I liked the review, congratulations! I just have one long observation. I haven't read the books, so I can't speak to Frank Herbert's logic. On the other hand, I'm also watching the series and I can speak to the logic established so far. Episode 3 was enlightening for me regarding the characters' motivations and none of them seem to have their motivations unconnected to personal issues. Valya couldn't commit to the sisterhood as mother superior because of her family. She struggles with this until the end of the episode. What led her to use the liquid that leads to agony was the total contempt her family showed her and her outburst to dissociate herself from them. It wasn't for the sisterhood's purposes that she went through the agony, it was because she was in a place where she would be valued (very personal). So much so that she did everything for her brother, who valued her and, in her view, truly represented the family's legacy by not being “a coward”. At first, she would go to the sisterhood to support her brother, as she herself says. As for Tula, she goes to the brotherhood to have a fresh start with her sister, as she herself says. It's not a question of putting the principles of the sisterhood above everything else, but of finding a family in a certain way. I think both sisters may have tried to follow the principles of the sisterhood, but so far, I feel this contradiction between personal values and the sisterhood ideas has been intentional. Episode three set the precedent for them to have emotional, not logical, attitudes. Furthermore, I don't think she knew that Theo was watching her, but it bonded them through their personal motivations, not the abstract goals of the sisterhood, as Theo sort of says.
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I liked the review, congratulations! I just have one long observation. I haven't read the books, so I can't speak to Frank Herbert's logic. On the other hand, I'm also watching the series and I can speak to the logic established so far. Episode 3 was enlightening for me regarding the characters' motivations and none of them seem to have their motivations unconnected to personal issues. Valya couldn't commit to the sisterhood as mother superior because of her family. She struggles with this until the end of the episode. What led her to use the liquid that leads to agony was the total contempt her family showed her and her outburst to dissociate herself from them. It wasn't for the sisterhood's purposes that she went through the agony, it was because she was in a place where she would be valued (very personal). So much so that she did everything for her brother, who valued her and, in her view, truly represented the family's legacy by not being “a coward”. At first, she would go to the sisterhood to support her brother, as she herself says. As for Tula, she goes to the brotherhood to have a fresh start with her sister, as she herself says. It's not a question of putting the principles of the sisterhood above everything else, but of finding a family in a certain way. I think both sisters may have tried to follow the principles of the sisterhood, but so far, I feel this contradiction between personal values and the sisterhood ideas has been intentional. Episode three set the precedent for them to have emotional, not logical, attitudes. Furthermore, I don't think she knew that Theo was watching her, but it bonded them through their personal motivations, not the abstract goals of the sisterhood, as Theo sort of says.