killed more people than the machine war. The only brightside is the creation of the ultimate kwizatz haderach but, that just means that humanity is under the protection of an even more powerful god emperor. Duncan's sacrifice is even greater than Leto II's and he didn't volunteer for it.

[@Gigas0101]

I used to have a strong mental image of The God Emperor, a powerful figure with a knowing confidence in all things, like a Hindu deity, tranquil and omniscient. The way you narrate him has recast him in an incredible way, I can't shake the feeling of him skulking, craven, paranoid, old. Damn you, you used the Voice on me! Also, I'm sure there are no pictures of it and I can't remember the exact lines that made me think it, but I always imagined Moneo looking something like a Sikh. Thanks for this wonderful video, I need to consume your Dune videos the way Fremen go through Sardaukar.

[@tobyvision]

An omniscient being is impossible for a human to realistically write. But undoubtedly they would be mysterious to us, if comprehensible at all. God Emperor carried a lot of that incomprehension, and I think that is a big part of what is amazing about the book.

[@Merc_0158E7]

@@tobyvision there are perceptible parallels though. Every cell in the body is unique, precisely adapted to its specific function within the body. Each requiring the the rest of each kind in order to function as a body. ALL being unaware that collectively they are subject to the whims of the mind housed within the, also happily unaware, brain cells...

[@ronhawk]

For those who question Leto's death. His death is the the plan of the golden path. Proof of this when he commanded "follow her orders even if she order you to kill me." The whole path is described in the book. It not in one statement, but through out the book. First he take skin of the worm to preserve them, through the changes to dune to control the spice completely. Thus the universe. He created a human who could not be seen by prescient. His death aloud worm comeback to dune and make a desert again. With his death would cause the scattering. So yes he knew the time and how he was going to die. It just had to play out. That's why Paul could not do it. It was for leto. That's why paul left. to create the situations for Leto to take on the path

[@ronhawk]

@Khaela Mensha Khaine thank you

[@ronhawk]

@Khaela Mensha Khaine your words are kind and appreciated. Your statement on the Scattering is well put as well

[@askani21]

I still prefer to think of Paul as a failure. He should have taken the Golden Path, yet he wasn't strong enough. He abandoned his destiny, forcing his baby boy to do it in his place.

[@ronhawk]

@@askani21 you have to remember Paul could see the future. He seen that it was not him but his son who was the one to take the path. Not trying to be too deep in the bible but the comparison is there with David and Solomon, David could not build the temple because he was of the old guard and the blood on his hands. Solomon being raised in the new thinking and clean mind to do God wishes. As with Paul and Leto. Paul had the blood of the universe on his hands and was raised in old guard of thinking. Thus Leto was raised in the new way of thinking. Didn't have the blood of Paul's jihad on him.

[@sandelic1]

If I remember correctly, Leto choose not to know time and way he was going to die.

[@tuckernutter]

I feel so bad for Moneo. To be a human that underwent the spice agony and learned the truth of the golden path, being closest to his God barring Duncan and later Hwi, but to have someone as reprehensible as Malky be the closest yet almost antithetical to Leto than even he was as the Major Domo... then ends up dying because of his daughter...

[@sheziaholytree]

This was awesome! You bring so much more insight to the books than I remember reading over 27 years ago. Now I have to go back and reread the books again.

[@applecrow8]

Malky is easily my favorite character in the entire epoch and he's really only in it for one scene. I think its one of the best off-screen buildups for a character combined with a pay out that absolutely nails it. Also, aren't both Malky and Hwi dark-skinned? I always had that impression from the book. I'd love to see Vondie Curtis Hall cast as Malky.

[@jauregi2726]

Superb as usual. You've renewed my love for all things Dune ❤

[@garyv2498]

I love the voice he uses for Leto.

[@cjhepburn7406]

Gary V The Connor O'Brien reading is really cool. Cj.

[@MackeyDeez]

Malky saw what Leto's subject didn't see despite him being the God emperor and the living embodiment of a sand worm. Leto the II is still a human being with the human need for companionship. Historically many sovereigns from despotic rulers to kings all have friends who are not their usual sycophant subjects. Despite having people who worship or fear them the need to be treated like a normal person cannot be simply suppressed unless you are a total narcissist. To simply put it Malky engaged Leto like another person instead of a zealot. Even Paul Atreides once yearned to be able to walk amongst the Fremen as Usul instead of their mahdi.

[@zannaifacedancer5915]

That's why I think that he fell in love with someone like Hwi Noree, attractive of course, but also friendly and warm, naturally prety and Smart girl. The ixians would never have created someone like Lady Margot Fenrring or princess Irulan Corrino, with a hidden agenda an a perfectly measured and studied behavior. That's the style of the Bene Gesserit sisterhood and it would never have worked with the god emperor.

[@MackeyDeez]

@@zannaifacedancer5915 I guess the Ixians figured out that if a man like Malky with his charm and intellect could earn a special liking by the God Emperor Leto II then a woman of charm and intellect could be able to woo him. It's a very clever stratagem on the Ixians part cause Hwi Noree if successful then the Ixians could end up being the power behind the thrown by proxy of Leto II and he wouldn't even suspect that his rule has been subverted. In a way it's what the Bene Gesserits tried to do breed a Kwitzat haderach that they can control.

[@zannaifacedancer5915]

Anyone could not carry out such a purpose like that. The plan began to work since the first meeting between Leto and Hwi Noree. But while the emperor did not suspect the trap at first, I have the feeling that he understood the intentions of the new ixian ambasador, or I think I remember that Hwe told him so. I agree with you, it seems that the ixians appropriated the Bene Gesserit axiom that stars like this: "Power is used very gently. The sisters are experts exercising power without anyone knowing and the ixian strategy seems to be teres. The strategy, but not the actress. That's my opinión, she was not an actress, Leto would not have been impressed by a seductive and powerful Reverend Mother. He ruled the known universe and was totally prescient, there could be some trick of the sisterhood that hi didn't know? Physical beauty was not enough to demonstrate his weakness. Malky and Hwi pade with their lives, but the plan triumphed in a way because of her natural charm.

[@andrewneedham3281]

Good video as usual, except for one glaring flaw. As the novel opens, it's Iyo Kobat who is Ixian Ambassador to Arrakis. He is dismissed in shame early on due to his involvement in smuggling a lasgun to the previous Duncan Idaho, thus contributing to Idaho's foiled assassination attempt on the God Emperor. His dismissal paves the way for Hwi Noree to become new ambassador. Malky had been recalled to Ix long before. Remember, he's the one responsible for creating and breeding Hwi; he's the one responsible for her careful training and grooming; he's the one plotting Leto's demise in the background. How could he do this if he were still on Dune?

[@enbbug1]

Right!? Was this not the one whipped/flogged in public to the disgust of Duncan and the Bene Gesseretts that sought audience

[@JulianT0122]

It’s hard to read GEoD without hearing Quinn’s voice as Leto. He had amazing diction.

[@duncanidaho4787]

What Siona achieved sacrificing their companions (the fact that Leto still can love), Malky did it with just critical thought. I always imagine him as an wise old asian man with some badass look like Pai Mei from Kill Bill. His final words would haunt me to my final day.

[@zannaifacedancer5915]

I find it strange to think of Malky as and old man. Anyway, someone able to associate Dune with Kill Bill, even using his imagination, deserves my full respect.

[@robertshulman1659]

leto's golden path was to be a predator that strengthened humanity, like a weight strengthens a muscle, he created an eternal predatory phenomenon, beyond his own death, which returned in the form of the honored matres, and then through sheanna and her worm-control. Even the ones of many faces were created by his deeds, a threat which the main characters escape in the end.

[@TheOtherSteel]

You characterize Leto II's voice, in late-worm form, as gravel-like. My mind's ear always heard it as exactly as he was when it took up the first sandtrout. I find the difference, interesting.

[@DrBonely]

The voice you use for Leto is the voice in my head when re-reading now.

[@rickydzaster]

Finished the book tonight. Was watching this last night, but had to turn it off towards the end so not to ruin the ending of the book. Love your videos.. keep up the good work 👍

[@siphesihledlokolo4313]

New content! Great video as always!

[@CarloMartinini]

Your Leto voice is so different from what I heard in my head when reading GEOD

[@zannaifacedancer5915]

That man is a great actor, but his voice is too human. I always Heard Leto's voice thunderous and distorted, similar to Jabba the Hutt or Azog the Profaner, for example, but also a bit drowened because of is framed face.

[@johnwagner4776]

In spite of everything, an agonizing death from Moneo's throat punch was detestable. Did Frank Herbert offer any evidence that Malky understood the Golden Path? I'm not sure that he did. The Ixians were behaving as other power groups in the Imperium were: ie, chafing under Leto's multi-millenial tyrrany while, simultaneously, seeking to increase their Decenial spice allotments through abject service to him. The fact that Malky was NOT worshipful - that he recognized and enjoyed the most HUMAN of Leto's accomplishments (eg, characterizing Leto as a "master conversationalist") makes a refreshing contrast to Moneo's cloying dutifulness. Later on in God Emperor, Leto must've felt pleasure when he revealed to Hwi that he was actually "Noah Arkwright" - the author of celebrated books enjoyed by billions of children (of which she had been one.) Thank you, Ideas of Ice & Fire, for doing justice to one of the most enjoyable and intriguing characters in DUNE: Malky, Honorable Ambassador from Ix.

[@Gigas0101]

Sorry for the year-late reply but I feel that it may have been more than a throat-punch. Malky was brought in wounded and in need of medical attention. I feel that he was going to die regardless of the throat punch, that was probably just to stop him from talking. The real death was being thrown off the balcony to the sands below. That's just my interpretation, though. One of the things I love about Dune is how much of it is open to interpretation, despite the messages of the books being so concrete yet crystal clear. Your points on Moneo and Malky's contrast were something I hadn't considered, thanks for adding to my next rereading of God Emperor.

[@RingoLoadagain]

Personally, I think malky may have come close to seeing the golden path, or at least understanding that leto had a reason for being beyond just being a tyrant. However, malky could only be the thing that he was, play the part that he was meant to play, partially due to him being a mere human but also partially due to his vices and his personality.

[@chrisgriffith1573]

I love your readings, they are very informative and accurate to the tone of the scene.

[@gianlucaborg195]

I still think that Leto II knew of his demise and let it happen as it was the best way to continue the Golden Path and to led to the best solution in the face of kralizec (possibly against AI) - still however, the fact that Duncan remains a strong character and is key to in one way or another in each book (as far as I read, currently nearing the end of Chapter House). He knew that this was the only way and the best way, Leto II knew this and the Bene Gesserit I dare say realised it too (later rather than sooner).

[@ddillard143]

I believe this also. And I also think he realize he was losing himself to the worm mentally so it was inevitable. And if I remember correctly from the book his death allow the sandworms to be semi-sentient

[@RayZde]

I like to think Leto can be resurrected

[@zannaifacedancer5915]

In fact it is exactly what happens, but what a desgrace!

[@jollyyeholiver1578]

No he refused to use his power to see his own demise, its clearly stated that one of the attacks leto missed because he could have died and he refused to see the event that would lead to his death

[@gianlucaborg195]

@@professorerudite Leto knew that he would die, everything dies, yet he refused to see how. When the face dancers attack him, he hadnt forseen it as it was a chance where he might have died

[@mendelevium2768]

I feel that Malky's presence in the story heightens the Reader's understanding of Moneo's frustration, Malky has some insight into The Golden Path that could bring its end, and yet it's only known between himself and The God Emperor. With Malky and Leto's death, that information is now permanently lost.

[@K_R_N.]

Some amazing artwork here. And then this... 2:31

[@veralenora7368]

Yeah, kind of jarring.

[@merrittanimation7721]

I find your Leto voice hilarious

[@talitafranco7230]

Once more great video!!!! Amazing!! Malky is such a complex an interesting character!!! I love that’s a video about him, so much more interesting than Hwi, that sometimes is hard to believe that they are the same but opposites!! She is a nice character with his humanity and capacity to love, but he is way better, more smart and conniving!! I really wish he was more in the book instead of her!!! Love it!!!

[@tobyvision]

I think Herbert kind of had to keep the details about Malky limited. If you tried to be specific about how one very special, but in the end still human person would charm and entertain an omniscient being I don't know how you could write that scene. As intense and brilliant as Malky was, he was like the best of ants to Leto II.

[@monsouranda2822]

Dude your fast. Amazing work as always

[@BambooAcrobatVerte]

I think Aidan Gillen would make a fantastic Malky.

[@oddish2253]

Vincent D'Onofrio for vladimir harkonnen

[@zannaifacedancer5915]

And what about Hwi Noree?

[@vivecthepoet36]

@@zannaifacedancer5915 You're right. Vincent D'Onofrio would make a fantastic Hwi Noree!

[@zannaifacedancer5915]

LOL nobody Knows, but he is a Face Dancer, so I'm right. really that wasn't my intention. It wasn't my intention to joke, I just wanted to ask what actress could play Hwi Noree. I didn't imagine thatt anyone could say something like that xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD! It would be a challenge for him. Vincent, I'm sorry.

[@mudbutton2]

Or Piter DeVries

[@TheJohno95]

Another great video! Keep up the good work!

[@ltbraca470]

I always thought Leto ll knew how and when he'd die. After all he planned everything for eveyone. The Golden Path being simply forcing no change absolutely till mankind was ready for the scattering. His sole purpose being too not have humanity implode but explode through the universe.

[@souppot6301]

He was aware of a future that did not include him, but the details of his transformation he refused to investigate, he just knew that it had to take place next to a large amount of water.

[@LordTelperion]

Love this series; thank you very much!

[@princeprocrastinate6485]

I always wondered if the Duncans shared the memories of the very firsy ghola introduced in Messiah. That wasn't 100% clear to me, I assume they didn't but I'm unsure. That first Duncan ghola was my favourite Duncan.

[@sid2112]

Watched the commercials for you, Quinn!

[@gustavramirez2891]

I'm new to the Dune fandom, and I'm loving it thanx to your channel! :)

[@Kopie0830]

I have a joke, what did the God King Leto say when he fell to his death? Wait for it... Wait for it.. Almost there.... Hwi....

[@justthatjoeguy]

This is spoiler: Totally random but I liked in the God Emperor when Leto was talking with the first Duncan, that he knew was probably going to try and kill Leto. It was basically a cycle for the Duncans..and it was just time for that one to try. Basically Leto got bored and his mind wandered off. Only to suddenly realise that Duncan was upset and had the lasgun pointed at him and that whole seen happen. Kind of like a kid being called on in school to answer a question they totally weren't paying attention enough to answer, but somehow manager to get it right.

[@Malky-79]

Malky, one of my most favorite characters in the series!.

[@kt6550]

The artists renditions of the characters used here is very good and true to the descriptions in the book.

[@DrunkenJinger]

Dune: The God Emperor, is literally my bible and I am Malky.

[@zannaifacedancer5915]

Then my bible is Heretics of Dune and I am Sheeana, or at least I think so.

[@Zamolxes77]

Uhm, Little Citadel where meeting with Malky took place was a "impossible needle stabbing the sky", a 3000 meter tall tower. The aerie was somewhere close to the top, 2,000 meter lets say ? A body dropped from that height, would simply disintegrate upon impact, having reached terminal velocity, kinda hard to bury a body, poor Moneo !

[@tobyvision]

Moneo always struck me as one of the low points of the book. He's supposed to be the very cream of the crop of humanity, but he often strikes me as pretty dumb. Like why would it matter in any case if Leto II casually had someone killed? He apparently did it all the time.

[@RingoLoadagain]

@@tobyvision Moneo was a genius but he also had to balance executing all of leto's commands and keeping the empire running with the terrifying, ever-present knowledge that if he ever said the wrong thing EVER to leto, he would be killed in an instant. Imagine a boss who constantly quizzed you on the deepest aspects of philosophy, politics and religion and if you said a wrong answer he'd turn you into paste!

[@tobyvision]

@@RingoLoadagain Moneo certainly had a difficult job and apparently did it well. What I'm thinking of is in the few conversations we hear between Moneo and Leto II, Moneo seems to not follow some things that even I could sort of understand. Or at least I would realize when Leto II was so far ahead of me I should just listen instead of challenging him. I guess on the flip side Moneo was over 100 years old if I remember correctly. He might have just been too familiar or kind of sick of Leto II by then.

[@RingoLoadagain]

@@tobyvision I think part of it, to address your point of him being sick of leto, was that moneo didn't want a politics lesson all the time, when sometimes all he wanted was an answer to a question or to report something to leto or he was just randomly summoned. Then add the crippling fear of being murdered and you have a moneo that might not have been at the top of his game all the time around leto.

[@gottmovie]

Your videos are amazing.

[@NewsRedial]

It seems that many people in the imperium know of the Golden Path but hardly one of them can put that over their own short/medium term personal gain.

[@IkarusCod]

Your voice is the most beautiful thing i've ever heard.

[@krisskross3076]

except for Helge Schneider

[@wordsofcheresie936]

When the book first came out, I read it and told my sister about the character Hwi Noree. She looked amused and said Wienery! her name is Wienery! Isn't that where hot dogs are made? I was so mad that she ruined a beautiful name for me, but now I laugh about it.

[@kevinmatamoros8513]

After this I want to think that the the God Emperor's feels lime Malky was a friend/rival something that he found amusing even after kwnojg what the humanity could do (because he knows what humanity could do) still was able to surprise him in that assesination try.

[@Tarpit_]

1:58 that has to be the RAGINGEST rendering of Leto I've ever seen.

[@theleap2946]

New to your channel and Dune in general. Digging the content as usual. I certainly love this idea of Malky and Leto II. Perhaps one reason why they seem so familiar to me is the fact “Malky” was the name of a character in the movie “Leon.” Malky was the No. 2 to Stansfield, a drugged up detective who had a near unnatural ability to predict the future and figure out other people’s movements and motives...except his own death. He was the medium between a man addicted to money and power and the real world. When he died, everything unraveled and Stansfield ultimately set in a path to his death. And the only record of Stansfield’s deeds are the mind of a young girl, who will most likely need decades before anyone believes the stories. Oh well, silly observation for the night. Thank you!

[@giovanniprovost]

Amazing content as always! Do you plan on covering Moneo or Siona? They're huge parts of this section of the story would love to hear you talk about Moneo slapping Duncan around.

[@normanleon]

I like your KZbin Channel. I like your use of camera moving/zooming collage pictures, and subtle background music. Your passion for DUNE Mythology is admirable, Quinn. But you're not a Voice Actor. When you do it comes across corny and amateur. Have a friend or family member voice act your selected dialogue from the books 📚. That way, if it's not too good, it won't be tied to you directly. Be the Researcher, Interpretor, Promoter, and Narrator, Quinn. Good Luck.

[@benjaminattwell1430]

I love your videos and hope that one day you team up with CBG19! Your mutual love of Dune could create some very special videos!

[@intlvoiceofreason9239]

I actually thought that they would make a good team as well. I know CBG19 is from the South somewhere so maybe she's a Trump supporter and this wouldn't be a good fit (?). I don't know...

[@benjaminattwell1430]

daniel better...she is super liberal and lives in LA.

[@thegodemperorhiram]

I remembered from previous reads, that Leto had taken control of the BG breeding program, and was actually deciding who will breed with whom in the atreides line, so is said in the book by Moneo, that Siona's mother was not his first love, a though he avoided because it made him feel melancholic, and the Duncan's always look melancholic before dying :D However something I had missed previously, is the relation between Moneo's speech to Duncan about homosexuality, and later his agitation about Malky being taken to the Citadel, and then Leto said Malky offered "greater temptation than any other" My guess is that Moneo was homosexual and he fell in love with Malky, just like Leto fell for Hwi

[@alanpennie8013]

the godemperorhiram Hmm. Could be. Moneo had a really sucky life. He was the greatest victim of Leto's tyranny except, I suppose, Leto.

[@deltahunter4810]

@@alanpennie8013 that we know of

[@weirdwwii8775]

Excellent stuff!

[@Kalebfenoir]

Kinda sounds like, though Malky was working against the Emperor and all that, and though they had...incidents... it was all part of that greater plan of Leto's. He knew certain things had to happen at certain times, even if some things were hidden from view he could sense their place. That chat between them sounded more like... stageplay than discussion. Leto had to keep up a certain appearance, and allow certain things to happen while also having to appear angered by them... because it was what was necessary to bring him closer to the end of his role in the Golden Path.

[@xenosmoke8915]

So this is where we get Malcador from.

[@nightsage217]

Sometime, your enemy knows you better than your lover in bed. Not because he/she is destined to counter act every single decision u made perfectly, but he/she fundamentally understand you. Malky is terrible enemy of Leto, but he is the only soul able to understand him. And that is irony. It can be friendship, It can be soul bonding, it can be the greatest weapon.

[@arthurhyatt8964]

Wasn't really a terrible enemy if Letos whole plan also involved his own death. If anything Malky was an ally to Leto.

[@tobyvision]

I think Malky knew perfectly well that as dangerous and brilliant as he was, he was an ant next to Leto II's tidal wave. Despite that knowledge, he played his role with enjoyment, and Leto II found that charming.

[@markkelly1775]

Idaho`s response to the attack on the Royal Road was pure military brilliance. Writing!

[@trukeesey8715]

I await Chapterhouse Dune. I just looked at you psychically. You and I are both souls of an amphibian/humanoid nature, with fleshy antennae in the top-front of the head; some have called these "Andromedans" but I don't know whether that label is right.

[@redzed130]

Wat

[@trukeesey8715]

@@redzed130 Does that message appear to be addressed to you?

[@Aurora2097]

Malky is an evil man who stands up against the evil worm... that makes him great.

[@rasnac]

l always thought that Malky was the "devil" to Leto's "god". l wonder if Malky had any Harkonnen ancestry?

[@demiurgeimago9343]

Can anybody explain what the rumors were that the tlelaxu were spreading about Leto? I cannot remember. I feel they were like odd karnal acts but I’m drawing a blank! Somebody enlighten meee!!

[@ParameterGrenze]

There always seemed to be more to Malky's story when I read the books.

[@souppot6301]

He definitely wormed out some information regarding Leto's possible weakness, by displaying his indulgence of the pleasures of the flesh. But where's the details that he was bred for the purpose?

[@zannaifacedancer5915]

You speak as Leto were a helpless victim of circumstance, surrounded by useless sycophants and stalked by evil conspirators who could not understand his Golden path. Ungrateful humanity! I'm not able to see him like that and I don't think you eithher. That is the image taht all tyrants have of themselves. Maybe his vulnerability makes us feel something close to compassion, (not much), that is understandable.

[@zannaifacedancer5915]

Of course it was his choice, that's cristal clear. He never saw himself as a victim, but I ment that he saw himself as someone missunderstood. Do you really think that he was a teacher? Well, mankind is so stupid as not tu understand his lesson. They were not able to understand that his only purpose was to sabe them from disaster. As a strict but loving ffather who has big plans for his children even before they know it, and he is forced to correct his children so that they don't mistake the course. That's exactly how the tyrants see themselves. The only difference is that Leto was blessed, or cursed, with total prescience and knowledge. If the Golden pat was so necessary, why did Paul reject the prophecy? Why Leto's peace was disturbed by occasional rebellions that were crushed with no mercy by the Fish Speakers? Why did he create the F S? If saving mankind was so important to him why didn't he Warn people about kralizec? Famine times, the scattering, the Honored matres and the destruction of some many planets, are they just steps on the Golden path or consequences of failure? I eternally bless Malky and Hwi because I don't know what would have happened without their diabolical intervention. Frank warned us against the messianic leaders and the kindness and altruism of the Atreides died with Duke Leto.

[@tobyvision]

@Ibrahim Al Walid Leto II is perfect awareness. Malky is complete instinct.

[@jackwest3282]

I've always wondered since The God Emperor was only vulnerable to water...why did someone not try to spit at him or use a water gun ect...maybe covering their thoughts with a no machine or something...hmm well its a thought at least.

[@rullmourn1142]

Well done, Quinn...TY

[@MOcamping1212]

Thumbs up if you would love to hear him do a full reading of some of the Dune books!

[@avidplanes]

How do you build a No room with out leto knowing you built it... anyone seeing the problem here.

[@QuinnsIdeas]

They did it by improving slowly on a tech that Leto used to conceal his journals

[@avidplanes]

Nice, should have thought of that.

[@golgarisoul]

More videos on *God Emperor* please. There is so much to analyze.

[@souppot6301]

Oh no, not the clamps :)))

[@casperblake7002]

got half way through and got an ad that made me think that Michael Jordan and Labron James were gonna go 1 on 1, but it was for football and I got too sad to finish today. I love your videos and will be back to finish it later.

[@lazarus30001]

Strong title; props.

[@zannaifacedancer5915]

Why does Malky slightly reminds me of Count Dominic Vernius?

[@Ubu987]

Yeah. I can see the resemblance - especially around the eyebrows.

[@zannaifacedancer5915]

I think there's also something similar in the way they act. It's funny.

[@Ubu987]

I know! They were both terrible actors. They couldn't even play a convincing household vegetable in the school play!

[@souppot6301]

Nice font, did you get it from Jacurutu? Also, do you base your context on OH

[@andreyiu]

Hi Quinn, This question might have come at a late time but I hope you'll see and answer it: Why didn't Leto just eliminate the Ixians or whoever created (or triggered) The Great Enemy? I didn't read the books so I don't know exactly what the God emperor was capable of! Thanks

[@ericbruyn]

Beautiful, i feel joy, to hear the story, i remember from years ago. Book 4 was absolutely Fabulous the Best

[@dariusthedariusinemperor3485]

5:57 What does Roan Fel do there ?

[@djfritz2001]

Ok! So I just discovered the books I am going to read next! I read Dune, but I was honestly ignorant that there was anything after it!

[@xeroxsaw1303]

Malky was a straight up savage

[@capitalh1895]

Im the guy who suggested "The Expanse" to you in your stream last night. Did you binge it overnight? Im eager to hear your opinions about it... Maybe youll like it enough to consider covering it on your channel!?? Love your content. Cheers man!

[@alanpennie8013]

@@rohacha9iin40 I third it.

[@ArielBerdugo]

It was love and human connection .... desired most.

[@journeysofahobbit2076]

Great storytelling.

[@BoyKagome]

Malky is in this book so little, but he is more or less the main antagonist. I think this is what it looks like when your big bad is physically weak but incredibly good at attacking the heart of the ..'protag'. ( Though in my opinion, Duncan is the true Protagonist. )

[@brandonmyers6145]

Sounds like the Priests fighting against the Cardinals.

[@oddish2253]

Malky reminds me of Moriarty from Sherlock holmes.

[@zannaifacedancer5915]

LOL really?

[@AndrewH2791]

Where I am from (West of Scotland) Malky is a term for cutting someones face with a razor blade.

[@benpearson49]

One of the few characters who'd snark at the God-Emperor

[@dagfinissocool]

Can someone please explain to me how and why someone would willingly turn into a worm?? and how does it even work and why does he live for so long?

[@Outlaw8908]

God I could see Aidan Gillen for Malky so easily.

[@askani21]

God could not have foreseen his own death, even if he had wanted to, since it was Siona who pulled the trigger: she is God's genetic product, invisible to prescience, even his own!

[@redgeneral5792]

6:18 Apparently the God-Emperor came upon some ancient texts from the mythical land of "Japan".

[@migukmoonpark4312]

You mean Al Queda. These are what Osama Bin Laden promises suicide bombers.

[@JerseyMiller]

God Emperor of Dune is my favorite of the series ftp!

[@cedriceric9730]

It's the Apex of dune Most of all malky I just love malky

[@Sponsi_PL]

I need a Dune game made like Dishonored. That would BE TOTALLY AWESOME.

[@Kheperaunghk7]

I believe Malky and Whi were merely the equivalent of the Super Being breeding program but it was established by the Ixians. In the God Emperor's universe the goal of this Super Being was to woo and ultimately undermine the will of the God Emperor. Like the Bene Gesserit IT did something they had not planned. I also believe Malky fit Leto's explanation of the predator. Malky never hated Leto as Leto didn't hate Malky. They were both students, companions and Prey.

[@Nugatron50000]

You should do Miles Teg's torture scene next... one of my favorites.

[@quintu5]

I see what you did there ;)

[@spinnakerthegreat2612]

Clearly a best of moment in the book.

[@cjhepburn7406]

Nuga Tron Dit Dot Dat?

[@b.a.r.c.l.a.y9701]

gonna cry and shit and piss and cum

[@MarcoYotta]

Very difficult to understand the true nature of Malky, i know that is you favorite Novel, which is not mine as my favorite is Children of Dune but Emperor God of Dune comes hence in the second position, Following your top 5, I reread this week this Novel and still don't understand the Malky's place and why LEto II has killed him , Brian should write a novel on him !

[@apollyonkatastrefia1586]

If malky believe in leto's other memories and his visions why would he even want to disrupt the golden path? did he not believe there was going to be a great enemy come to destroy humanity

[@tobyvision]

I think it's more like he knew his role was in the end insignificant. He is brilliant enough to know that as brilliant as he is, he is an ant next to Leto II. So he just has fun with his role, and Leto II seems charmed by this.

[@Scotland3650]

One of my favourite characters

[@chewface]

So...why did Hwi Noree sleep with Duncan? Made no sense. Wasn't her heart set on the God Emperor? She cheated on God. Pretty random and annoying. Really bothered me when I read it. And no one ever seems to address it in reviews or lore analysis.

[@TryingToFollowChrist37]

Could the Ixian they have built machines (A.I) in a No room?

[@TryingToFollowChrist37]

Or a better question do they have a motive?

[@shrimboy7492]

Star Wars was purposefully dumb down for the masses. Lucas admitted as much so lets stop comparing Star Wars with Dune.

[@jamiewilson8253]

Eh? Star wars is based on some kind of Japanese story,Frank Herbert wrote Dune in about 1969 I think?!

[@marcosdheleno]

"purposefully dumb down", thats a very nice way of saying "fixed from trash to good". remember, the original star wars was completely diferent, and was pretty much hated by everyone who watched it. the one to trully dumb it down was george himself, when he decided to put the ewoks so kids would like it more, and later with the bad additions.

[@kaphasibad8369]

Awesome....