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A Character Analysis of Anck-Su-Namun

TW: Slavery, Abuse

If you’re interested, here’s some of my interpretations and realizations I had while rewatching The Mummy and The Mummy Returns for the millionth time. This is also a complex character appreciation post.In the first movie.

Imhotep seems to be the only person who truly loves, respects, and sees Anck-Su-Namun as a person, unlike the Pharaoh. Seti is most likely very abusive, especially since he's keeping her as a sex slave and has her body painted to tell if someone else has touched her. Anck rests her arm on a cat statue when Seti enters her residence. Cats were worshiped, representing protection, justice, and good luck. The name Seti means “of Set,” indicating that Seti is consecrated to the god of chaos, destruction, and storms. The god's associations could be why it was chosen by the writers.

Anck doesn’t want to be Seti’s sex slave anymore and wants to be with Imhotep. The couple chooses to avenge themselves instead of running away because they’re infuriated by Seti’s abuse of power. Maybe they also believe his death is what’s best for the kingdom and its people too? Anck is an abuse victim who reclaims her agency by shouting “my body is longer his temple!” She trusts that Imhotep will resurrect her and kills herself. Imhotep is the high priest of Osiris, god of underworld, and judge of the dead. In Egyptian mythology, Set kills Osiris twice. Isis, the goddess of healing, protection, magic, and wife of Osiris, successfully resurrects him once by collecting his scattered body parts across the land. Similarly, Imhotep collects Anck’s organs and tries to resurrect her twice too.

In the second movie, we get to dive deeper into these characters. Anck and Nefertiri disliked each other in their past lives. Bullying typically stems from a place of insecurity and powerlessness which explains why Anck bullies Nef. There’s a lack of power in her own life and it makes her feel more in control. She’s jealous of Nef’s freedom while she’s stuck as Seti’s slave and future wife. As Nef and Seti hug each other, Anck looks at them with a sense of sadness, envy, and yearning for freedom.

Nef and Seti appear to have a healthy and happy father-daughter bond, suggesting that he might not abuse his daughter at all. Nef might even be completely unaware of his abusive behavior towards Anck, otherwise I’d expect her to have a lot more sympathy for her. She wants what’s best for her father and doesn’t believe Anck is the best suitor for him because she mistreats her. After witnessing them exchange glances, literally behind her father’s back, she suspects her father’s mistress and his trusted high priest are having an affair. She wants her father to be happy and fears Anck will break his heart.

Imhotep’s objective has changed after being resurrected for the second time. He originally wanted to be with Anck, but it has changed into a want and need for power. He’s fuming because people have prevented his plan to resurrect and be with Anck – TWICE. The Medjai make Imhotep feel powerless as if the whole world is against them being together. Anck notices his want for power and even tries to stop him from fighting the Scorpion King. She says to him “I don’t want to lose you again!” He chooses to fight instead of staying with her though. She believes he has chosen power over being with her and is why she ends up leaving him. After all, she’s already sacrificed herself for him once before. Maybe his want for power and control reminded her of her former abuser, Seti. In the end, Imhotep is so blindsided that he forgets about what he’s truly wanted all along: Anck-Su-Namun.

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🎥 The Mummy Returns (2001).

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Imhotep, The Mummy turns 25 years🪲🌪️⏳

🎥 The Mummy (1999).

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The Mummy Returns (2001)

Smoking: SuckerPunch

Moving on to The Scorpion King flash back. He and his huge army going off to war. I think this is one of the Rock’s first movies 🤔 At least his acting in it seems very… forced. EEEWWWWW he ate the scorpion. I don’t know if I would ever try one. I guess if my life depended on it… him shaking, omg tf? Lolol

Now present day, 1933. This movie came out 3 years after the first one, and yet jumped 10 years 🤣 I mean I guess? Haha.

Maybe smoked a little too much already 🤣 My husband goes “you know if you do that fast enough you can write your name” I found it mostly funny because it was in the middle of me typing so its like, yeah I know I can write my name ☠️ then ooooh.

Like Mother like Son. Freddie Boath just knocks over pillars instead of bookshelves. And his is better because he saves his parents lives instead of just makes a mess 😂

Love getting to see Rachel Weisz fight and not just be a damsel in distress. She’s pretty good. John Hannah hiding in the bathtub is just perfect 🤣

You know. It would be cool to be able to drive a double decker bus at least once in my life. Doubt it will ever happen, but it’d be cool.

Joe Dixon likes a good curse; I agree with Tom Fisher “He ain’t happy without a good curse. This is cursed, that is cursed!”

I love Shaun Parkes flying machine. Its like a ship blimp. Very cool

Imagine. You’re so focused on your son’s clothing item instead of discovering his sand castle location, you destroy it with your feet…. Ooops 🤣☠️

And in this movie, instead of a sand wall trick, we have a water wall trick. I wonder how all those fish must have felt. Just swimming around and then all the sudden you are a part of this guy’s face 😂

The 2001 animation. Omg. I forget how terrible it is till you see the rock morphed with a scorpion 🤣

No to get the hell out of dodge before you get sucked up into the pyramid too!

I got so distracted, even with kitties.

I’m sure the Dragon Emperor will be better lol. I hope.

Till next episode! Toke on 😊

-RRR

The Mummy (1999)

Smoking: SuckerPunch

Another favorite! Expect to see the trilogy appearing in the next episodes of Reefer – Reelz – N – Reviews! Something else that I know practically word for word

Open with a MAJOR flash back. We have the wonderful Arnold Vosloo who’s forbidden love with Patricia Velasquez. Leaving them to, do what they usually do, try to raise them from the dead so they can be together. Typically Mummy stuff 😂

How much would that suck... to be eaten AND buried alive? Like no thanks!

Then, the beautiful, the rugged, the omg I wanna ride his face, Brendan Fraser enters a war zone. The year 1923. Don’t forget about the also, wanna ride him, Oded Fehr 🤤 this cast man… panty droppers. All of ‘em.

Then we have my previous life, the ever-clumsy Evelyn Carnahan. Played by the gorgeous Rachel Weisz. I couldn’t imagine having to fix all of those book shelves. Like that just sounds like the biggest pain in the butt. “A bit of a mess in the library,” my ass.

BF is such a great actor. The way you can see him realize who Jonathan is before he punches him. I should do a few more of his movies on here. I really like Monkey Bone, what a trip.

Who uses the word “Flimflam” ☠️ flimflam 😂 I feel like I should use it more.

Omid Djalili shouldn’t have gone off on his own. One of the movie laws, never go off alone. Doesn’t help that he’s greedy. Deserves his fate. Stinking bugs!

I know I said that I was Evy in a past life, when JH hits that rock and the sarcophagus falls from the ceiling. That, is something that would happen to me 😂 “Either he’s someone of great importance, or he did something very naughty.”

Of course, BF has to get all extra with some dynamite. I mean it works, but so extra.

I feel bad for the guys who took the jars. I mean that’s one hell of a way to go. Get sucked into AV to help him regenerate doesn’t seem like a way I’d want to go…

🤔 Maybe the reason I have so many cats is because I wanna be safe from the mummy 🤣

I love how JH can get the crazed mob back into a calm mob chanting Imhotep so he doesn’t get attacked when he goes to get the car. RW just pokes a guy in his eye to get him off the car 😂

“I love the whole sand wall trick. Beautiful. Bastard.” I have to say that even though Kevin J O’Connor flips into working for the bad guy, he cracks me up the most. “Think of my children.” BF – you don’t have any Children.” “Some day I might.” I mean gold!

Time for Spicy Garlic Pickles 🤤 and some shrimp chips!

You know… a lot of people burned in this movie. Like full body.

I love how they just happen to get the camels that KO puts his treasure on. Like of course that happened. Movie logic right. He deserved how he died, just saying.

Well, that’s it for this episode. Toke on.

-RRR