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The Emperor would sequester them on Terra and they would not be heard from again.

The Soroitas are agents of the true faith. The Emperor would have no reason to persecute them.

pretre wrote:their very existence is testament to the failure of the dream.

Or it's success ...

Either way, he'd put them under wraps.

Why are thinking of the SoB fighting the Emperor? If he said "die" they'd fire their bolters into their own mouths. Yeah, I realize that would be physically difficult, maybe even impossible. That's how devoted they are to him.

Not fighting, sorry, "resisting" I guess (although it sounds a bit sordid).

I agree, assuming they didn't simply die of ecstasy from standing in his presence.

pretre wrote:Nah, I think Sisters would play it a bit cooler than that.

I think it would go down something like this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstasy_of_Saint_Teresa

You know, with the Emperor rather than a dainty cherub.

@pretre: Read the section of that article titled "Interpretation" to get the joke.

pretre wrote:Oh the modern interpretation part...? Yep.

To me, that sums up exactly what Sisters are about. It's a joke, really. The idea is that these ladies are wound way, way tight. If they didn't live in such a zany world, they'd just ... erm, work it out the old fashioned way. But they do live in their weird, dark times where Freud isn't even a distant memory.

Melissia wrote:I think you've been reading too much Ciaphas Cain.

It's funny you say that because Sandy Mitchell really got on my nerves talking about loose and easy sisters playing 40k poker and sleeping around. I chalk that up to Cain being an unreliable narrator. It seems to me that Sisters lead an unstinting strict life, externally and internally. These women are not "regular" people in anything but the biological sense. Psychologically, they are a perfect mirror of propaganda lines like "blessed is the mind too small for doubt." I especially hate the idea that they are susceptible to sexual deviance so the various Slaaneshi-driven stories really irk me. I think of it more like what was said of Bernini's statue of Saint Teresa: "Human sexuality or even the senses cannot have the primacy for Teresa or Bernini which they do for us." But of course, Teresa's own writing and the statue of her come off as funny to us because we're so heavily influenced by Freud.

Lynata wrote:

Manchu wrote:I especially hate the idea that they are susceptible to sexual deviance so the various Slaaneshi-driven stories really irk me.

Are there really that many of this sort?

The one that comes to mind is Daemonifuge -- and that's one too many, IMO. (Not even getting into Sabathiel.) -- but I should say, it's not one too many because there should be no stories about Sisters falling to Slaanesh. Just that it would have to be done a helluva lot better than that.

Lynata wrote:so I don't agree that the general principle is supposedly unrealistic

I'm having trouble with this -- do you mean to say it is my position that celibate Sisters is unrealistic? Just to clarify, I'm on the other side: in their own world (the 40k universe) their concerns completely transcend the flesh. But they are imaginary people who only exist for our prurient benefit -- and in that sense, they are a knowing wink at movies like Ken Russell's Devils and the tradition of desperate nun exploitation fantasy that film calls upon. So, like the rest of 40k, they too are a parody of parody-worthy topics relative to the real world and deadly, deadly relative to their own. That's the distinction I think Sandy Mitchell missed.

Lynata wrote:now I totally had to imagine this with a drawing style like the comics from MrCulexus.

S-stupid God Emperor ... it's n-not like I wanted to worship your g-glory or anything ...

Melissia wrote:it'd be better if they said that Sisters were chem-geld (meaning that they are chemically castrated literally have no hormones that cause sexual desires), but I doubt GW is going to do that sort of thing.

IMO that's not giving them enough credit. They defeat temptation by faith and will alone. No fancy procedures, a la Space Marines. Those are shortcuts -- and shortcuts are for the weak of spirit!

I can't even imagine co-ed hang out at the Schola much less years later when little Gerthilda and Dirk grow up to be a Seraphim and Storm Trooper.

Melissia wrote:People talk about it a lot because they like the idea of nuns having sex.

And scoff at ladies being badass warriors that are technically more badass than Space Marines.

Lynata wrote:Either way, the infamous rule #34 is strong with the Sororitas

I'm kind of surprised there is so little of this but I guess that says more about 40k being a little known property outside of its niche audience more than anything else.

I am really tempted to write "less than I'd like" but it might not come off as a joke since my love of the Sororitas is well known ... so let me just say a lot less than certain other franchises if deviantART's front page is any measure.

I only know 1d4chan and it seems pretty tame in terms of visual art. The written stuff can be ... a bit much.

Neither is impossible.