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not a big fan of the worldbuilding supposition of an ontologically evil soul

i always found 'god the father' to be an interesting theological/historical/psychological phenomena considering so many other non-abrahamic religions tend to create a divine father-mother pair, vs the singular abrahamic god; and now how this 12th century devotion seems to ignore mary as a divine mother figure in favor of jesus. MUCH TO THINK ABOUT...

'(...) for such treatises take us to the complexities of a few hearts, and in these complexities we find reflected, if we read with sensitivity, the ways in which larger groups of people were burdened or healed (...)'

starting my #heftytome

ku'gath: what you just EXPECT this to look BEAUTIFUL and CLEAN???
mortarion, whom nurgle himself decreed will look at least semi-hot even post corruption: yeah

ive got a BAAAD feeling abt this...

+Light is within you all. You are my sons. You are born of light. None of you are beyond redemption.+
‘Tell that to those who died.’
'+Nothing ever dies. Death is a state of transition. You have my forgiveness, Konrad, whether you want it or not.+' WAILS

'Why did you make me? (...) Konrad Curze was weak. Night Haunter was strong.’

'‘My sons. They are no better. Cursed with my wickedness, they saw the fear I spread and the horror I cultivated as the aim, not the means. (...) grew disillusioned with me. Very few did not. Sevatar understood best of all.’
Curze’s head drooped, still pained at his favoured son’s loss.' FEELS LIKE SHIT

interesting to me how konrad displays such a lack of empathy for others but becomes incredibly distraught when he's informed sevatar might be dead. he didn't come for him! his only TRUE son!

okay the historitor-black templar friendship combo was NOT smth i was expecting but i like it a lot

bro's name is gender

"Your brothers here would not listen. I have disciplined them." YOU ATE THEM???

HES SO NASTY AND EVIL AND HORRIBLE AND HATEFUL <3333 I LOVE HIM!!!!!

its honestly painful how konrad will have these moments of almost-clarity where he ALMOST grasps at the truth before immediately assuming the worst because he has no faith in other people to be good, ever.

‘This is you as father and I as son. When we are fathers, we must be strong. When we are sons, we can be weak, for our own fathers are strong for us. I believe that’s the way it’s supposed to work.'

‘This is you as father and I as son. When we are fathers, we must be strong. When we are
sons, we can be weak, for our own fathers are strong for us. I believe that’s the way it’s
supposed to work.'

"Nostramans were habitual liars, and poetry is
the liar’s art (...)"

bro father mathieu makes me so mad

ku'gath admits he stole guilliman's blood not just bcos he wants to kill guilliman but to have as insurance against mortarion. "he is a daemon" "only half!" / "the half-son" this does not bode well for mortarion.

tetrarch felix struggles not to throw up in his helmet while guilliman casually violates imperial law

AAAAAGGRHRAHRA AAAHHHHH???????

THE BOOK IS FINALLY GOOD AGAIN YEEEAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

THIS BOOK IS 400 PAGES LONG
AND HALF OF IT
IS BOLTER PORN
FOR A SQUAD OF TITANS THAT DON'T EVEN MAKE IT. THEY ALL DIED!!! at least we got to see mortarion at the end of the chapter tho
why is TYPHUS ON THE NOVAMARINE'S SHIP????

chapter 12 and leman and magnus have FINALLY interacted w each other

i can feel the tension building...

the ohthere wyrdmake/ahriman scenes are kinda wild tbh... why is he saying shit like that. "his sheer vitality was incredible" "you are star-cunning" I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE