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I know some people say they don't read speculative fiction because it's "not realistic" well guess what ๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿ˜‚ (cdn.masto.host)
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I know some people say they don't read speculative fiction because it's "not realistic" well guess what ๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿ˜‚ @bookstodon @books @worldbuilding @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop#Dune#SpeculativeFiction #FantasyBooks#FantasyMemes #SciFiMemes #Fantasy #SciFi #Meme #Memes #Humor #Humour #Funny#Low #High #Epic #Science #Opera #Hard #CottageCore #SolarPunk #Comedic #Whatever #GiveMeAllYouveGot#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove

Photo of Baron Harkonnen from the 1984 Dune film. Caption: I quite like the 1984 film version of Dune, but the characters are a bit far fetched. An obese, orange, diseased peadophile starting a war for his own selfish needs. Come on.
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[โ€“] 5 points 7 months ago*

I mean, obviously the holy war and spice was based on the Middle East and oil, but getting "fat orange pedophile god-king" right is a pretty incredible coincidence. And would be Lynch's prediction, not Herbert's (at least the orange part).

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