Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6134883-20130423145616/@comment-7186329-20130504141659

The influence parents have on their kids is psychology 101. Realising that said influence could be interpreted by the child in any number of ways is psychology 102. I do believe The Emperor knew that.

The reason He distanced himself from the primarchs was not to get close. If you are going to use an expendable tool, it would be a mistake to become attached. How different would the imperium be if The Emperor had not hesitated to kill Horus and just went fffzzzzzappp and erased his soul from the start.