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... some antidepressants.

According to the 40k wiki, the effect that Butchers Nails makes, is that it reduces serotonin levels and increase adrenalin.

Low serotonin/high adrenaline = Clinical Depression



And when i think about it, it makes sense. Aggressiveness and anger management problems are typical symptoms of a depression disorder. I know this first hand because i suffer from depression.


This made me look at World Eaters in a completely different light, and now i feel really connected to them. This also inspires me to start collecting a WE army. But having in mind GW's pricing tendencies, i can forget about that..

Good luck pitching that one to Angron!

"You may see Mister Angron now"

*Inside Angron's office*

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT!!!!!"

"I, er, I mean, Mister Angron,"

"ANSWER ME!!!"

"Well, I'm, er, with the department of health and safety, and, uh"

"SPIT IT OUT!"

"Iwantedtoknowifyouoranyofyourfollowersweresufferingfromseveredepressionpleasedon'tkillmeIbegyouplease."

"THE ONLY THING THAT WILL BE DEPRESSED AROUND HERE IS YOUR CORPSE!"

"nononoNoNoNONONONOOHGODSNOOOOOO!"

He also hated his dad.

Maybe he sat up late at night writing poetry, and listening to Radiohead too.

Anti-depressants wouldn't work on Primarchs, their bodies wouldn't be effected by such measly drugs/taking joke too seriously.

Also I believe those butchers nails effects described on 40k wiki are fan-fiction (which is tolerated on the site). From what I've seen, it simply is stated to increase rage and aggression without specific chemical reactions being stated.

The experiences of the Emperors Children Legion show that bringing drugs into the picture doesn't help.

Great. I can't get the image of Angron with a floppy black fringe and eyeshadow out of my mind now.

 Harriticus wrote:
Anti-depressants wouldn't work on Primarchs, their bodies wouldn't be effected by such measly drugs/taking joke too seriously.

Also I believe those butchers nails effects described on 40k wiki are fan-fiction (which is tolerated on the site). From what I've seen, it simply is stated to increase rage and aggression without specific chemical reactions being stated.

Sorry bud, but that fluff is from "betrayer" .

I'm interested in a few examples of."fanfiction" that we accept on this site?

 Smacks wrote:
Maybe he sat up late at night writing poetry, and listening to Radiohead too.

I thought that was the Dark Angels...

No, The butchers Nails just Plays Nyan Cat over and over again in the mind.

"I HATE you, dad. I'm going to go over to Horus' house and play with my friends Fulgrim and Konrad and do drugs and cut myself!"

Great.

Now we're diagnosing the World Eater's as the Galaxy's most dangerous manic depressives.

What they are is 40K's two dimensional cardboard cut-out villains with an angrymaker stuck in their heads.

 Formosa wrote:

 Harriticus wrote:
Anti-depressants wouldn't work on Primarchs, their bodies wouldn't be effected by such measly drugs/taking joke too seriously.

Also I believe those butchers nails effects described on 40k wiki are fan-fiction (which is tolerated on the site). From what I've seen, it simply is stated to increase rage and aggression without specific chemical reactions being stated.

Sorry bud, but that fluff is from "betrayer" .

I'm interested in a few examples of."fanfiction" that we accept on this site?

200m tall Imperator Titans come to mind.

 Arcsquad12 wrote:
"You may see Mister Angron now"

*Inside Angron's office*

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT!!!!!"

"I, er, I mean, Mister Angron,"

"ANSWER ME!!!"

"Well, I'm, er, with the department of health and safety, and, uh"

"SPIT IT OUT!"

"Iwantedtoknowifyouoranyofyourfollowersweresufferingfromseveredepressionpleasedon'tkillmeIbegyouplease."

"THE ONLY THING THAT WILL BE DEPRESSED AROUND HERE IS YOUR CORPSE!"

"nononoNoNoNONONONOOHGODSNOOOOOO!"

One exalt heading your way.

 Harriticus wrote:
...fan-fiction (which is tolerated on the site), From what I've seen, ...is stated to increase rage and aggression...

Fix'd

Great, if Angron is a manic depressive, what does that make the rest of primarch.

Alpharius must suffer from agrophobia as no ever sees him in reality.

Don't trust 40K Wiki. The butchers nails may have had side effects of reducing seratonin and increasing adrenaline, but it did it completely differently from how depression can. Apparently, the nails altered Angrons brain, requiring lethal amounts of effort from Space Marine Psykers to change. Depressed people generally don't only feel good in the middle of battle. Also, , e Primarchs might not even have produced seratonin or adrenaline. They were, after all, veritable demigods that mortals couldn't approach physically.

SomeRandomEvilGuy wrote:
Don't trust 40K Wiki.

You could have pretty much stopped there.

40k Wiki is not moderated for accuracy. Anyone can make up whatever claim they want about the background there.

SomeRandomEvilGuy wrote:
Depressed people generally don't only feel good in the middle of battle.

The source of World Eaters (and regular human's) aggression is high levels of adrenaline . Best way to lower high adrenaline in your body is through physical activity.


Now, what angry people usually do to make themselves feel better ? They shout, jump, smash things, get in a fight... Why ? That way they burn their adrenaline, and the experience itself feels liberating.






Now, the problem i see here, is that people identify depression with melancholia. Melancholia is just one of the symptoms of depression. Anxiety/anger management problems are equally there, especially with men.

So basically with all they needed were Gene-forged Psychiatrists armed with Bolters that fire armor penetrating anti-depressants to go up against Angron and the world eaters

 Arcsquad12 wrote:
"You may see Mister Angron now"

*Inside Angron's office*

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT!!!!!"

"I, er, I mean, Mister Angron,"

"ANSWER ME!!!"

"Well, I'm, er, with the department of health and safety, and, uh"

"SPIT IT OUT!"

"Iwantedtoknowifyouoranyofyourfollowersweresufferingfromseveredepressionpleasedon'tkillmeIbegyouplease."

"THE ONLY THING THAT WILL BE DEPRESSED AROUND HERE IS YOUR CORPSE!"

"nononoNoNoNONONONOOHGODSNOOOOOO!"

While Angrons management style left much to be desired at least the staff meetings were short.

"Cut my life into pieces blood for the blood god."- slip-angron

Drlance wrote:
"Cut my life into pieces blood for the blood god."- slip-angron

that should be papa-angron or angron-roach

My mistake sorry,