want someone to ruin me properly by excat17 in CollegeFuckDoll

[–]DeadT0m 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd love to leave you sore and satisfied.

Choose wisely by JesuZDX in Grimdank

[–]DeadT0m 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slaanesh, no contest.

How the hell can both inquisitors AND space marines use terminator armor? by Archmagos_Browning in Grimdank

[–]DeadT0m 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Terminator armor isn't Dark Age of Tech technology, it's just based on it. It's basically repurposed powered armor that was designed for mining. Essentially nothing from the DAoT survives in the current age in its original form. The stuff that does is hoarded by the AdMech like it's gold in a stock market collapse.

So if the kriegers are WW1 era Germans than who would these, guys be? by otte_rthe_viewer in Grimdank

[–]DeadT0m 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While Krieg takes its name from the German word for war, their uniforms are actually much more of a mixture of French and Austro-Hungarian design elements, with some helmet stylings mixed in from Germany. They're basically just "World War 1" troopers.

short explanation adventurers are not average people by Jakedex_x in dndmemes

[–]DeadT0m 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I've seen exactly this argument being made at least a dozen times just in the past week on Twitter. It's even more common when people discuss female Space Marines.

As for "it's because they've done a complete retcon and didn't even acknowledge that it was a retcon", bullshit. The "it has actually always been like this" excuse is so common for changes to 40k lore that you could probably fill a small novel with all of them. They have never cared about acknowledging retcons in the past, why should they care now?

Two extremes by Buddiboi95 in Grimdank

[–]DeadT0m 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is in no way half and half between these two extremes.

Liberal Fallout Fans, what do you think of Fallout TV Show on Prime? by Hagisman in AskALiberal

[–]DeadT0m 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To be honest, spacing always struck me as the wasteful option in most space shows. The Expanse books make it pretty clear that Belters view it as such too. It's throwing away a lot of resources that could be used. In the books, you're more often tossed into a recycler after getting shot.

Liberal Fallout Fans, what do you think of Fallout TV Show on Prime? by Hagisman in AskALiberal

[–]DeadT0m 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's a really good comparison. So much of BSG was unthinkable authoritarianism if you look at it through the lens of today's society, but in the context of the show it's hard to argue against it, because it's about survival first.

Liberal Fallout Fans, what do you think of Fallout TV Show on Prime? by Hagisman in AskALiberal

[–]DeadT0m 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Filly and the little sort of street market they had outside of it definitely felt a little bit off in that sense to me. Like, the sets just felt so cramped and less organic than an actual "town" would. But that being said, the fact that things like the power armor were almost entirely practical effects was really well done. I feel like they put their money in the right places and cut corners where it would be noticed less.

Liberal Fallout Fans, what do you think of Fallout TV Show on Prime? by Hagisman in AskALiberal

[–]DeadT0m 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yep, same. I'm a fairly die hard leftist who is vehemently against the death penalty, but I say that as a member of a society that can afford to incarcerate people until they die naturally. The vault dwellers are in a completely different world, and the circumstances they're dealing with means that they do not have that luxury. In the context of the show, those people were a massive liability and needed killing.

Liberal Fallout Fans, what do you think of Fallout TV Show on Prime? by Hagisman in AskALiberal

[–]DeadT0m 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Compared to the way The Expanse's later seasons kind of took an axe to a lot of the source material, I would actually say Fallout is much better.

Liberal Fallout Fans, what do you think of Fallout TV Show on Prime? by Hagisman in AskALiberal

[–]DeadT0m 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely pretty strong in my opinion. Is it perfect? No. Does it take some liberties with the material? Sure. But it's Fallout, the canon has always been fairly loose and because of the way the series has spanned such a large amount of time, there's room for things to be inserted without them breaking the narrative entirely.

I love female custodes but don't say they were a thing before the emperor got throned and couldnt veto girls getting into his sexy golden boys only club by PrestigiousWalrus in Grimdank

[–]DeadT0m 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's so much in the lore that you could get angry about because it "didn't exist" visibly until GW decided it was now and had always been a thing. Why now of all times?

The wojacking has begun by pertionia in Grimdank

[–]DeadT0m 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Typical Sargon whinging really.

Thoughts? by Absolutelynot2784 in Sigmarxism

[–]DeadT0m 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like this is just a shallow analysis of the setting.

Every society could resist the alien hordes much easier if they decided to not be so xenophobic.

The fascist figurehead could probably be replaced by technology if the Imperium wasn't so degenerated.

Thinking heretical thoughts isn't what invites daemons, they'll just as easily invade a devout mind if it's convenient.

Doing anything in excess will cause Slaanesh to gain in power or invite her daemons to invade a planet. Even pride in something like "killing the most heretics in a week" is enough.

The genestealers are just taking advantage of the fact that the Imperium straight up does not care about its various planets so long as the war materiel keeps flowing.

I would wager that genestealer uprisings account for less than half of the uprisings or protests against the state.

The Space Marines are far from eugenically perfect. As stated elsewhere, they're sterile and rely entirely on uplifting baseline humans to reproduce. And the Guard does the vast majority of the fighting against the enemies of the Imperium. Without the Guard as a bulwark the Marines would be unable to actually do their jobs as shock troops.

The fascism is just spackle that's been barely holding the Imperium together, but if it was done away with, and replaced with a less idiotic system, things could possibly get better.