Talk:House Harkonnen

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[edit] Origin of the name

I've read that Herbert chose this name from a phonebook. Can anyone confirm this?--JyriL ^talk 22:38, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Emblem

Since the Emblem in the article is confirmed as non-canonical within the article itself, why is it still up there? This is an article about the House Harkonnen from the Dune universe, not a playable race from a video game. Qa Plar 16:32, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I've never seen or played any of the Dune games, but I think you can argue that though they're not canon, they're derivative works (and usually mentioned in the articles) and so the emblems aren't entirely inappropriate as long as it's made clear that they're from the games. All of the Houses have the video game emblems in the articles and I think it definitely makes them more visually appealing and uniform. Anyway, the character photos from various adaptations could technically be considered non-canon as well, since their appearance and clothing don't necessarily match Herbert's descriptions (he wrote that Irulan was blonde, Feyd was a brunet, Mohiam always wore plain black robes, etc.) TAnthony 16:40, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

It should be a gryphon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.166.222.102 (talk • contribs) 07:49, 28 March 2007

Given that it's a visual representation of an emblem attributed to House Harkonnen, and that no official representation of the blue griffon appears to exist, I say leave it. In a related note, wouldn't the fact that the "ram" has a ring through its nose and has horns like a bull suggest that the artists went with the "Iron bull" idea and that the mention of it being a ram should be changed? Any word saying that it really is a ram? Slavedriver 21:06, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Heart plugs

Can someone write about the way they kill their slaves. Pulling the plug out of them, blood drops from the hole and they die. I don't understand what it is, i'm not familiar with book, only games and 1984 film. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.33.234.153 (talk) 23:11, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

That is a factoid unique to the Lynch film, and is not really notable here. — TAnthony^Talk 23:21, 21 March 2008 (UTC)