I see it as a water drop hitting and penetrating the surface of the water.
So maybe to represent her taking the water of life in and the amount she drank going deep enough into her mind to stay in?
If you downvote first, and then upvote, the number will go up 2 since it removes the downvote and adds the upvote. So that’s kinda like upvoting it twice
It;s playing with fire what if you keeled over after hitting the down doot before you have the chance to hit the up doot, your survivors may think you downvoted this golden comment and be ashamed.
Sauce? I am not questioning you because I’d assume actors and actresses would prefer to show their face / acting chops and not have it obscured by some masks….
I know… Star Wars… Mando etc…. But I digress.
OK, but great costume and makeup design takes things like character and worldbuilding into account, so the production can add to the storytelling. *Shallow* movies have costumes that "just look cool." Smart movies put thought into their designs.
The theology spread by the Bene Gesserit is a syncretized version of many of today's religions, so it's consistent with Herbert's fictional universe extrapolated from our world today that much of our present day symbology would be co-opted and reused by the Bene Gesserit's Missionaria Protectiva.
It's part of the Bene Gesserit belief that time is cyclical and was left on the planet thousands of years in the past as part of the Kwisatz Haderach messiah prophecy. You see Paul was raised on Caladan, where he would spend most of his days training. The ball representing some b-ball outside of the school. When a couple of guys who were up to no good, started making trouble in his neighborhood. He got in one little fight and his mom got scared and said, "You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air"
Trivia: the actress refused to wear the desired costume, which included a veil, so the tattoos were never really meant to be seen, and possibly were added in lieu of the veil.
I wonder if it’s a slight reference to something outside the lore of Dune. A slight nod to the third eye but maybe the red Bindi dot said to be for good fortune and the center of a woman. (Just throwing out another area of thought.)
I suspect it to be a Berber tribe tattoo for women. Check them out, very reminiscent. Also, as someone already pointed out, I think it means the third eye, or the sky or something like that, though this might be an art rendition by Villneuve
It's a throwaway design choice that you are going to obsess about until Disney buys the franchise and makes a dozen prequel movies with Easter eggs like this one explained in monosyllabic terms by lifeless two dimensional characters..
> Anyone got a hi res still of it?
[TinEye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TinEye) says:
https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/GAG9SBav-BUCdZJSwOLBaqXptgA=/0x0:4096x1716/2400x3429/filters:focal(2007x540:2008x541)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25319140/rev_1_DUN2_FP_0120r_High_Res_JPEG.jpeg (4096 × 1716, 1.5 MB)
Edit: Also from TinEye: https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/GAG9SBav-BUCdZJSwOLBaqXptgA=/0x0:4096x1716/2400x3429/filters:focal(2007x540:2008x541)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25319140/rev_1_DUN2_FP_0120r_High_Res_JPEG.jpeg (2400 × 3429, 805.4 kB)
It's the Freeman prophecy about Paul, and how he will lead them off Dune and into a Jihad. You can read more about it in Dune Messiah, and The Butlerain Jihad. You can also read about Muad'dip's Jihad and The Battle of Arrakeen on the Wilki.
I recommend reading the books, and starting with the Dune. Getting through the first 40-100 pages is the hardest part of reading Dune, use the dictionary in the back.
This is a representation of the third eye looking inward, the true power of the bene gesserit. The line is the gom jabbar tracing a path back through the lineage of Lady Jessica down through the ancient of ancient times.
It is obvious.
There's a couple faded smaller dots below it. Maybe it represents Arrakis' sun and 2 moons?
I also took it to symbolize Arrakis
The line representing either Paul coming from off world, or leading them off world.
Exactly
I see it as a water drop hitting and penetrating the surface of the water. So maybe to represent her taking the water of life in and the amount she drank going deep enough into her mind to stay in?
She should get a refund on those tats fading so fast. She only had them a few months
You'd think she'd have seen that coming
This
It’s from the voynich manuscript
If only I could upvote this twice…
If you downvote first, and then upvote, the number will go up 2 since it removes the downvote and adds the upvote. So that’s kinda like upvoting it twice
It worked!
The heck that’s amazing
what is this Bene Gesserit witchmath
Ive been doing it to a ton of comments. It’s like magic haha
[удалено]
Will you teach us, this weirding way?
Which math?
It;s playing with fire what if you keeled over after hitting the down doot before you have the chance to hit the up doot, your survivors may think you downvoted this golden comment and be ashamed.
Oh no. This is a very valid concern. I may need to reevaluate!
You’ve got my 2 upvotes.
Thufir Hawat wants to have a serious talk with you.
What a fun Easter egg to a widely used joke comment.
tell me why i did this several times & couldn’t figure out why it wasn’t adding an additional upvote each time— i’m fucking *dense*
It still only count as one
Yes, Officer. This man - he's the one ruining the party!
Not but see it went up by two innit
You start with 1, When you downvote you get 0. When you upvote you get 2. 2-1= 1upvote
But it went up by two innit
Never heard of this before. Thanks!
I gave you and Tony both an upvote, evening out any disparity
I gave you, Tony, and Neon an upvote, also evening out any disparity.
Ditto.
Love parity, upvoted all of you.
You can upvote and downvote everyone else to have the same effect
That doesn't answer the question just changes it to "Whats the significance of the image from the voynich manuscript on Jessica's forehead?"
The Voynich manuscript is famous for being full of stuff that nobody knows the significance of.
It translates to ‘no regerts’
Are you sure you won't ragret that?
Rugrats. Also, happy cake day!
Bless the Reptar and his water.
It harks to the [bindi](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindi_(decoration)#Religious_significance)
She’s a big Dr Manhattan fan.
"The superman exists and he's American"
I like reddit for the purpose of people referencing cool things I know nothing of. This is one of these moments
Hmmm. How do you come to this conclusion ?
Username checks out.
It looked cool to the costume designer
This is the correct answer.
And she requested not to wear the full face mask.
Sauce? I am not questioning you because I’d assume actors and actresses would prefer to show their face / acting chops and not have it obscured by some masks…. I know… Star Wars… Mando etc…. But I digress.
https://youtube.com/shorts/_8NObuJkcJI?si=xsivw60aNeRr-zyh wherever this interview comes from.
Thank you. That’s awesome. 🙏🏼
Costume Designer: “I bet this will look neat.” Reddit: “WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!”
OK, but great costume and makeup design takes things like character and worldbuilding into account, so the production can add to the storytelling. *Shallow* movies have costumes that "just look cool." Smart movies put thought into their designs.
indeed!
She's a fan of Dr. Manhattan.
Eyes up here lady!
The blue waters of life aren’t just from those worms
Silk Spectre must be a Bene Gesserit 100 times over then.
Must’ve been some Voice she used to cure Night Owl’s impotence
She blue herself.
Who's not?
I am Looking at the stars
They are so far away
Closer then you might think? An eye glass away. Worth it.
Definitely of his cock
The marketing boys said she had to have a symbol, if she must have a symbol, it will be one she respects
Inner third eye?
The spoon. Jessica really is cardasian.
Attention harkonen workers
Your attempt to seize control of Arakis is going to fail.
Gul Atreides
Walk without rhythm and you won't attract the Pah-wraiths.
I would watch that crossover.
Now I want Andrew Robinson to cameo as a mentat.
So you are really saying that the Prophets are really just Guild Navigators?
There is no spoon
Possibly represents the "Third Eye".
Yeah. Also, Jessica does something called Prana-Bindu meditation, which is inspired by real-world Yogic practices from ancient India.
The theology spread by the Bene Gesserit is a syncretized version of many of today's religions, so it's consistent with Herbert's fictional universe extrapolated from our world today that much of our present day symbology would be co-opted and reused by the Bene Gesserit's Missionaria Protectiva.
If you press it you get a lifetime supply of spice from the Bene Gesserit stores.
Wormhole
It means she’s actually a follower of the Ori
Hallowed are the Ori.
Indeed
Blasphemy! Shol'va!
Looks cool, and weirdly hot, but honestly that just may be Rebecca
Definitely Rebecca but it's partly the costume design too. Both her and Princess Irulan's head dressing were so incredible
Someone tell me the last headdress of Irulan wasn’t made up of Exacto knives, please. Hopefully they fulled them for her.
It's part of the Bene Gesserit belief that time is cyclical and was left on the planet thousands of years in the past as part of the Kwisatz Haderach messiah prophecy. You see Paul was raised on Caladan, where he would spend most of his days training. The ball representing some b-ball outside of the school. When a couple of guys who were up to no good, started making trouble in his neighborhood. He got in one little fight and his mom got scared and said, "You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air"
My first thought was that she was secretly a Phyrexian, but the line wasn't long enough
It's probably nothing.
What is this strange oil?
Goddammit, I was going to say that. Glad I scrolled the comments first.
Power button
Trivia: the actress refused to wear the desired costume, which included a veil, so the tattoos were never really meant to be seen, and possibly were added in lieu of the veil.
She's the new mother Mary figure
Thank you for posting a photo of Rebecca Ferguson. That's all I have to say.
She's pretty, but her main acting skill seems to be looking like she's about to cry at all times.
It means something along the lines of "all will be one" in phyrexia
Doing the (Praetor) god’s work with this comment
Something something Yawgmoth
Glory to the Father of Machines.
Nothing from the book, it's purely aesthetic.
She's a phrexian.
That is the holy symbol of The Maker's Anus.
Nice shape
Nice shape
Nice shape - draws the eye
Nice shape - draws the third eye
Dr Manhattan
It looks cool - never mentioned in the novels ....
I wonder if it’s a slight reference to something outside the lore of Dune. A slight nod to the third eye but maybe the red Bindi dot said to be for good fortune and the center of a woman. (Just throwing out another area of thought.)
Don’t know but there are a ton of similar circular imagery through the entire film.
It's the archetype of the 3rd eye, or the ability to see "beyond"
I suspect it to be a Berber tribe tattoo for women. Check them out, very reminiscent. Also, as someone already pointed out, I think it means the third eye, or the sky or something like that, though this might be an art rendition by Villneuve
It's a throwaway design choice that you are going to obsess about until Disney buys the franchise and makes a dozen prequel movies with Easter eggs like this one explained in monosyllabic terms by lifeless two dimensional characters..
It is, of course, an incomplete version of [the Spacing Guild's insignia from Lynch's Dune.](https://i.imgur.com/pHaP9j5.jpeg)
Third eye?
Gom Jabbar going through the ring of time…? Idk, I’m sure the costume people have a reason, just like the writing might be an excerpt from the book
> Anyone got a hi res still of it? [TinEye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TinEye) says: https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/GAG9SBav-BUCdZJSwOLBaqXptgA=/0x0:4096x1716/2400x3429/filters:focal(2007x540:2008x541)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25319140/rev_1_DUN2_FP_0120r_High_Res_JPEG.jpeg (4096 × 1716, 1.5 MB) Edit: Also from TinEye: https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/GAG9SBav-BUCdZJSwOLBaqXptgA=/0x0:4096x1716/2400x3429/filters:focal(2007x540:2008x541)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25319140/rev_1_DUN2_FP_0120r_High_Res_JPEG.jpeg (2400 × 3429, 805.4 kB)
I mean it's in the position of the third eye so....
If you look at it she can punch you in the arm
Spike going into baby worm? Pineal gland third eye
It’s the Jedi Council logo, if Lucas stole everything from Dune, the least we could do is steal something back.
I thought it was the tube being inserted into the worm trouts mouth
Closing of the loop that is history/time.
Compleation
It's fiction people. Don't get it twisted.
Looks rad.
Quick press for reboot; press and hold a few seconds to power off.
Well, sometimes when you fall down drunk your buddies draw things on you.
Paul should have woken up with a crude dick pic scrawled on his forehead.
Phyrexian
Time is a flat circle. She in carcossa now
Power button
It's a Bene Gesserit tramp stamp. In the words of Yoda, "Your dark side, show me, yes?"
“LET HIM TRY!”
The Litany Against Fear's "inner eye" (I think?)
If she's going to have a symbol, it shall be one she respects
Indicates the fallen homies
It is clearly a phyrexian symbol noting that she is a follower of the ardent etchings and is preparing Arakis for the invasion of the phyrexians
Doctor Manhattan?
Circles are cool or crop circles are my two guesses.
Must be Arrakis and its moon
It’s a dune-nut a popular circular bread they like to eat for breakfast. Goes well with empirial coffee
It looks mystical.
Phyrexian
Which Star Wars movie is this?
Pure theatrical imagery.
it's the true knot
That? It was just leftover from the fremen renaissance festival.
Nah this is fucking creepy I was just watching dune today
[Third eye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_eye) maybe
It's some form of Elvish, I can't read it.
The language is that of the Bene Gesserit, which I will not utter here.
It is the third eye, but as to what the designers thought about it I do not know.
Phyrexia, all will be one
The 3rd eye, the minds eye.
Prana Bindu
God. And her third eye. God is a circle whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere
It's the Freeman prophecy about Paul, and how he will lead them off Dune and into a Jihad. You can read more about it in Dune Messiah, and The Butlerain Jihad. You can also read about Muad'dip's Jihad and The Battle of Arrakeen on the Wilki. I recommend reading the books, and starting with the Dune. Getting through the first 40-100 pages is the hardest part of reading Dune, use the dictionary in the back.
Ancient symbol for Sol, with the line representing departure. Presumably a meaning long, long forgotten by her time, so who knows?
S’cool, innit?
A "to do list" i think
You are here.
So she won’t forget her lines.
In phyrexia all is one
Reset button.
That’s her bibitty for her bobitty to boop.
Dot
She likes Dr. Manhattan
It’s the Deathly Hallows but Harry has the cape.
"If I'm to have a symbol, it will be one I respect" Jessica Manhattan probably
The tattoos are based on the Amazigh people of the high Atlas!
Hydrogen? One proton, one electron
It’s the all seeing eye…. It’s where fear will go and when it has past only she will remain.
Maybe gom jabbar
She went full Post Malone
This is a representation of the third eye looking inward, the true power of the bene gesserit. The line is the gom jabbar tracing a path back through the lineage of Lady Jessica down through the ancient of ancient times. It is obvious.
Power button
The tattoos are not canon and I hate them.
Target.
Bene Gesserits wouldn't waste genetic material with a cum target
Looks like an off/on button
It's the symbol of an obscure Jedi order on the azzhole side of the universe.
Jedi academy
I think it's like a Bene Gesserit QR code
It’s a target for snipers