GODDDDAMMMN FINALLY SOMEONE SAYING THIS! I'M SO TIRED OF JOURNALISTS AND INTERVIEWS, I WOULD SEND FEYD TO THEIR HOUSES I SWEAR!
Do they even have a brain to examine something other than the two scenes in the movie? A "book" perhaps? They just sexualize his character as a Psychotic Villain...
Everytime I see some interview or review about how amazingly 'terrifying' Austin Butler was as Feyd-Rautha I die a bit inside. Like how could they miss the point so entirely?
The baron is terrifying, Rabban is terrifying, Piter is terrifying but Feyd? Yeah sure he'll kill without remorse, he'll plot, he's sneaky and will even enjoy inflicting pain if it strokes his ego or ambition. However, in the context of his house....... he's the normal, reasonable one! He's the better option! Feyd is the charismatic one, the one that the people can love, and the people on Geidi Prime do love him.
He's the Harkonnens' best face, their ticket to leading the universe, not by pure violence but by marriage and politics. Making him a senseless psychopath who VALUES HONOUR???? (Being a sneaky cheater and liar is probably his CENTRAL TRAIT) and cornerstone of his character. Hes a slimy little politician in the making, not a serial killer.
The way that Feyd is supposed to take power over Arrakis is by appearing MORE MERCIFUL AND MORE REASONABLE than the harkonnens who came before. Even if he's motivated by ambition rather than kindness (so is Paul, in many ways), he's supposed to swoop in and RESCUE the people of Arrakis from the hands of his brute brother (as far as they can see). JUST LIKE PAUL HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE SEEN AS A BETTER ALTERNATIVE, if not an outright saviour.
Yes he's cruel and yes he is scheming but the savagery they keep ascribing to him in the movie belongs to Rabban and the true psychopathic sadism to Piter. They've just kinda mixed those three separate antagonists into a kind of bland puree that they poured inside Austin Butler, whose performance is nowhere near strong enough to pull it off. (the voice.... dear God..... the voice). Villeneuve has given him a bunch of traits that are better exemplified in the other members of his house and gotten rid of the things that made him a unique Harkonnen enemy and an effective mirror to Paul.
Hell in the book he even LOOKS like Paul (curly dark hair) and it's implied that the baron is attracted to both of them, implying he has a certain type. The mirroring could not be more obvious. It is also explicitly stated that Feyd could have been a good person with a better upbringing which the whole edgelord 'he killed his mum for no reason' thing just shits all over for no reason at all.
Sigh.
It just feels so lazy and uninventive, but most of all it's just a shame because it's so much less interesting than it could have been. Compared to that, having him do a batman voice and feed people to his cannibal harem for fun is just so.... lame.
My man my man !!!đ
IT HAS TO.
I know they're not gonna do this, but I hope that if/when Marie Fenring is introduced in the Dune movies, she looks exactly the same as Feyd-Rautha, except with a little bow stapled to her bald head like these edits I found on Pinterest
She's played by Austin Butler of course, Denis just makes him crouch the whole time
Me : spending my time daydreaming about Feyd and my Dune DR while I keep doing tiktok 'boyfriend's trends' w him (a fictional character instead of a real boyđđťđ)
#fanfiction #feydrautha #duneparttwo #fictionalcharacters #loveofmylife
#how to make my fictional boyfriend real
MY (psychopath) CRUX
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FIRST LOOK AT AUSTIN BUTLER (AND ZOE KRAVITZ) IN THE NEW CAUGHT STEALING MOVIE đ¤
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GODDDDAMMMN HE'S NOT REAL. I might have a heart attack đŠđđť
My princess đđ
#i did put this on a pillow
#attached to a psycho fictional character
#austinbutlerfavcharacter
Perfect đđťđ
This is how I see himâmy cute, blushing murder prince đĽ°
@dailydoseofaustinbutler
Thank god someone can write about Feyd w/out him being just smut Christian Gery type of man! đđťđŠ
That's my character. A good dark romance... not soft but neither just red smut alone đ
Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen x reader
Summary: You used to be a Lady, a daughter of a Great House until Feyd took you. Since then, your sole purpose has been to warm his bed, but when Rabban asks about having you for himself, Feyd makes a choice that changes your future.
Words: 2600
Notes: Possessiveness. Grumpy Feyd. I know it's similar to another one of my fics, but I realized that after the fact, so...
Feyd-Rautha Masterlist
You didnât sleep. Not a wink. You laid in his bed all night, waiting for the man who never came, and your heart didnât cease its ferocious beats for a second. Where is he? Why isnât he here? Is he ok? What happened? The sun rises without answers to those questions.Â
You shoot up in bed when the door eases open. Expecting to find him, youâre disappointed to see instead his harpies enter one after the other. They donât look at you. One goes about riffling through your dresses in the closet, one heads into the bathroom and you suddenly hear a rush of water filling the tub, and the last of them goes to the vanity Feyd brought in for you, lining up makeup and hair pins that she intends to use on you.Â
The air about them is poisedâan echo of who they used to be before they were turned into petsâas, for the moment, their vile, more carnivorous side lies dormant.Â
Feyd only allows them to near you a couple hours after theyâve been fed; the peak time between their hunger sated and their bellies rumbling. At any other time, your uniquely foreign scent wafts to their nostrils and they are incapable of holding themselves back. More than a handful of instancesâwhen theyâve managed to manipulate the guards to open their cages with their seductive smilesâtheyâve gone on the hunt for you; one time in particular, sneaking into the bedroom in the middle of the night and yanking you from Feydâs arms with the intention of sinking their teeth into your flesh. Feyd had been so furious heâd cut a finger from each of their hands.Â
Still, they donât scare you. You see in them women not entirely unlike yourself: owned, and therefore, changed. Soft are the women who have had the luxury of marriage and child-rearing in the comforts of wealth and beautiful homesâand good for them; how lovely to be softâbut it is the women who have not a choice in their existence that develop a steel shell. And you and the harpies have steel shells. In that way, they are your kin, and you try to subtly express that when you can, even though their allegiance to Feyd can make that quite difficult.
âWhere is he?â you ask.Â
They ignore you, continuing with their tasks, and you huff. Yes, sometimes they refuse to speak with you, and always it seems when you need their words most. In the past, youâve been tempted to dangle your arm in front of their sharpened fangs in the hope that the offering will encourage their cooperation, but youâve yet to find the bravery for that. Plus, Feyd would lose his mind. Well, he would lose the rest of it.Â
âYouâve spoken to me before,â you continue. âWhy not now?â
One of them stops and faces you. She glances at her sister who shakes her head.Â
âTell me,â you plead.Â
âWe are not permitted to speak with you on the matter,â the other says to your frustration. That is not good enough. Regardless of how he sees you and how you feel, he is the one thing keeping you alive on this lifeless planet and you refuse to go about your days worrying over his safety and what his disappearance means for your fate.
You throw the sheets off your legs and stand.Â
âI donât care,â you spit as your silky nightgown falls at your ankles, but then you reconsider your tone. The harpies do not do well with aggression. Being so animalistic, their instincts are easily drawn out, and they tend to attack when attacked, which is not a fight you would win.Â
You take a calming breath, placing a hand over your heart. âWe are the same. He owns us, he clothes us, he feeds us,â you remind them. âOn this planet, I am as much your sister as you are each otherâs. We all care about him in a way and if I knew what happened to him, I would have the decency to tell you.â
The harpy who drew your bath returns to the bedroom. Having overheard your words, she crosses her arms and says, âWith respect, my Lady, we are not your sisters,â she says. âWe have never had him the way you have, and he does not feel for us the way he does you.âÂ
Your clenched jaw loosens, lips parting. If you had assumed anything about the relationship between Feyd-Rautha and his harpies, it was that they had once been where you are; that when you came along, they lost their rank and became something alike the handmaids from your home world. Youâd assumed that when they warmed his bed, their handmaids were the women who entertained him before them, and so on like a disgusting, perverted pattern. But if that is not the case, then your sense of identity is even more confused. Not to mention, nary a soul has referred to you as âLadyâ since you were taken from your family. So why show that respect now when Feyd practically stripped you of the title months ago?Â
You look to the only one of the three who seems unsure of the situation. Sheâs biting her lip, worrying the fabric of your unworn gown between her fingers.Â
âWhat about you?â you ask her and her head lifts to meet your eyes. Sheâs the smallest of themâpixie-esque, like you read in fairytale stories as a childâand despite the core of their primal nature, the gentlest. âYou want to tell me.â
The harpy by your vanity hisses, but the gentle one does not shy away at the warning. âShe has been kind to us,â she tells her sister in the most self-assured tone youâve ever heard leave her mouth.Â
The sister snaps back. âHe instructed us to do one thing: get her ready for the day and act like nothing is wrong. It was not to tell her what happened.â
You lightly gasp. âSo something has happened,â you state, feeling your heartbeat quicken. Your chest begins to rise and fall to match the rapid rate. âIs he ok?â
There are a few seconds of silent pause before Pixie stands a little straighter, setting her shoulders in a strong line. âOur Lord na-Baron was answering for the death of his brother.â
Your head jerks back. âRabban?â you question, your brow pinching. âRabban is dead?â
âYes, my Lady.â
âAnd Feyd is the one who killed him?â That doesnât make any sense. While Feyd has complained enough for you to know Rabban is a bumbling idiot, he eventually found a way for his brother to serve a purpose. Why would he kill a man when he is no longer the nuisance he once was, you wonder, so you ask, âWhy?â
âThe Lord RabbanâŚmade suggestions,â Pixie tells you. One of the harpies groans as the other shakes her head.
âWhat suggestions?â
She bites down and swallows hard, then she says, âHe suggested that the na-Baron share you for his own pleasure.â
Instantly, youâre hit with a wave of nausea. Share? Share you? The concept of a foreign woman hopping between men of status is not unusual, but at this point, you assumed if Feyd were going to participate in something like that, he would have sent you off already. Not doing so didnât even surprise you. Heâs too possessive.Â
âYou said he was answering for Rabbanâs death,â you say, but answering for that surely wouldnât have taken so many hours, not when the Baron saw Rabban as a waste of space. âSo where is he now?â
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He doesnât notice when you step into the training room and youâre thankful for that. You came on a mission to extract more answers out of him, but you donât mind having a second to admire him sparing against his trainer.Â
Heâs sweaty. You like him sweatyâsweaty and bare-chested and perfectly, effortlessly mesmerizing as aggressive grunts leave his lips. You silently watch their violent dance, your form mouse-like by the door until his trainer looks up and halts to stare at you. Feyd whips around to follow his line of sight, then he sighs and turns back to the smaller man. He mutters something as he grabs the rag at his belt and runs it down his face.Â
The trainer leaves and Feyd places his knife back on the table among many others. âI told them to keep you away today,â he says dully, monotone, not meeting your eyes as he runs his finger over the blade and fiddles with the hilt. âIncompetent brats.âÂ
âYou didnât come to bed.â
âI was busy,â he responds without letting a beat pass. He continues to avoid your stare and mess with the knives as if heâs never wielded them before.
You slowly step down the stairs into the pit of the room. âBusy killing your brother?â you ask. The muscles in his back twitch and flex under pale skin as he grips the hilt harder.Â
âThat is none of your concern.â The distance between you lessens until youâre a foot from his back, but he doesnât turn around.Â
âEven though you killed him because of me?â you ask. His neck ticks and his head tilts and shifts to adjust to the tension. When he still doesnât respond, you try another angle. âWhy are your harpies referring to me as their âLadyâ?â
That seems to do it. Feyd faces you, crosses his arms, and leans his lower back against the table. âYou think spending one night without me gives you permission to be nosy?â
You donât give in to his method of shutting you up by aiming to make you feel silly and guilty. Instead, your eyes narrow and you mirror the crossing of arms. âWhy am I a Lady again?â  Â
âYou just are.â Â
âAre you sending me home?â
His eyes flash. Blue irises darken a shade. âDonât be stupid.â
âSo Iâm a Lady on Giedi Prime?â you ask, dropping your chin to emphasize how ridiculous that sounds.Â
The edge of Feydâs jaw sharpens as he clenches his back teeth. âStop asking questions.â
âThen answer one,â you say.Â
Itâs a shot taken by an untrained hand, as he doesnât enjoy demands, especially not from you, but you figure you have nothing to lose in the attempt, so you donât cower under his menacing glare. You wait. And much to your surprise, he surrenders.Â
He blinks, and when his eyes open, they have softened ever so slightly. Then he says, âYouâre marrying me,â and everything from your lungs to your limbs freezes in shock.Â
âWâWhat?â you stutter. That makes less sense than Rabbanâs sudden death.Â
Feyd groans and stands straight, his arms falling at his sides. âSee what being nosy gets you?â he snaps. âI wasnât going to tell you immediately, and you had to go and ruin it.â
He grabs a fresh knife and stomps his way over to a dummy, ready to attack something other than you for the insecurity that he canât completely contain. Youâve never witnessed him insecure, but you know the feeling when you see itâthe defense mechanism, the distancing himself, the grumbly attitude.Â
âIâm not sure I understand,â you press as he slashes and stabs at the soulless victim. âIâm marrying you because you killed your brother for wanting to fuck me?â
With a grunt, the dummyâs head severs from its torso and flies off in your direction. It rolls and rolls and stops just before hitting your feet. The dead eyes stare up at you in silent amusement. Now youâve done it, they mock.
âI donât ever want to hear those words come out of your mouth again, do you understand me?â Feyd growls.
Your eyes shoot to his. âThe marrying you part or The your brother fucking me part?â
He tosses the knife aside. It clatters against the ground as he closes in on you. His hand wraps around your neck. âDon't test me,â he grits out through clenched teeth. âI will sew your damn lips shut if I have to.â
An empty threat if youâve ever heard one. He would never harm you, but even if he were going to try, his fingers would need to be squeezing much tighter.
You roll your eyes. âWell then how am I going to suck your cock?â
Something about the tease stuns him. His tense features immediately settle and his whole body eases with his exhale. Glancing at your lips, he licks his own, and you think he might decide to kiss youâafter all, itâs been a good twenty-four hours since the last oneâbut he doesnât.
You snort. âDidnât think that one through, did you.â
Long fingers unwrap from around your neck. âYouâre not funny,â he mumbles with an odd sense of shame.
âIf you donât find me entertaining, can you maybe take the time to explain all of this better?â  Â
Feyd considers keeping his mouth shut. You know him well enough to know that. However, itâs ridiculous to contemplate since heâs already spilled the bigger news. Nothing could be more shocking than you, after the bed-warming position youâve held for months, becoming his wife.Â
âMy uncle was going to take you away from me for killing Rabban,â he finally says. âSo I told him I've had plans to marry you for the alliance and that's why I refused to share you. Rabban wouldnât take no for an answer, so he had to die.â
Raising a brow, you say, âThe Baron accepted that explanation? My House may be one of the Greats, but we do not offer much for Giedi Prime.â
Feyd shrugs. âMy uncle enjoys anything that causes upset. Marrying me means we will always own something very valuable to your family.â
It would likely offend another, but you donât mind being owned. While the Baron may believe the Harkonnens as a whole will own you, you belong to Feyd and Feyd alone. Heâll never allow anyone to hurt you and now heâll never have to fight or argue with anyone to stake his claim, which works for you just fine, to say the very least.Â
âThank you,â you say.
âFor what?â
Your head tilts as you smile. âCaring enough to protect me.â
âDon't flatter yourself,â he says. âI didn't do it for you, I did it for my own benefit.â
Your sweet smile morphs into a smirk. âThe benefit being that you get to keep me all to yourselfâŚfor the rest of your life.â
With a scoff, Feyd rolls his eyes and crosses his arms again. âWhatever.â
âFeydâŚâ you sigh, leaning into him.
âWhat?â he returns in his snarky tone as if he doesnât want you near, but he doesnât step out of the bubble of your space.
âI'm happy.â
A pink tinge sneaks onto his pale skin, and he quickly looks away. And before he has a chance to come up with some witty remark to smack you with, you grab his face and press your lips to his.Â
You hold on to him until he starts to kiss you back, and then he's reaching for you, pulling you close, wrapping his arms around you, and you know you won't be going anywhere for a good long while.
Me and Feyd fr đđ
#he is in my DR
#im worse just for thinking we're soulmates
just a girl who loves cinema and is obsessed w crazy fictional characters đ
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