Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoputting my hand on the lathe In Dune Messiah, they're going to replace the part where Paul compares himself with Hitler, and have him quote the victims of communism propaganda.message-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down10
arrow-up180arrow-down1message-squareputting my hand on the lathe In Dune Messiah, they're going to replace the part where Paul compares himself with Hitler, and have him quote the victims of communism propaganda.Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agohe’s not russian, he’s just vaguely russian-coded to sound evil. he is evil, yes, but also herbert felt like painting him russian for reasons… he failed a bit because harkonnen was taken from a finnish surname afaik.
minus-square新星 [they/them/🏳️⚧️]linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoProbably Cold War reasons. Let’s not forget the original novel was written in 1965
he’s not russian, he’s just vaguely russian-coded to sound evil. he is evil, yes, but also herbert felt like painting him russian for reasons… he failed a bit because harkonnen was taken from a finnish surname afaik.
Probably Cold War reasons. Let’s not forget the original novel was written in 1965