The Emperor should have fully explained to Magnus and Lorgar what was up.
That would have solved most of the issues.
see the thing is, burning lorgars city to the ground after he worshiped the emperor for a century was good because lorgar was a giant whiny pissbaby that nobody liked
magnus was almost as big an idiot as the emp, and him destroying the warding around the imperial webway did more damage than the entirety of the heresy combined
The Emperor should have fully explained to Magnus and Lorgar what was up.
That would have solved most of the issues.
see the thing is, burning lorgars city to the ground after he worshiped the emperor for a century was good because lorgar was a giant whiny pissbaby that nobody liked
magnus was almost as big an idiot as the emp, and him destroying the warding around the imperial webway did more damage than the entirety of the heresy combined
Why would you explain anything to a screwdriver tho?
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Konrad probably, I would feel bad but that kid is off the rails
Lorgar, same but the whole religious thing? Nah. Sorry homes.
Mortarian may have been broody but there were others with far more issues than him.
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Yeah, Mortarion is middle-tier bastard son at worst, until the warp storm at least. Dude could have recovered completely with the help of a decent therapist to sort out his PTSD, Survivor’s Guilt, and Sortilegiphobia.
I feel like some of these primarch names were really setting them up for a fall from the get-go.
I dunno about you but I think I might be wondering if I was one of the baddies if I was one of the Death Guard, following around a guy called Mortarion.
Then again, really everyone has skulls on their caps anyways, so the distinction may have been lost, somewhat.
I don't think GW stuff is self aware or breaks the fourth wall like that
Possible exceptions for Caiphas though. He seems to be aware enough of the general setting to want no part in any of it, which is why it's so entertaining watching him get stuck in neck deep.
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there is a primarch named corvus corax who founded the raven guard
Sure, the names are all very self aware, I'd suggest bordering on satire in any other setting.
But, they never acknowledge the self awareness of the names in the setting. Like Ferrus Manus (Literally Iron Hands) forming the Iron Hands legion because his hands were metal.
But, that's never commented on by anyone.
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warhammer 40k as a setting is an iron maiden album cover taken completely at face value
Also imagine you're a superhuman baby carried off by the Warp from the test tube you were born in. You have no context that maybe naming yourself after your iron hands (your defining feature!) Is gauche or a bit silly. And when dad finds he gifts you 100000 slightly less superhuman soldiers who will obliterate anybody who sneers when you introduce yourself
Also imagine you're a superhuman baby carried off by the Warp from the test tube you were born in. You have no context that maybe naming yourself after your iron hands (your defining feature!) Is gauche or a bit silly. And when dad finds he gifts you 100000 slightly less superhuman soldiers who will obliterate anybody who sneers when you introduce yourself
It's normally hard to hide being a primarch when you literally tower over normal humans. It'd be like if Clark Kent still wore glasses but was also 10 feet tall.
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It's normally hard to hide being a primarch when you literally tower over normal humans. It'd be like if Clark Kent still wore glasses but was also 10 feet tall.
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The Emperor should have fully explained to Magnus and Lorgar what was up.
That would have solved most of the issues.
This. Right here. Heresy dies because Horus cant get mass troops and the Thousand Sons don't get decimated. Magus descends to the planet and just exterminated all the traitors with psyker fire.
Sure, the names are all very self aware, I'd suggest bordering on satire in any other setting.
But, they never acknowledge the self awareness of the names in the setting. Like Ferrus Manus (Literally Iron Hands) forming the Iron Hands legion because his hands were metal.
But, that's never commented on by anyone.
Warhammer 40k as a setting at its very origins is something that is from an outside perspective very satirical and tongue-in-cheek and referential in a lot of ways, but in-universe is treated deadly seriously (which can be quite humorous which is, or at least was early on, part of the intent)
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see the thing is, burning lorgars city to the ground after he worshiped the emperor for a century was good because lorgar was a giant whiny pissbaby that nobody liked
magnus was almost as big an idiot as the emp, and him destroying the warding around the imperial webway did more damage than the entirety of the heresy combined
Why would you explain anything to a screwdriver tho?
Really makes you wonder what those other two Primarchs did that was a bad enough fuck up to actually have been purged from history.
they made fun of it
Hiding in fear because DAOT humans/cyborgs/robots/AIs probably could have kicked his ass without much effort?
Or saving himself because he knew the Age of Strife was coming
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Like, if that had been me? I'd have seen some of them and what they got up to and been like
Nah
Nah he has to go
Angron
Konrad probably, I would feel bad but that kid is off the rails
Lorgar, same but the whole religious thing? Nah. Sorry homes.
Mortarian may have been broody but there were others with far more issues than him.
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And also already kind of a Nurgle guy
I dunno about you but I think I might be wondering if I was one of the baddies if I was one of the Death Guard, following around a guy called Mortarion.
Then again, really everyone has skulls on their caps anyways, so the distinction may have been lost, somewhat.
Possible exceptions for Caiphas though. He seems to be aware enough of the general setting to want no part in any of it, which is why it's so entertaining watching him get stuck in neck deep.
But, they never acknowledge the self awareness of the names in the setting. Like Ferrus Manus (Literally Iron Hands) forming the Iron Hands legion because his hands were metal.
But, that's never commented on by anyone.
You had me at superhuman baby
They ALL have a superman origin...
“I always wanted to be a reporter but Coach said ‘Kent, you’re on the Basketball squad, like now’ but I broke my ankle just before the State Finals.”
“Ooh, makes sense. See you later then, sporsdesk.”
“Bye Lois” *sigh*
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This. Right here. Heresy dies because Horus cant get mass troops and the Thousand Sons don't get decimated. Magus descends to the planet and just exterminated all the traitors with psyker fire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrrm72iA-Rw&t=7853s
Storm shields in kill teams are pretty good
Warhammer 40k as a setting at its very origins is something that is from an outside perspective very satirical and tongue-in-cheek and referential in a lot of ways, but in-universe is treated deadly seriously (which can be quite humorous which is, or at least was early on, part of the intent)