So, If They Buy California, Does That Mean I Don't Have To Cross The Atlantic To Go To A Lego Internship

Thunderhawks don't fly. They take engines and point them straight down. When they need to move, they take more engines and point them backwards. Sometimes there's ailerons or rudders to change direction. Other times they just use more engines.

It's engines all the way down.

I have a feeling that a space marine (talking about in armour here btw) might actualy be more earodynamic than any of the space marine planes

You know what? Yeah

From the Chief Apothecary's operating table.

So much of the discourse surrounding anything Slaanesh-related is so obnoxiously full of homophobic undertones.

Frankly, I hate how Slaanesh is so often reduced down to just "haha sex addiction haha". There is so much more to the God of Excess than that.

i just want the EC to be respected. okay. as they are. not just the pre heresy version of them. not some macho masculine version of them. as they are. with all their problems and beauty and messy infighting and substances and queercoding and everything. can we just be respected. please

Thought Experiment: Gender is complicated

Take a baby with one gendered set of genitalia (ISO standard male or ISO standard female, either one works), and raise them as the opposite gender. (e.g. raise the ISO standard male as a girl or the ISO standard female as a boy)

If they grow up and never question the gender you assigned them (they may question why they are different from other kids, but won't think about if they are the other gender any more than an average cis person would), are they trans?

If they grow up, wonder for a time if they are the opposite gender, but ultimately conclude that the gender you raised them as is correct, are they trans?

If they grow up, wonder for the time if they are the opposite gender, and ultimately conclude that they are the other gender, are they trans?

I'm not writing this with an intended "correct answer" in mind; I'm not entirely sure myself. Being cis (and not raised as a different gender like the person in the thought experiment), I'm not sure if I'm the right person to give the correct answer. I just want to share something I've been thinking about.

I think I know what my answer is, but I'm not going to claim it's the single correct answer.

Loredumping on 40k to my mom while we're in the car.

Equipment: Jump Packs

The Emerald Wings have three distinctive patterns of jump packs, all of which are unique to the chapter, and have become all but synonymous with their methods of war.

The Hayabusa-pattern is the primary pattern of jump pack used by the chapter. It is similar in capabilities to the common Mars-pattern jump pack, with slightly different internal components--parts are not interchangeable between the two.

The Shokaku-pattern, also known as the Shokaku-pattern heavy lift jump pack is a larger jump pack with significantly more thrust than the Hayabusa-pattern, at the cost of pretty much everything else. The Shokaku-pattern jump packs have less endurance, are less maneuverable, are more difficult to produce, and are more difficult to maintain. It does have compatible parts with the Hayabusa-pattern, however. The Shokaku-pattern jump packs are used by many of the chapter's devastator squads.

The Ryujo-pattern jump packs are highly advanced, and are incredibly expensive and difficult to produce. It is used only by the chapter command and the sanguinary guard. The Ryujo-pattern is faster and more maneuverable than the Hayabusa- and Mars-patterns, with the chapter's elites being trained to wield these jump packs like an extension of their own bodies.

The Emerald Wings Space Marine Chapter

Starting a lore dump on my homebrew chapter (Yes, the blog is named after them)

Founded in the Eighth Founding, the Emerald Wings were one of a few chapters created at the time to carry on the legacy of Sanguinius.

Since their founding, they have earned a reputation for a mastery of aerial warfare, making heavy use of aircraft, skimmers, and jump packs. Aircraft and jump packs in particular are central to the Emerald Wings' doctrines, to the point where they are the biggest points of divergence between the chapter and the Codex Astartes.

Note: if there is anything here that is mistranslated, please let me know.

Pain, suffering, and a shallow grave beats an eternal void in my soul that I try desperately to fill with excess to pretend it's not there.

I mean, Slaanesh is probably one of thr better chaos gods to follow, but that's not saying much.

why̴̡̥̞͕̖͛͋̃́̊̅́̃͋̔̌ are you still a loyalist, your c̶̨̬̩̳͒̊̓͛̃͊̃̚͠͠͝͝orpse-emperor doesn't lo̶̧̜͇̣͔̳͕͕͙͎͗͐̾̈́̀͑́̔̓̍͑͝ͅͅve you

wouldn't you rath̷͉̦͕̭̏̅er risk your life for ả̸̛͙̺̹͎̝͐̉͐͗͑́̚ cause that will give yoụ̶̧̬̖̘̩̪̭͉̮͚̜͉̆̃͗̇́̽̂̑͗́̿͠ something besides pain and mĩ̸͎͍̙̪̬̱̾sery and a shallǫ̸̝̰̱̩̐̂̽͋́̈́͗̃̋͑̚͝͝w grave on s̸̢̼̥̳̳͔̗͍̜̭̝̖͉͒͋̈́̋̈͌͆̏͠ome backwater world in the end?

ẃ̴̞͚̞̬̦̮̤̭͎͍̪̗̙̅͂͗͗̈́̉̃̕͜ơ̸̢̨̺̘̠̺̲̘̖͔̥͛́̄͑́̂́́u̵̮̬̼͉͇̻͎͒͌͗̄͗͐͗̽̑̇͋̀̌̕l̷̛̝̦͙̤̻̬̖̜͚̀͛̑͆̍͐̂̈͛̈̓̇́͘d̶̛̩̭̱͓͌͗n̷̛̙̜̋͗̔̓̇̋͋͊̕͘'̴̢̨̘͚̠̤̦̩̹̭̤͍͙̳̈̒͠t̵̛̻̖̗͙̰̹̟̫̳̳͓͔̟͙́̓͑̃͂̀͋͑͗̈́̚ͅ ̷̛̫̖̼̿̄͛͌̊̓̚ý̸̨̨̡̳̟͔̦͔̮̗̘̱͈͔͖̿̇͆̑̑͆ơ̸̻̩̙͉̾̈̇̍̄̿́͘͘͠͝ư̷̹͔͓̺̆̔͊̑ ̷͔̒̄́͘͘r̷̬̩͙̾͝͝a̸̛̫̫͌̌͒̔̇̒̄̇̈́́̽͘͝t̸̢͔̣̗̹̠͙̯̫̠̩͎̟̮͇̆̈́͛͒̇̊͒̾h̷͇̮̯͇̺̿̂͑̋͊͋̕͘ͅę̷͈͍̗̹̩̙̖͌̈́̎́͐̐̎̕͘͝͝r̶̛̝͔̈́̔̀͂̐̒̍̂͗̈ ̸͕̞̝̗̖̪̫̲̈́́̒͑͆̀̈̔̆͑̓̐͋͆̕e̸̡̛̝̙͔̪̰̺͊͜m̴̧̧̟̞͎̩̞̙̹̰̠̥͆͊̓̚͜ͅb̵̛̰͎͕̝̙̟̙̥̰̆́̽͝ͅr̷̡̨͊̀̾̓̂̓̈́̿͗̽͒͠͠a̴̧̞̘̳͍̜̹͍̺̖͓͓͚͍͋̐͊̂͛̐̽̀͘̕͜͝ç̴̼̜̫̘̥͕̣̞̐̎͗̄̔̅͜͝͝ͅȇ̷̦͇̼̬͙͚̖̮̭̱̩̙͓̭͕ ̵̘̤̤̟̳̺̮̗̝̗̹̞̊̐̇͜e̸̜͓̱̼̹̰̺͂̈͑̅̋̄̐̿̏̈́̓̽̎͘͜x̷̦͉͙͇̼̮̀͛̾͋̑̌͝ͅc̸̢̧͓͖͉͋͛̉̂̆͂͘͠ë̶͕̥̳̻̣̠́̇̾̿́̓͑̂s̷̨̜̘͕̬̲̔̌͑̒́̆̀̌̈́͘͠s̴̡̧̛͖̼͎̜̺̘̺̤͍̱̟̎̃̓̇̊̈́̊̈́̓̑̌͋?̴̳̯̺̘̗̟̥͈͚͙̻̰̜̈́̓͛̀̑̓̃̆̊̈́̿́̚̕

Narthex, Blackball Ten-Two-Two, we need a commissar and a priest at our lima asap.

Killing Ferrus literally drives him to suicide and is the tipping point that makes him fall.

Whenever he's sober, he is haunted by shame for what he did.

i am punished by love

Thinking about it, their argument and attitude are even more comparable to anti-woke grifters than I originally thought. They're both based in a premise that canon doesn't change, and they're both insisting that their interpretation of the lore which ignores what canon has explicitly stated is canon-compliant because of it.

I've got no problem with people ignoring lore that they think is dumb. I did that with female Custodes before they got added in. I do have a problem with people doing it and claiming that it's a valid interpretation of the lore.

The funny thing is they've basically got the opposite stance on FSM. One says they can't exist ever, because lore, one says they do exist and always have, because lore.

Hoshino Takezō, Shogun (chapter master) of the Emerald Wings

Finished painting the chapter master for my homebrew chapter today.

The model is 3d printed, with some parts having been edited a bit to fit (since they were originally for Terminator models). The STLs came from a kickstarter I funded last year, with parts of the captain, jump pack squad, and Terminator units.

Paint is a mix of Citadel and Army Painter, plus whatever the yellow I used for the eyes is. I will never not find it ironic that my homebrew chapter is a Blood Angel successor and the paint I use the most when painting them is Caliban Green.

He's intended to be used as a Dante proxy (since the Emerald Wings are a Blood Angel successor). I may or may not homebrew a datasheet eventually.