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Like I said, pre-Marine-ization, it's entirely possible. Even for Scouts, it's -probable- that it could happen. But fully fledged Marines, to the best of my knowledge, have been noted to be sterile and indoctrinated to the point where concieving children is impossible.

Plus, many Marines lose their past memories after their transplants are complete and they're official battle-brothers. Some, like Ragnar, retain them. But many forget some, if not all, of their past-lives.

Lord Chiasson wrote:Dont know if this was fake or not but I read once bought a chapter(believe it or not it was the rainbow warriors if im not mistakin) that they took wives and breed threw normal means cause apparently they were cut off from there recruiting worlds or somthing. I dont know, I believe maybe I was just seeing things but I cant shake the thought Ive seen it say a Space Marine Chapter took on wives and had children thus making sure they had the strongest warriors to induct in the Chapter since they now had only one world to recruit from and no contact with the Imperium.

I read in some ancient fluff that the SM they used to have curbines but it's no longer cannon anymore

Now I KNOW that Slaanesh covers all forms of pleasure, but...

Does anyone think that a Marine devoted to Slaanesh might have his sterility reversed? I'm not saying it's a must because he worships Slaanesh, but it's a form of pleasure nonetheless.

I think Marines can have sex, but I dont think they can have kids. In the new Space Wolves Codex, it talks about a Wolf Lord making a pass at what he thought was a human female

Siring children is form of pleasure? Can one not fornicate without being fertile? Moreover, does one really need fully functional body parts to fornicate. I don't want to go down this road too far, just to disclaim the nastiness that could follow, but we are talking about Slaanesh after all.

Offical Imperium and Eldar Line on Onanism:

Every time you touch yourself, slaanesh gves birth to a daemonette!

Not really offical, but plausable... yes?

Wow, I feel so conflicted . . .

Wow, I feel so conflicted . . . and on so many levels . . .

Obsidian wrote:
Every time you touch yourself, slaanesh gves birth to a daemonette!

If this is true, then we are doomed...

Tarondor wrote:Slaanesh = God of Pleasure
Sex = Pleasure
Therefore, Sex = Heresy!

Let's be frank, The Imperium is a dramatised Christian Fascist society. The God doesn't interact with the people, gave his life for his people and everyone worship him and gets strength from him. They use it as an excuse to 'purge' etc Lets remember my lovely country of England is very secular and cynical of christianity. It's quite obvious GW are using extreme Christianity as their basis.

Therefore I think many in the Imperium see pre-marital sex and sex for pleasure is a 'Sin' or something like that. So it may actually be seen as Chaos (immoral/devil work). Now we can't have humanities 9ft super soldier and saviours having sex now, can we

+1 for my "40k is an alegory theory"! (although I have to twist your words/meaning around a little bit, but hey I play inquisitors, we love doing that )


Okay after cathing up on this thread I understand that space marines cannot make babies after modifications. Thanks guys, especially Kilkrazy for being the first one to answer that with an explanation.

Aslo: touching yourself doesnt just cause Slaanesh to make demonettes, It also makes the Emprah kill kittens lions.

Ok, so hereis my thoughts on this. I think there are 3 possibilities.

1. Space Marines are castrated during spacemarinization thus effectively making them giant space eunuchs. No interest in reproducing.

2. If they have genitalia they a) they suffer from incredible shrinkage due to spacemariniazation and get laughed at. (Think steroids x a billion) or b) They are 9 foot tall super soldiers and are hung like horses making procreatioon with normal human females unlikely. (They would destroy that!)

3. Space Marines are very pious and only have feelings for the Emperor and are not interested in reproduction. (In love with the emperor = Homosexuality?)

Ok so thats my 2 cents.

I prefer the hung like a grox theory myself.

Tarondor wrote:Slaanesh = God of Pleasure
Sex = Pleasure
Therefore, Sex = Heresy!

Let's be frank, The Imperium is a dramatised Christian Fascist society. The God doesn't interact with the people, gave his life for his people and everyone worship him and gets strength from him. They use it as an excuse to 'purge' etc Lets remember my lovely country of England is very secular and cynical of christianity. It's quite obvious GW are using extreme Christianity as their basis.

Therefore I think many in the Imperium see pre-marital sex and sex for pleasure is a 'Sin' or something like that. So it may actually be seen as Chaos (immoral/devil work). Now we can't have humanities 9ft super soldier and saviours having sex now, can we

No, let me be frank.
Christian Fascist society? Good golly man, when was the last time you stepped into a church? There are no such things as Christian Fascists! Fascism is defined as:
1. a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
2. the philosophy, principles, or methods of fascism.
3. a fascist movement, esp. the one established by Mussolini in Italy 1922–43.

Now. Christianity is not a governmental system. It is a religion. RELIGION! It does not forcibly suppress opposition and criticism, in fact criticisms of Christianity are so obviously unsuppressed it's not even funny! Does Christianity regulate industry? No. Commerce? No. Do they emphasize an aggressive nationalism? No. Are Christians racist? Now, on that point, you could debate. Many people who call themselves Christians do indeed harbor prejudice toward people of other races. However, Christian teaching does not in any way encourage racism.

Now, CATHOLICISM is different. The Pope could possibly be called a dictator having complete power over the Roman Catholic Church, and forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, but he doesn't regiment industry or commerce. (At least, not on a really large scale.) Your argument might, potentially, hold water if you were arguing that the Imperium's religion is based on a parody of the Roman Catholic Church, but "extreme Christianity" is not the basis for the Imperium.

Your stated opinion is badly thought out and you are obviously basing it off of a knee-jerk reaction to what you see as "Christian fascism". In reality, "Christian fascism" is nonexistent. (Just like, in reality, the Imperium of Man is nonexistent!) Thus, your point is rendered moot.


Back on topic, I doubt Space Marines were built for reproduction. And as has been pointed out above, Slaneesh marines are probably the same way (jokes aside). This topic is, as every other "Can Spess Mahrens have secks lolololol?!?11?2?" topic out there, approaching the point where it will no longer be worth the read. The question has been answered. Would a mod be so kind as to put the closer on this?

Agreed. OP's question has been answered, which he stated. Mods?

We need some...


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