Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6078851-20130130174042/@comment-7123746-20130312082059

I have to say, I don't think I've seen a better forum discussion than this one. All of your viewpoints have been well-thought out and you've all had insightful comments and ideas to share. You, gentlemen, win the Internet.

I remember reading in an old(OLD!) White Dwarf article that mentions Rick Priestley being very much in favor of always leaving plot threads hanging in every story he told... The idea was that not only did it keep the fans guessing and built in a sort of mystique to the 40k Universe, but it also left the writers plenty of room to expand and adjust the lore as needed.

I think the open-ended mystery of each Primarch's ultimate fate serves it's intended purpose quite well- it gives we fans a perpetual feeling that "something big" is always just around the corner. Honestly, I am in no rush for them to bring them all back so quickly, as the writers run the risk of pulling too many plot threads at once and leaving little to our imaginations.(Which has long been this setting's strongest quality)

That all being said, I do hope that they leave the obviously dead Primarchs dead.(i.e. Ferrus Manus/Curze/Sanguinius/Horus) The 40k Universe is a grim place indeed and in it, death is a very real and permanent thing.

Also, I have say: It was pointed out earlier that the Primarchs did actually have a retirement community of sorts built for them by the Emperor in the form of 20 apartments... Can you imagine Guilliman living next door to Lorgar? Or Mortarion and Magnus having to see each other every morning when they went to get the morning paper? ....Or Russ and Angron being next door neighbors and sharing a common interior wall?!