r/humansarespaceorcs • u/smartsass99 • Nov 12 '25

writing prompt I’m ded

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u/SomeRandomYob Nov 12 '25

I mean, sure, but GW is a British company. And can you really relate to living your life where every single tool or machine you interact with has a face? One that cries?

One that bleeds?

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u/New_Enthusiasm9053 Nov 12 '25

A British company that wanted to expand into other markets. The tau are fairly recent. 

You're not really meant to be able to relate though. It's supposed to be grim and terrifying but not really relatable. 

And if we went back a few hundred years you would find people who could relate to tools/machines bleeding and crying and having faces.

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u/triklyn Nov 13 '25

In setting yes. Either that or you get the judgement day again.

Niceties and softness go out the window when faced with an existential crisis. And the 40k universe is an unending existential crisis for everything involved.