40k-lore-chat

[storm jungle]

Bloodlines 2 is gonna be absolutely terrible.

[languid meadow]

that means peak

[storm jungle]

i say this as a WoD and Bloodlines 1 fan lol

[vagrant fox]

I suspect/hope it'll be a fine game, but it doesn't seem like a bloodlines sequel

[scenic bolt]

if it's a solid 7 I will be content

[gray umbra]

you think their budget got fucked hard enough that its gonna be like a quarter of the game realized

[languid meadow]

also they showed off blood boil and it looks awesome

[storm jungle]

I lost hope the moment they fired the O.G writer and the composer

[green loom]

Age of Wokemar....

[storm jungle]

Female................

[gray umbra]

female stormborn

cringe!

[crystal forum]

age of DEI

[storm jungle]

LMFAO

[gray umbra]

sigmar is black

[rose thorn]

BROOOOO

[languid meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/game-of-thrones-big-woman-brienne-of-tarth-brienne-tormund-gif-24224578

[green loom]

I finally noticed that Bloodlines 1 just ripped a bit from Angel for their soundtrack

[vagrant fox]

Rik Shaffer deserves better, I still listen to the ost 😔

[rose thorn]

I saved the whole comic it’s so good

[crystal forum]

me with dead space

[languid meadow]

I will always hate DSP3 ending

[storm jungle]

Darksydephil 3???

https://tenor.com/view/dsp-darksydephil-gentleman-darksidephil-gif-12075543537298487876

[crystal forum]

how is he still alive

[languid meadow]

DARKSEID

[storm jungle]

beats me, i wish he fucking died already

fat piece of shit

[crystal forum]

2000's youtube should stay dead

[winter vessel]

speaking of composer. anyone who played Doom Eternal. What'd you think of the others, Andrew Hulshult and David Levy for the DLCs after Mick Gordon was let go?

[spring cairn]

good

[storm jungle]

I think Hushult did a pretty good job

[languid meadow]

It was good

[storm jungle]

the problem is like

its no Mick Gordon

[languid meadow]

I have hope for Dark Ages

[storm jungle]

lol

[languid meadow]

since the music so far has sounded decent

[crystal forum]

bethesda being scummy yet again

[spring cairn]

Dark Ages will be peak it has to

[languid meadow]

I mean everything we've seen so far is peak

[storm jungle]

its like replacing Jesper Kyd with the Mechanicus composer.

You know he will cook but it also aint no Jesper track

GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATT

[winter vessel]

fair.

[storm jungle]

[gray umbra]

thats good

[languid meadow]

https://youtu.be/8KyA7bf4IB0?si=OnHqoh4TK5dtMFlP my only problems are that I hate the stubby weapons and lack of synced glory kills

[storm jungle]

people dug it up from the files lol

[spring cairn]

I kinda get it, I was quite upset when Kelly Bailey didn't return to make HL:A's OST

[storm jungle]

Same

[winter vessel]

when Techpriests find an STC and decide to throw a Rave on the forge world

[green loom]

Buried tide track>?

[languid meadow]

https://youtu.be/roBkg-iPrbw?si=D3s6_OcQL-IuFvbQ watching this video and getting flash banged by Jesper Kyd being mentioned

[winter vessel]

https://tenor.com/view/doom-doom-eternal-glory-kill-doom-glory-kill-doom-eternal-zombie-gif-18694440 still the most hilarious glory kill for me:

[gray umbra]

did anyone find the soundtrack for the pc gaming trailer

[storm jungle]

yep possible future map one

[gray umbra]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqpcbRGr7Cg

i need it

[green loom]

I mean remember

The guy is like

Pretty crazy successful

[gray umbra]

black sugmar

[languid meadow]

the woke realms

[winter vessel]

blackmar?

[green loom]

AI mar more like

[winter vessel]

hah

[gray umbra]

indeed

[vagrant fox]

Speaking of techheads earlier, would it be too odd for the fanricator-general of a forgeworld to have a removable spine & brain robocop style to slot into a new body frame

[barren prawn]

WOAH VULKAN GREW HIS HAIR

[green loom]

No

[arctic talon]

Nah

Pretty “simple” augmentation lore wise

Most priests just aren’t rich enough

[vagrant fox]

Figured not, just checking

Tytyvm

[arctic talon]

Oud Oudia technically has that

Though his is his body slotting into bigger body

[vagrant fox]

Ah yes, the building boy

[arctic talon]

Him making it as annoying as possible to get his body between mars and terra

So he can just not be at meetings

[vagrant fox]

Entirely fair, the last two books the high lords showed up in made it sound and look tedious

[crystal forum]

sigseed

[vagrant fox]

It is precious to me

[sacred bluff]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQeGk1iHLm0

HOW DID I MISS THIS

[storm jungle]

why is Horus Rising

can he fly

[vagrant fox]

Rising to the sick beats of hatsune miku

[sacred bluff]

in my heart he flies 😌

[sharp pollen]

Horus Rising, the twin brother of Horus Heresy

[tough haven]

How plausible is it for a world's inhabitants to not recognize a ork as well, and ork, and instead think them to be a surprise visit from the Salamanders?

People mistook trazyn and his warriors as marines of the Silver Skulls once, so I think its plausible

[humble shoal]

orks don't act like sm

trazyn saved the people so they assumed he was a sm

[tough haven]

What if its a freebooter hired to help defend a world?

[humble shoal]

maybe

but still not likely

[tough haven]

idk just a funny idea I thought of for a potential campaign idea lol

[humble shoal]

I'd just go for it then

[tough haven]

Like some blood axes that dress up in stolen power armor

[opaque coyote]

Wet leopard growl

[remote widget]

Y'Know, the more I listen to the horus heresy, the more I think the emperor might have directed his anger in Slightly wrong directions.

Unless his speed was actually justified beyond trying to beat the consequence of his speed

Nvm

[opaque coyote]

https://youtu.be/cA1fbnRhuS8?si=5XJMp3GYA0enw_94

[opaque coyote]

He justifies his rush job because of some nebulous future that we can't see

Basically the Emperor can see different futures

With zero idea on how it got to that point. A mirror with zero context.

If you want my personal pet theory, the Emperor saw the 40k universe and rushed specifically to avoid it.

But ended up causing it.

There was also the Ork build up, among other things.

[tough haven]

I'll take "Things that didnt happen" for 500!

[tough haven]

Bro does not know the story of Odin

[opaque coyote]

I once had a printer issue.

Yelled at it to work or I'll replace it while I bash it with a stick.

Immediately printed it out successfully next try

...

I still replaced the printer because I needed a color option

But my current printer has issues also

[sacred ginkgo]

I am of the opinion that continuous positive encouragement works better

[opaque coyote]

In the long term yeah

But I had a paper due tomorrow so

[sacred ginkgo]

Oh yeah under pressure violence is first resort

[opaque coyote]

Violence gives immediate benefits but isn't good in the long term

Positive encouragement can give immediate benefits but is definite in the long term

...

So overall always go with violence

The Imperium does that and it's doing fine

Clearly

[dapper gyro]

If violence works, why fix it?

[opaque coyote]

...so I decided to use something called reddit-wrapped

basically uses ai to summarize your reddit account (already an insult tbh) and then roast you

Some highlights of mine include

"They're probably writing a fanfic about a Slaaneshi Imperial Fist right now, and honestly, we're a little scared."

"Your Warhammer 40k comments are so grimdark that even Nurgle thinks you need to lighten up. Try smiling for once, the galaxy is already doomed."

So if you have a reddit account that you use uh

https://reddit-wrapped.kadoa.com

see what fucking results you get

[shadow plover]

Haven't really posted to reddit in years but accurate enough I suppose

[opaque coyote]

"Your models are so heavily weathered they look like they've actually been through the Horus Heresy"

💀

[shadow plover]

I mean that sounds more of a boast than a roast

Examples

[opaque coyote]

Damn that actually looks really good man

[shadow plover]

Much appreciated

[queen laurel]

yeah to be honest i wouldn't be surprised if you cover these things in authentic sand from a abandoned mine

[shadow plover]

[opaque coyote]

Traveled to a war zone.

Figurines in his pocket.

Killed a man.

"I need the dust for my 40k figures"

[shadow plover]

I think that's valid

[queen laurel]

that seems to be what happened with your castigator

[shadow plover]

that was a muddy affair

[crystal forum]

kill jerk and absorb his skills by eating his heart

[shadow plover]

[celest dome]

Thanks, I hate it 💀 (though had some things I did not really understand why

[spare osprey]

alr it was kinda humorous

[dapper gyro]

Seem like it only read what you posted. I haven't comment on reddit often enough that it only show me stuff from 10 years ago.

[hallow saddle]

I hate AI!I hate AI!I hate AI!I hate AI!I hate AI!I hate AI!I hate AI!I hate AI!

[sharp pollen]

holy shit this terminator looks badass

looks like a robot doe

[shadow plover]

No terminators there 😄
The larger one is a dreadnought

[sharp pollen]

ah yeah

the helmet confused me

and the hand

[shadow plover]

Contemptor dreadnoughts unfamiliar to you?

they're the more common variant during the heresy

[sharp pollen]

ive said like a million times - dont care about marines at all

dont know shit for the most part

[shadow plover]

I see I see

[sharp pollen]

especially heresy time

like bro, so ancient

who cares bruh

the time is now old man

let go

[shadow plover]

No slight was intended, just a genuine question

[sharp pollen]

i know

im fucking with you 🙂

[shadow plover]

Thanks anyways for the compliment

[sharp pollen]

didnt know "old man" is a compliment for you

[shadow plover]

[shadow plover]

meant this

[sharp pollen]

is this your design?

holy shit

sick 3d model dude

[shadow plover]

oh I presumed you meant the paintjob lmao, no the dread is GW design

[sharp pollen]

nm then...

[shadow plover]

[proven needle]

What an exchange...

[sharp pollen]

alright i took a second look, the paintwork is nice

rust and dust and all

[shadow plover]

Cheers

[opaque coyote]

Out of boredom

Immortal Vs. Homelander

Which fraud would win?

[shadow plover]

shoo, bad Laati

no more power scaling

[sharp pollen]

homelander i think, laser sight

[opaque coyote]

True.

No idea how much Immortal can tank though

He did manage to take some hits from a distracted Omni-Man

[shadow plover]

https://tenor.com/view/shut-up-yakuza-can-you-shut-up-shut-your-mouth-gif-9966065835841311517

[opaque coyote]

can you sex

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cat-meme-war-thunder-war-cat-war-gif-4929875301120562890

[shadow plover]

yeah but can you shut up!

[opaque coyote]

No

https://tenor.com/view/cat-no-nonono-noooo-cat-no-gif-13597132752790194338

[shadow plover]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/986698086803976312/1059824130192592946/20221006_174036-1-1.gif

[opaque coyote]

The problem with Immortal is that he needs an actual W to define how much he can tank

And the man literally just loses so much that even if I try to be a nerd and powerscale him

I can't because he keeps taking Ls

The only time he got a W is when he killed innocent civilians

...I guess him and Homelander have that in common

[dapper gyro]

Immortal can tank quite well for a super hero, but far from Homelander power.

Though he has insane regeneration capacity, even if there is 1 piece of him, he can come back.

I finished Invincible comics years ago.

[opaque coyote]

Considering Queen Maeve (in the show), somebody who is in a much lower power class compared to Homelander.

Managed to injure him and even temporarily make him deaf in one ear by shoving a metal stick in his earholes

I definitely think Immortal can beat him due to him probably being far more experienced in combat

If he doesn't suddenly get crippled by the writers

[dapper gyro]

Yes, Immortal can come back again and again so he can learn more about the weakness of his opponents. Dude has Deadpool level of generation. Though his physical is about as strong as Capt America or Spiderman.

[dapper gyro]

I don't want to spoil too much of the comic in case you or anyone haven't seen it yet.

[opaque coyote]

I read it dw but I get it man.

Still kinda feel disappointed about how Immortal is handled in the show... which is the same as the comics lmao

Like you'd expect a man to have lived through human history to know some wisdom

...

Then again that goes the same for the Emperor so...

[celest dome]

Capt America or Spiderman.
Comic wise I think they're 2 different levels, it's just that Spiderman is holding back quite a lot

[opaque coyote]

Although tbf at least the Emperor is like

"Oh holy shit, this was like 10000 years ago"

Refers to events in human history, etc. etc

Like I kinda wish Immortal did that at least

[queen laurel]

yeah spidey can humble rhino on a bad day

[dapper gyro]

Capt America always holds back as well.

[queen laurel]

if he stops holding back

[opaque coyote]

Also it's implied that Immortal basically hid in-between being Lincoln and being in the trenches.

Bro should've at least stayed to repeal the Jim Crow laws ongod

[dapper gyro]

Capt can sustain way more physical punishment. The time that spiderman in 616 was because of a surprise attack.

[opaque coyote]

According to Marvel themselves, he can casually lift around 10 tons.

However, he also fucking lifted like

The entire Daily Bugle Building AKA a fucking skyscraper

[celest dome]

He didn't do it casually though

[opaque coyote]

Yeah ik

More just that we really don't know the limit

If that makes any sense

[shadow plover]

Also was it really the whole ass building or just a part that had crumbled on top of him

[opaque coyote]

The whole ass building. He was basically the only support beam

The man basically has the ability to like

Just fucking donut all of his rogues gallery tbh

But with great power comes great responsibility yadayadayada

And he has a fuck ton of power

[dapper gyro]

Comic, fantasy and fiction are not well known for consistency.

[opaque coyote]

Yeah overall powerscaling is kinda pointless considering that

It all depends on the writer

[shadow plover]

thus you should stop talking about it

[opaque coyote]

But it is fun to do at times

So

[opaque coyote]

Dw I'm not gonna threaten your family for saying that Guilliman can beat Omni-Man

[dapper gyro]

Captain America not holding back can do some stupid feat as well.

[opaque coyote]

I always find it funny in general that everytime Captain America like

Mildly disagrees with the government

[shadow plover]

I won't be saying that because comparing different universes is pointless when both follow different rules

[opaque coyote]

They instantly try to kill him

[dapper gyro]

Typical relationship between government and the military.

[dapper gyro]

I mostly compare the same dimension. In this case the 616.

[opaque coyote]

"Hey, maybe you shouldn't send superheroes who don't agree to the registry to a prison that makes Guantanamo Bay look like a daycare-"

"HE'S A TRAITOR SHOOT HIM!"

The Civil War event was weird and the MCU version in general was much better

[dapper gyro]

Fun fact, capt america cant become a vampire because of his serum.

He cannot morb

[opaque coyote]

And the prison thing wasn't an exaggeration.

Literally was described to have a high suicide rate

Like people killing themselves in cells

[dapper gyro]

Time to go back to your cell. You can do power scaling there.

Don't "huh" me.

[opaque coyote]

Fun fact about Morbius.

Basically in the Spiderman 90's cartoon... he appeared.

[dapper gyro]

Yes, I watched that show.

[opaque coyote]

But basically due to TV censors being strict. They couldn't actually have him suck blood or even bite people

So...

[dapper gyro]

Back in the early 2000s.

[shadow plover]

hand suck

[opaque coyote]

I fucking hate these hand holes btw

Genuinely fucking disgusting

[dapper gyro]

Nipple suction

[opaque coyote]

Imagine like...

Putting your finger inside and feeling your own flesh and bone

[dapper gyro]

It takes 5 to 10 seconds, depending on the size, before getting to the blood.

[opaque coyote]

Actually a good example of censorship inspiring some creative ideas tbh

[celest dome]

Marvel Rival getting Morbius and having it be a Strategist and a full on meme

[opaque coyote]

Seriously those hole hands made me realize that I have trypophobia

[dapper gyro]

I'm having bad insomnia... I don't know why I think of those shit.

[opaque coyote]

Especially when it's on skin and shit

[raven stone]

Yo chat

Did GW bomb their own online store somehow?

[shadow plover]

how come

works fine for me

[sharp pollen]

why visiting it anyway

[raven stone]

Looking at Solar Aux stuff

[storm jungle]

It happens randomly here and there

[raven stone]

Stupid 403…

[shadow plover]

oh that's probably an issue from your end

are you on company internet or something

vpn maybe

etc

[raven stone]

Managed to clear cache and got it working, thx

[shadow plover]

[plush mason]

would have been better if it was like the dudes from SG atlantis

[queen laurel]

Well

my best guess is age of sigmar but that's about it

[storm jungle]

mmm smoke

[sacred bluff]

It's obviously the smoking remains of a recently destroyed titan

[shadow plover]

I wouldn't be surprised if it were a random smoke stack on a larger base for some center piece model

á la Avatar of Khaine

[queen laurel]

yeah definitely

[rose thorn]

GUYS GUYS GUYS

||BELAKOR||

[queen laurel]

damn

[storm jungle]

Lmao hes giving her the VT2 Chaos Wastes treatment

[queen laurel]

he know his ass is basically gonna get crinkled in a fight so he uses manipulation

[spare osprey]

ngl

I straight thought this was a space marine

[queen laurel]

the fallen brain rot has taken hold of this man execute him

[spare osprey]

Nah like legit

I saw the fuckin

[rose thorn]

I love love love belakor

[spare osprey]

Calgar body guards

[rose thorn]

He’s such a worthless bastard

LMAO

[queen laurel]

Ladies and gentlemen we have a stage 4 space marine fan syndrome here get ready euthanasia

[spare osprey]

[celest dome]

I really really want Belakor to be involved with every tide games. Each time he has been pulling some strings, either on the side of the horde, or of the players

[queen laurel]

Bro is desperate for power

[gray umbra]

4 crackheads kill belakor

[queen laurel]

i'm gonna be honest, he will probably lose to a player level darktide striketeam

[gray umbra]

Oh god yeah

[queen laurel]

i wouldn't be surprised if we cave in his head

easy

[gray umbra]

Then again havoc 30s make me shart

[celest dome]

I just need him to have ptsd of the U5 when we see 4 Ogryn punching their ways through hordes of Cultists

[celest dome]

But not True death of course

[queen laurel]

i mean yeah but it's still gonna be embarrassing

how are you gonna let 4 homeless guys with fancy gear beat you up

[queen laurel]

i have not tried havoc because i am not that insane

i'm already as locked in as i can get in auric

[crystal forum]

it's even worse than true death, he'll get punched to death every time he comes back

his own endless cycle of torture

[gray umbra]

Havoc high level is aids mostly because theres a modifier that reduces invuln windows between shots

Actually i forget what it does one sec

https://darktide.gameslantern.com/circumstances/the-emperors-fading-light-i

Basically gunners will destroy your anus so most groups stack toughness buffs

Some maps have ridiculous chokepoints because of it too

Any area with a long stretch of open air becomes no mans land

[queen laurel]

Basically forces you to run a very very specific type of build to succeed huh

[gray umbra]

I run volley fire vet or peril edge psyker because im a masochist

[queen laurel]

And i heard playing Ogryn is absolutely hell in that mode

[gray umbra]

Yeah you basically get gunned down

[storm jungle]

A single shotgun blast from a elite can kill you

you got like 60 shields and barely any hp, its very funny

[gray umbra]

Crusher overhead will oneshot you through your wounds 🫠

[queen laurel]

Yeah the enemies can deal so much damage they can absolutely obliterate you through wounds

[queen laurel]

Yeah i've seen some videos of like the human classes absolutely folding the moment a crusher hit lands on them

There's a good reason why people call it the winds of magic of darktide

[gray umbra]

Yeah pretty much. I still need to do it to get the armor set but have been distracted and not focused on darktide right now

[queen laurel]

As much as i would love them on my costume library being a mostly solo player i do not want to break my head

[vagrant fox]

havoc 40 is unfair to knife zealot running 6 rooms ahead of teammates

[spring cairn]

knife zealot running 6 rooms ahead of teammates is unfair to me

[vagrant fox]

be faster

[spring cairn]

when I get there he already died

[vagrant fox]

I repeat myself

[gray umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/forrest-gump-running-me-when-im-late-tom-hanks-gif-5144739

[humble shoal]

Yeah enemy melee attacks do corruption

Poxwalkers do half a martyrdom wound

[viral halo]

Good morning lore chat

[dusk patrol]

Me with the string cheese in my fridge at 2 am

[raven stone]

I miss the art of that era somewhat.

[storm jungle]

We dont have as many artists really worthy of that kind of status currently

Lewis Jones is like the top one, after him it kinda flickers on/off lol

[rigid dune]

Is child soldiers a thing in the imperium of man?

[shadow plover]

occasionally yeah

also space marines

[paper haven]

Absoultely

[storm jungle]

Yes

[paper haven]

White shields are around 16 years old

[storm jungle]

its just not explored as a subject too much

because IRL allegories lol

[paper haven]

Space Marine neophytes are like, 12

[storm jungle]

getting that spartan treatment

kick off cliff

[paper haven]

There's a reason Sparta didn't survive.

[storm jungle]

They had guts but that was about it

(and are also extremely oversaturated in media)

[paper haven]

Pro tip: Don't kill your offspring while insisting on an ethnostate and also getting into constant wars.

[storm jungle]

its fine at least we got gerard butler and his homoerotic adventures out of it

[paper haven]

Even trade, I suppose.

[storm jungle]

wait nvm the movie had no gay sex

but still

it historically existed at least

[paper haven]

We apparently also do not like talking about that part.

[crystal forum]

i love this channel

[paper haven]

And this channel loves you.

I mean, probably.

[rigid dune]

So I take it that it would also be the reason why cherubs are considered cybernetics?

[paper haven]

If it makes you feel any better, they were vat grown specifically to be cherubs. Usually.

Technically speaking, they were never alive.

[crystal forum]

except when they arent

[paper haven]

We also apparently do not like to talk about that.

[rigid dune]

So how does that work? Are not all machines required to have a human brain in it?

[paper haven]

Yeah. AI is super illegal so every advanced computer is actually a human brain

Normal computers are probably just normal computers

[storm jungle]

Cherubs are vat-grown aka organic meat and got a basic processor in them that allows basic commands.

they dont have a human brain

[storm jungle]

No lol

They can have basic functions like a roomba, the brain thing is for shit like servitors and some other items, it depends.

[paper haven]

Imagine if the only way they had of computing data was a human brain. Every personal computer will occasionally glitch out and start typing out a stream of consciousness and the IT guy is basically also a neurosurgeon.

[near wasp]

Buddy Drew what he envisioned the inquisitorial warband from his weird ass dreams, he's color blind so we still need to fix the colors to be correct but

[sacred bluff]

I would so be turned into a servitor eventually

[green loom]

We all would

[sacred bluff]

I would joke too much

[green loom]

Tbh

[near wasp]

Do not fuck with the tech priest

Hell make you aware of being a servitor

[paper haven]

Apparently it was only intended to happen to criminals but nowadays it's considered an honor.

[sacred bluff]

HUH

[near wasp]

Well it kinda depends where your from or the situation of being a servitor or servo dkull

[storm jungle]

^

Servitorizaiton 99% of the time is always a punishment.

[paper haven]

Whoops, you weren't pius enough, you don't get to be labotomized and wired with augmetics as a murder-butler for the next hundred years. Too bad.

[storm jungle]

👆

[sacred bluff]

Wasn't Pontius Glaw made into a servo skull for helping Eisenhorn?

[viral halo]

I’d love to make my enemies servitors

[storm jungle]

anything you do even the most baseless thing can be taken as a "criminal" offense

[near wasp]

Unless your a tech priest or a skitari or something it's a fate worse than death

[paper haven]

Eisenhorn keeps not killing his biggest rivals

[viral halo]

Yea but imagine being a sex servitor

[rocky gale]

I'd rather not

[paper haven]

Who then come back as even bigger rivals

[near wasp]

https://tenor.com/view/hold-up-hold-up-meme-fallout-meme-gif-3737350009659669155

[viral halo]

https://tenor.com/view/fallout-nv-fisto-fisto-fallout-new-vegas-fallout-gif-25004812

[sacred bluff]

Eisenhorn returned to Cinchare and offered Pontius a trade: he would have Magos Bure construct a mechanical body for Pontius to inhabit, in exchange for any information that he might provide on Daemonhosts

[near wasp]

Ok quagmire

[paper haven]

Being a regular servitor is bad enough, I don't want to think about being some sick noble's foot fetish device.

[near wasp]

Why get a servitor for that anyways, real people are probably a better choice anyways

[storm jungle]

Ah see

real people ask questions

[paper haven]

Sorry m'lord, we had to restrain the sex servitor again this morning. We caught it trying to crawl into the incinerator again.

[storm jungle]

and got needs

a servitor doesnt

• Jeff Bezos, probably

[paper haven]

Bleak

[paper haven]

https://tenor.com/view/bold-strategies-cotton-pays-off-commentator-lets-see-gif-16188664

[sacred bluff]

I still remember a scene in Bequin Pariah. She keeps seeing and hearing children throughout the book, gets to Glaw's decendent Alice, and hears the children again. She's like "are there children here?" and Alice was like how did you know, but she was talking about Teke, an astartes of Emperor's Children, and not what Bequin was hearing.

It was a moment

[near wasp]

But that beats having to chant a writ of activation before every use

[storm jungle]

Most people will take that over working with a living human being

[paper haven]

Jeff bazos.

[near wasp]

I cannot believe this is a real convo were having right now

Where did my life go so wrog

[rocky gale]

Now I'm just getting reminded of Altered Carbon, where everyone consciousness is stored in a chip in their neck and after death it can be replanted into another body and you keep living, so Rich people will literally pay someone to let them beat them to death and then put their chip in a new body so they didn't technically kill someone.

[storm jungle]

I mean yes?

why do you expect awful people to have common sense

[near wasp]

Fair enough

[storm jungle]

we got people IRL abusing their servants because "its okay i pay them"

[sacred bluff]

This universe has orks, where what they believe ends up being true, we can entertain decisions on being a servo skull

[paper haven]

Well that depends. See, some people believe that it starts at conception.
I believe that somewhere around the second trimester is where it really starts.

[storm jungle]

LOL

[near wasp]

Nah age like 6 is where everything started to spiral.

[paper haven]

All answers are true enough, I suppose.

[arctic talon]

Servo skulls aren't servitors

there's a difference

[near wasp]

They aren't?

[arctic talon]

No

servo skulls don't use the original subjects brain matter

[sacred bluff]

Okay

"Well actually"

[arctic talon]

I mean

[near wasp]

This is important info

[arctic talon]

its an important difference

lol

[near wasp]

Shush lackey

[arctic talon]

Servitors are a punishment

[rocky gale]

Servo Skulls are also usually made from dead people rather than alive

[arctic talon]

yeah that also

[paper haven]

Oh boy I can't wait until Amazon patents my brain patterns and can infinitely copy my consciousness into vat grown bodies so that I can work endlessly to pay off the debt of my subscription.

[arctic talon]

using the original persons brain matter is tech heresy

but its also violated like

a surprising amount

[sacred bluff]

Dude said servitors are a honor somehow

[arctic talon]

Tech priests get sentinemntal, and they try to cobble their friend back together

[sacred bluff]

I still don't see it

[arctic talon]

servitors arent' an honor

[paper haven]

That's because you're sane.

[arctic talon]

Servitors are a punishment

or servitorization rather

[storm jungle]

^^^^^^

[paper haven]

Remember that to these people, eternal service is a good thing.

[sacred bluff]

Do they retain the memory of the dead person

[storm jungle]

It depends

[arctic talon]

No

well

not unless someone uses the original brain matter

which you are not supposed to do

lol

[storm jungle]

^

rare exceptions do with higher functions

[rocky gale]

On rare occasions

[storm jungle]

but most are like

smart as a roomba

https://tenor.com/view/cleaning-will-future-robots-and-ai-take-over-how-sci-fi-inspired-science-roomba-irobot-gif-19131561

[arctic talon]

no

thats a CAT

[storm jungle]

yes

BRUH

[paper haven]

See darktide when the medicae servitors sometimes wake up

[near wasp]

The Roomba has breached containment

[storm jungle]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-scare-audio-funny-roomba-gif-3501530

[sacred bluff]

What if you save the life of one of those people who have insane memory and learning skills, before their brain decays

[arctic talon]

CAT's aren't servoskulls

smh

[sacred bluff]

I forgot what they're called

[rocky gale]

Nerds

[paper haven]

The process does not always result in full loss of consciousness and they can still heal. Throw in the potential for warp fuckery.

[near wasp]

Send a tech adept to corral it back into the factorium

[sacred bluff]

A savant*

[storm jungle]

ye thats the one

[sacred bluff]

Aemos was Eisenhorn's savant

[paper haven]

Depends on your definition of save, really

[sacred bluff]

Could you save their brain and make them a servo skull

[storm jungle]

I mean you can

again it depends

[sacred bluff]

😌

[storm jungle]

most dont because they lack the resources and authority

[sacred bluff]

Would they retain who they are

[storm jungle]

Eisenhorn can because hes a Memequisitor

[storm jungle]

depends on how much brain you saved

[arctic talon]

it depends

[near wasp]

Making servitors is more an art than a science as fucked up as that is

[sacred bluff]

Body died, brain perfectly in tact

[arctic talon]

Servitors are also

really expensive lol

well

[storm jungle]

Also they'd act like they got dementia half the time

[arctic talon]

not really expensive

but they're not cheap

[rocky gale]

The most abundant object in the 40k Universe, Dependium

[sacred bluff]

Cheaper than keeping the criminals around

[storm jungle]

Well that also depends

[arctic talon]

no

[storm jungle]

especially on what servitor you are making

[arctic talon]

criminals are way cheaper labor

lol

Tech thralls are also cheaper then servitors

if you don't want to lobotomize a fucker

[paper haven]

Eisenhorn doesn't care about trivial things like practicality, extravagant waste of resources, the well-being of his friends and loved ones, morality, the laws of reality, ethics in general or the customs of space amazons.

[near wasp]

Servitors cost resources to make and maintain, the organic bits still need calories and the metal bits need oil

[sacred bluff]

I think he cares about his friends more than most

[paper haven]

He's got more important things to do

[sacred bluff]

Ravenor does too

[paper haven]

All evidence to the contrary.

[storm jungle]

To give you an idea of how less the Imperium cares about human life

read this

[sacred bluff]

He put Bequin in suspended animation knowing she was gonna die without it

[storm jungle]

Context: They are escaping from a world having fallen to the Tyranids.

[arctic talon]

Humans are cheap

data is forever

[storm jungle]

8.5 billion workers

thats like abandoning the entirety of earth to die today btw

[arctic talon]

Yes

I love the mechanicus

[storm jungle]

same

they are so evil its great

[paper haven]

So they left the things that tyrannids care about in exchange for saving something they don't care about

Brilliant.

[arctic talon]

well

they're not fitting all those stupid humanss

[spring cairn]

they chose their literal tax reports over ppl lmao

[arctic talon]

on ships

[storm jungle]

you know its hilarious as fuck when even Lambda says "lmao"

I love this book

[arctic talon]

The 8.5 billion is excluding the like

tech priest and tech adept population lul

[storm jungle]

Also yeah remember they are literally slaves the admech doesnt care about lol

[arctic talon]

which was given priority

because admech

menials == slave

[paper haven]

Those were the top one percent

[spring cairn]

Like it's not even said to be crucial data

[arctic talon]

Yeah

[paper haven]

You know, the useful ones

[arctic talon]

the quest for knowledge demands it

[spring cairn]

it's mind numbing paperwork

[storm jungle]

[arctic talon]

all knowledge is sacred

[near wasp]

Menials I think you mean calorie source

[spring cairn]

pre-servitors

[paper haven]

The accumulated data for the last thousand years of tax returns > 8.5 billion lives

[spring cairn]

it's stupidly evil in the best way possible

[storm jungle]

^

Its absolutely expected of the mechanicus

[arctic talon]

the mechanicus literally is servitorizing refugees

as we speak

LOL

[paper haven]

There was a recent warhammer plus episode about that

[arctic talon]

People underestimate how

sociopathic tech priests are

[paper haven]

They took all the ammo from some guardsmen and delivered it only to then destroy it

[storm jungle]

^

[arctic talon]

thats the adminstratum

not the mechanicus

[storm jungle]

Yeah thats administratum

[arctic talon]

the mechanicus would probably just shoot it all at a wall or something

[paper haven]

Same kind of evil

[arctic talon]

for data

or people

probably people

[spring cairn]

they're the worst Imperium sub-faction evil wise and that's saying something

[storm jungle]

Dont forget why they destroyed said recovered ammo btw.

The structural pillars couldnt hold up more cargo in a planet covered by fucking cargo platforms

[arctic talon]

yeah and thats why I love the mechanicus

[near wasp]

Liquidfy the remaining populice of the forge world and dry it out for ration blocks so they take up less space and then you can sell the rations for some more archotech

[arctic talon]

they pretty much are the most sociopathic people in the imperium

[storm jungle]

https://tenor.com/view/risa-bezos-speedball-gif-19767177

[arctic talon]

who only really care about those close to them, and even then barely for a vast majority off them

[paper haven]

They could have requested to take the ammo back but by the time the paperwork was processed, the platform would have collapsed

[spring cairn]

meaning Dark Mechanicum is number 1 most evil in the setting

[storm jungle]

Nah

Darkmech are literally the same as admech

only difference is they use daemons

LOL

[spring cairn]

so worse

[near wasp]

That's arguably better

[paper haven]

I dojn't know, Dark elves exist

[storm jungle]

lmao god sakes

yeah but those are ayyyliens

we are talking in human- well "human" parameters

[paper haven]

Oh right. All xenos are the same

[spring cairn]

all look the same to me

[near wasp]

Daemons deserve to be tortured so I can eat warm bread

[paper haven]

In that case. Hmm... The High lords?

[storm jungle]

High Lords are too casual evil

we need more goofier shit

this definitely is one example

[arctic talon]

The difference between the dark mechanicum and adeptus mechanicus is one uses more slaves then the other

[paper haven]

You keep moving the goal posts. I declare you as most evil

[arctic talon]

like if we account sheer human suffering

the mechanicus is more evil

if we count like

the quantity of human suffering expierenced per person

[spring cairn]

yeah but that's because dark mechanicum tiny

[storm jungle]

Their entire planets also essentially move on slave labor

[arctic talon]

the dark mechanicum is worse

lol

Like

[paper haven]

I'd say the Inquisition but they actually tend to be a net gain for humanity

[arctic talon]

the dark mechanicum tortures much harder

for their funny rituals

and weird flesh metal

[spring cairn]

if they had acess to the resources the mechanicus has

[arctic talon]

the mechanicus just has way more slaves to torture

[storm jungle]

On the other hand

https://tenor.com/view/dance-gif-6692428908130908467

[near wasp]

The most evil person in imperium is arguably the abritrators

[paper haven]

The administratum. Final answer.

Tax men are always the most evil

[rose thorn]

Isn’t this the plot of that one smash character

[storm jungle]

No its GTA V

LMAO

[arctic talon]

Chorfs aint got shit on the mechanicus

or dark mechanicum

[near wasp]

Wtf did you have that so fast

[arctic talon]

[storm jungle]

its pinned in the channel

because is fucking hilarious

[near wasp]

Oh

[arctic talon]

also the way its worded

[storm jungle]

its like legit U.S cop mentality

[arctic talon]

theyr'e talking to a dead body

LOL

like

they're literally talking to someone they've shot

[paper haven]

"If you were innocent, you would be guilty of wasting my time. Thankfully, god did not stop me so you are guilty. Case closed."

[crystal forum]

in eisenhorn the arbites guy talks like an 80's cop it's quite funny

[paper haven]

Nah that was his friend.

He's dead now.

[crystal forum]

shut

[storm jungle]

Spoilers

eisenhorn is a bastard

people die

[arctic talon]

do you think the menials

[storm jungle]

[arctic talon]

put recaff

[crystal forum]

🙀

[arctic talon]

in the tech priests food on purpose

in Space marine 2

[spring cairn]

yes

[storm jungle]

god i hate that line so much

[arctic talon]

[storm jungle]

repetitive as shit

[paper haven]

Eisenhorn is a hero

[arctic talon]

Its so bad lol

if it was rarer I wouldn't mind

[storm jungle]

cant beat-

[paper haven]

Ignore all the dead bodies

[storm jungle]

THIS IS DA LOIFE

[crystal forum]

what are you talking about

[storm jungle]

NUFFIN BEDDAAAH

[near wasp]

Dilaras finally lost it

Such a shame

[paper haven]

Finally?

[storm jungle]

I was never sane

[crystal forum]

she just likes muffins

[storm jungle]

[spring cairn]

https://tenor.com/view/kill-the-rot-goofy-goober-silly-schizophrenia-gif-12414327510351470727

[storm jungle]

ogryn players when 2 nodes are moved

they got drain bamage

[spring cairn]

me when any talent tree is updated

[paper haven]

https://tenor.com/view/xenos-scum-looney-toons-flashgitz-astra-militarum-warhammer40k-gif-27507138

[crystal forum]

i dont even realize talents exist half the time

[spring cairn]

too lazy to pick my talents again on every single loadouts

[paper haven]

https://tenor.com/view/wait-that-thats-is-illegal-gif-18393263

[spring cairn]

which is why fatshakr should never update any tree ever again

[storm jungle]

the best part

fatshark gives a headsup

me: eh ill save later

never does

"FUCK"

https://tenor.com/view/tf2memes-tf2-gmod-ragdoll-gif-26075798

[crystal forum]

i have on more than one occasion went into damnation with no talents

[storm jungle]

jay....

[paper haven]

I never save my skill trees

[storm jungle]

[near wasp]

Oh no now she's 4chan posting

https://tenor.com/view/michael-jackson-comendo-picoca-gif-9669437860846841235

[crystal forum]

she must be put in the pain chamber until she regains her sanity

[spring cairn]

https://tenor.com/view/rat-ratzone-circling-running-gif-17757257

[paper haven]

Each and every set up is the result of a unique symptom of my brain parasties, and shall not be repeated.

[plush mason]

what is that audio?

[storm jungle]

Ever seen Disney's robots?

[plush mason]

been a long time

[storm jungle]

https://youtu.be/NUO9gIl50W8?t=22

[outer wave]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaTSQzYIR3U

Dilara beat me to it damn

[storm jungle]

both work

[glossy sonnet]

dark mechanicum music

[opaque coyote]

https://youtu.be/Covg1q_SLp8?si=ypXKvPmdrehPOlLQ

[hallow saddle]

[opaque coyote]

Chaos Dwarves

Y'know maybe I should make like

A meme that's basically in the style of a 90s drug PSA

"Maybe I should try a little bit of Chaos..."

BLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAM

"NOT. EVEN. ONCE."

That type of shit

[raven stone]

Chaos Votann when

[opaque coyote]

https://youtu.be/fLqjFnTIYf8?si=EmlP30v40SSIQgGM

[keen nova]

You guys think genestealers really are or were on atoma?

[opaque coyote]

Seriously Anti Drug PSAs were fucking wild

[opaque coyote]

Genestealers are like herpes

Yeah probably

[keen nova]

I really should look into more of there lore, there's alot of environmental storytelling in datktide...
And I love that

[keen nova]

My favorite is "HYPER SEXUAL INSECTOID COMMUNISTS!?" - Imperial governors discovering cults.

[opaque coyote]

Basically

Genestealer infection starts with the Genestealer. A special Tyranid type who's job it is to infiltrate worlds and weaken it for the Tyranids next meal.

They often go after the most numerous race on the planet. And most of the time that's human beings. They essentially "kiss" them. Basically infecting their DNA to follow the Tyranids will.

[celest dome]

Atm nothing really confirm or point to GSC in particular, there might be some, but there might also not

[keen nova]

Inknow the basics, I wanna look more deeply into them

[opaque coyote]

This then starts uh

This cycle

[keen nova]

Yeah, wr have our hands full as is.

[celest dome]

The W&G module about Darktide does not point to GSC either, but does let the DW/GW have GSCultist as random encounters

[opaque coyote]

No idea why after the 4th generation, they become freaky again

But eh

[outer wave]

So is the patriarch the one genestealer that managed to infect someone, or is it the first newborn of the infected?

[opaque coyote]

TLDR; "You need to hang up that computer call. Come over here and kiss me on my hot mouth. I'm feeling R O M A N T I C A L ."

• Random Genestealer

[opaque coyote]

The very first Genestealer

[outer wave]

Interesting

[celest dome]

Patriarch do the kissing and create the cult

[opaque coyote]

5th Gen Genestealers usually look slightly different compared to the Patriarch.

Maybe they have a human skin tone for example.

Still can be romantical so

Actually want to make a nutshell of factions.

...and unintentionally contribute to the circlejerk of surface level 40k memes

But it would be fun

[raven stone]

For the record, current lore is that Genestealers infect humans via the tongue specifically to deliver the “Genestealer’s kiss”.
It removes the more…seriously uncomfortable…part of the imagery, but still plenty uncomfortable of course.

[opaque coyote]

The Orks would just be the Britain football riots but with them recolored to green

[raven stone]

Funny how Orks and Titans are both inspired by drunken people…

[opaque coyote]

That's more uncomfortable it means they fucking tongue kiss you.

They expect tongue all the time bruh

They're getting FREAKIER

[raven stone]

I mean, some people find getting violated down there worse, y’know, before GW just codified it to be tongue only.

[opaque coyote]

Yeah true

Also ew

[raven stone]

The tongue imagery does keep it in line with Alien facehuggers, but as always, the subtext is there enough - but without crossing too deep of a line

[opaque coyote]

Now I'm imagining a Genestealer being extremely fucking awkward.

"Now listen. I'm just going to kiss you. This isn't like a sexual thing or anything. I swear it isn't- I'm just infecting you to join the Hivemind."

"... you're not convinced. Okay listen-"

Pulls out a chart

[raven stone]

I mean, if they were operating on a Slaanesh corrupted world

That might actually work as a reprieve.

Remember, in the Grimderpness of Warhammer 40,000, any bad option can be made into a good option if the current situation is a worse option 🤣

[opaque coyote]

Overall the kiss works better considering that

Even ignoring how gross it was.

It would take longer to uh... yk. Instead of just kissing them

Like it makes sense in terms of optimization

I sound even more insane than usual

[raven stone]

Yea, definitely. Well, for initial infection anyways.
I assume infected humans do have to do it normally.

(…and THAT is where we dive right back fucking down the full blown unfortunate implications!)

[opaque coyote]

A Genestealer infects somebody but they don't do shit because they're still extremely awkward and anti social

[raven stone]

Oh my god, I can see this now.
40k anime.
“A Genestealer infected me but I am still socially awkward, so the Hive Mind is now giving me dating advice”

[opaque coyote]

"Listen. You need to get out there and infect somebody already."

"No. I just wanna play Vidya games."

"You are... literally infected by my DNA."

"People are scary."

"I swear to the hive..."

[opaque coyote]

I think it also switched to kissing

[raven stone]

Yea but it’s academic since regardless of how the Stealer DNA is passed, a … cylindrical object…still has to enter…a cave… for a baby to happen in the human womb :p

[opaque coyote]

"HOW ARE YOU STILL SOCIALLY AWKWARD. YOUR DNA HAS LITERALLY BEEN EDITED. YOU SHOULD NOT BE FEELING THIS WAY."

"...but I hate talking to people."

"AAAAA-"

[dapper gyro]

You can just say that they need to fuck. Why trying to write it like some erotic novels?

[opaque coyote]

Cause it's symbolic instead of actually fucking

Kissing still puts thing in hole but it's slightly less gross than actually fucking

I know SMs can get infected by Genestealers but has any like

Actually been fully infected.

I remember a case but they managed to resist long enough to fucking kill themselves

[raven stone]

I don’t think so thus far.

[dusk patrol]

The ones we see infected are able to resist it but they are debilitated

They were fully infected as much as we’ll ever see

[dapper gyro]

Though, the SM can't reproduce, so they can't get pass the 1st gen of GSC.

[dusk patrol]

The stories kinda weird but they’re all dead now so, that’s that

Not clear if it would affect their geneseed and yeah, they can’t reproduce so

[opaque coyote]

Dang.

Had the idea of an SM Genestealer Cultist

I guess if they freely give in then?

[keen nova]

Hey man, my mom reads my discord chats! 👶

[dusk patrol]

Idk, you can do what you want but they’re the example we have

[opaque coyote]

Like just

"Letting go" so to speak

Or is it an automatic process of the body?

[celest dome]

That has previoulsy happened iirc

[dusk patrol]

They were able to resist it, it still froze them up

[opaque coyote]

Like are they resisting because of like "sheer force of will"

Or is it biology

[dusk patrol]

That’s what we’re talking about

[opaque coyote]

Or both

[dusk patrol]

I don’t think it’s clear, the Patriarch is just able to stop them from shooting it and freeze them up

They’re more resistant but it has some control

Just not full

Just read the Great Work tbh, I believe that’s the book with it

[opaque coyote]

Found the excerpt that I remember.

Ovipositor impregnation,’ intoned Darioq-Grendh’al.

‘What is the machine speaking of?’ asked Khalaxis.

‘I don’t know,’ replied Marduk.

‘Source: Magos Biologis Atticus Fane, Lectures of Xenos Bioligae, 872.M40, Consultation of Nicae, Tenebria, Q.389.V.IX. Ref.MBim274.ch.impttck. The xenos subject species, genus Corporaptor, observed implanting gene-template into body of host,’ said Darioq-Grendh’al. ‘Override of genetic coding documented. Bio-gene-splicing observed. Conclusion: Corporaptor Hominis overrides genetic makeup of host species, dominating upper cerebral cortex functions. Speculation: Corporaptor Hominis a vanguard species, locating and suppressing indigenous populations. Genetic corruption of local species suspected as a method of drawing Hive Fleet to suitable prey-worlds.’

The three Word Bearers looked blankly at the corrupted magos.

‘Potential reversal of implanted host species’ gene-corruption: nil,’ concluded Darioq-Grendh’al.

‘Gene-corruption,’ murmured Marduk.

‘The machine babbles nonsense,’ growled Khalaxis.

‘Speak more clearly, Darioq-Drak’shal,’ said Marduk, ‘perhaps in words that we might understand.’

‘It is believed that the genestealers infiltrate potential prey-worlds for the tyranid xenos species to feed upon,’ intoned the magos. ‘They infect the populace, and some believe that the collective control they exert over those bearing their genetic coding acts as a psychic beacon, drawing the organic Hive Fleets to those worlds where the beacon burns strongest.’

‘And you say this… implant attack that Rhamel has suffered is altering his genetic coding?’ asked Marduk.

‘That is correct, master.’

‘The bodies of the warriors of Lorgar are sacred temples, for in them we bear the mark of Lorgar. From his genome were we created,’ said Marduk, ‘and such a… corruption is an abomination.’

The First Acolyte looked at Rhamel, who grimaced as another wave of pain shot through him.

‘You understand what must be done, Brother Rhamel,’ said Marduk. It was a statement, not a question.

‘I understand, my lord,’ said Rhamel through gritted teeth, and the warrior dropped to his knees before the First Acolyte.

‘What if the machine is wrong?’ asked Khalaxis. ‘Could not the chirurgeons on the Infidus Diabolus reverse this corruption?’

‘The machine is not wrong, brother,’ said Rhamel. ‘I can feel it working within me, changing me. Let me pass with honour, my brother.’

From Dark Disciple

Rhamel implies that if he let it. It would eventually change him to follow the Genestealer creed instead of Chaos

[dusk patrol]

There’s actually another one too I believe

Weirdly enough, I totally forgot that one

But there’s a more recent one

It’s funny, so much happens on those Word Bearer books

The other one is the Scythes in the Great World I believe

[sacred bluff]

Uhm actually
Dark Disciple is a Star Wars book about Asajj Ventress and Quinlan Voss

[dusk patrol]

My foot is gonna be a Dark Disciple of your ass

[storm jungle]

I read this book and i still dont understand how this even happens

its very weird

[glossy sonnet]

and then the Dark Disciple Discipled Darkly all over the place

[storm jungle]

Me when im writing a sci-fi book with a generic title and my opponent is a 40k book

"What should we name the book about Krieg?"

"Uhhh Krieg™️?"

https://tenor.com/view/sinbad-dreamworks-give-that-guy-a-raise-wet-gif-16580209

[arctic talon]

General krieg kregg

Why did they do this

[storm jungle]

LOL

Its fine

[winter vessel]

Craig

[storm jungle]

Kreg

[raven stone]

Huh I imagine Word Bearers would have a weird hate boner for GS now lol

[spare osprey]

Or random Latin

[plush mason]

what is the name of the movie this is from?

[raven stone]

Parabellum for John Wick 3…

[storm jungle]

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

very good movie

[plush mason]

i remember that scene and nothing else it has driven me crazy

[plush mason]

thank you

[spare osprey]

I mocked up a 40k short story and just called it “Solus Deus”

[raven stone]

(Para Bellum = “prepare for war” in Latin.)

[storm jungle]

I only know that from playing For Honor

[storm jungle]

better than nothing

if it was anyone else they'd name it like

"The Dark Angel"

[arctic talon]

I don’t know how the fuck you pronounce kregg krieg

Also he’s not really warlike

He’s a FUCKING NERD

[storm jungle]

shut the fuck up nerd JEEZ

[raven stone]

The 40k fanfic I always had in mind is…
“The God, The False, and The Four Armed.”

No prizes for guessing the factions involved

[arctic talon]

Imperium, chaos, gsc cults

[opaque coyote]

"Hmm... What should we call this book about Magnus."

"The Crimson King"

"Perfect"

[storm jungle]

THAT I dont mind

[arctic talon]

They called his battle force box

[storm jungle]

but then its like

[arctic talon]

Court of the crimson king

[storm jungle]

"A Thousand Sons"

[plush mason]

their name still confuses me because at that the time didnt they have way more than 1000 SMs?

[dusk patrol]

Well, when a chaos space marine and a gene stealer love each other very much….

[storm jungle]

https://tenor.com/view/space-marine-2-death-space-marine-2-gif-12976716491498684396

auaUGHHGHH

[arctic talon]

They started with 1k

[storm jungle]

Its symbolic!!!

[arctic talon]

It grew past that

[storm jungle]

also yeah the name just stuck

[arctic talon]

^

[plush mason]

ah ok

[raven stone]

Might even set the Imperial faction to be SoB specific if I am to keep very on brand lol

[arctic talon]

The name was back when they were the smallest legion

[storm jungle]

its not like they adhere to the codex astartes 🤓

[arctic talon]

So it was like

[sacred bluff]

There's like over 200 hundred 40k books too I think

[spare osprey]

Lionel Johnson moment

[storm jungle]

Way more than 200

[arctic talon]

Somewhat of a self depricating name

[storm jungle]

it goes past like 2000+

we are talking about 30 years of productions here

[sacred bluff]

AIN'T NO WAY

[storm jungle]

40k has been around since the 90's

[arctic talon]

If we include short stories

[storm jungle]

Yeah Shorts included

[arctic talon]

And audiobook exclusives

[storm jungle]

if not theres deffo beyond 1k

[sacred bluff]

And novellas

[raven stone]

Yes way, GW itself goes back to the 70s/80s

[storm jungle]

novellas are novels anyway

[arctic talon]

GW are OLD

[dusk patrol]

You won’t believe this, but the Emperors Children are not actually the offspring of the Emperor.

[spring cairn]

novellas are novels but you read them with a spanish accent or something idk

[raven stone]

And oddly enough, tied to D&D ever so briefly, being their UK distributor when they started

[storm jungle]

yeah that too

warhammer has pretty funny origins

just dont ask about the Bru

[plush mason]

oh no i know the story behind that, never looked into the Tson's name is all

[sacred bluff]

it's funny when people try to argue 40k stole from Dune. It's like sure, but 40k didn't stop with the lore and they keep building on the universe

[dusk patrol]

Iron Hands technically have an adamantium and ceramite polymer they make their hands with, it’s not actually iron.

[sacred bluff]

Dune just quit

[dusk patrol]

Everything is a lie

[arctic talon]

40K is inspired by dune heavily for like

3 things

Navigators, the god emperor

[storm jungle]

40k absolutely stole from Dune

[arctic talon]

And no AI

Lol

[storm jungle]

like, that has never been disputed

[arctic talon]

Everyone steals

Tbh

[storm jungle]

also like

[arctic talon]

GW even admits to 40K being a mishmash

[storm jungle]

Dune is literally the grandfather of sci-fi

[arctic talon]

If what they liked

[storm jungle]

lol

[arctic talon]

Back then Lol

Run from it

Dread it

You cannot avoid dune

[raven stone]

It’s more accurate to say 40k stole from everything but, most importantly, put its own satirical spin (or an at least semi original) take on things

[plush mason]

thats the exact same argument as dnd stole from LOTR

[dusk patrol]

They took from a lot of stuff, it’s easier to find early sci fi they didn’t take from

[storm jungle]

LOTR/Dune inspired both seperate warhammer settings in a lot of ways

[plush mason]

ofc it fucking did

[storm jungle]

Like women

[storm jungle]

DnD deffo got more wild with it

drow

[arctic talon]

DnD gets weird

Lol

[sacred bluff]

40k is addictive tbh. Once you read the right books, there's no quitting

[storm jungle]

Yeah thats because you are new

you feel overwhelmed and hyped

you'll hit a point eventually

[plush mason]

eberron drow>the other dnd drow

[storm jungle]

Idk man im just here for the ladies

[sacred bluff]

How long does the new title last

[arctic talon]

Eberron>

[storm jungle]

Title as in?

[plush mason]

love my giant made slave race

[sacred bluff]

Like I've been a fan for a few years

[plush mason]

facts

[storm jungle]

Uhhh probably once you can name all 40,000 warhammers

[plush mason]

just a better setting for dnd over all

[storm jungle]

[arctic talon]

Do you want to skin someone alive

[dusk patrol]

Idk what you mean Ed Greenwood is ve-

I mean uh he’s…

[sacred bluff]

I'll never be not new...

[arctic talon]

Faerun is fine

[arctic talon]

Goddamit Ed