How do you see Slaanesh?

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**forruner_mercy**

Just to be clear, this is NOT a debate on if Slaanesh is male or female. This is a discussion on how you think of Slaanesh; be it male, female, or an "it".
Me personally, usually think of Slaanesh as a female, like the Eldar.

**Lord Harrab**

I think its both, the Lord of Excess formally known as Prince has "Trap" written all over it, in boobs.

**Conservationist**

Both, it has been known to change around.

**Deathly Angel**

I think of Slaanesh as an 'it'; the form that it wishes to take is based on its purposes and the viewer.

**Leigen_Zero**

Usually the way I see Slaanesh is to pay an exhorbitant entry fee at a dodgy-looking club in an alleyway somewhere...

Seriously though, I imagine Slaanesh being similar to HIM from the PowerPuff Girls. Where there is no particular gender (androgynous is the term I think) but there is an almost random shift from more masculine to more feminine dependant on the situation.

**Lynata**

Lord Harrab wrote:I think its both, the Lord of Excess formally known as Prince has "Trap" written all over it, in boobs.

Pretty much this, though I'm sure that, as others suggested, he/she changes form (including gender visuals) every so often just for lulz. Maintaining something in-between as its primary shape seems most fitting, though, given how the daemons look like.

Actually, this reminds me of Mr. Culexus' comics... http://mr-culexus.deviantart.com/art/Dranon-the-Professional-04-129712579

**htj**

Basically, I see Slaanesh as looking like Desire of the Endless, or a tentacle-boob-wang monstrosity, depending on it's mood.

**Kilkrazy**

Moving thread to 40K General Discussions.

**Coolyo294**

Dude looks like a lady.

**Lord Rogukiel**

I see Slaanesh as female. Not saying I don't think Slaanesh could be an it... but I just imagine a female form. Kind of like the greater deamons of slaanesh

**Grey Templar**

Slannesh is whatever Hesheit wants to be at the monemt.

Slannesh isn't exactly Hermaphroditic either.

Slannesh is just Slannesh. its own unique Sexual form.

**timetowaste85**

Well, Slaanesh is often called the "Prince of Darkness." Usually 'Prince' is a masculine trait. Therefore, I go with male. His lovely 4th edition daemonettes are all ladies though

Plus I believe he often gets called 'he' in the codex/army book. So...male

**Platuan4th**

Shklim or Shkler.

All GW's books state that Slaanesh appears as a hermaphrodite. Yivo's altered pronouns seem to fit best.

**Durza**

'She Who Thirsts'. Slaanesh is whatever it wants to be. Technically, as a daemon, which doesn't reproduce, it isn't anything. The codices usually refer to Slaanesh as just Slaanesh or by one of its titles.

**Remus**

I tend to think to think of Slaanesh as a male. I typically see him being very close to an effeminate male from some popular Japanese RPG but about 1000 more grimdark.

**Omegus**

Durza wrote:Technically, as a daemon, which doesn't reproduce, it isn't anything.

I'm glad someone said it. None of the daemons really have a gender, they are given form by the imagination of their supplicants. I'm sure there are some aliens or isolated humans somewhere that have a matriarchy and view Khorne as a female.

**timetowaste85**

Omegus wrote:
Durza wrote:Technically, as a daemon, which doesn't reproduce, it isn't anything.

I'm glad someone said it. None of the daemons really have a gender, they are given form by the imagination of their supplicants. I'm sure there are some aliens or isolated humans somewhere that have a matriarchy and view Khorne as a female.

That's disturbing: "Boobs for the Boob God!!"

**Platuan4th**

timetowaste85 wrote:
Omegus wrote:
Durza wrote:Technically, as a daemon, which doesn't reproduce, it isn't anything.

I'm glad someone said it. None of the daemons really have a gender, they are given form by the imagination of their supplicants. I'm sure there are some aliens or isolated humans somewhere that have a matriarchy and view Khorne as a female.

That's disturbing: "Boobs for the Boob God!!"

Thanks to Chronopia, we have seen a potential female 'Thirster:

It's called a Soulflayer.

**Jimsolo**

I know that Slaanesh can be either, neither, or both. But whenever someone mentions Slaanesh doing something way back when, unless it is specifically mentioned otherwise, I always picture him as male.

**forruner_mercy**

The Eldar do usually view Slaanesh as a female right? Didn't they come up with the title "She Who Thirsts"?

**Psienesis**

"He" is also, in common English printing, both the male-specific pronoun but, also, the default, non-gender-specific pronoun, because "it", when referring to people, seems insulting or dehumanizing or some such thing.

White Wolf, when it was printing the VTM books, bucked this trend by using "she" as the gender-non-specific pronoun... but the effect is the same. When speaking of a character or a non-specified person, you're free to use either without it having to be restricted to the gender assignment.

All that aside... Slaanesh is a hermaphrodite, being both male and female, and something else, as well, being a Chaos Divinity. Hir daemonettes are... somewhat visually female... but only by halves, since they have but one breast. The Keepers of Secrets, too, only have one breast, and are otherwise monstrous and non-human.

**Omegus**

Psienesis wrote:White Wolf, when it was printing the VTM books, bucked this trend by using "she" as the gender-non-specific pronoun..

That's because the VTM books and game are a vampire in their own right, leaving you drained of anything remotely approaching masculinity.

**Psienesis**

Omegus wrote:
Psienesis wrote:White Wolf, when it was printing the VTM books, bucked this trend by using "she" as the gender-non-specific pronoun..

That's because the VTM books and game are a vampire in their own right, leaving you drained of anything remotely approaching masculinity.

This is, basically, true... unless you were looking to hook up with goth girls in high school. Knowing your VTM lore, and dressing as your favorite Clan, was your ticket to her bedroom.

**Omegus**

I went to a hoity toity prep school, so we didn't have goth girls, just spoiled bratty princesses. Drugs were the ticket to their bedrooms.

**themocaw**

I view slaanesh as a giant ball of boobs and genitalia of both sexes.

**forruner_mercy**

themocaw wrote:I view slaanesh as a giant ball of boobs and genitalia of both sexes.

Thats a good way of looking at it I guess...

**CoI**

I'd say both. I mean, why choose? I tend to think of it as a 'him' though. Hermaphrodidic. unless he decides for something else. *shrugs*
and themocaw, can I use that as a sig?

**juraigamer**

I think "he" is a bastard.

**ShatteredBlade**

Pretty much this.

**Lord Harrab**

ShatteredBlade wrote:

Pretty much this.

Hey Eddie Izzard is awesome!