tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post4153124932037032696..comments2024-03-27T01:28:28.346-07:00Comments on False Machine: Trailing Corposant 8 – The Bitz Boxpjamesstuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-43135419455157775742021-12-22T10:33:49.770-08:002021-12-22T10:33:49.770-08:00"A better book as a whole than its slightly m..."A better book as a whole than its slightly medium parts would suggest. Provided you like Iron hands..."<br /><br />Woah there, don't be hasty now. Some of us liked the Iron Hands rather a lot, unfortunately GW/BL didn't so spent the whole Heresy cacking on them from a great height and then using that as an excuse to completely rework their 40K incarnation. <br /><br />Pretty much every appearance they have during the Heresy is a way for the BL authors to say "Iron Hands are dumb anyway, why would you like those" - we go from a version of the Dropsite Massacre where both Vulkan and Ferrus "vanish mysteriously in battle", to a version where Ferrus is absolutely, categorically, unequivocally, unavoidably 1000% deadzos fr fr no cap on god, and Vulkan...is literally an immortal who can reincarnate and even survive hitting the surface of a planet after falling from orbit. That really felt like they were rubbing it in. Then we're treated to Ferrus being clone-murdered repeatedly by Fulgrim. And of course he finishes up with his noggin on a spike on Horus' throne.<br /><br />The Legion themselves have their original 40K character as a Chapter transplanted back into 30K because they apparently couldn't be bothered to come up with something more interesting for the designated punching bags who weren't going to get their own novel anyway, now being essentially side characters in the story of the Emperor's Children. Their subsequent appearances are then just an endless parade of them being written to be extremely dumb, except for Shadrak Marysueson who is good and clever and totes awesome, mostly because he gets instructed on how to be a *proper* Marine by the Sallie/Raven remnants. We're even treated to finding out that one of their main faction hooks - cyberneticization - is directly contrary to their Primarch's wishes and he would have "fixed" them had he not lost his bonce.<br /><br />Having thus assassinated the character of the faction as-was, the 40K writers now have to come up with something different, and so the Iron Hands become a Chapter of beep-boop Robo-Vulcans(except for occasional instances of absolutely exceptional irrational pettiness that would put an Iron Warrior to shame), and are also afaik literally the only loyal Marine faction in 40K who think their "father" was a moron and strive not to be like him.<br /><br />Nah man, those shorts were not a good read for a fan of the Iron Hands.yodhrinsforgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18158220077316268774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-3159829960460444662021-11-18T14:56:35.753-08:002021-11-18T14:56:35.753-08:00Can't pretend I've read most of these, but...Can't pretend I've read most of these, but good to get an outline of it all anyway. <br /><br />Keep meaning to read Vorax. Looks like a good opportunity to finally do so while I'm waiting for Urdesh Vol. 2.<br /><br />Is Blood Games _the_ blueprint for modern Custodes? I'm tempted to believe so. Mind you, it too has been displaced as they grow into a playable faction. Less espionage, more ironing board-sized claymores. <br /><br />ADB's almost palpable edginess needs to be treated with more weight. He has a reputation as being one of the good 40k authors - and part of the reason why is that he can do this particular bit of brooding goth edginess basically straight faced. <br /><br />Distracted, I parsed the Meduson summary as 'Meduson tries to turn the remnants of the legions into Americans, but they do not want to be Americans.'Solomon VKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763252777153908412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-89874101009901207662021-11-18T07:29:38.498-08:002021-11-18T07:29:38.498-08:00Thanks KThanks Kpjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-83964656737321635692021-11-18T05:09:42.060-08:002021-11-18T05:09:42.060-08:00The way it is all written here sits well with my h...The way it is all written here sits well with my headcanon, which is 'If Emperor Had Text to Speech Device', largely; especially in a part about demon-IKEA and seventeen missed call from Nurgle.<br /><br />Even if this is not intended purpose of all these books, thank you for writing such review.<br />Kyanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992025061183651850noreply@blogger.com