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I sense this is a topic you've been struggling with for some time, so I'll do my best to give it a proper answer.

There's a sense of suspension when it comes to playing the tabletop game. When one goes to build a faction up to at least 1k to 2k points and invest money in it, they have to find "something" they like about that particular faction.

There's the IRL historical inspiration (Ultramarines from the Romans, Space Wolves from the Vikings and Celtics, and Necrons from the Egyptians) one can find something they like about it. And if they do, they see them more as the the futuristic versions of them.

Then there's the particular character they like that they want to make a warlord and build an army around them. Trazyn is the necron considered a "good guy" amongst the Necrons, since he's just a librarian. (Albeit his exhibits are kidnapped living people.)

Sometimes they find the mechanics and personality of a faction hilarious, so they want to play that faction. AKA, The Orks being the prime example. If they roll a six, they get another bullet in a gun that should be empty.

Then the Wargamers enjoy the overly complex rules of the table top, so they simply don't care about the story. They'll play Tyranids and overrun the enemy with numbers. They'll play the Dark Elves for their quick speed and hit and run tactics. They'll play Necrons for the Reanimation protocols and endure their losses.

I once played a player who kept rolling good and had a ten model Lich guard squad who endured the assault of a 3 ten model grey hunters squads because of this mechanic.

Then for players like me, who enjoy irony. My friends and I have two armies of 1k points, so we like to play a chaotic 6 way game. I play the Space Wolves and World Eaters, in-story rivals who enjoy Melee. My friend plays Tau and Tyranids, who are often pitted against each other due to Melee supremacy vs. Ranged Supremacy. My other friend plays Soroitas and Sisters of Silence, because they're the only girls in the setting (She recently added the custodians the squad because of the recent lore changes).

And there's an important thing to remember. The saying "Everyone is Evil" is not as it seems. Even if you're playing a good guy with nothing bad about them, they're still "evil" to whoever their fighting.

Such as Guiliman burning down a section of Nurgals Garden, making Guiliman the villain to Nurgal. In a book to the point of view of a bad guy faction, the good guys are the antagonists. So it's best to take it with a grain of salt.

I've experienced very few players who actually identify themselves with a faction of Warhammer. The only one I have was someone cosplaying as a Kreigsman, and that was because he was german and he liked history.

I wouldn't feel bad about not liking the bad guys of the story of Warhammer, but there's a general sense of separation between the story and the tabletop to the player. So if one is playing Dark Elves, don't think they have a BDSM dungeon in their basement by default.

In all honesty, I don't know how people can play a faction or a character they know are morally wrong and evil.

It's not a judgement on you all, if anything it's a judgement in my inability. When I play an evil faction, I feel shame and regret. I feel remorse for the actions they do, and embarrassment at my love for them, which quickly fades. I keep either rationalizing or finding ways to make them good.

What do you all feel when you play? I assume few of you actually think about it, but how does it *feel*. Do you feel elation when you make them do something horrible? Are you proud of their extremes, is it cathartic? Or is it just the flavor of entertainment you like, just the right way to put up a show?

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every time i see those posts like ‘what food from a show did YOU always wanna try’ i go lol none? but i just remembered im a liar

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The Rose that Melted the Ice Dragons Heart.

Chapter 10 is out.

The Great Campsite Ambush

https://archiveofourown.org/works/60600670/chapters/170017780

Art by @amelia-yap

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When they allow the 3D animation teams to join the 2D animation union, transforming it into the Animation Union.

Then animator's will be paid properly then. Well, hopefully.

how many horrible live action movies will it take for people to realize that animation is the best medium to have fantasy creatures because when everything is animated your suspension of disbelief works better

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Oh. Okay.

*very emblematic of disney sanitizing the fuck out of stitch.

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Hmm. You got a point.

I suppose the inherently evil thing is they are part of the Imperium and carry out their will, in various lethal ways.

They're paranoid, and even after Guiliman returned, Bjorn is considering war with the Ultramarines if the Imperial Regent tries to install an Ultramarine chapter on Fenris in place of the Space Wolves. (Guiliman won't, but paranoia.) Logan is just caustically suspicious.

One of the more famous of the wolves is Lukas, and the dude is just a prankster. He got a heart ripped out for leaving a tiger in the room of Logan Grimnar (I think).

Another is Blackmane. While the wolves were in conflict with a Blood Angels chapter, he did his best to prevent bloodshed. He succeeded at times, but failed at others because both chapters were being incredibly stubborn to the point of killing each other.

Logan is also wielding a Demonic Khorne Axe, so he gets a little berserker sometimes.

They are typically hated by other Space Marines chapters because they are warmongers, but this is 40k. Everyone is. But also because the space wolves have carried out the destruction of loyalist chapters for various inconveniences they've caused the Imperium.

Besides being soldiers that carry out orders the Imperium gives them, they typically go on a hunt and kill some monsters in the wild.

They're typically just guys who like drinking, woman, and partying. They go out on grand hunts all over the galaxy in search of Leman. They do stupidly crazy stunts to impress their brothers.

There's more, but I suppose they aren't as "evil" as ones like the necrons or the dark elves.

A better faction to talk about would be the World Eaters.

Question wh40k.

What is the evil thing that your faction is doing?

I know it's supposed to be "every side is evil", but on the other side I keep hearing a lot of justification. So I'm wondering what your fav faction is doing wrong.

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This is true. A lot of fans of 40K try to frame it where their specific favorite faction or minor section of faction are actually not as bad as they look.

So, I'll start.

My favorite Faction are the Space Wolves Legion of Fenris, whose Primarch is Lemon Russ. The Faction is based on the warriors of Northern Europe and Ireland. AKA, the Vikings and the Celtics.

The Space Wolves are generally a good guy faction. They care greatly for the regular people and their fellow soldiers. Hey don't look like it, but they are ones who will step up for the little guy. Even standing up to the Grey Knights and the Inquisition and declaring war on them for killing innocent civilians and troops on Armageddon.

They also have my favorite character in the Warhammer setting, Bjorn the Fell Handed. He's a dreadnought from the 30k era, a former chapter master, and a wise advisor to the current council of Fenris and the Wolf King, Logan Grimnar.

They defend their territory intensely, and are led with wisdom and strength.

However, they are the Emperor's Executioners. And they don't take the title lightly, for they put the brutal in brutality. This is where their more nefarious part comes out.

While they weren't as genocidal as the Dark Angels nor as heartless as the Iron Hands, the Space Wolves were ruthless and destructive. Wolf companies were known to be able to hold a defensive point as well as an Imperial Fist, but they were, by and large, reckless attackers.

The Space Wolves are also Arrogant and Brutish. They fight with a blind loyalty to the Imperium, and this has been exploited and used against them.

When ordered to destroy and execute those that have turned rebellious, the space wolves would do so without hesitation. They would attack the military in open battle and decimate them in ferocious combat. While they were known to defend their own civilians, they had no problem executing civilians they were ordered to slaughter and kill. Razing and looting cities, they live up to their destructive origins.

They're just lucky they were sent to be the ones to strike terror by causing a lot of damage, but not total annihilation. That was saved for the Dark Angels, who liked to nuke from orbit.

When Horus lied and tricked Leman into going and destroying the planet of Prospero, he did so without question. Even when many of his personal entourage expressed their suspicion of Horus, Leman was hard headed and trusted his longest known brother blindly. Even if he had his own misgivings, he disliked Magnus so much, he was willing to live with the mistake. This led to the Burning of Prospero.

The Space Wolves and the Ultramarines had turned two imperial factions, the Thousand Sons and the Word Bearers, to Chaos when they simply could have disobeyed orders and sat down their brothers for a stern talk about using Chaos magic.

Leman Russ and the Space Wolves are also known for being the faction to eradicate the 2 lost Primarch legions. And Leman Russ is one of a few people to remember it, as he was the one to land the killing blow on his two forgotten brothers. And yes, this means he's killed the most Primarchs out of any other. (The Ultramarines and the Imperial Fists were also part of this, but more supportive.)

The Space Wolves are also hypocritical. They were the loudest voices to denounce psykers, librarians, and sorcerers. And yet employ their own more than most other loyalists. These being the Wolf Priests. The only defense they have is that Wolf Priest are "Somehow" different because of a reason GW has yet to reveal about Fenris and it's connection to its people.

They even have a dedicated Anti-Psyker squad known as the Hounds of Morkai.

Not sure if this counts, but the Space Wolves are also highly independent, perhaps to a rebellious fault. When Guiliman made the Codex, most legions accepted it. The Space Wolves, however, still maintain their Legion, but under the guise of being 12 separate companies. Although they haven't recovered their 30k era numbers even after 10k years due to all the battles and warfare during the time.

Although this could be attributed to not being able to make successor chapters like other legions because only Fenris born people can become Space Wolves. Due to their strange DNA, the Canis Helix, altering Lemans DNA and the Space Wolf Gene Seed. But that's semantics.

Question wh40k.

What is the evil thing that your faction is doing?

I know it's supposed to be "every side is evil", but on the other side I keep hearing a lot of justification. So I'm wondering what your fav faction is doing wrong.

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a writing competition i was going to participate in again this year has announced that they now allow AI generated content to be submitted

their reasoning being that "we couldn't ban it even if we wanted to, every writer already uses it anyway"

"Every writer"?

come on

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The Rose that Melted the Ice Dragons Heart

Chapter 9 is out.

Parties, Cyanophobia, and Conspiracy

https://archiveofourown.org/works/60600670/chapters/166966849

Ruby has a few mishaps with her knights.

Art by @amelia-yap

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She would have been scary in Triple T.

Confession #704

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How about Jaune shoots for Pyrrha and Jessica, while Weiss goes for Penny and Ruby.

That's my vote.

Confession #708

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While I think a passenger bullet train that runs to the 5-6 big cities of America would be a brilliant idea, there is an infrastructure problem.

Even if it's only to L.A. to New York, there's a lot of land to obtain from whoever owns it. Just like with the highways back in the day, a lot of houses got "Eminent Domain'd". Train tracks were built before anyone even claimed the land around it.

And then there's the possibility of corruption. Nowadays, it's difficult to get construction projects through government wise without it being delayed because somebody "lost" 5 billion dollars somewhere. Ever heard the story of the 2 billion dollar New York Toilet?

I wish a fast passenger train wasn't so disruptive and hard to build, but here we are.

“Nobody’s going to want to sit on high-speed rail for fifteen hours to get from New York City to LA.”

Me. I will sit on high-speed rail for fifteen hours. I’ll sit on it for days. I’ll write and read and nap and eat and then do it all over again. I’ll stare out the windows and see America from ground level and not have to drive. I’ll see the Rockies and the deserts and cornfields and the Mississippi River and your house and yours and yours too. I’ll make up stories in my head about the small towns I see as we go along. I’ll see the states I’ve yet to see because driving or flying there is a fucking slog and expensive to boot. I’ll enjoy the ride as much as the destination. And then I’ll do it all over again to come the fuck home.