@BitsHammer Horus has the cartel leader special going on. Like, he’s got the 40k equivalent of coke hippos and jaguars and shit just roaming around to show off/intimidate/feed the people who disagrees with him to.
@BitsHammer Sanguinius meets a tyranid and decides it needs to learn to paint. Or play an instrument.
His kids are kind of bitey too - he can work with that!
@BitsHammer Hey, those flayed skins don’t artfully drape themselves!
I think their style of warfare was always based on the idea that life was dirt cheap and to be spent as their rulers saw fit, just based off of what we see in TDK though. Specifically the lesson Olytx gets from Djoseras.
@BitsHammer @soupfriend1 I think Olytx’s terrible choices are great for the story and no problem pacing-wise!
No issue with the overarching plot at all; I just feel like the one book-turned-two shows in some places where scenes seem like they were padded out in order to make that happen.
@soupfriend1 @BitsHammer Ruin/Reign are a bit harder to get into b/c Oltyx is incredibly unlikable at times (in a way that makes for great character! But not always an enjoyable POV), and there are some points where the pacing struggles, but I’d consider them a must-read for current ‘crons as far as lore
@soupfriend1 @BitsHammer Severed in particular makes for a fast read, is very well paced, and imho does a great job of nailing the tone of underlying loss and despair for what the necrons have become while still having a lot of fun with the characters.
@Dangerous_Si@Pantmonger Oh gosh, watch out for the beginning of TDK though. He gets better, but the way Oltyx treats Neth there is hard to handle if you’re looking for humanity or empathy 😂
(Seconding the recs though. Severed in particular is one of my all time favorites from BL).
@BitsHammer (Once eldritch-fucking-magic makes its way into a setting “but but but biology-” is the most insultingly stupid reason for anything. Which isn’t to start getting into how even in the real world biology is a hell of a lot more nuanced than anyone making that argument understands).
@BitsHammer Being an unstoppable, bloodthirsty monster in a state of ever-looming tragedy is pretty high up there.
(What makes SMs compelling is their role in the grand scheme of things, not gender. Imagine if Bloodborne had said ‘boys only’ Hunters for just as little reason).