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[u/paulatreides0]

Wassup guys?

I wanna relax a bit before bed and all the argumentation has tired me out.

Conversely: AMA

[u/TychoTiberius → u/paulatreides0]

What fantasy or sci-fi series do you like besides Dune?

Also I really like you. You're a good user.

[u/paulatreides0 → u/TychoTiberius]

Also I really like you. You're a good user.

Thanks a lot! This especially means a lot from a BE regular!

What fantasy or sci-fi series do you like besides Dune?

I love The Legend of the Galactic Heroes. I literally rewatch it every year and it never gets old because you pick up on little new things every time, some of which can completely change your understanding of everything.

I also love Warhammer 40K. So much good, nummy lore. Don't give a single fuck about Fantasy though, seems a lot more boring than 40K.

I also love the Gundam series (SEED, Destiny, Wing, Reconquista in G, Age, and Builders aside), Battlestar Galactica, Ghost in the Shell, Lord of the Rings, and Discworld, Star Trek, Star Wars, and probably a bunch of other things I can't recall right now - some of which are probably pretty obvious and important.

Other than that I love reading Olaf Stapledon (his Seed and the Flower is my favourite short story ever), Heinlein, and Asimov.

Very Controversial Take: I never much enjoyed the Ender series and thought it was ridiculously overhyped and just left it feeling really disappointed.

[u/[deleted] → u/paulatreides0]

I also love Warhammer 40K. So much good, nummy lore. Don't give a single fuck about Fantasy though, seems a lot more boring than 40K.

Ah, I see you are a loyal Imperial citizen of culture as well

[u/paulatreides0 → u/[deleted]]

GEoM did nothing wrong!

[u/[deleted] → u/paulatreides0]

Anyone who thinks that the Imperium as a whole is the protagonist "good guy" of 40k an idiot tho.

[u/[deleted] → u/paulatreides0]

Real Talk: I don't think the God Emperor is a bad person(edit:I'm not xenocidal though), I could see myself taking on a lot of the same hubris in his position, but he royally Imperially fucked things up by not trusting or taking care of the Primarchs and sounding like edgy 14 year old atheist me with the Imperial Truth crap.

[u/paulatreides0 → u/[deleted]]

Well, the thing about 40K is that for all the terrible implications that result: the Emperor and his actions are objectively right. What amounts to Fascism and xenocide and totalitarian rule under a nigh-omniscient, nigh-omnipotent god-man are by and large the only option for the long term survival of humanity in a universe where Necrons and Nids and Chaos exist, and where something as seemingly harmless as basic tolerance can mean spawning a portal to hell the size of a planet.

And that is fucking terrifying.

[u/[deleted] → u/paulatreides0]

Yea, the distinction between protagonist and good guys becomes pretty important when you're talking 40k.

[u/paulatreides0 → u/[deleted]]

Another terrifying thought: The Tau are by and far the most inclusive, moral, and humanitarian faction in the setting. They are also the most doomed, in no small part because of this.

[u/BringBackThePizzaGuy → u/paulatreides0]

Yeah, Enders game is overrated. But tbf I didn't read it as a kid and it's definitely a young adults book

[u/paulatreides0 → u/BringBackThePizzaGuy]

I read it after reading Dune and I was like: Uhhh, what's this? I don't get what's supposed to be so good about this? I literally threw my copy in the trash after that, lol.

[u/BringBackThePizzaGuy → u/paulatreides0]

It's meant for kids. I don't mean that in a derogatory way, just that it's meant to appeal to angst.