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For easy xenos content, do you lean into genestealers due to the general public’s familiarity with the Alien franchise, or do you avoid them to avoid the inevitable claims of IP theft

I'd love to see a two-pronged plotline:

1. The everyday life of a hiver, misery, oppression and revolution culminating into the gradual revelation that they have been inducted into a Genestealer cult.

2. The perspective of an imperial official, Inquisitor, guardsman, arbites or similar trying to maintain the status quo and solve some sort of mystery, only to be engulfed in the eventual escalation.

I just don't think there's a lot of character work to write a show about with genestealers. You can definitely do an Innsmouth style horror story, but there's little moral quandary with genestealers. They're good for a lot of high budget action, but I suspect that won't be where they start here.

I'd hesitate to describe an Inquisitorial Acolyte's story arc as a hero's journey and personally would see it more akin to trying to prove that sometimes the ends justify the means... but not always. They don't do what's "right" but rather what is deemed necessary.

I dunno.

The Cults look after their own, and until the Uprising begins, actively seek to protect the world. No point setting the table if others have already raided the pantry.

Whether Hybrid or Brood Brother, they also tend to behave as model citizens. Quotas are up, behaviour is good. Concerted effort made NOT to draw attention to the individual or the Cult.

So there’s a route there to show something other than the Cult Imperialis actively making life better for its members. At least in the short to mid term. Indeed, there’ll be several generations of humans who’s lives are absolutely improved, even by relatively meagre degrees.


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 warboss wrote:
I'd hesitate to describe an Inquisitorial Acolyte's story arc as a hero's journey and personally would see it more akin to trying to prove that sometimes the ends justify the means... but not always. They don't do what's "right" but rather what is deemed necessary.

All part of the corruption. Because whether Puritan or Radical, you’re just a different flavour of Bar Steward. And so someone signing on To Make A Difference will make inevitable moral compromises, until it becomes less about preserving humanity, and more about preserving the Imperium as an institution.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I dunno.

The Cults look after their own, and until the Uprising begins, actively seek to protect the world. No point setting the table if others have already raided the pantry.

Whether Hybrid or Brood Brother, they also tend to behave as model citizens. Quotas are up, behaviour is good. Concerted effort made NOT to draw attention to the individual or the Cult.

So there’s a route there to show something other than the Cult Imperialis actively making life better for its members. At least in the short to mid term. Indeed, there’ll be several generations of humans who’s lives are absolutely improved, even by relatively meagre degrees.

They are also like genuinely nice people.

In day of Ascension all the GSC characters are highly likeable, community leaders, naturally charismatic and even endearing.

The theme and inside joke being that the best humanity has to offer are a bunch of Tyranid hybrids.

"Hero's Journey" is one of the most reductive pieces of pop comparative mythology ever put to page.

There's a reason it's used as a plot structure more than anything else.

They could always focus the story on Titans.... or Knights... you know the important parts of 40k.


I would to see the series subtitled for the Mechanicus...

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
They could always focus the story on Titans.... or Knights... you know the important parts of 40k.

You misspelled warships and void warfare.

You could even call it... void wars!

You both seriously need to improve your spelling. How you manage to write Tyranids like that is not even something you can blame on auto correct


Because what is more alien and wonderful and brings home the true brutality of the 40K setting than a swarm of unstoppable silent death machines created purely for war.

Really, just stage it on Necromunda. The first 2-4 episodes are detailing the gangs, the people, and how the place is structured. You can even throw in some Imperial Fists. Small skirmishes, gang fights, etc.

Episodes 5-8 are the gradual realization that there is an infestation (only hybrids sometimes visible), and an Inquisitor shows up with his retinue. Gangs are employed to find out more, and the Fists and Arbites are notified of "something". A larger battle leads to the discovery of the hybrids being more than human...

Episodes 9-10 (standard Amazon fare) are The Big Bad reveal and The Big Battle. Call in the big guns.

I think another interesting note is that as part of the contract it seems Amazon also has an option to take equivalent rights to Warhammer Fantasy, presumably should they be pleased with the numbers they get with 40k.

 kurhanik wrote:
I think another interesting note is that as part of the contract it seems Amazon also has an option to take equivalent rights to Warhammer Fantasy, presumably should they be pleased with the numbers they get with 40k.

Then I can hope for a series based on Skaven versus their hated Nemesis... the Moon!

 kurhanik wrote:
I think another interesting note is that as part of the contract it seems Amazon also has an option to take equivalent rights to Warhammer Fantasy, presumably should they be pleased with the numbers they get with 40k.

I recall the article says "Warhammer fantasy universe" ? not Warhammer Fantasy. there is a subtle difference.