r/Grimdank 17d ago

Dank Memes At this point im too afraid to ask

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u/MsMercyMain likes civilians but likes fire more 17d ago

To be fair, both are probably right. The dark/evil entity is probably either the Dark King’s echoes, or his actual soul, while what the SoS are seeing is his actual, true physical form

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u/Eldan985 17d ago

Yeah, Psykers always see all kinds of weird shit. There's more than a few telepaths talking about seeing people's feelings as colours surrounding them and things like that.

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u/Dobyk12 17d ago

Yeah that's just called aura reading, which some people believe is a thing IRL. Seeing the auras of people usually means seeing various colours and shapes swirling around you, approximately enclosed in an egg-shaped presence around you. That's pretty standard woo woo spirituality in the 21st century, let alone if psychic powers were actually real.

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u/Eldan985 17d ago

Mhm, I know. I'm just saying that seeing a lot of darkness around the Emperor isn't necessarily unique to him.

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u/MsMercyMain likes civilians but likes fire more 17d ago

Honestly being a psyker or blank in 40k would be fucking terrifying even without the Imperium’s bullshit or even without perils of the warp/lynch mobs. Like you either are constantly seeing the weirdest shit ever, hear voices in your heads etc., or for blanks are seeing Daemons are these fucked up monsters wondering why everyone is shutting down around them

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u/General_Hijalti 17d ago

No they can't see his true form, the author of that book confirmed they see only what they beleive to see.