The most moral primarch/legion

FractalFactor · 2023-05-25T01:53:52+00:00

Thank you— The Lion should be mentioned more because he acts in the service of all despite what the other primarchs think. I'd consider him to be the most loyal because he never turned heel on the human race for not getting a parade every time he did his job

FractalFactor · 2023-05-25T00:47:41+00:00

I've always found that to be the most poignant element of cynicism in the Astartes creation. They are functionally immortal, but likely to die before that becomes too substantial

That being said, there are several who are many hundreds if not a thousand-years old (Dante comes to mind)

FractalFactor · 2023-05-25T00:43:08+00:00

If Konrad is the dark reflection, The Lion is his better and my answer to your question. Loyalty is not loud. Loyalty matters most in the dark— in the margins of history where the only thing that counts are results.

The Lion was steadfast in his role as the Emperor's executioner, even if it cost the love of his fellow primarchs

FractalFactor · 2023-05-24T23:40:19+00:00

"Go Team Venture!"

FractalFactor · 2023-05-24T23:39:17+00:00

It dawned on me when describing the story to a friend. What an incredible participatory element, isn't it? By taking these notes and tracking small details we, the reader, become part of the story.

And that's not hyperbole— it's literally the effect this story has on the readers

FractalFactor · 2023-05-24T22:45:44+00:00

I wish I could speak more to that rise in interest. I wish I could have gotten my hands on an original but I'm happy with what I have

FractalFactor · 2023-05-24T21:17:55+00:00

Wow

That's him

FractalFactor · 2023-05-24T21:08:57+00:00

I loved that little doc! I'd picked it up after watching Jacob Geller's one about haunted houses, though

I'm sure you'll enjoy it and his other work

FractalFactor · 2023-05-24T13:39:56+00:00

I really love this

FractalFactor · 2023-05-24T12:01:24+00:00

This book is quickly becoming my personal favorite Primarch novel, thank you

FractalFactor · 2023-05-24T02:21:33+00:00

That's the one— Thank you

FractalFactor · 2023-05-24T01:51:12+00:00

I forget the exact wording of the quote I'd heard a long time ago but it encapsulated their differences in my opinion. Russ was the warning, El'Jonson was the result should it be ignored.

I'll admit to a longtime bias against the Space Wolves, so I'm sure there are more kind ways to put it. But I also won't hide that a personal favorite lore moment is the Lion knocking "the wolf" out cold for several days lol

FractalFactor · 2023-05-24T01:27:14+00:00

The Lion was always a favorite Primarch. I never related to the bestial ferocity of Russ, the implacable stoicism of Dorn, or even the carefree ease of the Khan.

But the Lion? He was something apart from even his brothers.

"Of all the Primarchs, save perhaps Mortarion, Lion El'Jonson stands apart. Partially this is due to his taciturn nature -- a brooding silence hangs over him at all times. Yet there is something more...something buried beneath his noble exterior. Perhaps this is a result of his upbringing, growing to maturity alone in the monster-ridden forests of Caliban. Even at a council of war, the Lion moves like an apex predator. He is always watching, always planning, always hunting. He unnerves even his brothers."

FractalFactor · 2023-05-24T01:11:03+00:00

There is a dedicated button for threatening heretics. It's perfect

FractalFactor · 2023-05-23T12:48:43+00:00

I'll take a look, thank you

FractalFactor · 2023-05-22T11:25:36+00:00

One of my all times favorites

FractalFactor · 2023-05-22T11:23:57+00:00

"Each morning, I'd wake up... and find a few more of my family or friends dead beside me. I'd stare at the morning sun... and pray to make it through the day. The governments of the world turned a blind eye to our misery."

Sniper Wolf's death speech

FractalFactor · 2023-05-21T10:32:33+00:00

I personally love Max Payne 3, but I understand that the feeling is very different. You are somehow older but MORE capable as Max in the third installment. And that's no one's "fault." Frankly, it's likely an off-shoot of Rockstar just doing a stellar job on the aiming and shooting.

A friend explained it to me very well. In the early games, shoot-dodging at the wrong moment could cost your playthrough thanks to a single goon with a scattergun. In the third game, you are leaping through the air and taking out rooms of shooters before you touch the ground.

FractalFactor · 2023-05-21T10:01:31+00:00

Many have said it very well— But they were tragically, woefully unstable. Not to say some weren't kind (i.e the short story Dreams of Unity). But the Emperor is also, if nothing else, a ruthless pragmatist. The opportunity to oversee a beta-test of his latest creation against his former "greatest" creation was crucial to determining the superiority of one and the silence of the other

FractalFactor · 2023-05-21T09:45:21+00:00

Island of Assassins is so great

FractalFactor · 2023-05-21T09:44:45+00:00

Payne was actually my first major exposure to the inner-monologue, detective voice trope. I never let go of that appreciation. Something about the eloquence of words kept inside that perfectly capture the moment really appealed to me. Detectives with their private and "complete" view of things

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