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   Perfect Butterfly Angel (junebug@slime.global)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 12:18:26 JST Perfect Butterfly Angel

   every sci fi universe is either dune, star wars, or blade runner

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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 12:18:20 JST hypolite

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     • Local Dad, Ben Hamill
     @benhamill @junebug What about Warhammer 40,000? This universe is fucked up in its own right.
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     Local Dad, Ben Hamill (benhamill@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 12:18:22 JST Local Dad, Ben Hamill

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     @junebug Curious where you’d put:
     • Arrival
     • Annihilation (movie or books)
     • I, Robot
     • Armageddon
     • Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

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     Perfect Butterfly Angel (junebug@slime.global)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 12:18:23 JST Perfect Butterfly Angel

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     name one.

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     Perfect Butterfly Angel (junebug@slime.global)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 12:18:24 JST Perfect Butterfly Angel

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     it's just those three over and over

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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 13:23:24 JST hypolite

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     @benhamill @junebug I agree with the latter, but not with the former (the association with Dune). I'm open to be convinced though.
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     Local Dad, Ben Hamill (benhamill@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 13:23:25 JST Local Dad, Ben Hamill

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     @junebug @hypolite Yeah. Dune but falling entirely off the “accidentally selling fascism to people” cliff.

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     Perfect Butterfly Angel (junebug@slime.global)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 13:23:26 JST Perfect Butterfly Angel

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     @hypolite @benhamill it just edgy dune.

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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 13:29:10 JST hypolite

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     @junebug Nah, Dune is clearly Foundation.
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     Local Dad, Ben Hamill (benhamill@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 13:41:25 JST Local Dad, Ben Hamill

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     @hypolite @junebug Big focus on in emperor and various factions within that empire that sometimes fight each other. Especially later in the books, the god-emperor is also deathless. Hyperspace is some eldritch bullshit. Creepy witch ladies. Everything is dismal. It vibes.

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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 13:44:22 JST hypolite

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     • Local Dad, Ben Hamill
     @benhamill Not bad, not bad, but counter-points:

     • Emperor is a symbol rather than a sentient being which adventures we follow with barely contained glee.
     • There is more than one planet in WH40K (even if none of them matter much).
     • No McGuffin to justify the former in Dune.
     • Way, way more dakka.
     • Absolutely no revolutionary vibe in WH40K.
     • WH40K is Tolkien in space.