The Horus Heresy - eviltoast

I am your average 37-year-old woman. I game, I read, and I have cats. A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon Azariah Kyras’ glorious speech about the Blood God Khorne, and I started quoting him at least once every day when my boyfriend and I were talking about random everyday things. He suggested I look into the Warhammer Universe.

My God!

It started out with some lore videos about the Chaos Gods and The Emperor, and down the rabbit hole I went. When I found out they are doing a series with Mr. Handsome Henry, I knew I had to go deeper. It’s been three days of almost no sleep, and I’ve finished the first two books in The Horus Heresy saga. They have no business being as good as they are.

If Warhammer has the power to infect even the most basic, whitest woman of all time, we are all in trouble!"

Pray for me

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD !!! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!!!

PS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbmDLVFAaec

  • Cmot_Dibbler@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I used to play back when i sort of had money like a decade ago. I played Tyranids. The great hunger will one day consume all the space boys.

    I ignored the books because i thought it was silly to read a novelisation of a battle of the game i played with my tiny plastic dolls. Boy was i wrong!

    I started the Heresy series a couple months ago. I’m on book 5 now and have also dipped into Gaunts Ghosts. They’re freaking fantastic and well written. They have AWESOME battle scenes as well as compelling narratives.

    Also of course the space fascism satire of it all. I love that the Astartes, these giant macho men practically fall to their knees weeping at the sight of their primarchs. Or Himself forbid they witness the Emperor Lol. And I can’t help but think of their hierarchy as the Invader Zim Aliens’. Where they pick the tallest to lead regardless of anything else.