About
Made a tumblr account so I can join the Warhammer 40,000 fun here.
A quick Q&A:
What first caught my attention about WH40K I love the living WMD human rights violations that are Space Marines. To protect humanity, their own humanity is surgically excised, then they're raised in a death-worshipping warrior cult teaching them their only purpose in life is to die gloriously. This makes them great literary vehicles for a lot of themes I enjoy exploring (and fun to poke with sticks).
First WH40K novel Angels of Darkness by Gav Thorpe (2003). I do own a first edition copy of Ian Watson's Space Marine (1993), but I read that a bit later.
Favourite WH40K book or series Everything by ADB, everything by Abnett, a lot by Simon Spurrier and Graham McNeill, some by Chris Wraight (I need to read more of his novels so he can move up the list) and Guy Haley.
Most re-read WH40K book or series I added this question because I realised I hadn't actually named any books in the previous one (I have a lot of favourites). However, these are (some of) the novels I'm currently revisiting, either for fanfic purposes or just for the joy of reading them: - The Night Lords omnibus by Aaron Dembski-Bowden - The Gaunt's Ghosts series by Dan Abnett - Eisenhorn (+ Ravenor and Bequin) by Dan Abnett - The Unremembered Empire (+ the prequel Know No Fear) by Dan Abnett
Favourite character(s) As the blog name reveals, I do have a soft spot for Gabriel Seth, the most misunderstood character in the setting. I also like Guilliman, another character who is often misrepresented in the fandom. If my AO3 account is anything to go by, though, it's Septimus, along with First Claw – they're fun to poke with sticks.
Army/faction played 20 years ago, it was Grey Knights. Now I just enjoy reading the books.
Favourite faction Night Lords. They're horrible people, I love them.
Take on the current state of WH40K lore I'm old-school; Gaunt's Ghosts was my main serial when I was most involved with the wider fandom, and I'm nowhere near done exploring the M40 and M30 eras of the lore. One day, I will make the jump to M42, but it won't be today. So I have no takes on the newest lore. Fandom-wise, I'm likewise happy to play in my own corner of the sandbox.
What I do in fandom I write fanfics (slowly). I participate in a handful of annual AO3-based fanwork exchanges, and also post my own ideas (mostly NSFW, mind the tags). FYI, this blog is pro-shipping. I remember when this meant shipping Scully/Mulder in the X-Files, which means I'm too old for all that discourse nonsense. All ships are welcome here (yes, also that one).
Goals for this blog To get a little more involved with the fandom again, hopefully participate in some discussions, post my fics and book recommendations, etc.
Feel free to get in touch if you like!


















