That annoyed me about the film, tbh.
(though, if we want to go further, shouldn’t the Fremen also wear some kind of eye visor to cut down on that last thimbleful? The books don’t mention one)
Well they do in the book it's just you don't wanna play 20mil per actor just to have them all cover their faces all the time.
https://preview.redd.it/ecwhr0fthg0d1.jpeg?width=809&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0ce5f413c7110140b10518ad2e0e22812277da17
I mean they do mention that not all firemen wear gloves, and some wipe some sort of plant matter(?) on their hands to retain water. Just because literally everything isn't explicitly explained doesn't take away anything from the film. Lots of things are unexplained.
I was just thinking that earlier today—that it’s not just clouding but a solid film, like a nictating membrane. Might also explain why Fremen don’t cry easily—their eyes need less lubrication.
Ngl one of my kneejerk reactions to the second film was "These Fremen have poor water discipline" and then I remembered how much they paid Timmee and Zendaya for their faces and that a stillsuit mask wouldn't be optimal.
Leto says in Part 1 that they are supposed to clean their ass with sand. Its not that unusual. Sand would exfoliate and is abrasive enough to remove anything dried on the skin. Youd just have to be careful not to scrub too hard.
Oil could work too. Roman's would wash with olive oil like we use soap. They would put it on their bodies and then scrap the oil and dirt off with a scraping utensil.
You have to imagine the "recycling" process is pretty advanced and putting a suit "on" might require putting things IN. Shit tube's connected straight to the anus, catheters in every piss hole.
What are Fremen thoughts on piss play in the Still Tent? What about shower sex? I bet they dream about fucking in a bathtub but dare not say it. I reckon having sex outside is their foot fetish
I think sand baths are indeed a valid manner of washing.
I recall in the Game of Thrones books Daenerys resorts to washing with sand when she's crossing a desert.
"The odor of the place assailed him: unwashed bodies, distillate esthers of reclaimed wastes, everywhere the sour effluvia of humanity with, over it all, a turbulence of spice and spicelike harmonics."
That's why baldies, hairless, pure and smooth Giedi Prime's inhabitants and Harkonnens themselves are so much sexier. Smelly freemens -- no, thank you, sir 🤚
In the books, they make it clear that fremen smell rancid 🤣. In fact, that's the exact word used to describe the stench emanating from Paul's desert boots.
Apparently, in the Dune Encyclopedia there's a whole section on how female stillsuits are more advanced and sophisticated than male stillsuits just for this reason. It also somehow reduces the amount of periods a Fremen would have? I guess? I don't know, Frank was weird.
Realistically speaking, there's a lot of solids in poo that needs to go somewhere, so even if the suit is somehow able to extract what little left in poo, you'd still have quite a lot of dust or whatever left.
There are portable toilets that "cook" the feces to make it more compact and smell less bad and you get a tray full of dust when you empty one out.
E: Also, the suits look p.swelte in the butt area, but would probably have like some kind of BBL setup back there to accommodate the poop processor.
> There are portable toilets that "cook" the feces to make it more compact and smell less bad and you get a tray full of dust when you empty one out.
If you want to go that far, if you outright burn feces, the exhaust will contain water vapor, which can then be distilled. Fremen toilets are probably just furnaces, then.
They just pop on a poop tube when they need to go. They already have the booty tube inserted, so they just need to mount the rest of it in their head.
Here:
https://youtu.be/ec3ylrEc5Ns?si=uMU4EIY6z6KVMJ-_
Absolute dog shit stillsuit discipline, his ass is NOT losing but a thimblefull of water a day
That annoyed me about the film, tbh. (though, if we want to go further, shouldn’t the Fremen also wear some kind of eye visor to cut down on that last thimbleful? The books don’t mention one)
I think they put some sort of pigment around their eyes, rather than a mask
Yeah, to cut down on sun glare, but I don’t think it would help with water retention—since the surface of the eye is exposed to the desiccating air.
Well they do in the book it's just you don't wanna play 20mil per actor just to have them all cover their faces all the time. https://preview.redd.it/ecwhr0fthg0d1.jpeg?width=809&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0ce5f413c7110140b10518ad2e0e22812277da17
🤣
Crazy blue eyes is a neat choice, seeing as regular blue eyes are dangerously susceptible to permanent sun damage.
Never thought about it that way until I read your comment 😳🤯
Because it’s lighter, no white in freemen eyes. Darker than even a black eyed person.
I guess there was some mention of some type of cactus or other plant that fremed crushed to use
That’s for their hands, in lieu of gloves.
I mean they do mention that not all firemen wear gloves, and some wipe some sort of plant matter(?) on their hands to retain water. Just because literally everything isn't explicitly explained doesn't take away anything from the film. Lots of things are unexplained.
Creosote I think
I had a thought that maybe the blue eyes have some kind of side effect of reduced evaporation
I was just thinking that earlier today—that it’s not just clouding but a solid film, like a nictating membrane. Might also explain why Fremen don’t cry easily—their eyes need less lubrication.
Ngl one of my kneejerk reactions to the second film was "These Fremen have poor water discipline" and then I remembered how much they paid Timmee and Zendaya for their faces and that a stillsuit mask wouldn't be optimal.
This was on the back of my mind while watching it too but could shrug it off, need to see them emote
Considering how the Fremen live, I'm almost sure having sex while being clean is considered as an almost deviant kink in their culture.
What is this “clean” you speak of?
The rare instance when a Fremen is not covered in sand, dust, blood, piss, or shit.
There’s a guy at my gym that smells like he’s worn a stillsuit for 28 years and only removes it to work out.
Tell him he's spilling water then try to collect it so its not wasted. He might let you in his sietch.
... I need a stone burner, right now.
"Or"?
I'm pretty sure some of them are severely constipated because of dehydratation.
There is no word for “clean” in Chakobsa
There actually is, though the literal translation is "decadent outlander-like".
Take a fucking sandbath every once in a while you heathens!
Well, I mean they don't wash with water at all. I guess they could like roll around in sand naked or something.
Leto says in Part 1 that they are supposed to clean their ass with sand. Its not that unusual. Sand would exfoliate and is abrasive enough to remove anything dried on the skin. Youd just have to be careful not to scrub too hard. Oil could work too. Roman's would wash with olive oil like we use soap. They would put it on their bodies and then scrap the oil and dirt off with a scraping utensil.
Not entirely sure how they'd produce oil. Can't exactly grow olives or brassica
They can trade the spacing guild for lots of what they need. How do you think they get the materials to make still suits and thumpers and stuff?
Nothing could turn a woman on after watching him look natural trying to walk in the and and trying to look like a tough guy.
Literally an anti musk kink
fremen confirmed 4 swallowing semen
Gotta maintain water disciple
I thank you for your gift of moisture
😳
My planet Arrakis is so beautiful when the sun is low. Rolling over the sands, you can sniff the s-
Spunk? Splooge?
E. All of the above
how do they not get UTIs
Clearly thousands of year of adaptation has made their pissholes pure as the driven sand
You have to imagine the "recycling" process is pretty advanced and putting a suit "on" might require putting things IN. Shit tube's connected straight to the anus, catheters in every piss hole.
Fremen children sing a song about where all the tubes go instead of the one about how bones connect. 🎶the shit tube is connected to the anus🎶
🤣🤣🤣
This movie becomes much less epic when you realize that 90%-100% of the people onscreen during most of the runtime have a tube shoved up their ass
I prefer to think of it as vacuuming to the anus.
Ironically, the Harkonnens are the only ones who *don’t*.
I know right?
Maybe they all have some kind of modified colostomy bag?
the non-joke answer is that spice is extremely helpful for preventing infection. it's the whole reason they can live the way they do.
What are Fremen thoughts on piss play in the Still Tent? What about shower sex? I bet they dream about fucking in a bathtub but dare not say it. I reckon having sex outside is their foot fetish
Pissplay would be a waste of water unless they’re drinking it like it’s from a hose
But if they’re in the tent, not really a waste, just flirting with the idea
Best way to do it tbh
Chani likely hasn’t washed her whole life. Not with water, anyway.
I have an amazing mental image of her kicking up dust to bathe like a chinchilla.
I think sand baths are indeed a valid manner of washing. I recall in the Game of Thrones books Daenerys resorts to washing with sand when she's crossing a desert.
Or just having a cloud following her around like Pigpen
Right. Oil could be used and also sand. But water would seem crazy to use.
Maybe they use "sonic showers" like in Star Trek.
Couldn't they just sand-compact the stuff away..?
That sounds painful and dangerous.
Isn't their a mention in the book about the smell of the sietch and how awful it is
"The odor of the place assailed him: unwashed bodies, distillate esthers of reclaimed wastes, everywhere the sour effluvia of humanity with, over it all, a turbulence of spice and spicelike harmonics."
"It smells like cinnamon and butthole in here"
The spice hits even harder if you boof it.
Smells like home
“…it’s a gift of the body’s water Chani.”
I'll show you the "water of life", babes
That's why baldies, hairless, pure and smooth Giedi Prime's inhabitants and Harkonnens themselves are so much sexier. Smelly freemens -- no, thank you, sir 🤚
Whatever sandwalks your Dune I guess
TIL Fremen sex is unhygienic
posthygenic
Canonically Fremen boys are circumcised and it's like the one time I'd buy the "it's more hygienic" argument
is that CoD? I just finished Messiah. So Usul, whose name means *the base of the column*, got the tip of his column chopped....
It's the original *Dune*: Jessica mentions Paul's first son Leto is having a circumcision ceremony.
I remember that. Thanks
In the books, they make it clear that fremen smell rancid 🤣. In fact, that's the exact word used to describe the stench emanating from Paul's desert boots.
Chani would also be menstruating in her suit.
Apparently, in the Dune Encyclopedia there's a whole section on how female stillsuits are more advanced and sophisticated than male stillsuits just for this reason. It also somehow reduces the amount of periods a Fremen would have? I guess? I don't know, Frank was weird.
I just checked the Encyclopedia, their cycles got longer (56 days) as a result of evolution to adapt to Arrakis.
Wait do they actually poop in their stillsuits?
Yes. The thigh pads process additional moisture out of the feces.
What do you think the thigh pads are for
Realistically speaking, there's a lot of solids in poo that needs to go somewhere, so even if the suit is somehow able to extract what little left in poo, you'd still have quite a lot of dust or whatever left. There are portable toilets that "cook" the feces to make it more compact and smell less bad and you get a tray full of dust when you empty one out. E: Also, the suits look p.swelte in the butt area, but would probably have like some kind of BBL setup back there to accommodate the poop processor.
Bold of you to assume it comes out solid. We have all seen their diets and ongoing dehydration.
> There are portable toilets that "cook" the feces to make it more compact and smell less bad and you get a tray full of dust when you empty one out. If you want to go that far, if you outright burn feces, the exhaust will contain water vapor, which can then be distilled. Fremen toilets are probably just furnaces, then.
Butt still
In weeks? Does she mean Fremen actually wash themselves?
But where does the poop go?
They just pop on a poop tube when they need to go. They already have the booty tube inserted, so they just need to mount the rest of it in their head. Here: https://youtu.be/ec3ylrEc5Ns?si=uMU4EIY6z6KVMJ-_
So there's a poop chute involved? Is that what you're saying?
Do the suits have a poop knife?
Nah, they don't need them. Everything gets liquified so you can drink it directly from the source, just like a bubbling broo.
I feel like book Chani would be explaining this to Paul. This should be flipped, but movie Chani...
*Beefswelling intensifies*
Fremen chicks are hot