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It could be very possible, genetics is a dam strange thing...imagine being that Marine in the squad, eh...The only one with blond hair! He would stick out something fierce. He may even be extra special.

Nah, like all Emos, they dye.

But they might not be the only one. The malfunctioning nature of the Raven Guard's gene seed is a gradual process and doesn't immediately chalk their skin, and darken their eyes and hair. You could very easily have a whole squad with none of the regular RG attributes simply because their mutations haven't kicked in.

Why not a woman?

The Deer Hunter wrote:
Why not a woman?

don't start this again

Now thinking about it, there's no reason that space marines can't dye their hair.

A 300 year old veteran trying to hide the fact that he's going grey.

 krijthebold wrote:
Now thinking about it, there's no reason that space marines can't dye their hair.

A 300 year old veteran trying to hide the fact that he's going grey.

Heading straight into the hands of slaneesh. Because he’s worth it

 krijthebold wrote:
Now thinking about it, there's no reason that space marines can't dye their hair.

A 300 year old veteran trying to hide the fact that he's going grey.

"Brother, it appears it may rain."
"WHAT! Quickly Brothers we must find shelter immediately!"
"Brother why is your face all streaked with black dye?"

Prior to Corax's discovery, XIXth legion marines would develop black hair, white skin, or black eyes. Rarely two of them and never all three. After Corax's discovery, every new Raven Guard developed all three traits.

Raven Guard geneseed seems to be fairly prone to mutation, with the Death Spectres developing white skin and red eyes instead. So I could certainly see a successor that had even different mutations.

Black Emo bangs look better than blond ones, truth be told.

 krijthebold wrote:
Now thinking about it, there's no reason that space marines can't dye their hair.

A 300 year old veteran trying to hide the fact that he's going grey.

IIRC it used to be canon that only Space Wolves go grey...

Sergeant Sidonus would disagree.

 Gert wrote:
Sergeant Sidonus would disagree.

Yeah - I think it was a 5th thing (or I just imagined it)

 Gert wrote:

 krijthebold wrote:
Now thinking about it, there's no reason that space marines can't dye their hair.

A 300 year old veteran trying to hide the fact that he's going grey.

"Brother, it appears it may rain."
"WHAT! Quickly Brothers we must find shelter immediately!"
"Brother why is your face all streaked with black dye?"

Considering its 40k, and there are pretty good odds that the rain is acid or blood, just think of it as one more reason to keep the helmet on.
Though really, the emo shame should do that anyway.

It's definitely possible, and more than likely probable.

The Raven Guard are more predisposed towards the pale skin/dark hair look, but it's not universal.

 Gert wrote:
Sergeant Sidonus would disagree.

Spoiler:

New chapter: The Silver Foxes