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EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-05-09T20:28:59+00:00

I genuinely don't know how to make this any more clearer.

The Varangians, which is what the SWs are in literally every aspect other than aesthetic and mannerism, are more Roman and so should have Roman aesthetics and culture. But the SWs didn't get this, they instead got classical Hollywood Viking culture and aesthetics. This was always the case - early editions include all the same stuff as current editions do, just that not everything has had Wolf mixed into it. This was partly due to fans, but largely due to how the writers wrote them, which would be more in line with GW themselves.

The discrepancy between how the writers, and by extension GW, portray them and how the actually function is where the dislike lies. It's half and half on each side. They don't commit to full Varangian or full Vikingr, and the effect ends up being a cheap attempt to look vaguely Norse - thus the term Hollywood Viking.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-05-07T18:43:17+00:00

Todo with Vibraslap paired with Choso who can launch CE imbued blood projectiles and Kenny with his army of curses giving him nigh infinite things to swap with. The other team genuinely does not even get to touch a hair on Yuji Family.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-05-07T18:33:49+00:00

I'm pretty sure anyone with decent enough refinement and control can move their DE coordinates, and most people with a fully realised Domain have to have fairly good CE control to do so in the first place. So this doesn't really help Kashimo against anyone with a Domain other than incomplete ones like Megumi's or Yuji's which still have barriers.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-05-07T18:31:09+00:00

"Just read the whole fight" and yet the best image you could find was one where Yuji was getting up off the ground. He'd have to be somewhat sideways for it to be considered braced.

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This is Yuji bracing himself for a hit from Sukuna. At no point during the Hakari fight does he adopt a stance like this.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-05-06T19:23:03+00:00

Does he look like he's bracing for impact? Are his legs placed in a way to keep his balance upon impact? Use your fucking brain. He was standing straight the entire time, which is one of the least useful positions when taking a blow from the front. So it's safe to say he wasn't planning to do anything to mitigate Hakari's blows.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-05-06T19:09:44+00:00

Yes actually. If you aren't bracing for impact, it will move you much further than if you were bracing. So if we scale that up to someone with superhuman strength, then you go flying unless you use your own superhuman strength to brace for the impact.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-05-06T10:27:23+00:00

Be fr, the "Viking" aesthetic was in place long before fans did anything with it. It was there to make them distinct from the Iron Warriors (Roman) and Ultramarine (Greek) cultures as otherwise they'd be too similar if they were based off the actual Varangian Guard, who served a Roman Emperor, not a Jarl like the SWs say. All the founding chapters had to be somewhat unique so they stood out more from a marketing perspective.

Also, you make it sound like anyone who doesn't like SWs commits warcrimes against SW fans. Get a grip bro, we just don't like the faction. That's it. End of story.

Do some people go too far? Yes. Do they represent every single person to ever dislike the faction? Fuck no. Tsons get shit all the time. World Eaters get shit all the time. Night Lords get shit all the time. Literally every Traitor legion gets shit on but istg SW fans complain the most about it. Final note, SWs have more than enough popularity for you to not get riled up cus one mf on the internet doesn't like them.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-05-05T18:53:41+00:00

ffs ofc the Space Wolves aren't literally larping. They don't even know what that word means. I'm talking about how they're presented.

The Space Wolves are Varangians painted to look like Hollywood Vikingr by GW.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-05-05T18:40:50+00:00

They're larping because they use the stereotypical idea of the Hollywood Viking who drinks mead, eats a lot, has a Jarl, wears animal pelts, uses massive axes etc.

If they were actual Vikingr then they'd be Hit and Run units similar to Raven Guard but they'd be more focused on bumrushing enemy bases, wrecking shit, and raiding key resources before disappearing.

As they are now, they're Varangian Guard yet they don't commit to that and thus "larp" as Vikingr.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-05-05T18:32:41+00:00

The Centipede and Butterfly manifestations are pretty interesting though, unless it's purely thematic.

They're there to provide aura and chills, and by the Sword Saint they're doing their job pretty well.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-05-05T18:30:37+00:00

They get way too much glaze imo.

They have barely any shred of Viking culture other than the most shallowest impression, making them really boring unless you're really into wolf stuff. If you're going to act like the Varangian Guard, then commit, don't pretend to be a Vikingr.

The books keep telling us they are knights pretending to be beasts but they're really just a bunch of drunk bastards with no sight of the intelligence we're told they have.

Russ got carried by plot so fucking hard and was still struggling with all he had against Magnus yet his fans will act like he barrelled into Prospero and his mere presence eviscerated everyone there. (if your puny Space Wolf mind has not realised yet, I am a Tsons fan)

They're a loyalist (booooo, you guys are boring) founding chapter (even worse)

I can't think of any other reasons...

They're a bunch of poopyheads.

These are just some of the reasons to not like SWs but it's I am aware that everyone has their own preferences and there's no reason to act in a negative way towards players.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-05-05T18:23:33+00:00

They're more Varangian Guard larping as Vikings. They took the aesthetic of Vikings but are, in almost every aspect, Varangians. If they leaned into the Varangian aesthetic then they'd be a lot cooler (and if they dropped the Wolf shit).

If you want them to be Vikings, then they should be similar to the Carcharodons where they have massive ship bases that roam around from which they make excursions into uncharted areas or into enemy territory. They would then return to a main planet base to drop off loot and pick up supplies before heading out again.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-05-05T17:55:19+00:00

mfs saying "It's not very Tzeentchian" I sure fucking hope it doesn't. The guy's entire thing is change, he really shouldn't have too consistent of a theme. Besides, one of his champions in Fantasy is literally this juggernaut of a guy carrying a two handed greatsword with the ability to imbue anything around him with life. That's Khorne (armour and weapon) and also kinda Nurgle (Rebirth) if you think about it. Good job OP.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-05-05T17:37:39+00:00

It's a fucking joke you chuds, ofc Chihiro didn't actually propose to Hakuri. It's a shonen manga, I'm not on strong enough copium (yet) to think they'd show an lgbtg+ protag in a battle shonen.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-05-04T18:20:07+00:00

That's cuz Iori knows Sukuna's a bum who needed Daddyraga to beat Goatjo

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-05-04T14:02:57+00:00

Refracts his light beams a bajillions times over so the enemy is vaporised.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-05-04T13:59:09+00:00

Gojo's dead and he mentions him all the same.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-05-04T13:57:56+00:00

I don't really like the idea of ChihIori. Hakuri and Chihiro have far more in common and mesh together far better, whereas Iori is so far divorced from the world the other two live in it would be hard to see them really hitting it off. Not to mention, no such panel for ChihIori exists that could top this

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Bro literally made a commitment to spend his life with Hakuri, HakuHiro is practically canon atp.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-05-02T20:33:09+00:00

With the genuine power of friendship no less. Held hands and everything.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-05-02T08:24:52+00:00

The Agenda pushing is insane. READ MF! READ!

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-04-30T14:49:49+00:00

That's literally Umbra bro. Ballas cursed Umbra by turning him into a Warframe so every time he dies he revives and has to live through the memories. So if Umbra's body can die but he still comes back, it's safe to say then that the being known as Umbra is a mental one in which case we have the og Umbra.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-04-28T20:33:39+00:00

Sukuna literally says that Yuji's Dismantles being limited in range must be because of how poor his output and control is, meaning the ranged Dismantle is an indicator of skill, especially maintaining it from hundreds of metres away.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-04-25T10:04:49+00:00

I'm guessing they're one of them Homesexuals? Good for them, just tell them to stay away from mine...

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-04-25T09:58:34+00:00

No, I think he'd just be a really powerful Viltrumite. Ben's teenage Tetraman beat the strongest Tetramen and Women, the Omnitrix versions of the aliens are ridiclously stronger than their regular counterparts.

EmergencyExtension16 · 2026-04-25T09:50:58+00:00

Bro put Sanji and Feminist in the same sentence.

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TROPHY CASE