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PUT YOUR BEARD IN MY MOUTH
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Gold, Silver, and Bronze!🥇🥈🥉
Now as sisters and with a complex sibling dynamic.
did you know 24k gold is so soft you can scratch it with a fingernail? Because bronze knows
Depending on the alloy bronze can be closer to 4 than 3 too.
Depending on the alloy it's not even bronze but brass. Many ancient pieces of armour, cookware, or statues were actually brass. However, to ancient peoples it was it was all bronze.
A pet peeve of mine is the very frequent tendency in the fandom (particularly fanfictions) that if anything Xenos IS even involved (a rarity in of itself) it has to be made subordinated to something in the Imperium.
Stuff like the annoying 'Russ saves Isha,' or the many 'Isha x some Primarch/Emperor' or making a Primarch or Marine have some love interest who's a human but always has like an Aeldari goddess in her body or something, or the very frustrating captive T'au woman falls in love with her captors (who want to exterminate her entire species and every other species coexisting in the T'au Empire).
It is bad enough that GW already does this now, with every Xenos plot point only ever mattering if it is a vehicle for something Imperium related (see everything about the Ynnari or how the T'au have virtually ceased to exist now that GW is unwilling to ever let anyone but Space Marines and Primarchs matter) but the fact that the fandom is so rife with it too is very frustrating for me.
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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Some of us who write for WH40K don't need an Imperium "white savior", ever.
Poster for the 1966 World Cup in England, featuring its mascot, World Cup Willie. Artwork by Reg Hoye.
The 1966 World Cup Final was won by England in extra time, beating West Germany 4-2.
It's coming home. Any day now.
Extremely relatable content as an archaeologist.
Or a dwarf.
Good Xenos Novels?
Have there been any good Xenos novels since I was away? Bonus points if they actually have Xenos win battles against the Imperium. Bonus bonus points if said battles involve Space Marines/Deathwatch/Grey Knights/Custdoes (how many fucking tiers of super warrior does one faction need?)
The last thing I read was the two Twice-Born King novels and I enjoyed them.
Has anything good come out since?
TAU READING LIST Note this is a work in progress, if something is missing, please let me know and I will add it. That is, except for Phil Ke
AELDARI & DRUKHARI READING LIST Note this is a work in progress, if something is missing please let me know and I will add it. NOVELS AND
I don't have a list for Necrons or Orks but the above pretty much carries it for Tau, Aeldari, and Drukhari.
Blood Raven
by Vitaly Perevoshikov
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Captain Davian Thule, what really happened to him, his arch enemy Shas'O'Kais, and the story of his deepest love - Sergeant Endymion.
Honestly people complaining about their experience on Bluesky not being curated have just forgotten the work they put into making THIS piece of shit website livable. "It shows me random posts tagged For You" that's a feed you can opt out of "Every other post is a callout" we're really deep into a wave of assholes joining the website cause it's the next big thing and we have to tell each other to block them as they pop up, but also that's not the website's fucking fault "It's just Twitter 2.0" yes believe it or not some of us need a website marketing itself as having broad appeal for work reasons, rather than one that prides itself on losing every company touching it money.
Overall it's just jumping on a new social. It's a huge pain in the ass. You don't have to do it, but it's got fuck all to do with Bluesky's own merits.
Ladies and Gentlemen... Mesdames et Messieurs... she's back!
Shout out if you also include erotica or smut in your works to turn meaningful narrative into an indulgent detour designed only to stimulate arousal
In the world of infinite human experience shaping our lives and beings, sex stands alone in the realm of having no impact worth noting whatsoever.
- this guy apparently.
Woman of the Blue Waves
Woman of the Blue Waves - a sexy Tau rom-com with a grimdark edge. Like the edge of pirate's cutlass! Another in the series about the Salash'hei firewarrior Tsu'ke that started with the Sea Dragon's Fire.
Don't be a coward and read it. Rated NC-17 for real adults who want a real WH40K story that has both romance and sex in it. Both of which are central to the plot of the story.
PS May contain pirates.
Meanwhile in Medieval Ireland...
Meanwhile in Renaissance Ireland
Tá brón orm a chara ach sin é cló Albrehct Durer ón 15ú haois.Ciallaíonn sé gurb é Renaissance Ireland é.
Translation: Sorry my friend but that is n Albrehct Durer's print from the 15th century. That means it is Renaissance Ireland.
Dreadnoughts being far more casual and emotional, than their younger brothers is one of my favourite tropes in Wh40k.
Put a kickass sound system on Grandpa and let him blast some good stuff!
Come on, now.
A resurrected ancient warrior singing songs of Old Terra to cope with the nonstop pain as he charges into battle?
It's all but canon.
Blood Raven Dreadnought from Dawn of War video game.
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Did someone mention Astartes Dreadnoughts?
You know grandpas aren't just more open to speaking their minds and sharing their emotions. In fact, they can be down right...
Romantic!
(Minor) Xenos of the Galaxy Series - Tau Auxilia
From my post of this piece on the Advanced Tau Tactica Discord:
"The Lord Carni's Young Tau getting into mischief... cartoon has gotten a massive response on Reddit. Well over 1,200 views and 686 up votes. Folks are really into the artwork and are saying how much they like the concept of Tau, humans, Vespids, and Kroot socializing."
I must add that this was after only two hours after being posted on r/Tau40K.
A real "Live Long and Prosper" moment.
O Endymion My Beloved!
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012.795 post-ECM42 Ultima Segmentum, Charadon Sector, Eumenides III Battle Barge Litania Furia – Litany of Fury
Dark was the hold where the ancients slept. Great warriors of the chapter standing in their armoured sarcophagi, in an eternal state of somnolence. Power cables, pneumatic lines, oxygen tubes, and lubricating conduits connect to the mighty Venerable Castraferrum dreadnoughts. Between each one rises the smoke of holy censors and the scent of sacred unguents fills the air. Thus their readiness is maintained, until the day when the God-Emperor calls them forth again to battle. Until that day, they sleep undisturbed, lit by gold lumens that shine upon their names Akuto, Erebus, Shoigu, and Thule.
‘It is best not to disturb the ancient ones m’lords,’ says the pale and elderly serf.
‘But we have come here to speak to the Ancient Thule,’ said the dark-haired Brother Patroclus.
‘We must speak to him,’ insisted the fair-haired Brother Achilles.
For Pride Month - O Endymion My Beloved!
So I have been reading some of your blog and want to ask some question: Was Phil Kelly the one responsible for the retcon of T'au FTL? Or it was Jeremy Vetock who did the retcon. If you think it Phil, is there any evident supporting it? Thank you in advance
Well, I spent a an hour with an old vesa from the Advance Tau Tactica forum, and he thought it was Vetock in 6th edition too. The thing was I only remember folks talking about it around the time of 8th edition. Turns out it was Vetock but we had to dig around the codex to find the information. So, the offensive material is on pages 11-13 of the 6th edition codex. Check Preparing for the Storm on page 13. PS We both agreed the concept of the Tau only have STL drive is broken, no matter who wrote it, and deserves to go out the airlock "as is".
I remember you said that books written by Phil Kelly or “He-who-should-not-be-named” should be avoided, but who is "He-who-should-not-be-named"?
Another alias for Phil Kelly There are also: "Mr P.K." "That Guy" "He-who-should-not-be-named" "Hilpay Ellykay"
Reblog to make it die faster
Reblog if you'd shoot that robot in the face.
Preparing to shoot that robot in the face.
There are two types of skull planet.
Art by Ray Feibush (left) and Bruce Pennington. Check out these illustrations along with 400 others in my new art book - "Worlds Beyond Time: Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s" is out now!
Reblogging a few book promo posts because... my art book is out in the UK for the first time today! Buy a copy here and tell all your European pals!
