There’s also the fan theory that the only thing keeping the Emperor barely alive is the combined power of all Orks who consider him a worthy and immortal opponent.
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jewbacca117@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoMy personal favorite, some kommandos believing painting themselves purple would make them sneakier because no one’s ever seen a purple ork.
Klear@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Flamekebab@piefed.social 5 weeks ago
Is there a single canonical citation for this? It feels like a meme.
cynar@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
One of the old codex books. It’s going back decades however. The works have changed a lot from that era. It was the same codex as the buzzer squig catapult, if that helps narrow it down.
Flamekebab@piefed.social 5 weeks ago
The spore lore was only implemented in 1997. Before that their reproduction worked differently.
skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Commissar Yarrick can kill Orkz by staring at them real hard because they believe he can do so.
Droechai@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
That he installed an eye socket laser to reinforce their belief in the death stare might help with lethality too
skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Oh sure, but the rumors of the Bale Eye existed before the implant did. That thing is only about as strong as a laspistol. Sure it’ll burn a hole through your trousers but it’s isn’t about to explode a charging Ork into bloody chunks. All that power comes from the gestalt field, presumably.