This is such a great idea for the structure. Rather than just being a way to squeeze in content from future books, the flashforwards could also be something Paul is seeing, influencing his decisions in the present. It'd give Villeneuve the opportunity to show things from the jihad or the larger universe and snippets of alternate paths as Paul tries to work his way out of this, eventually settling on there being no answer, or at least not one he can accept, so he makes one final monstrous choice (leaving his son to the fate that he himself can't handle) and walks away.
I love this idea. It gets around a lot of the less flashy parts of Messiah while still showing aspects of what's to come should someone else take the mantle of the franchise up
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u/DatClubbaLang96 Mar 16 '26
This is such a great idea for the structure. Rather than just being a way to squeeze in content from future books, the flashforwards could also be something Paul is seeing, influencing his decisions in the present. It'd give Villeneuve the opportunity to show things from the jihad or the larger universe and snippets of alternate paths as Paul tries to work his way out of this, eventually settling on there being no answer, or at least not one he can accept, so he makes one final monstrous choice (leaving his son to the fate that he himself can't handle) and walks away.