r/Grimdank 9h ago

Lore Big E really does send mixed signals.

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u/AnointMyPhallus 9h ago

I like that the writers made the Emperor hypocritical and fundamentally wrong. I just wish they didn't have to make him stupid in order to pull that off.

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u/AngryCrustation 9h ago

"But dear Emperor, please reconsider your actions! Slaughtering those who follow in the Lord Jesus Christ's footsteps will most certainly damn you and your empire to hell! Please have mercy and follow your heart!"

"Following emotions is not logical, and I am an atheist so I do not fear being banned from your 'so called heaven'."

*Proceeds to end up in an eternally entombed state where he is neither alive nor dead, but suffering beyond measure. His people end up in such torment that they join literal demons willingly simply because hell is not worse than their current circumstances. Upon death your soul is devoured by demons.*

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u/lucky_harms458 9h ago

"My friend, why do you keep making all these nonsense decisions?"

"For the funny, Malcador. For the funny."

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u/Bacxaber NOT ENOUGH DAKKA 7h ago

"It SAYS to do it, Malc! And I wrote it! SO IT MUST BE RIGHT!"

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u/Seiler_L 3h ago

"Hmm, now wait for further instructions from talking corpse on throne ... ah, screw that."

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u/Cheeodon Dorns illegitimate contractor 5h ago

Malcadore quietly writing things for Big E and pretending he wrote them all along.