#because in killing his sense of honour and fear of causing the deaths of billions and taking up the most utilitarian path

[stvlti]

Something something Paul drinking the Water of Life to kill his individual self is ego death in the original sense of the word

#dune #dune spoilers #dune meta #because in killing his sense of honour and fear of causing the deaths of billions and taking up the most utilitarian path #of leading the jihad for the narrow chance of ensuring maximum safety for the family he's built and people he cares about #he's killing Paul Atreides the human and viewing himself as simply a pawn in a bigger game of 4D chess #which goes hand in hand with him taking on the Other Memory - the collective psyches of his royal blood ancestors and Reverend Mothers past #in doing so he kills his ego and becomes the collective #a turning point that is clearly distilled in and signified by his taking of the Water of Life #duneposting