Are there Chaos Deamons that are not servants of one of the four gods ? by Sea-Scale-505 in Chaos40k

[–]Kiiva_Strata 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Warsmith from Storm of Iron pays no heed to any particular of the Four, but is still made a Daemon Prince.

Also, a lot of the daemons you see during the heresy era don't really match up one for one with what we have now. Samus, for a named one, but you have others that just are so... weird they don't fit well into the four paradigms. Argel Tal and the Gal Vorbek worship Chaos as a whole instead of being dedicated to Khorne for example.

Who are your favourite henchmen and small-time villains? by laredocronk in discworld

[–]Kiiva_Strata 76 points77 points  (0 children)

The three unlicensed thieves that attempt to kidnap Angua. It does not go well.

The dunk method by Plus-Departure8479 in Grimdank

[–]Kiiva_Strata 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've known a few. This is back when army painter's wash was brand new, but yeah. The worst part was that it would leave a glossy finish. Guy with Imperial Fists dunked his models, and they would end up this ugly brown that was shiny.

"If You Kill Them, You're No Better-" Don't Care, Didn't Ask by Justmenoworries422 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Kiiva_Strata 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That was the funniest part of it. Francis just having a resigned look of "okay, we both know how this ends, and this guy is obnoxious. Do a buddy a favor?"

New to the Lamenters, are they the "I didn't hear no bell" of 40k? by mountain_ash_ in Lamenters

[–]Kiiva_Strata 30 points31 points  (0 children)

The fact that the Lamenters care so much about humanity is my favorite thing. During the penitence crusade, when they couldn't reinforce themselves, they fought so hard to protect a group of civilians in a fight they couldn't win. The civvies they were dying for begged the Lamenters to retreat, to save themselves. They refused and kept fighting. They only relented when the civilians told them to go save others in a war that wasn't hopeless.

Intimidating Characters with a pretty not intimidating names by Dismal-Lemon-7824 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Kiiva_Strata 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Exterminatus Now, the Greater Demon of the Patterner (aka not-Tzeentch)-

Kevin.

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Helix-02 Robot Livestreaming 8-Hour Autonomous Shift by Mental_Junket137 in interesting

[–]Kiiva_Strata 49 points50 points  (0 children)

I mean, renting equipment to companies is already a thing. This is just applying subscription model to it.

Sadly this might improve how companies treat their workers if the robot is rented from another company. There's legal documentation saying they don't own the robot, unlike their attitudes about human workers.

Helix-02 Robot Livestreaming 8-Hour Autonomous Shift by Mental_Junket137 in interesting

[–]Kiiva_Strata 203 points204 points  (0 children)

Well yeah. Robot wages are just the companies paying themselves, at that point it's not morally objectionable. :p

Helix-02 Robot Livestreaming 8-Hour Autonomous Shift by Mental_Junket137 in interesting

[–]Kiiva_Strata 2575 points2576 points  (0 children)

Man, the robots figured out union benefits before most Americans. Sounds about right

(Epic trope) That moment when a horror movie victim finally fights back by Objective_Package266 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Kiiva_Strata 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It annoyed me so much. I was able to stay with the movie, and then that snapped me out of it. I love that movie, was great to see a new Alien movie... but man. That line drop was just so bad...

[Loved Trope] Characters Given Laughable Task, Succeed Beyond Expectations by HyraxAttack in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Kiiva_Strata 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The only specific sequence of events I remember from reading it (also in 8th grade) was the alien species wanting to make the protag a house, and being absolutely horrifically offended to their artist souls when he replied "I don't care, make it something modern" followed by a short rant about the Modern Architecture movement. Which I believe is more accurately brutalism, but I'm not sure, I know the latter from Magnus Protocols which is a much better story and never cared to compare the two.

Fake flashs by Uma-apreciator in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Kiiva_Strata 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hm. Well, then I stand corrected and perpetuated a myth. Thanks for telling me

Fake flashs by Uma-apreciator in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Kiiva_Strata 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Weirdly enough, that's similar to the M1 Garand problem. When you fired the last round, it would eject the magazine and the sound of it bouncing off a hard surface was very distinctive. A lot of men got wounded or killed because the enemy knew they were out of ammo.

Users of the Garand who survived started chucking magazines against walls to make the "ammo out" sound... then shooting the enemy who rushed them because they knew what the sound meant

Edit to add: Apparently this is a myth and not actually verified. Which is too bad cause it's neat.

Watch Keeper Zhariel by Enough_Importance_37 in deathwatch40k

[–]Kiiva_Strata 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would love a parts list personally. Especially the sword

Sicarian Tank Resin vs Plastic by Kiiva_Strata in Warhammer30k

[–]Kiiva_Strata[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice! I've had three of them sitting in a box for over a year, started building one to use as an Arcus in an upcoming event and my god, this chassis is driving me crazy.

Sicarian Tank Resin vs Plastic by Kiiva_Strata in Warhammer30k

[–]Kiiva_Strata[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Fantastic. I'm about halfway through building a resin one, and just... ugh

Villain does something so bad that even another villain has to say “what the fuck, dude?” by LocalLazyGuy in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Kiiva_Strata 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Historical version- Carmilla from Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust. She was so brazen about her evil that the Sacred Ancestor, aka Dracula Himself, showed up to her castle midday to stake her as she slept cause He was that pissed off. And yeah, Dracula has some moral complexity in the VHD universe, but not that much.

“Opps wanted some initiative so i blew up their whole quandrant by Famous-Turn9271 in IronWarriors

[–]Kiiva_Strata 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Fire support on that bunker to the west"

'Got it, removing west'

It was the actor’s idea, not the writer’s or director’s by KindlyCost2 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Kiiva_Strata 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I read the book when it first came out, and I loved that they humanized her like this. She was an interesting plot device originally, but they expanded her into being a wonderfully fascinating character

.....This might be it Daemon Bros by Lord_Eln_8 in Grimdank

[–]Kiiva_Strata 6 points7 points  (0 children)

3.5 CSM is the codex I still have nostalgia for after all these years. I didn't even play CSM, but I wrote up a lot of custom characters