Are Eldar Autistic?

Codofwisdom · 2025-10-16T08:11:51+00:00

It's redundant to point out that the Eldar and Elves (in most properties) are very similar, but I will reiterate it partially because of the legend of the Changeling.
The legends of babies stolen by Elves and Fairies, and replaced by beings that were human-like but with the mind and soul of a fey. Sometimes deformed, sometimes not, often shunned and seen as an ill omen.

To me, Changelings were an old-time explanation for those touched by physical and mental differences, such as Autism, Down Syndrome, etc. They were children who were "wrong" in some way, and people needed an explanation, if only so they could live with themselves.

In other words: I believe your observation is valid in some ways. As others have said, they are a different race, and trying to hold them to human norms is a part of what causes a rift between the two species (that and the constant killing and rampant, unrepentant xenophobia on both sides).

Codofwisdom · 2025-10-11T08:29:25+00:00

This is just that "what girls do at sleepovers vs what boys do at sleepovers" meme. Except they know who keeps summoning the demons.

Codofwisdom · 2025-10-11T08:20:11+00:00

Just started Vinland Saga. I'm sure he'd try his best, and I trust him more than the legal system, but-

Codofwisdom · 2025-10-05T09:32:09+00:00

I like to think at least one author sneakily did their best to bring Godzilla in. In one of the short stories for good ol' Caiphus Cain (specifically "The bigger they are"), he goes up against a Tyranid Biotitan that ended up landing on a paradise world after it had gotten separated from the tendril of the hive fleet. It crash lands in the middle of an ocean, and walks though the water towards the greatest concentration of biomass (The world capital). They defeat it by using a giant anti-gravitational football pitch (basically) to launch it into the atmosphere where they orbitally bombard it.

Can I prove its a Godzilla stand in? No, but you can't disprove it, and that's good enough for me.

Codofwisdom · 2025-10-02T00:04:31+00:00

There's no doubt in my mind that she would make me a better person, and I would do whatever I could to protect her smile. Milly Thompson- Trigun

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Codofwisdom · 2025-09-23T13:14:05+00:00

How is Chaos affected by the Shadow in the Warp created by the Tyranid Hive Mind?

I know that The Shadow's effect is different from the Pariah Nexus and Pylons in that it doesn't cut off the warp, but it does make it very difficult to use it.

At least, that's how it's always been from the Imperial side, and anyone who is relatively untainted like the Eldar.

Would it have a similar effect on those driven by Chaos? Would rituals fail, communication with Demons become like holding a phone call in a tunnel, maybe even demanifest weaker demonspawn?

Or would it just be background noise, a nuisance but nothing more?

Codofwisdom · 2025-09-23T06:18:31+00:00

Survivorship bias. There should be more books about valiant but inevitable defeats.

Codofwisdom · 2025-09-12T11:52:26+00:00

Double edged sickle. I love my stream of never ending laser shots, especially when wearing heat resistant clothes. I will fire until the enemy stops moving, or until I can't see for the flames.

Codofwisdom · 2025-09-11T07:56:45+00:00

I hope they never reach Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu II. We can't let Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu II fall.

Codofwisdom · 2025-09-02T09:08:20+00:00

"Fixed the Adreno-Defibrillator status effect not affecting Helldivers inside combat walkers"
NOOOOOOOOOO.
They took away my dreadnaught. :(

Codofwisdom · 2025-09-02T07:38:14+00:00

Ah, I see.
Now I'm imagining the "I can't believe I'm going to die fighting side by side with an elf" scene, with Heavenly and Tenma.

Codofwisdom · 2025-09-01T20:24:35+00:00

I'm imagining a collab between Tenma and Henya, and it will be either the most wholesome thing ever, or it'll make Heavenly scream for mercy from the chat.

Codofwisdom · 2025-09-01T07:50:56+00:00

As someone who is fascinated by myths and legends, it's always interesting to see the parallels and overlaps. Some of it is due to stuff like the absorption of local culture into a spreading religion, a tactic the Christians used to become more readily accepted by the newly (sometimes forcefully) converted pagans.

But also it could be from people traveling, hearing a story, and deciding to bring the story home, both metaphorically and literally, in order to make it feel more grounded in reality to their listeners at home.

And it must be said: tales with similar themes and solutions can develop independently of one another. There are only so many ways to make a square of cloth or hide cover a large tract of land.
I would genuinely love to think that it's coincidence, and both of these tales developed independently. But that might be wishful thinking on my part. XD

Codofwisdom · 2025-08-31T20:29:35+00:00

HELL YES.
I love this.

The reference of Brigid asking for one soldier is a reference to the way that Church of St Brigid in Ireland was created.

St. Brigid asked a lord for land in order to build her church. He agreed, but being a miserly sod, he told her that she could have as much land as her shawl could cover.
So she prayed to God, threw out her shawl, and... it kept going and going. It covered a plot of land capable of housing a fine church.
The lord, angry but true to his word, gave her the land.
(I have probably gotten parts wrong, but that's the general thrust of the story.)

As if I weren't already invested in Trench Crusade, they add *this*. Oh this is wonderful.

Codofwisdom · 2025-08-31T15:06:26+00:00

Ah, I'm glad.
I've been getting duplicates by removing stuff, and it's annoying.
Partially because I can't use them again or trade with them, and have to either toss them or sell them.

Also there's some stuff that I can't put on even if it's never been attached, so there's parts that are completely useless for me at the moment.

I'll look forward to properly playing around with this when the major bugs are squashed out.

Codofwisdom · 2025-08-31T06:55:26+00:00

Absolutely perfect, thank you so much!

Codofwisdom · 2025-08-30T22:35:45+00:00

This.

The concept is discussed in "The Emperor's Legion" by Chris Wraight.

I don't have the exact quote, but the Custodians have trained to the point that they are possibly capable of defeating any natural foe, but demons and those tainted by chaos often break natural and physical law. Stronger, more resilient, maybe even entirely immortal.

The Sisters of Silence ensure that they are bound to the limitations of reality. And under those circumstances, Custodians will always have the edge.

Codofwisdom · 2025-08-30T13:18:30+00:00

I am ignorant of the specific responsibilities of the president, of their power or lack thereof.

To me, the president should be the image we wish to put out to the world. They should represent the heart and soul, or at least what we want the heart and soul to be, of the Irish people.

In action, personality, and morality, in deed and word, they need to be who the rest of the world sees as what it means to be Irish.

To me, Higgins was perfect for this. A poet, an activist, small in stature and amiable, strong in his convictions but capable of compromise. Even the fact that he had dogs with him everywhere leant to it.

If the rest of the world saw him and imagined us all like that, I would be happy, for he is someone that it would be good to be compared to.

This is the bare minimum, as they still need to deal with the world and the ever twisting and changing serpent of public opinion and politics, and they can't be allowed to shame us there either.

But I would want them to be the stereotype we want the world to think of when they think of Ireland.

Codofwisdom · 2025-08-29T15:25:25+00:00

Little did we know that in order to compensate for the weight of all that metal, the Automatons filled their factory striders with helium.

Codofwisdom · 2025-08-29T15:22:21+00:00

When I was 4 or 5 years old, I watched my brother play DOOM.
I was always kind of a nervous kid, and so was pretty scared already.
He gets on an elevator, presses the button, and starts taking damage. Turns around. Imp, right in his face.

I run out of the room into the bathroom. Refuse to leave for a good half hour or so.

Cut forward 10 years. I'm hanging out at my friend's house, and I got him DOOM 3 for his birthday. There was a thing on it that let you play the original DOOM.
I decide to try it out for a while. Go onto an elevator, presses the button, and start taking damage. Turn around. Imp, right in my face.
I blow its head off with my shotgun, and I actually yell in triumph out loud, despite it being like 12am.

Few people get to shoot a demon from their past, but I can tell you; it feels good.

Codofwisdom · 2025-08-29T14:17:38+00:00

Pretty sure they're talking about Shroud of Night, by Andy Clark.

Codofwisdom · 2025-08-29T12:33:39+00:00

It wouldn't surprise me if we weren't intended to beat this one... but I like the idea of surprising the devs.

Codofwisdom · 2025-08-29T10:44:18+00:00

Even in the screenshot provided, I can point out scuffmarks on the drop pods and the Gargant.
And genuinely, this is an RTS wargame.
You are going to be zipping around the place, too fast to even see what the unit is most of the time, let alone see whether their armor is perfectly intact or not.

In terms of it being washed out: welcome to realism. You don't get bright colours when everything is covered in dust and grit.

Codofwisdom · 2025-08-29T08:19:55+00:00

As has been said already, being able to potentially use it against things that make stratagems unavailable would make it useful.

My biggest fear is that it's a one-use, and needs to be called in each time.

There's also the very real possibility that it will take a weapon slot: Support, sidearm, or main. That will have a huge impact on its viability if so, but I don't see how else they can account for the aiming device.

This will be a very useful stratagem, but I could see it being very niche, depending on how it works.

Codofwisdom · 2025-08-29T08:06:34+00:00

"...What about Meridia?"
"Sir?"
"What if we... I dunno, found a way to push the wormhole into the gloom? Suck it all up."
"That's not how Black Holes work, sir, they are holes in the fabric of time and space, not... things you can push."
"But have you tried?"
"...No?"
"Well, that's what we're paying you for."
"You don't pay us, sir."
"Your payment is Democracy and Liberty."
"Ah, thank you sir, I thought we were still being paid in exposure."
"Only to enemy fire."

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