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I really really wish I didn’t get hung up on Erda’s fandom treatment this much, but it drives me up the wall that this fandom will bend over backwards to justify the Emperor’s actions but refuse to give any leeway to Erda, all while interpreting her actions in the least charitable way possible to make her look worse

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Okay so, I don’t think the Emperor was ever Alexander the Great. Since the historical facts simply don’t add up.

Even around the time of the actual historical Alexander’s death there were still other kingdoms and places that he could have conquered. This is just the Emperor lying to his son to seem more cooler than he actually is. But he’s making the mistake of saying that he was a very famous historical figure, since anyone with a good enough knowledge of that historical figure can disprove his claim.

But the quote about Alexander weeping does exist outside of the warhammer novels, specifically here:

So in conclusion, while there’s absolutely no chance that the Emperor was Alexander the Great, there’s definitely a possibility that the Emperor watched Die Hard (1988) and decided to quote it to his son. Which, to me, feels way more in character for him

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@commoner64 Your mind is huge and also you're right and you should say it.

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I am Perpetual Erda’s biggest fan screw you all

I could treat her better than the emperor did😒😒

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the stupidest criticism I've seen towards Erda's canon abilities is 'She can't even defeat four greater demons' even though 1. she did and 2. What exactly is your point here? Most characters cant even go toe to toe with a single greater demon, let alone four at once.

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Apparently if you search up 'Erda Warhammer' my art for Erda shows up

also my dumbass meme too

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This close to declaring Erda MY wife because I know Emps and Black Library didn’t treat her right

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The Emperor: Genocide, child abuse, all manner of warcrimes, censorship, xenophobia, and fascism for the supposed betterment of humanity.

40k Fandom: It’s understandable why he did that. It was for a noble cause after all.

Erda: I scattered my sons because I didn’t want them to be apart of that.

40k Fandom: What an irredeemable evil bitch. This all her fault actually.

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Erda: You're a lying, cheating, piece of shit!

Emperor: Oh yeah? And you're a liar who thinks that you can get away with everything you do. WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD!

Erda: I'm moving out, and i'm TAKING THE KIDS WITH ME.

Malcador, picking up the Monopoly board: I think we're gonna stop playing now.

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does anyone else enjoy erda or is it just me. like i have so many thoughts about girlfailure second most powerful perpetual. currently putting her in a little box with her favorite food and fluffy blankets.

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I need someone to hit me over the head with a shovel.

I just used Tolkien's word Arda for the first time in a while, and immediately remembered the new(ish) Warhammer 40k lore that places a woman named Erda as, essentially, the mother goddess of humanity.

And my immediate reaction was "oooh, I wonder what linguistic root they share". I won't quite go as far as "I need to be put down", but a solid blow with a shovel seems appropriate to make me cool it and be a little less absurd.

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Reading Octavia Butler’s “Wild Seed,” and gang, this here book is good. Gotta say, makes me think of the Emperor and Erda on Old Earth. Makes me wonder too, if Mr. Abnett may have read this and borrowed a bit for his Perpetual storyline in the Horus Heresy. Or not, who knows! Book’s good!

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Okay, I barely care about canon Erda but seeing a ton of people having agreed that she's worse than the Emperor makes me feel like I'm having a stroke. Like when it comes to things worse than "throwing babies into the warp", "hand crafting babies solely or primarily to serve as the arm of your genocidal imperial crusade" might be the only thing that makes it up there

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warhammer 40k is actually a sprawling meta narrative story about the emperor of mankind miniature figurines hobby that he set up the rest of the universe to play out because erda left him over his growing addiction for them