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Bothersome beast, comforting friend

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fresh, clean no-terf version for reblogs!

Your mom and aunts aren’t on tumblr.  Please warn them about this as well. 

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Tumblr is good for creative types because the tag system lets you be truly deranged about how much you like it without feeling as Exposed as a Comment Section

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Okay, hear me out for the passes, just hear me out:

Lion: While he wouldn't outright laugh at most jokes, especially Pre-Heresy, he does do that sneaky little lopsided smile that he can't quite hide whenever something's funny to him, just look for that little sneaky smile. Post-heresy? You might actually get a "heh" out of him. He's not a very outward emotional guy, but he's got a sense of humour somewhere behind all that facade, you just have to dig a little.

Fulgrim: Yeah, he can be a little brutal with his pointing out of faults, but here's the thing tho; if you cry? If you tear up? He'll feel bad for doing that and take you for ice-cream, and possibly also shopping for make-up and new outfits, because he made you feel bad and That Was Not His Intention Aaaaaa-- He's just a lil awkward sometimes, can be a little stupid, but he's got a good heart, and you just need to get past that initial hurdle. It's easier if someone calls you ugly in his presence, he both can and will rip and tear them a new asshole.

Perturabo: He might appear super mean and super grumpy, but it's just because people don't see his cool stuff and appreciate his cool stuff. Once you see his dope-ass miniatures, gush about them and he'll do this little sparkly-eyed look, and now you have a potential friend. The pipe-line from there is pretty easy, cause he does appreciate humour, he just doesn't let people close very often, so you just have to work a little for it. Don't worry about his face, he has permanent resting-bitch-face. If you're lucky, he might even make a miniature looking like you. Don't worry, it's just his way of showing affection cause he's dumb about it.

Leman Russ: Yes, he does need a woman who can bodyslam him through a table, but also consider; if you make the cute doe-eyes at him, you now have a bodyguard for life. Also if you catch him alone and away from his sons? You have the opportunity to learn about him so much more, cause beneath all that brashness, there's actually an intelligent, funny man who just likes life. The only requirement is that you like dogs, you don't even have to love them as much as he does, he understands. Also while he might be bitey, he also understands a no, cause his wolf-mama didn't raise no idiot.

Sanguinius: He might be this HOLY ANGEL-looking man, but he's actually a total body-dysmorphic mess and he blushes easily, so chances are you have more confidence than he does, and he'll be squawky-flustered if you ask to pet his wings. Just be a lil patient with this adorable boy, he's totally worth the effort.

Angron: Okay, hear me out, hear me out for real, yes he's very angry, but! If you show him? That you are soft? And gentle? And give him a place where it's dark and silent? And you don't touch the nails? Okay, now you have a protective wall of rage. You just gotta be tender with him, he's very sensitive and everything is pain. Cause he's not actually angry angry, he's in pain and the pain makes the rage, so you gotta handle him with that. Just be there, sit with him, have patience, and then you have the equivalent of a massive, dangerous animal putting its massive head on your lap because you are made of comfort.

Mortarion: Pre-Heresy, this guy is just a nerd, just talk with him, he's kind of an introvert but bring him like... flowers and stuff and he might call you a dork, but it will be in the loving kind of way. He's just a quiet fellow. Just wash your hands, that's all. Great conversationalist.

Magnus: Yes, he will ask like a lot of academic questions but if you have a cute confused expression, he'll find that super endearing and just keep asking just to see that confused face, because he might know so many things, but adorableness is rare and he likes it. He might not admit it, but he does like stupid people, because that means he can show off like a giant peacock. Bonus: wing cuddles. Consider the wing cuddles.

Lorgar: While really big on the religious thing, if you can suffer the initial preaching, drag his ass outside to sit somewhere nice and naturey, and it's more bearable, cause he gets kinda meditative. He's a sweet guy once he stops talking about religion, you gotta understand that it's his Special Interest and he can't really help it, but he's super open to discussing the philosophical aspects of religion and faith and belief, even if you don't agree with him. He won't get angry. He's a sweet boy. Oh and if you run out of things to talk about? He can just sit in silence with you and love that interaction for the rest of the day, no joke. We blame Erebus and Kor Phaeron for what happened to him.

Alpharius and Omegon: They will fuck with you, yes, but they will also protect you until the day you die if you put up with their dumb pranks and mind games, because now you're Fun to be around and they like that. Also consider the sick-nasty option of two at once, because some part of me is convinced they have indeed done that before, but who knows, because this is the Enigmatic Twins who will lie to your face and you will like it. Confusing evening, but you'll probably be a puddle by the end so, is it really that much of a negative?

This video is about 8 minutes because 18 is a lot to get through

My last one was too long and was just me freaking out over Rogal so. I am too brain rotted by fanfiction I should do this again after a year when I've learned more about them all my opinions will probably change

I will happily have my mind changed and debate this!!!!

Edit: People are sharing this without tags or opinions I cannot be the only freak on main PLEASE

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Stylised Malcador with a bunch of symbolism. Something-something "i'm 31 and this is deep"

I'm really happy with how that right hand turned out. Not so happy with the left one but fuck it we ball

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I've been thinking a lot ever since my discussion with cursed-40k-thoughts about Malcador.

It's really easy to fall into the "heehee he's just a grumpy old sassy gremlin man" groove and forget reality. Because the truth of the matter is, he's a traitor. He's a murderer. He's a liar. A thief. A hypocrite. A master manipulator. He's a terrible man who did many horrible and terrible things.

And at the same time, he's also a Hero. He was the trusted, loyal advisor of the Emperor. He protected Mankind when it needed it the most. He safeguarded many relics of the past for the sake of Humanity.

He is the epitome of the saying that bad people can do good things.

He is a beautiful example of dualities, I think.

He did terrible things and he did good things. He appears as this wrinkled, old apple of a man, leaning against his staff for support, but he can also remove you from existence with his mind. He is one of the most dangerous men in the room but also cannot be arsed most of the time. He most likely betrayed his own order (we don't know the whole story about that) but he's almost disgustingly loyal to the Emperor.

So which is it? Is he a Bad Guy or a Good Guy?

Why can't he be both? Life isn't black and white, it's greyscale, it's technicolour, it's rainbows. Good people can do bad things and bad people can do good things. And sometimes there's people who skirt both morals and belong nowhere, shunned by either side.

Malcador is somewhere there as well, and I personally love him as a character for that. He's not black or white, he's terribly good and goodly terrible, somewhere in the middle.

And I'll be real with you, I want to see more morally ambiguous and morally questionable characters.

Blood-soaked hands that caress your face, type stuff.

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if you're posting a whole fanfiction to tumblr you've got to put it under a readmore boss

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You can love an evil character and appreciate them from narrative point of view without having to be defensive when other people rightfully get mad/frustrated at said evil character for doing what the authors intended them to do - being evil pieces of shit to be hated.

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Guys....GUYS GUYS GUYS!!!! There's a guide to Nostraman!!!!

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As an autistic person, you can literally tell someone "I mean this genuinely and literally and this is all genuinely good faith. I mean this all completely neutrally, I'm not implying anything else and this is all extremely literal and good faith" and someone will still misconstrue you in ways you never thought was possible.

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"should we tell authors on ao3 when we have discord conversations about their fics" i don't speak for everyone here but if y'all ever find a group chat discussing my fics you can should must and WILL send me screenshots of the whole damn thing. inflate my ego. gimme

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Imagine having been born in 1905... And all your life it doesn't fucking stop. The Great War, the Spanish Flu, and then you go out of your mind for 7 years. Everyone is traumatised and nothing matters. Then another crash. And then the rise of fascism, and the War to end all Wars didn't and it's 1945 and you're just about still there. You may have fought or ferried the boys from Dunkirk or sabotaged the Nazi occupiers or worked in the factories and put out fires during the Blitz and you're lucky to be alive, because not all your friends made it. But you are and finally, fucking finally, it stops. It stops. You are tough as nails and you can put that strength to work into building something and you do, and people have cars and can buy icecream and you have a pension fund and the kids have money of their own and no nightmares.

I want that for us. I so want that for us. I want to be the generation that has seen fucking everything and is like a MRSA bug and unfazed and when that Cheeto finally dies, I want us to. Plant the gardens and clean the seas because we can and we want to and we remember some joy, some time of trust even when it got broken and we can say to the 20 somethings "let us show you what we can build, how it can feel."

And maybe Gen beta will take it all for granted like the boomers did, but we can give Gen Z and Alpha some peace because we, and Gen Z and Alpha have seen the Dark Times and fuck that noise.

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The art history version of “you’d look prettier if you smiled more”