Flutterby™! : Magic Dick Theory

Let’s Talk About Magic Dick Theory in ‘Dune’

Magic Dick Theory holds that chosen-one narratives are actually about adolescent boys’ relationships with their, um, sexuality. Spend enough time bumming around university libraries and you’ll eventually come across the argument that, essentially, the acquisition of magical powers in these stories is a metaphor for entering sexual maturity, and that one of the functions of these stories is to give readers a spectacularly dramatic framework for processing masturbation. And look, ugh, I know, but here’s the thing: The Freudian gymnastics required to arrive at this interpretation are actually … pretty reasonable?

Ending on the exploration of "cake narratives", as in having and eating, that both critique a trope while reveling in it.

Via MeFi