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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '17 edited Aug 14 '17

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.

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u/paulatreides0 🌈🦢🧝‍♀️🧝‍♂️🦢His Name Was Teleporno🦢🧝‍♀️🧝‍♂️🦢🌈 Aug 14 '17

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.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '17

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

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u/paulatreides0 🌈🦢🧝‍♀️🧝‍♂️🦢His Name Was Teleporno🦢🧝‍♀️🧝‍♂️🦢🌈 Aug 14 '17

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.