Talk:Chani (character)/Archive 1

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Since when is Chani short for Chanisihayah? Where is this coming from? - Salanth 03:20, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Sihaya means "The springtime of the desert". Muad'Dib addressed Chani with this name several times in intimate situations. - Phraine 19:20 22 February 2006 (CET)

So that makes it a nickname. But just because I call my wife "Honey", she's not "Katehoney", is she? --87.234.134.90 14:38, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Photo

Perhaps we could find a better photo of her. Maybe one of the ones from right after she meets Paul Atreides in Dune miniseries. --S.dedalus (talk) 01:54, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I propose this other picture, from the David Lynch's film: Image:Chani-sean young.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by DeepQuasar (talk • contribs) 11:53, November 9, 2008

Both photos are fine (I've updated the article), but neither is appropriate on the talk page. — TAnthony^Talk 22:50, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Jihad Vs Artificial Insemination

"Of course, artificial insemination is prohibited in the wake of the Butlerian Jihad, and the idea of it is as horrific to the Sisterhood as the loss of the "precious Atreides genes." Why was artificial insemination prohibited by the Jihad? I thought only thinking machines were. Did they use Paul's sperm anyway? It's not clear. I think Irulan didn't have any children, but still... Simanos (talk) 19:18, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

It was prohibited for essentially religious reasons, and everything goes to hell before Mohiam can run his offer by the Sisterhood.— TAnthony^Talk 05:08, 26 October 2010 (UTC)