Mischievous Feyd-Rautha

Harkonnen Kiss

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About

Harkonnen Kiss, also known as Mischievous Feyd-Rautha, refers to a scene turned GIF and reaction video from Dune Part Two in which Austin Butler's character Feyd-Rautha kisses his uncle Baron Harkonnen and then stares at the camera. The clip was shared on Twitter / X in early March 2024 and is often paired with captions jokingly mentioning mischievous and problematic behavior. Others remixed and re-edited the GIF.

Origin

On February 25th, 2024, during an interview for the Acess Hollywood[1] YouTube channel, American actor Austin Butler confirmed that his kissing scene with Dune Part Two co-star Stellan Skarsgard was improvised. A few weeks later, after the movie premiered in theaters across the globe, the scene became a trending topic on the internet.

On March 5th, 2024, X[2] user @thedrkling_ posted a clip of the scene in which Feyd-Rautha kisses his uncle Baron Harkonnen and then awkwardly stares at the camera (shown below). The post amassed 408,000 views and 9,900 likes in three days.


Spread

Netizens cropped the kissing scene, focusing on Feyd-Rautha's mischievous stare to create jokes and memes based on the character and Dune universe lore. For example, on March 6th, 2024, X[3] user @fellawhomstdve posted a GIF version of the scene paired with the caption "when there will be uncles at the function," which amassed more than 11,000 likes and 429 retweets in a day. (shown below)

On March 6th, 2024, X[4] user @hackermanjoe posted Feyd-Rautha's GIF paired with the caption "when the Applebee’s waiter comes to my table with a 6th round of dollaritas." The post (shown below) amassed over 11,000 likes and 451 retweets in a day.


joe muad'dib @hackermanjoe Follow when the applebee's waiter comes to my table with a 6th round of dollaritas II GIF

On March 13th, 2024, X[5] user @sabooschin shared a GIF of the kiss, captioning it, "what do you even say to your costar after shooting a scene like this," receiving over 34,000 likes in a week (shown below, left).

Others used then used the GIF, such as X[6] user @Jtaylor0_3 on March 14th, 2024, who captioned it, "Me to the waiter when he serves my plate first," gaining over 40,000 likes in six days (shown below, right).


Sab Snow @sabooschin what do you even say to your costar after shooting a scene like this II GIF 9:36 PM Mar 13, 2024 15.8M Views ... JT @Jtaylor0_3 Me to the waiter when he serves my plate first II GIF 5:52 AM Mar 14, 2024 1.8M Views ...

On March 16th, 2024, X[7] user @grnformicatable posted a sped-up version of the kiss that froze at Feyd-Rautha's stare, captioning it, "The rythm is so beautiful," earning over 1,500 likes in four days (shown below, left).

Increasingly elaborate re-edits later emerged, like one shared by X[8] user @yolko0no on March 19th, 2024, that sped-up and rewound the kiss, then faded in text reading, "I love you." In one day, it received over 96,000 likes (shown below, right).



Various Examples


Putruck #ZeldaMovieSweep @SmallPutrk He kinda looks like Young Sheldon in this shot II GIF ALT 1:17 PM - Mar 6, 2024.572.8K Views @northstardoll can i come over n do this II GIF ALT 11:59 PM Mar 16, 2024 590.4K Views trevy @chillextremist The way this s--- freezes killed me II GIF ALT 6:43 PM - Mar 17, 2024 - 1.5M Views delaney @danversguardian imagine showing this to someone who's not chronically online II GIF 4:08 PM Mar 19, 2024 373.8K Views . Cody @AltHistCody ... When two cars stop at a four way and nobody moves first to be polite so the other driver looks at you like 11:12 PM Mar 14, 2024 54.3K Views dane @buckadeath When Face ID f----- up and you gotta lock in • 1:13 PM Mar 19, 2024 3M Views ...

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