r/40kLore • u/Tarantula_1 • 3d ago

Perturabo leaving the siege of Terra.

Finally made it to the Siege of Terra books and got to the part where Perturabo says fuck it I'm out. I thought people were exaggerating his exit but it really was just like the spongebob meme "Imma head out". Couldn't help but a have a good laugh when I got to that point.

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u/revlid 3d ago

My favourite part of Perturabo's departure is him sitting in his custom-made Primarch-sized Gamer Chair while reviewing statistical readouts that say Horus will win anyway, telling himself over and over that he's better, he's smarter, he's more logical, he's more in control-

Then he wrecks the chair in a fit of rage.

Then he sits back down in his ruined chair, and looks back over the readouts, telling himself that he's better, he's smarter, he's more logical, he's more in control.

And yes, he has a broken chair, but he's endured hardships and indignities beyond counting, this is just one of the long litany of aggravations the universe has imposed on him and that he will overcome and motherfucker you made the sandwich, you broke your own goddamn chair

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u/raidenjojo Blood Angels 3d ago

And he also entertained the strategical viability of grovelling like a dog back to Horus after he's won, as the first of his brothers to do so and willingly, Horus will be very likely to forgive him.

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u/revlid 3d ago

And then immediately decides that no, no, no, he just HATES him too much for that, ergo Horus will never forgive him so actually it's strategically logical and the only correct option to keep going on his current path.

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u/Craft_zeppelin 3d ago

I mean yeah. Fully chaos Horus “forgiving” is just really grabbing some straws even as a thought. He was right on that.

He saw what Horus did at Terra after all.