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Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 19:04:22


Post by: BeefCakeSoup


I was curious about this sometime ago but wrote it off as absent fluff.

Now that I think more on it though, I really wonder why big E never had a Mrs. in his life. Did he prefer men instead of women? Was he too busy leading an Empire? Is there any real fluff on it?

I know that he had the Brides of the Emperor change their name and that he kept his private life filled with technology and planning, but it seems like some pretty epic absence of fluff. I mean, almost every great ruler in a civilized Empire has some kind of a significant Queen figure.

Any fluff input that anyone has at all would be appreciated!


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 19:06:55


Post by: Darkvoidof40k


I'm sure that after watching a few lovers wither away and die of old age, he decided there wasn't much point in it anymore.

Besides, imagine the hook-up lines.

"Hey, my names Amy! What's your name, cutie?"
"I am the Emperor of mankind! I enjoy conquering galaxies and killing Daemons!"
*girl walks over to friends*
"I don't know what that buff nerd over there has been smokin', but it must be some strong stuff!"


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 19:07:40


Post by: Simo429


Impotence


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 19:17:54


Post by: Psienesis


He's the God-Emperor of Mankind. Even as a near-corpse sealed away in a massive life-support machine, being in his presence causes irreversible (and often fatal) harm to people. And this without him even actually turning his attention to you.

I'm sure Big E, as a mortal man, had a long line of wenches attend the Imperial Bed-Chamber... none of these are recorded, because none of them survived the encounter.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 19:19:11


Post by: Grundz


Space marines are two heads taller than a man
Primarchs are another two heads taller than a spacemarine
the emperor is even bigger

what chick wants a 16 foot tall husband?

//fluff conflicts, but that was my favorite 40k loophole, why didnt anyone notice a guy that is a story tall walking around for a million years?


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 19:21:17


Post by: 1hadhq


Why should there be an Empress?

Option A:

- Emperor is still subject to old fluff and therefore a artificial lifeform of combined Psykers. Need a Empress if you got lots of different personalities inside already ?

Option B:

- no worthy candidate in 40 millenia. Maybe after 10 millenia of search without success interest drops......

Option C:

- Beefcakesoup trolls the IoM.



Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 19:24:49


Post by: sexiest_hero


He likes men. (And that is ok)


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 19:29:39


Post by: NagothDaCleaver


He was too busy making Sensei to settle down!


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 19:31:32


Post by: Harriticus


Emperor seems like the kind of guy who would only want a deep relationship from a woman, and considering he would outlive any woman in the world it was impossible to have a lasting relationship for him.

I mean, I guess he could have genetically created himself an Empress, but that would come off as a bit strange to bang your offspring.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 19:37:42


Post by: NagothDaCleaver


Harriticus wrote:
I mean, I guess he could have genetically created himself an Empress, but that would come off as a bit strange to bang your offspring.


Now you know the hideous truth of the 2nd legion's Primarch.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 19:38:32


Post by: Darkvoidof40k


NagothDaCleaver wrote:
Harriticus wrote:
I mean, I guess he could have genetically created himself an Empress, but that would come off as a bit strange to bang your offspring.


Now you know the hideous truth of the 2nd legion's Primarch.


Someone give this man a shiny medal!


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 19:43:19


Post by: pretre


NagothDaCleaver wrote:
Harriticus wrote:
I mean, I guess he could have genetically created himself an Empress, but that would come off as a bit strange to bang your offspring.


Now you know the hideous truth of the 2nd legion's Primarch.


lmao

Silly, but still could be spoilery.
Spoiler:

Emperor: "Leman, I need a favor."
Russ: "Anything for you, my Emperor."
Emperor: "Two and I were going at it and I kind of made her head explode with my mind. Can you go clean it up, sanction her legion and take the blame?"
Russ: "High Five! Sure, I can."


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 19:44:42


Post by: DarthLakey


But the Emperor had children - the sensei


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 19:46:40


Post by: Commisar Von Humps


Im sure he was pretty pissed and decided to stop after he ended up killing them when they tried to have kids .


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 19:52:39


Post by: Brother Coa


Well:

1) He is way to big for a Human.
2) He is single of his kind.
3) He is a 49.000 years old Human.
4) He is a God.

Nuff said.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 19:53:34


Post by: Commisar Von Humps


Brother Coa wrote:Well:

1) He is way to big for a Human.


Nuff said.


In what sense...... .


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 20:06:03


Post by: Brother Coa


Commisar Von Humps wrote:
Brother Coa wrote:Well:

1) He's is way to big for a Human.


Nuff said.


In what sense...... .


That's what Chaos Gods fear the most


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 20:07:19


Post by: Laodamia


Brother Coa wrote:
4) He is a God.


In Greek mythology, gods had lots of different love/sex affairs with mortals.

I guess it would be the same thing with the Emprah.

I mean, even the supreme ruler of mankind must have its needs.

And as DarthLakey said, he had many sons over the course of his looooonnng life.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 20:10:21


Post by: Brother Coa


Laodamia wrote:
In Greek mythology, gods had lots of different love/sex affairs with mortals.

I guess it would be the same thing with the Emprah.

I mean, even the supreme ruler of mankind must have its needs.

And as DarthLakey said, he had many sons over the course of his looooonnng life.


Well, he is not quite Human.... I mean he has no mom and dad, he was immortal and he had various powers.
I think he never had need to f**k - or that any woman would survivr the encounter. ( who knows, maybe he love to eld minds in sex? ).


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 20:15:08


Post by: Asherian Command


Brother Coa wrote:
Laodamia wrote:
In Greek mythology, gods had lots of different love/sex affairs with mortals.

I guess it would be the same thing with the Emprah.

I mean, even the supreme ruler of mankind must have its needs.

And as DarthLakey said, he had many sons over the course of his looooonnng life.


Well, he is not quite Human.... I mean he has no mom and dad, he was immortal and he had various powers.
I think he never had need to f**k - or that any woman would survivr the encounter. ( who knows, maybe he love to eld minds in sex? ).


The women would just explode. there were a couple jokes going around that said.

Spoiler:
Emperor: Oh gak she exploded, Leman! Get the mop!


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 20:18:13


Post by: gpfunk


Space Marines are generally celibate, yes? I thought that was their fluff at least. It was to show their devotion to the Emprah. I'm sure the Emprah was celibate too, seeing as he wouldn't need an heir...being kept alive by machines and the death of a thousand men a day.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 20:19:19


Post by: Asherian Command


gpfunk wrote:Space Marines are generally celibate, yes? I thought that was their fluff at least. It was to show their devotion to the Emprah. I'm sure the Emprah was celibate too, seeing as he wouldn't need an heir...being kept alive by machines and the death of a thousand men a day.


not really how do you actually think he made geneseed?


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 20:20:09


Post by: BeefCakeSoup


1hadhq wrote:Why should there be an Empress?

Option A:

- Emperor is still subject to old fluff and therefore a artificial lifeform of combined Psykers. Need a Empress if you got lots of different personalities inside already ?

Option B:

- no worthy candidate in 40 millenia. Maybe after 10 millenia of search without success interest drops......

Option C:

- Beefcakesoup trolls the IoM.



How am I trolling the IoM? I don't care if the Emperor had five wives or two husbands, makes him no less epic of a character in my books. I'm just curious why he never had a ruling "Queen" alongside him.

Seems there is no shortage of superhumans in 40K, was just curious why such a mighty ruler chose to rule alone when he seemed like a nice person.

Just odd that a space "kingdom" only had a king with no queen.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 20:25:10


Post by: Whirling Blade Exarch


Because despite all that psychic power, there is no cure for a tiny "powersword".


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 20:27:23


Post by: RayvenQ


Grundz wrote:Space marines are two heads taller than a man
Primarchs are another two heads taller than a spacemarine
the emperor is even bigger

what chick wants a 16 foot tall husband?

//fluff conflicts, but that was my favorite 40k loophole, why didnt anyone notice a guy that is a story tall walking around for a million years?


The Last Church pretty much makes it clear that he can appear however the hell he wants, in that he was a regular sized guy, but the reaction of the chair, creaking and groaning, kinda gave it away for the reader.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 20:28:46


Post by: lunarman


Asherian Command wrote:
gpfunk wrote:Space Marines are generally celibate, yes? I thought that was their fluff at least. It was to show their devotion to the Emprah. I'm sure the Emprah was celibate too, seeing as he wouldn't need an heir...being kept alive by machines and the death of a thousand men a day.


not really how do you actually think he made geneseed?


Exactly


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 20:30:18


Post by: somecallmeJack


Hes not really human, I can't see any woman or man surviving an encounter without being severely traumatised.

Plus hes probably transcended the need for pleasures of the flesh. Or something.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 20:32:53


Post by: Asherian Command


somecallmeJack wrote:Hes not really human, I can't see any woman or man surviving an encounter without being severely traumatised. OR exploding after having 30 seconds of pure awesomeness

Plus hes probably transcended the need for pleasures of the flesh. Or something.


Fixed.

Anyway The Emperor wouldn't need a empress, she would be corrupted immediately by chaos.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 20:34:50


Post by: Brother Coa


BeefCakeSoup wrote:
How am I trolling the IoM? I don't care if the Emperor had five wives or two husbands, makes him no less epic of a character in my books. I'm just curious why he never had a ruling "Queen" alongside him.

Seems there is no shortage of superhumans in 40K, was just curious why such a mighty ruler chose to rule alone when he seemed like a nice person.

Just odd that a space "kingdom" only had a king with no queen.


Simple answer - he was only of his kind. And had to much important task in his life than to make babies...


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 20:39:53


Post by: DarthLakey


Brother Coa wrote:
BeefCakeSoup wrote:
How am I trolling the IoM? I don't care if the Emperor had five wives or two husbands, makes him no less epic of a character in my books. I'm just curious why he never had a ruling "Queen" alongside him.

Seems there is no shortage of superhumans in 40K, was just curious why such a mighty ruler chose to rule alone when he seemed like a nice person.

Just odd that a space "kingdom" only had a king with no queen.


Simple answer - he was only of his kind. And had to much important task in his life than to make babies...


What? like have children????
because he did, he had lots of them

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Sensei


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 20:47:35


Post by: pretre


DarthLakey wrote:
What? like have children????
because he did, he had lots of them

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Sensei


Kind of old since they were from Realms of Chaos and are pretty much no longer part of Canon.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 21:09:45


Post by: 1hadhq


BeefCakeSoup wrote:

I'm just curious why he never had a ruling "Queen" alongside him.



Just odd that a space "kingdom" only had a king with no queen.


Mistake:

An Imperium isn't a kingdom.

> No king = no queen.

Go list Emperors with "Empresses" alongside.




Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 21:15:53


Post by: Nightbringer's Chosen


Perhaps the Imperium, male-centric (is that a word?) as it is, just didn't think them important enough to record. I could very well see them treating it in a "we didn't record what he had for breakfast either" sort of way.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 21:25:07


Post by: Thaanos


Nightbringer's Chosen wrote:Perhaps the Imperium, male-centric (is that a word?) as it is, just didn't think them important enough to record. I could very well see them treating it in a "we didn't record what he had for breakfast either" sort of way.


So a literal spin on "Hey girl, you look delicious! I could eat you all night"


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 21:28:15


Post by: pretre


Thaanos wrote:
Nightbringer's Chosen wrote:Perhaps the Imperium, male-centric (is that a word?) as it is, just didn't think them important enough to record. I could very well see them treating it in a "we didn't record what he had for breakfast either" sort of way.


So a literal spin on "Hey girl, you look delicious! I could eat you all night"


If you are curious, that wooshing noise was Nightbringer's Chosen's point going right over your head.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/27 22:38:14


Post by: Melissia


1hadhq wrote:- Emperor is still subject to old fluff and therefore a artificial lifeform of combined Psykers. Need a Empress if you got lots of different personalities inside already ?
more likely than not already having several husband/wife couples in there after all these years...


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/28 00:57:49


Post by: dagsta2


sexiest_hero wrote:He likes men. (And that is ok)


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/28 06:04:44


Post by: Brother Coa


DarthLakey wrote:
What? like have children????
because he did, he had lots of them

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Sensei


Primarchs are his children to, and all had his powers.
These Sensei might be some new Primarch, but much more developed in mind than in body...
We have already concluded that there is no way for him to have kids, because he is a super-human.
Not one woman can survive in bed with him.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/28 07:07:33


Post by: KOS


Sensei were not taken away from canon. Let's just say that (if I recall correctly) the Inquisition turned down the followers of the Sensei sect since they thought it was heretical.

No more, no less.

But this doesn't mean that the Sensei are not in the universe waiting to get back in action.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/28 07:16:59


Post by: zerodemon


What's all this "people explode in his presence" stuff? Did I miss something in the fluff?

He didn't get himself a wife because he couldn't be bothered with having to divide the galaxy down the middle if they got divorced.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/28 07:21:18


Post by: bob the heretic


I dont care about if he ddt have a wife but he BETTER NOT BE A VIRGIN! I am not fightin fra billion year old virgin. Thats just sad.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/28 08:02:59


Post by: FieserMoep


Well, its Big E, everyone loves him, why shouldnt there be any Groupies over the millenias? I am sure there were some but why the Heck should there be records about that? Also there cant be an Empress cuz Big E is/was a God among mortals there was not such a woman who could stand beside him.

I wonder what would happen if Big E stands up from his golden Throne and sees his greates Fanclub, the Sororitas with their Shirts: "Daddy is the Best!"


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/28 09:28:37


Post by: Pilau Rice


He had the right idea, he would have never had time to unite humankind if he had an Empress.

Mrs. E: You might be the Emperor of mankind but I still need shoes, the dog needs walking and we're out of milk...

E: I have a million worlds to unite and humankind shall surely fall without my guidance, I must ...

Mrs E.: There you go again, you always think of everyone else, never me, when was the last time you did something nice for me!?!

Notice how it's not 'mankind', she would have had a field day if he referred to people that way ..




Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/28 10:21:32


Post by: Sledgio


An Empress would have been far too... distracting... shall we say nothing would ever get done!


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/28 13:12:14


Post by: Uhlan


He's a Hermaphropsychic.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/28 13:21:17


Post by: biccat


There's a very simple answer to this question, and I'm surprised no one has hit on it yet.

There are no women in 40k.

Oh, there might be the occasional Sister of Battle or remembrancer, but for the most part, women simply don't exist in the IoM.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/28 14:49:45


Post by: Manchu


Saint Celestine can't get him to settle down.

See here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/115025.page

A long but funny (at times) read.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/28 15:52:17


Post by: vodo40k


People keep saying that a woman would just "explode" because of the emperors power, and that he is so tall it would be impossible anyway. As the most powerful psyker of all time, I think he would know how to mask his power and change his appearance, after all he had to have a way of staying secret all the time before the GC.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/28 19:01:10


Post by: xXSir MontyXx


He probably just had 5 sec stands. He mentally assaulted the woman's sexual part of her brain and it was done.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/28 20:14:35


Post by: bob the heretic


Guys just tell me he is not virgin! I just began to collect Blood Angels and quit Deth Guard. If he is truely a virgin im going back to the Death Guards. No Way Im fighting for a thousand year old virgin


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/28 20:37:08


Post by: asimo77


I always imagined the Emperor was beyond things like love and surely plain ole sex, you know being divine and all. This is why I find the idea of the Sensei to be strange. I see the Emprah less like Zeus and more like the Abrahamic God, i.e. not suspectible to most desires.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/28 20:38:39


Post by: DarknessEternal


asimo77 wrote: This is why I find the idea of the Sensei to be strange. I see the Emprah less like Zeus and more like the Abrahamic God, i.e. not suspectible to most desires.

Tough crap; he was a man, with man-like desires, for 40 thousand years before he was a god. That's why he's got all those unknown kids running around, kinda like a professional athlete.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/28 20:46:48


Post by: Ailaros


Hmm, I hadn't thought about this before. After weighing the responses, the most convincing one to me so far is that he was gay. I mean, he spent a huge amount of time cultivating close personal relationships with strong men.

Also, look at the primarchs. If he wanted to preserve his breeding (ugh, I've been reading too much Dune lately), he could have carefully selected women to bring certain genetic patterns to make a new race of humans even more ultimate with himself.

Instead, he jerks off in a cup...





Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/28 21:30:08


Post by: Brother Coa


bob the heretic wrote:Guys just tell me he is not virgin! I just began to collect Blood Angels and quit Deth Guard. If he is truely a virgin im going back to the Death Guards. No Way Im fighting for a thousand year old virgin


He is definitely not a virgin since he had F***ed Chaos Gods


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/28 22:29:01


Post by: SomeRandomEvilGuy


DarknessEternal wrote:
Tough crap; he was a man, with man-like desires, for 40 thousand years before he was a god. That's why he's got all those unknown kids running around, kinda like a professional athlete.

Although in fairness, that is I believe from the perspective of that traitor Human who loves trailing after the Harlequins. He's not necessarily being told the correct information.
Ailaros wrote:I mean, he spent a huge amount of time cultivating close personal relationships with strong men.

So like any father of multiple sons then? Like any soldier? Let's face it, the fact that he creating and training superhuman warriors is hardly proof that he was homosexual. I mean, it's possible, but I really don't see any evidence for it, especially since we know next to nothing about his personal life.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/29 01:16:59


Post by: Corporal_Reznov


The fact of the matter is that the God-Emperor is 49,000 years old and was born on earth in Central Anatolia 8000 years before Christ. He couldn't have spent all that time plotting. For sure he probably got married, fell in love, had children and had affairs. Hell, I think that the Big-E has the power to shape shift into whatever form Big-E wanted, even female. Maybe thats why the Emp is so cold and emotionless, its because he is OLD and has watched all the people he loved and society's and eras he loved pass away into the ashes of time while he remains alone.

I think you guys and gals are jealous of the Emp seeing as if he has probably had all the women. He had African, American, Asian, European and Arab women in his bed over the centuries and if he can shapshift he also had lesbian sex. He is a true god, the God Emperor of Studs. Bow all you wretched Xenos(myself included) and Heretics, bow and beg for tips on how to get women. The Emp may take pity on you and give some advice.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/29 01:31:24


Post by: Grabzak Dirtyfighter


maybe when he got too tensed up from running the universe and all he just made 2AM booty calls to slaanesh


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/29 01:39:30


Post by: EmilCrane


biccat wrote:There's a very simple answer to this question, and I'm surprised no one has hit on it yet.

There are no women in 40k.

Oh, there might be the occasional Sister of Battle or remembrancer, but for the most part, women simply don't exist in the IoM.


This.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/29 01:55:58


Post by: SomeRandomEvilGuy


Corporal_Reznov wrote:Maybe thats why the Emp is so cold and emotionless, its because he is OLD and has watched all the people he loved and society's and eras he loved pass away into the ashes of time while he remains alone.

The Emperor isn't emotionless. His major flaw was emotions, much like most humans, which led him to value some sons over others, and even rendering him almost incapable of killing his favoured son when his own life was on the line. Unless you mean after him being placed on the Golden Throne, in which case I think constant agony is a fair enough reason.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/29 07:57:20


Post by: EpicMoose


I think it's probably either:
he doesn't have time (you know with being awesome and stuff)
or he doesn't want to think about a divorce,what about the rights to his kids?
As in he'd be like okay you can have sanguinius and Rowboat the're a bit weird, but I want Russ and Dorn


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/29 14:02:28


Post by: DarknessEternal


SomeRandomEvilGuy wrote:[ His major flaw was emotions,

Well, his major flaw was that he was a tremendous douchebag with no interpersonal skills.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/29 14:48:00


Post by: SomeRandomEvilGuy


DarknessEternal wrote:
Well, his major flaw was that he was a tremendous douchebag with no interpersonal skills.

Well I wouldn't necessarily go that far; after all, we've yet to see his side of the story. Even still, I'd say his seeming lack of interpersonal skills with some Primarchs was due to his emotions - he clearly had a favourite, and it's entirely possible that anger or frustration at the actions of some would make him less inclined to actually do things the nice way. Lorgar, for instance, may have incredibly infuriated him, leading to a zero tolerance style thing. If Horus had started worshipping the Emperor, I doubt the same result would have occurred.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/29 16:02:38


Post by: Nightbringer's Chosen


Man. If he got divorced, she'd get half of...everything.
Harsh.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/29 19:56:49


Post by: xXSir MontyXx


DarknessEternal wrote:
SomeRandomEvilGuy wrote:[ His major flaw was emotions,

Well, his major flaw was that he was a tremendous douchebag with no interpersonal skills.


Yeah I have heard that women don't like men like that.

Oh by the way; DIE FOR YOUR HERETIC TONGUE!!!!!!!!


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/30 06:01:32


Post by: SabrX


The Emperor isn't interested in women. He has his eyes set on men! Big beefy masculine genetically enhanced men! 100,000 of them!


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/04/30 06:16:30


Post by: Holy_doctrine


Well, I hate to sound like this but what would be the point? To watch your loved one age before your eyes as you remain young and healthy, and to see them perish?


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/02 01:11:01


Post by: UselessSage


DarknessEternal wrote:Well, his major flaw was that he was a tremendous douchebag with no interpersonal skills.


AKA, the characteristic that The Lion inherited.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
No way Big-E is, uhh, Fabulously Advantaged(tm). We all have seen the IoM's taste in interior design.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/03 20:27:58


Post by: Elector


He's essentially immortal and lived for tens of thousands of years, while he would have children (doesn't have to worry about living with the consequences, just wait 60 years or so), having a lasting mate would be

a) impossible due to longevity (if you marry a girl and you're both in your twenties, and you stay in your twenties while she grow old, would you stay interested?), and

b) He's seen the best and worst of humanity's growth as a civilization, when you've gone through all that, you also lose interest in a lasting mate.

and finally, he has the psychic powers that could rival a god. Any mortal women (or man, as the case may be) is uninteresting sexually when you realize you can bend reality as a hobby.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/04 01:06:16


Post by: Grey Templar


the Emperor had various mates throughout history and had many natural children(male and female)


His Sons all inherited strong psychic ability.

no word on what the girls got.


all of them are also immortal.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/04 01:13:51


Post by: Pvt. Crowbar


Grey Templar wrote:the Emperor had various mates throughout history and had many natural children(male and female)


His Sons all inherited strong psychic ability.

no word on what the girls got.


all of them are also immortal.


The girls or the sons? I would think only the Sensei were immortal, not the mates.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/04 01:38:35


Post by: Grey Templar


yeah, just the Sensei.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/04 01:54:57


Post by: Nightwalker


He is a monk, do you see Space Marine with wives?


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/04 02:44:03


Post by: TyraelVladinhurst


Nightwalker wrote:He is a monk, do you see Space Marine with wives?

wives, no but chaos marines very clearly admit to raping people


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/04 02:47:06


Post by: Commisar Von Humps


TyraelVladinhurst wrote:
Nightwalker wrote:He is a monk, do you see Space Marine with wives?

wives, no but chaos marines very clearly admit to raping people


But..uh... aren't space marine rendered...errm "Weaponless"? After the procedure? Not that Slannesh couldn't give them a slimy and slippery tube like arm or two


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/04 03:03:17


Post by: UselessSage


Did any of the Primarchs spawn? I am assuming not. There is some potentially humorous fluff there. Yes, they are demi-gods amongst men, but they all are disinterested in the ladies or fire blanks. The different cultures on the various planets that the Primarchs landed must have viewed the lack of their potency in bed differently.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/04 04:08:22


Post by: Grey Templar


Commisar Von Humps wrote:
TyraelVladinhurst wrote:
Nightwalker wrote:He is a monk, do you see Space Marine with wives?

wives, no but chaos marines very clearly admit to raping people


But..uh... aren't space marine rendered...errm "Weaponless"? After the procedure? Not that Slannesh couldn't give them a slimy and slippery tube like arm or two


common misconception.


they are armed,

the real question is "are they firing blanks?"


Marines don't lose their junk. they are most likely rendered sterile by the process though and they certaintly lose sexual drive(except for Space Wolves, who rut like...well, dogs)

Slannesh can return their lost libedo


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UselessSage wrote:Did any of the Primarchs spawn? I am assuming not. There is some potentially humorous fluff there. Yes, they are demi-gods amongst men, but they all are disinterested in the ladies or fire blanks. The different cultures on the various planets that the Primarchs landed must have viewed the lack of their potency in bed differently.


Russ certaintly didn't. he was quite the ladies man.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/04 04:18:03


Post by: Carlovonsexron


When you're the Emperor of mankind, why have a wife when you can have a harem? Why would you marry when at best they will die and the love placed in them lost, and at worst they become a liability as people use her as a way to get to you.

I don't see why the Emperor would marry under those respects - I certainly wouldnt.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/04 04:27:59


Post by: Smitty0305


Pretty sure the Emporer is Gay......


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/04 04:45:18


Post by: Nightbringer's Chosen


Smitty0305 wrote:Pretty sure the Emporer is Gay......

Doesn't "The Golden Throne" just sound like a somewhat suspect club? Like some kind of euphemism you don't quite get but that still makes you a bit wary?


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/04 04:56:11


Post by: Grey Templar


nah, the Emperor caught the Flu-bug from Horus that Nurgle gave him.

the Emperor has been sitting on the royal john ever since.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/04 10:28:23


Post by: thefarseerofnorthryde


Maybe he was gay



Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/04 15:06:06


Post by: Carlovonsexron


Wouldnt they be talking about his attraction to men if he was gay? As it is, the Emperors sexuality is never actually brought up...


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/04 15:37:51


Post by: Grey Templar


except for the fact he had children.

clearly not gay.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/04 15:46:36


Post by: Darkvoidof40k


Grey Templar wrote:except for the fact he had children.


Whose to say his genetic modification stopped with creating superhumans? What's to say that he didn't.. experiment.. on his boyfriends?


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/04 19:58:41


Post by: chobarba


mabye he is to busy sitting on the golden "throne"


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/04 21:42:16


Post by: Smitty0305


Carlovonsexron wrote:Wouldnt they be talking about his attraction to men if he was gay? As it is, the Emperors sexuality is never actually brought up...


Why do you think the Inquisition was created....It was to kill anyone who spoke out against the emporer being a homo.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/05 02:00:32


Post by: Elector


I don't believe he's gay: According to Lexicanum (referring to the Sensei and thev Star Child), "Although a man of unparalleled, god-like powers, the Emperor was still a man, and throughout the many millennia of his life on Terra had fathered many children. A few of their descendants had inherited some of the Emperor's power, including agelessness, and survive into the Age of the Imperium. "

I just don't think he'd have a last relationship given his power. This thread is being de-railed a bit here.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/05 02:18:07


Post by: Mr Nobody


A god is above such carnal thoughts of us mortals.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/05 02:38:35


Post by: Nightbringer's Chosen


Mr Nobody wrote:A god is above such carnal thoughts of us mortals.

Tell that to Slaanesh.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/05 05:39:40


Post by: TyraelVladinhurst


Mr Nobody wrote:A god is above such carnal thoughts of us mortals.

tell that to any of the Greek and Roman gods


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/05 07:59:45


Post by: Surtur


The God Emperor is Al Bundy. He just wants to sit and watch TV and for Peg and the kids to shut up.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/05 13:23:11


Post by: Gitkikka


The Emperor's policy is "Bros before hos".


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/05 18:33:40


Post by: DickBandit


Back in his fraternity days he was an animal.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/08 01:11:12


Post by: Brotherjulian


Why have a nagging wife when you can pick and choose whoever you like for the bedchamber and then send them off again honored to serve the Big E? Might have had a harem of his favorites around but Big E enjoyed being a bachelor
-edit this theory works just well whatever his preference might have been


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/08 01:37:11


Post by: liturgies of blood


I assume the reason the emperor never had an emperess is that he doesn't tell anyone his name. As per prospero burns chaos can't get you if they don't know your name, also his partner is a target and allthat stuff about how you don't want to see more loved ones die after a few hundred years.

Any kids the emperor would have wouldn't be a primarch they'd have the potential for psycic powers and all that but primarchs are more or less clones of daddy.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/08 10:13:29


Post by: tarnish


they simply call her the plot hole... pun intended


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/09 14:04:11


Post by: Melissia


Holy_doctrine wrote:Well, I hate to sound like this but what would be the point? To watch your loved one age before your eyes as you remain young and healthy, and to see them perish?

If he can create an non-aging genetically modified army of superfreak men, surely he can create a superfreaky non-aging genetically modified woman? Or change one to be as such? Or give her lots of rejuvenation treatments?


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/09 14:05:21


Post by: asimo77


Wouldn't he be using his own gene-seed/DNA for his genetically enhanced super wife? That would be...weird.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/09 14:06:36


Post by: SlaveToDorkness


Um, because he's the smartest man that ever lived?


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/09 14:08:25


Post by: Melissia


SlaveToDorkness wrote:Um, because he's the smartest man that ever lived?
Smart people get lonely too.


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asimo77 wrote:Wouldn't he be using his own gene-seed/DNA for his genetically enhanced super wife? That would be...weird.
Weirder than creating a race of all-male, bald, aging, musclebound superbeings that reproduces by implanting their "geneseed" into drugged up young boys?


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/09 14:12:06


Post by: SlaveToDorkness


Yes, but do smart people subject themselves to an eternity with the same person or losing half of their Imperium of Man?


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/09 14:50:42


Post by: Melissia


SlaveToDorkness wrote:Yes, but do smart people subject themselves to an eternity with the same person or losing half of their Imperium of Man?
Yes?


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/09 14:53:00


Post by: Hawkward


The answer is obvious, my friends: the Emperor is hopelessly awkward and has the social grace of a dead squirrel.

You think it was bad when you accidentally touched that cute girl's boob? When the Emperor did it, He accidentally crushed her sternum. Another time, He blinded a cute blonde with His holy aura. The only woman the Emperor got close to scoring with got pulverized by His massive pelvis.

Poor Emperor.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/09 15:29:03


Post by: Darkvoidof40k


Hawkward wrote:The only woman the Emperor got close to scoring with got pulverized by His massive pelvis.


He did what now to his daughter?! Sanguinius always seemed so happy.. who could've known there was a history of abuse?


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/09 15:31:56


Post by: Grey Templar


the Emperor wasn't happy about Sanguinious's liasons with Corax, so he decided to teach her a "lesson"

but the Emperor didn't find out about Corax and Sanguinious's child untill years later.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/09 15:35:05


Post by: Darkvoidof40k


Grey Templar wrote:the Emperor wasn't happy about Sanguinious's liasons with Corax, so he decided to teach her a "lesson"

but the Emperor didn't find out about Corax and Sanguinious's child untill years later.


Now that I think about it.. the Emperor was a right evil bastard. Just look at that time he let his pet mutant-witch-cyclops-thing get mauled by a vicious pack of space puppies.

It's no wonder there was a heresy.. Horus found out about all this abuse and decided to rebel. But the big E, being the evil bastard that he was, used his daughter as a meat shield, resulting in Horus accidentally killing her.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/09 18:11:39


Post by: gaovinni


Maybe he has a wife. A wife who is secretly running the whole imperium... now that would be interesting.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/09 18:16:18


Post by: Darkvoidof40k


gaovinni wrote:Maybe he has a wife. A wife who is secretly running the whole imperium... now that would be interesting.


Nobody's running the Imperium. It's a free-for-all between different organizations and sects - just like modern-day Earth.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/09 18:20:49


Post by: gaovinni


Darkvoidof40k wrote:
gaovinni wrote:Maybe he has a wife. A wife who is secretly running the whole imperium... now that would be interesting.


Nobody's running the Imperium. It's a free-for-all between different organizations and sects - just like modern-day Earth.


Maybe she wants everybody to think that nobody is running the Imperium.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/09 18:26:11


Post by: Darkvoidof40k


gaovinni wrote:
Darkvoidof40k wrote:
gaovinni wrote:Maybe he has a wife. A wife who is secretly running the whole imperium... now that would be interesting.


Nobody's running the Imperium. It's a free-for-all between different organizations and sects - just like modern-day Earth.


Maybe she wants everybody to think that nobody is running the Imperium.


Yes.. so that whilst everybody is busy thinking nobody is running the Imperium, she can be off not running the Imperium and instead going on endless shopping sprees and other pointless shenanigans understood only by the female gender of our race.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/09 18:40:09


Post by: gaovinni


Darkvoidof40k wrote:
gaovinni wrote:
Darkvoidof40k wrote:
gaovinni wrote:Maybe he has a wife. A wife who is secretly running the whole imperium... now that would be interesting.


Nobody's running the Imperium. It's a free-for-all between different organizations and sects - just like modern-day Earth.


Maybe she wants everybody to think that nobody is running the Imperium.


Yes.. so that whilst everybody is busy thinking nobody is running the Imperium, she can be off not running the Imperium and instead going on endless shopping sprees and other pointless shenanigans understood only by the female gender of our race.


Exactly.

Well seriously I don't really think he ever had any interest like that at any point. He was too busy with creating the Imperium and such.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/10 00:26:59


Post by: asimo77


Weirder than creating a race of all-male, bald, aging, musclebound superbeings that reproduces by implanting their "geneseed" into drugged up young boys?


Well assuming he didn't have sex with his SM's and he will have intercourse with his created wife, then yes it's a whole lot weirder. It's like incest maybe?


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/10 02:15:23


Post by: Jaon


I really can't imagine intercourse with Big E'. I mean...I'm a guy...but imagine being humped into smush and blasted by...you know.... the size of heavy bolter rounds!


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/12 04:41:40


Post by: tigonesskay


Maybe having a wife would make the emperor seem "too human" and not a god?


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/12 04:54:46


Post by: DickBandit


gaovinni wrote:Maybe he has a wife. A wife who is secretly running the whole imperium... now that would be interesting.

No but she's getting half of it in court!

BUH DUM TISH!!


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Jaon wrote:I really can't imagine intercourse with Big E'. I mean...I'm a guy...but imagine being humped into smush and blasted by...you know.... the size of heavy bolter rounds!

Hey, some chics in real life fancy horses.

Not saying all of 'em live though...


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/12 06:31:07


Post by: Darkvoidof40k


tigonesskay wrote:Maybe having a wife would make the emperor seem "too human" and not a god?


The Emperor never wanted to be seen/worshipped as a God.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/13 02:15:01


Post by: King Pariah


He obviously prefered harems. Look at all the Sensei up and about.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/13 06:26:23


Post by: Nightbringer's Chosen


King Pariah wrote:He obviously prefered harems. Look at all the Sensei up and about.

Nah. Only had sex once. He just has litters.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/13 17:53:37


Post by: King Pariah


Nightbringer's Chosen wrote:
King Pariah wrote:He obviously prefered harems. Look at all the Sensei up and about.

Nah. Only had sex once. He just has litters.


Are you saying *shudders* Octo-mom?


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/20 22:31:38


Post by: vitki


That's where the whole 'Exterminate the Xenos' thing comes from.

HE once met a nice eldar and fell in love. One he found out the she eldar was a he, it all fell apart.

Cue shower scene and the Emp crying his eyes out. Then killing every alien he can get his hands on.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/21 06:04:24


Post by: Da Butcha


Maybe he never had an Empress because an Empress would be a weak link. He's the incredibly powerful Emperor of Mankind. If he falls in love with some woman, she's going to be a target, whether for kidnapping or assassination. If he's willing to sacrifice so much to guide humanity, I can't see that he wouldn't be willing to sacrifice love, too.

And if he doesn't love her, then why would he make her the Empress, and not just some concubine?

I suspect, however, that given his insanely long lifespan, he has probably had more than a few wives (wasn't he Winston Churchill?), and simply doesn't feel the need for that after thousands of years.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/22 11:03:08


Post by: Melkhiordarkblade


Empress:"Remember Honey, you have to be home by 8 so we can repaint the den."

Big E:"But I have to cleanse the xenos from the galaxy with my Primarchs."

Empress:"Don't you But me Mister,I am your wife and you will be back at 8."

Big E:"yes dear"

The real reason for a lack of an Empress.


Why didn't the Emperor have a Empress? @ 2011/05/22 15:50:48


Post by: Grey Templar


the Emperor isn't really on the Golden Throne, its a dummy.

he just came home late and his punishment was having to wash the Palaces dishes. he's still washing them