Nekhrun wrote:leagued wrote:I disagree, but I don't have any well-laid out argument; I just don't think that Leto would countenance letting harm come to Hwi that way. Flimsy rationale? Sure but I'm sticking to it.
I can think of may two reasons. If he can't have her then no one can and having her at his side to the end made what he had to do bearable.
Also, it's possible that since he avoided some of the details surrounding his own demise that he wouldn't have seen her dying either.
w/ the exception that I would remove
"If he can't have her then no one can"
I donot believe Leto II was that possessive ...
"having her at his side to the end made what he had to do bearable."
I will buy for a dollar ...
"it's possible that since he avoided some of the details surrounding his own demise that he wouldn't have seen her dying either."
= spot-on ....
but, @leagueD: I understand your POV & agree it may be valid ....
deep-questions like these show how much we lost w/ Frank's death;
if he were still alive, like Spinrad or the other old fuckers, we could
ask him directly ..... of course, had he lived, he would have written
Dune7 (and/or 8 or 9) by now, & our questions & speculations would
be moot ...