Posadas [he/him, they/them] to chapotraphouse • 4 months agoFinancing is the mind-killer. Financing is the little-death that brings total obliteration.imagemessage-square132 fedilinkarrow-up1167file-text
arrow-up1167imageFinancing is the mind-killer. Financing is the little-death that brings total obliteration.Posadas [he/him, they/them] to chapotraphouse • 4 months agomessage-square132 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSpiderFarmer [he/him]hexbear19·4 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. link
minus-squarekeepcarrot [she/her]hexbear5·4 months agoOf all the names to sound Russian, it looks Nordic to me link
minus-squareSpiderFarmer [he/him]hexbear4·4 months agoIt's actually Ural-Hungarian, if we want to be pedantic. link
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.