space wolf

[IceBorg]

can we all agree space wolfs are the worst characters in warhammer and are just larping furrys.

[thunda]

Originally posted by Jack Niggleson:

I know you're probably just trolling, but their lore is honestly awful and some of the worst writing you'll find in 40k. It's just ice this, wolves that, wolves made of ice and ice made of wolves. It's like someone took the lyrics from an awful, corny 2010s power metal track and made them a space marine chapter.

Worst writing? The Space Wolf Omnibus is great, what are you smoking

And ALL the Chapters are like that, they have their themes. Youre complaining about a theme. You dont have to like ice or wolves (or power metal), that doesnt make it bad writing.

- Oh Flesh Tearers just tear that flesh and this flesh and are very angry, just angry vampires in space

- Blood Angels are literal vampires in space, with thirst this rage that

- Dark Angels are just about mystery and hunting the Fal- NO HERETICS HERE NO SIR. NOW FOLLOW ME INTO THIS TOTALLY INCONSPICUOUS AND NOT MURDEROUS AT ALL BACKALLEY

Oh I can keep going, lets keep going.

- Imperial Fists are just about siege this and siege that, the most vanilla as f*ck chapter

- Night Lords are just spooky vampires in space, darkness this emo that

- World Eaters are just rage this anger that

- Thousand Suns are just wizards in spess, just as planned this and dusty armor that

You see how every chapter can be reduced to this kind of hyperbolic garbage? Your argument is juvenile

[IceBorg]

Originally posted by thunda:

Originally posted by Jack Niggleson:

I know you're probably just trolling, but their lore is honestly awful and some of the worst writing you'll find in 40k. It's just ice this, wolves that, wolves made of ice and ice made of wolves. It's like someone took the lyrics from an awful, corny 2010s power metal track and made them a space marine chapter.

Worst writing? The Space Wolf Omnibus is great, what are you smoking

And ALL the Chapters are like that, they have their themes. Youre complaining about a theme. You dont have to like ice or wolves (or power metal), that doesnt make it bad writing.

- Oh Flesh Tearers just tear that flesh and this flesh and are very angry, just angry vampires in space

- Blood Angels are literal vampires in space, with thirst this rage that

- Dark Angels are just about mystery and hunting the Fal- NO HERETICS HERE NO SIR. NOW FOLLOW ME INTO THIS TOTALLY INCONSPICUOUS AND NOT MURDEROUS AT ALL BACKALLEY

Oh I can keep going, lets keep going.

- Imperial Fists are just about siege this and siege that, the most vanilla as f*ck chapter

- Night Lords are just spooky vampires in space, darkness this emo that

- World Eaters are just rage this anger that

- Thousand Suns are just wizards in spess, just as planned this and dusty armor that

You see how every chapter can be reduced to this kind of hyperbolic garbage? Your argument is juvenile

bro the night lords have some of the coolest tactics what are you on?

[Faptor]

Originally posted by thunda:

- Night Lords are just spooky vampires in space, darkness this emo that


You see how every chapter can be reduced to this kind of hyperbolic garbage? Your argument is juvenile

As a gigantic fan of the Night Lords I 100% approve of your summery.
it was accurate and thats why I love them. Spoopy-Troopy's FTW!

Honestly though, I really hate the space wolves. I always got the impression they knew they were acting like brutish morons not because they actually were but because thats how they figured people wanted them to act.

Like that kid in grade school who thought he was cool for "tricking" everyone into thinking he was a total moron when in actuality he really was just a total idiot.

Idk, Space Wolves are my second least favorite chapter. It used to be the UltraSmurfs but then they sorta grew on me so maybe I just need to read more of their books.

The Imperial Fists! now thats a chapter that deserves nothing but hate and scorn. What a bunch of yellow-belly, stick up the bum, loooOOOOooOOooesersss

[thunda]

Originally posted by IceBorg:

bro the night lords have some of the coolest tactics what are you on?

I agree. Way to miss the point of my post

[IceBorg]

Originally posted by thunda:

Originally posted by IceBorg:

bro the night lords have some of the coolest tactics what are you on?

I agree. Way to miss the point of my post

you came off as not liking them

[IceBorg]

Originally posted by thunda:

Originally posted by IceBorg:

you came off as not liking them

I came off as not liking any of the chapters. Again, you keep missing the point. Are you going to do it a third time or maybe rub those braincells of yours together a bit?

so you dont agree with me

[Jack Niggleson]

Originally posted by thunda:

Originally posted by Jack Niggleson:

I know you're probably just trolling, but their lore is honestly awful and some of the worst writing you'll find in 40k. It's just ice this, wolves that, wolves made of ice and ice made of wolves. It's like someone took the lyrics from an awful, corny 2010s power metal track and made them a space marine chapter.

Worst writing? The Space Wolf Omnibus is great, what are you smoking

And ALL the Chapters are like that, they have their themes. Youre complaining about a theme. You dont have to like ice or wolves (or power metal), that doesnt make it bad writing.

- Oh Flesh Tearers just tear that flesh and this flesh and are very angry, just angry vampires in space

- Blood Angels are literal vampires in space, with thirst this rage that

- Dark Angels are just about mystery and hunting the Fal- NO HERETICS HERE NO SIR. NOW FOLLOW ME INTO THIS TOTALLY INCONSPICUOUS AND NOT MURDEROUS AT ALL BACKALLEY

Oh I can keep going, lets keep going.

- Imperial Fists are just about siege this and siege that, the most vanilla as f*ck chapter

- Night Lords are just spooky vampires in space, darkness this emo that

- World Eaters are just rage this anger that

- Thousand Suns are just wizards in spess, just as planned this and dusty armor that

You see how every chapter can be reduced to this kind of hyperbolic garbage? Your argument is juvenile

I mean to each his own, but conceptually I’ve always thought they were ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ goofy and that’s an opinion unchanged from adolescence when I was exactly the target demo that should have thought werewolf space Vikings were the ♥♥♥♥.

All of the chapters have some sort of gimmick or theme, but for whatever reason the space wolves got theirs dialed up to 11 to the point where not only are they a wolf/Norse themed chapter, they’re also riding giant wolves and sailing around in speeders mocked up like Viking longships.

It’s up there with Kaldor Drago carving his initials into the heart of a greater daemon or whatever where it’s so over the top that it almost crosses the line into parody. I like to think that if Rob Liefeld ever got into 40k he’d be an SW player.

[thunda]

Fair enough

[discoplumber]

It's the Rout or Vlka Fenryka(Wolves of Fenris) and they're no worse than any other chapter, they're one of the originals from Rogue Trader back in the 80's when all Chapters had turbo teen power names, the eighties were a different time, I don't know what to tell you. All chapters have been retconned and been 'saved' as much as possible from the original Rogue Trader - the Space Sharks were in that and they looked/sounded terrible but the Carcharodon Astra's are pretty epic. Try reading Space Marine or the Inquisitor War trilogy by Ian Watson and see what neon cyber punk Space Marines were like in the early 90's. All Legions/Chapters have either a culture, tactic or work of fiction they're based in pretty much - The White Scars are Mongol Empire, the Ultramarines are Roman, The Dark Angels are European Knights, the World Eaters are Gladiators. They had what was already canon to work with and all chapter have been at one time crap and another time epic.

[LeperousKhan]

Russ left to deliver skulls to Khorne.

[Toomey]

Originally posted by solaris32:

They're just a space marine chapter. I wish Warhammer had furries though.

felinids

[HuffingJenkem]

Originally posted by RorytheRomulan:

As I understand it, they weren't originally stylized after wolf and viking imagery and concepts, or married with concepts from World of Darkness. And then Games Workshop raped 'em and meme'd them to hell and back.

They've been Wolfy Vikings since 1st edition, first when Leman Russ had a model as a chapter master with 2 pet wolves and then when they got a White Dwarf army list with 80% of the current SW-specific units (Blood Claws, Grey Hunters, Long Fangs, Wolf Guard and the various Priests).

IIRC though the Wolf silliness hit a peak in either 5th or 6th edition when you had Wolf Scouts, Lone Wolves, and Wolf Guard riding Cyberwolves and Thunderwolves wielding Wolf Claws and carrying Wolf Amulets.

One of the reasons they became so popular in in 2ed was because they had the first SM codex and it had a horribly broken exploit that could table most opponents on turn 1 or 2.

[Sunderbraze]

Originally posted by mayrc:

Salamanders would be awesome, and its actualy one of the legions that can be characterised as "good guys".

My brother in Christ, someday GW will authorize more Salamanders content, but today is not that day. Nor will it be tomorrow.

Or ever, possibly.