Shower thought: To a creature from Titan, are we lava monsters? (lemmy.starlightkel.xyz)

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[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 12 points 8 months ago

There's a scene in The Wheel of Time books where characters that lived all their lives in a desert region and were raised in a culture that treasures water more than anything venture out of that desert and see rains, rivers and lakes for the first time. The first reaction is basically "wait, all this water... is just free to take?"

[-] MBM@lemmings.world 5 points 8 months ago

That sounds exactly like a scene in Dune, ha

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

Oh, Robert Jordan definitely was inspired by Dune when he was designing that desert culture. Very much warmongering and ruthless and full or rituals and stuff. Oh, and the main character, of course, turns out to be their chosen one