Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agoFinancing is the mind-killer. Financing is the little-death that brings total obliteration.hexbear.netimagemessage-square131fedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1167arrow-down1imageFinancing is the mind-killer. Financing is the little-death that brings total obliteration.hexbear.netPosadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square131fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSpiderFarmer [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·10 months agoNo lie, Herbert saw the name Harkonnen in a phone book and thought it sounded Russian. He wanted a scary Russian name to suit the evil, Machiavellian, despotic homosexual villain that was Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.
minus-squarekeepcarrot [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoOf all the names to sound Russian, it looks Nordic to me
minus-squareSpiderFarmer [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoIt’s actually Ural-Hungarian, if we want to be pedantic.
No lie, Herbert saw the name Harkonnen in a phone book and thought it sounded Russian. He wanted a scary Russian name to suit the evil, Machiavellian, despotic homosexual villain that was Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.
Of all the names to sound Russian, it looks Nordic to me
It’s actually Ural-Hungarian, if we want to be pedantic.