Hey guys, thanks for watching the video I just want to point out two things 1. I realised after making this video that I completely mispronounced Frank Herbert’s name throughout the entire video and I’m really embarrassed about it😭 (I’ll start practicing names before recording from now on) 2. Like I said at the end of the video I’m new to making video essays so if you have any criticisms or things that I can improve please let me know. I’ll try my best to take it on board Once again thank you for watching and have a good day❤

Damn, by the time the Dune section was over I had forgotten this wasn’t even a standalone analysis on Paul Atreides. As a fan of all three series whose consumed a ton of content about all three, this is one of my favorite analyses on each series that I’ve ever seen. Beyond your script, your editing is really good too. I really just wanted to share my appreciation, definitely subbed for more in future.

Eren is like a combination of Paul and his son, Leto II.

Virgin Chosen One vs Chad Dark Messiah

You know something else I’ve thought about. Paul saw into the future to hear Jamis’ words, “life is not a problem to solve, but a reality to experience”. Well Paul has already experienced said realities through his foresight. So does that mean that Paul isn’t truly living then, just merely existing. Pretty sad when you think abt it

The point about seeing the future being to our detriment is so profound, especially when I consider how easy it is to want to sabotage yourself when your entire life's been mapped out for you and you've only been moving in step to it, even when it's in your benefit.

eren never stops fascinating me

Finally another guy who understands Eren. Eren was a slave to freedom, but the freedom he wanted meaning he was a slave to his own expectations. I don’t see why that’s so hard to understand. He’s said it so many times he wanted to do the rumbling. It doesn’t mean he can’t also feel remorse for the innocent people he kills. He’s a monster but he’s not evil. He doesn’t revel in the killing of innocents.

Frank Herbert’s self insert as Paul is removing himself from the narrative and having his son take over.

Star Wars, AoT, and Dune (and Elder Scrolls, LOL) have all been a huge part of my fantasy-mind for a while now, and this video is great man. (Also, I like how even though Anakin could only see snippets of the future, the one time he was granted decades worth of time to shift through (On Mortis), it was daunting; *"You will not understand what I have to do to end the Clone War... and you will try to stop me"*

BRO, YOUR EDITING EXPONENTIALLY IMPROVES EACH VIDEO. It's clean, it's snappy. It has that bounce and rhythm that complements your personality and writing style.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who saw parallels between Eren and Paul. The latter even experiencing a personality change due to seeing the future like Eren did

Some things are better left unsaid. Some secrets are better off not knowing.

If you see it doesn't mean you can stop it. I know the sun will rise from the east tomorrow doesn't mean I can do anything about it.

Why did barney commit war crimes

If Eren was just a rational/logical thinker, bro would've saved everyone without having to stomp on 80% of the world

Fantastic video man. I also drew the surface level parallels between Eren and Paul like most people did but I never quite realized how much they foiled each-other in how they engage with the future. Eren’s torment came from the fact that the horrific future he saw was a direct reflection of what he wanted deep down. Everything from protecting his friends, to recreating his childish expectation of the world being a blank canvas. On the flip side, Paul is left with a lack of any genuine agency over his own life because of the situations he’s thrust into and the roles he’s forced to play. Paul’s power robs him of his humanity while Eren’s power allows him to act on the worst parts of his.

Hope this doesn't get lost but wanted to share my perspective of Eren. The tragedy of eren is that while he could make his own choices, he couldn't go back and change what led him to ultimately make the choice to start the rumbling. The future is deterministically bc no matter what eren can't undo the cause and effect dynamics that forged him from a stubborn and angry child into a violent and selfish man. It was always going to happen because eren jaeger, the worst person possible to be given any kind of power was given all the power in the world. And despite his sense of morality and false heroism he couldn't become anything other than what he already grew to be, the devil of all earth. A man who only knew violence, who could only concieve of violence. He could fantasize about some future with Mikasa but it never would have happened because it was just an attempt to escape himself. Even if he did go with Mikasa to the countryside he would still be the man who *chose* to do the rumbling.

Part of why I love AoT is the world while making it clear Eren is in the wrong, great an great job in explaining and showing us why Eren and his supporters could get into that mindset. As his first meeting with Mikasa happens after her parents were killed and they were both confronted with how evil exists even within the halls, then we see regularly fighting to protect Armin, though he rarely won without Mikasa there. His struggles through those first 3 seasons highlight to him that he's not special-yes, but that the only way to save anyone IS to fight, to destroy their enemies whether they be Titan or human, within the walls like the King that refused to defend his people, or beyond the waters towards a world that thanks to actions outside his and any other person on Paradis control, hates them. When he travels, he learns that his people were both being victimised and villianfied by Marley, whose actions keep the sins of the dead alive in the collective conscious, even when he was listening to Willy's speech, the man left out key details on WHY Paradis was now a threat. I'm of the mindset that if Willy had not done that, and rather then call for war, called for peace, Eren would have backed down. Heck, we know that part of him wanted peace as in alternative timelines, such as the one where Mikasa asnwers his question differently, he leaves and doesn't start the rumbling or a violent takeover of his own government. But that wasn't the main timeline, and because of that, he can ONLY see the bad in humanity, he can only see violence as the option because for the longest time, that was the only option as you can't reason with a Titan, they couldn't reason with the true royal, they couldn't reason with Marley either. But he forget that he could reason with the people, they they could forge new bonds and put down the swords. Like you said, he become a slave to this future-but it was a future that was created by the present him.

Its kinda insane that this morning i was thinking about these 3 specific fallen characters and then you made the exact video about them. And its so fascinating and hilarious at the same time.

The thumbnail is basically the almighty and iconic true of "Dark Chosen Ones"

I've been getting more recommendations for analysis videos lately, and honestly, this was one of the good ones. I didn't even know this guy was new, his video was so well thought out! I actually haven't seen any of these franchises (I didn't watch the prequel trilogy when I was younger, so I'm catching up) and yet I still got every point. What I really liked about running into this video is that I'm planning out a story idea with a protagonist who's a prophet and didn't know much about heros who see the future. Really put things into perspective for me and now I have a clearer picture of it. The nuance and thematic potential for these kinds of stories is pretty cool, so it should be fun to flesh mine out! Good job Huss! Keep it up!

Anyways, finally someone that recognizes that Eren is Free.

"he had lost a friend and gained a worshipper" I've been thinking about that line ever since I read it over a year ago I'm glad to see someone else bring it up. I feel like a lot of people focus on the grand consequences that Paul had on the galaxy without thinking of all the people he made individually worse by convincing them to become his unquestioning soldiers and servants.

Summarised my thoughs on Eren perfectly 👌

i never realized how good of an example anakin is for this

I Hear that smoke alarm. Either I'm crazy or your battery needs changing. Either way nice videos.

Would like to add Handsome Jack to this discussion of characters seeing the future. Handsome Jack’s downfall didn’t necessarily start when he saw the future, (his downfall was already happening throughout the story of Pre-Sequel with everyone betraying him) but it was seeing into the future and seeing his death which completely put events into motion. Jack is a tragic character and although in the end he becomes unhinged his intentions were good, he wanted the betterment of Pandora by ridding it of the bandits that plagued the planet, it’s just that to stop his death and make sure his plan would succeed he’d need to kill the Vault Hunters by any means necessary. Innocent lives end up getting brought into it but in Jack’s eyes the end justifies the means, because he truly sees himself as the “hero”, and everyone else as the villain. And he’s actually right, in the Borderlands series no one is truly good, Vault Hunters are glorified grave robbers and are murders themselves (and even cannibals *cough* Salvador *cough* ), Jack was the only one who truly wanted Pandora to be better. In the words of Handsome Jack himself “he’s the goddamn hero”.

I the master oggway sumed this topic up perfectly in kung fu panda 1 " one often meets his destiny on the path he takes to avoid it"

Cursing myself for not seeing the future a few years back, it makes me not wonder why people would like to see the future. It could prevent a lot of pain. The only hope you have, to combat this self damnation of wishfull thinking ist a sense of fatalism/determinism I think the tragic hero rings in us, cus seldom have people especially young ones bad Intentionen. And its a close ringing warning that these types of characters tell.

“Goes from a good guy to a genocidal maniac” I get the sense this might supposed to be a bad thing…

HOLY CARP THIS WAS GREAT! Im subscribing man I'm so glad you were in my feed today

I love ur smoke alarm beeping in the background

This video rocks. You've got a great narrative voice and I dig the structure of the essay

"So, sorry if the script isn't as good as it could've been". My brother, this is the best video I've seen this year so far, and it radically changed the way I see all the media that was talked about here. If this isn't your best, then you just might become my favorite creator, and I'm glad I found your channel.

2:28 The famed ceiling bird chirping

damn I always thought being able to see the future was a fire superpower but now it’s more of a curse than anything

Great analysis, really enjoyable video, and much deserved sub! I hope to see you blowing up very soon bro, keep up the good work!

Change your smoke detector batteries

Thanks for making this video. I really enjoyed it. The tragic hero, or anti hero is probably my favorite character to read about and write.

the editing went crazy this video!!!! (that Barney is still terrifying) loved the aot section best :3

Loved the video! Your analysis of these characters was really interesting!

Keep it up man i love watching this kind of content and this video is getting saved as a referance for myself, looking forward to your next and hope to see your chanel grow

Love the video. Visuals were unique, from paintings to movie clips I remember a book Name of the Wind where protagonist re-tells his story as an adult; His path was laid by a creature that could see the future and chose to share information that put him on most destruction. So unlike Anakin who was told a prophecy, Yeagar who foresaw his path & accepted it, Atreides who chose best path(like Detroit become Human), Kvoth had no choice. Creature already knew what he would accept so he tailored his conversation aptly & there was no escape whatsoever.

Paul is kinda unorthordox that he see a potential future, or half of it. Hes just, under the pressure of the context, decide to materialize the other half of it

I am so glad you mentioned Macbeth! The true OG!

beautifullll video brother, great job

Love the paul analysis!!

Love the way you connect the plots

You have a beautiful way of telling a story . Great analysis ❤❤

This was genuinely a great video, keep up the good work

This was a really great vid bro, good luck at Uni 😊

Honestly really liked this video. It’s gotten my creative juices flowing.

This is peak entertainment. I also love that you are using Kevin Penkins Made in Abyss OST😎.

Hey man I just watched your video it was really good don't be hard on yourself the last one what's another banger and I'm so happy you made these three character analysis

I thought you did a great job. 1st video of yours I've seen and watched it from beginning to end. Keep it up and give yourself more credit 👍👍

Fire video bro!

Leto II is a character we’ll probably never see adapted but I think he’s the best

Always liked the idea of fictional characters seeing into the future and like all fiction and mythology it based on real world truth. If you ever find yourself sitting and thinking about these characters and how cool it would be to be able to see the future just remember that you can! Sort of… with the right amount of planning and determination almost anything can be brought to existence. Just remember all these cool characters are based off of you not the other way around. You may feel inspired by some of them and their stories but they were inspired off of you or us actually. Create the vision and focus on the now. Now is eternal for as we can perceive anything outside of it. With lots of practice keep making yourself aware and present of the now and align it with your vision. You don’t need to be confident that you’ll succeed in the future you just have to do your best now to make it happen

Another excellent video, Huss. A little update from me even if no one asked, but, I'm doing a lot better these days, and I want to view this video as a hallmark of that. Excellent editing, analysis and narration. Thank you for making this video.

Wow, halfway through I realized this video has only 13K views, that is actually a crime. This is some really great work man, keep it up!

Bro. These drawings are enchanting.

I get so happy when i find New channels that are so good. Love from Brasil bro

Made in Abyss music in the background that’s a W

Trust me, sometimes it sucks.

I wasn’t going to make a comment but thinking about it this actually reminds me of the project I’m working on My character doesn’t “see” the future or know it’s definite outcomes, per say, but does use examples of the past as his key to doing so He’s a character that, looking at his current state of society and then comparing it to the past, see it will be doomed to collapse again and likely cause the death of many in the near future, both physically and metaphysically, and because of this he w a sort of messiah-complex where he doesn’t care what happens to him or anything like that not trying to be egotistical but is trying so hard to fix as much as he can through himself alone; while he tries to look good it isn’t because of peer pressure or wanting to fit in but rather to gain the respect of the people and then use that respect as a “stadium” to express and change society towards a better life. The thing is that he fails to see, while his intentions are just and good, the thing he fails to do is to actually care for himself other than to look respectable; he’s a bitter, self loathing perfectionist that has no love for himself, which in turn may cause him to implode or collapse into himself and potentially bring others with him In a sense, he’s a character that uses the past to “see” the future but also sees an urgency in doing so while also having an unhealthy obsession against himself, which in turn affects him in seemingly slight ways that may add up

God damn youre only a year older than me!? This video was so fucking good man GREAT JOB!!

Bro the video is fire, trust 🔥

Dude you need more subscribers man 4k absolutely doesn't do the quality of this video justice

a video about my fav type of characters LETS GOOOO

they keep moving forward through all that pain CMONNNN

Bruh can’t go 2 seconds w/o stopping to yell something believes is funny lmao 😂

This video essay was great and so was the script

Dune is the epitome of how to not follow a tired trope. Paul is not a white savior and even a savior in general. He lead the Fremen because he did it for himself in a sense.

Isayama said it himself Eren is the worst part of ourselves The world is cruel but beautiful Eren only sees half of it That’s the whole fucking reason why he didn’t see the sea shell and enjoyed the sight seeing but only focused on killing his enemies People thought this is cool thing but it’s not LOL It’s not your normal anime stuff where mc will do these type of things for no reason other than the reason he is the mc and armin isn’t

Awesome video man

In watching this video, the LAST thing on my mind was a lack of script quality. I think you did a fantastic job in conveying your ideas and points, expecially considering my lack of familiarity with both Dune and AoT. I can't begin to describe how pleasantly surprised I am to have found such a fascinating topic discussed so engagingly from a random video on my recommended page. Well done across the board, and here's hoping your essays for college are as good as this one.

Such a great analysis

This video cooked

great video dude

Woah great video dude I was surprised to see you only at

You started with the made in abyss ost and I became engaged.

based on this video i think would really enjoy how foresight and precognition is portrayed in the Warhammer 40k setting, specifically with the characters of The emperor of mankind and his sons sagnuinius & konrad curze

The something that make you genocidial future seer is the humanity within you, the desire to minimalize lost of love one and control what you cant

was watching this video thinking this was from a channel with like a 500k subs cus of how well this video was made. underrated channel fs

Don't be so hard on yourself bro. You did great! Keep it up.

We have algorithms that predict the behavior of humans. Telling the future gets easier and easier. It’s why we have these books and stories. Because there are living humans who can predict the future.

Finally some good anime essays

Good video keep up the good content

if i could see the future, id say helloo future me!!!

Keep going with these quality and you'll eventually become one of the big name anitube channels

this video is amazing! have u ever read sakamoto days?

Dude this was such a fucking cool video Don’t stop making these man

U r criminally underrated

lovely video

Bro your editing is crazy. Why do you only have 5k subs?💀

Its not your seeing the future that dooms you, its your will being excircised against what you see that defines you. I.e. the more you fear to lose control the less youll ultimately have, and worse, become what you fear. Its only through accepting that things will come as they do, and letting go of all fear that ine can really be free. Enjoy the moment, and strive to be a good man without letting wilfulness get in the way.

Most people can see the future because it depends on themselves for the most

So basically the sum this video short is that Paul, eren, and anakain are me

As of right now, Eren is the most tragic character ever written in my opinion