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[worm-dancer.livejournal.com]

The Cultural Background Meme:
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How does your character's cultural background effect their experience on the meatship? Their thought patterns? Has it led to any hilarious misunderstandings? Basically this is the meme where you expound on the culture your character came from.

If your character is from the 20th/21st century "first" world and not otherwise a cultural minority then expound on how they percieve the cultural backgrounds of other characters too.

Comments

[foreseen-future.livejournal.com]

Nura is from a planet of precog--she herself one--and grew up in a very much Orwellian security upon society. As are the origins of several Legionnaires in the Earth-Prime universe, Nura’s childhood is ambiguous—however, there are hints that indicate a highly-disciplined upbringing. One part of her upbringing was that it was made clear that she was a the most brilliant precog of her generation upon Naltor, and thus grew up with a proud mind that her visions are definite. However, she came to change her view on this (partially thanks to Querl, and to certain events that happened)and this affected her greatly. It is a different mode for Nura to see her predictions as un-infallible, as she spent her adolescence upon a planet of people who firmly believe in predestination.

[worm-dancer.livejournal.com]

This is interesting. Fremen were very much given to prophecies, until the experience of Paul and Leto Atreides, who were rulers who actually were perfect precogs. They are now less gullible in that way, but as a people still given to that attitude.