So yes, it was named after him. I don't really get the joke here. Is it that someone naming something after their name is stupid, or mocking people who don't think it happens?
@@morningwoody4514 True. But there are a ton of surnames that have "land in it". Maybe Arkhan just decided to shorten it. Still stupid, but all of 40K's names are stupid. Angron, Corvus Corax, Ferrus Manus, Ultramarines etc etc.
@@leonardhollsten8145 The joke is that the "land" in the name "land speeder" is clearly descriptive. It's really silly for GW to say it's actually named after somebody called "land". Not because "land" is a silly name, but because it would be an absurd coincidence. It would be like if somebody said "steak knives are actually named after their inventor, Johnnathan Steak."
The best part is Arkhan Land got super upset at it as well, in one of the Horus Heresy books (particularly good on the audio version) I distinctly recall an angrily shouted phrase along the lines of “they called it LAND’S RAIDER!?!?”
The Emperor's name is actually Imanuel Periumman and that's why it's called The ImPerium. No even better. His name is just called Man, hence why it is the Imperium of Man.
"Adam" literally means "human" in ancient Hebrew, the Emperor being called "man" is his native language is not that far off especially with 40k being 40k
@@wilmagregg3131 Turkey didn't exist at the time of his birth, so he couldn't possibly have been Turkish. Plus the population of the area known in modern times as Turkey in that Era was not genetically identical to modern times, meaning that Big E has as much in common with modern turks as I do with Sub-Saharan Africans.
I want the next retcon to be that Arkhan's original last name wasn't Land. He changed it after a teenage vision quest where he just felt really in tune with the earth.
I always thought “Astartes” was the High Gothic term for Space Marine. But one of The Emperor’s lead scientists on the project was named Amar Astarte (no joke).
That likely is a silly retcon but that one is not really too terrible. Something being named after someone is not the problem. It's when it's named after someone that just happens to have the name relating to what he invented. What we hear in the video is dumb because the name "land raider" already made sense without us knowing the dude who made it happen to have land is his name. Another example would be the joke chat mentioned about the emperor's name being Jimmy space and making the space marines. Space was not invented by Jimmy it just happens to be his last name and it's a dumb coincidence that just is not necessary for the overall story.
@@ambustio9807 Canon at this point doesn't matter to me, if it existed at any point then it's fair game. The original Rogue Trader and the example characters contained within are no exception. Besides, just because it isn't canon doesn't mean you can't laugh at it for being at one point very much canon.
Magos Bane, Magos Blade, Magos Fell, Magos Hammer, Magos Hell, Magos Doom, Magos Sword, Magos Shadow, Magos Storm, and Magos Lord each worked in pairs on the various official configurations, which are properly hyphenated names based on the head researchers, so Bane-Blade, Shadow-Sword, Storm-Hammer, Bane-Hammer, etc.
Lasguns are in fact named after Johnny Las, of the proud Las family, they earned their name after designing a predecessor technology, the laser gun. Which were of course named after Millicent Laser, whose family centuries earlier had been professional shoe lacers.
It did give us a really funny scene in *The Great Work* were Arkhan is screaming at people because the name is supposed to be "Land's Speeder", not "Land Speeder", but everybody ignores it.
@@jamesmunro8672 but astartes doesnt really mean anything bu itself o think. Its not linke mr land inventor of the land raiders its a woman named astarte amd the emperor gave the space marines that name ķind of as a pun because astarte was against the use that big E had for the space marines so giving them her literal name is ironic but ot makes sense
That one's really obvious though. And it's not on the same level as Land Raider or Land Speeder being named after a guy named Land. It's like if they suddenly decided "Oh yeah, the Hellhound isn't just named after something from mythology, no, it's actually named after Helmand Hound, who streamlined the conversion process of Chimaeras into Hellhounds."
Don't forget the Gatling gun, invented by dr Gatling, or the Mauser gun, the Tupolev planes, the sikorsky helicopters... I mean it would be funnier if there were not a ton of examples of that stuff happening today
@@rednemo9634 I mean nowadays things are less likely invented by an individual and more often a company who just slap a product name on it though there is always the chance for an exception to that
@@jonathany1240 I am not saying the opposit, it just sounds strange to me that they react like that to something that happens even today. Also, mqny of these big companies have the name of the founders, like Ford, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes-benz, and that is just the cars
Fun fact: Warhammer 40k is actually named after Jeremy 40k. Well known amongst Games Workshop workers for his love of historical weapons, and utter disdain for the warhammer. Him and Jonathan Warhammer surprisingly developed a close friendship, and Jeremy would even take inspiration from Jonathan's previous work, Warhammer, to create his own universe set in the grim dark far future of the year 40,000
Incorrect. Johnny Las did not invent the lasgun. The Lasgun was obviously invented by Barnabas Gun, who invented everything with "gun" in the name, including the Boltgun.
Ah, so the Imperium in all their wisdom forgot the apsotrophe? Perhaps they didn't want T'Erminator armour being associated with the Tau. I'm beginning to understand why the Thousand Sons turned to Tzeentch. This lack of acknowledgement for basic knowledge and logic is enough to make anyone insane 😂 (Yes, this is a joke)
I believe this must be a reference to Polaroid cameras. They were called Polaroid Land Cameras, which most people assumed meant they were designed to be used portably, outdoors or something. In fact they were named after Edwin Land, the inventor of the Polaroid process. The parallel is so close, I think it must be an intentional joke, but applied after the LR and Speeder were named
Fun fact, land is more famous in 40k Imperium for discovering the crawler stc (the land crawler) a literal tractor, than any of the combat vehicles he found. Mini fact the tech priests of mars paid him in planets for stc patterns.
@@jocosesonatawell you get that when you convert entire planets to factories and shipping plants and you have the monopoly on technology and are a part of the oligopoly allowed to explore unsearched space freely That also happens when your ship can be converted into a full-blown colony ready to claim this world in the name of the -Omnissiah- Emperor
Whirlwind: discovered by Willy Whirlwind Dreadnought: discovered by Dimitry Dread Vindicator: discovered by Vin the Cator Rhino: discovered by an actual Rhinocerous Predator: discovered by a registered sex offender.
@@nelsondisalvatore9812 Yes, though I skipped a bit of a step in there. A balista/canon was named after Gunnhildr and the word gun is in reference to that. It's the etymological theory at least.
Lion El'Jonson is not named this because he was born to an "El'Jonson." Jon is apparently the modern/high gothic version of the word forest, and El is just Spanish for the. So his name is literally "Lion, Son of the Forest" because he was found in a forest.
I love that stupid Warhammer names is synonymous with the Land Raider and Speeder instead of: • The Iron Hands primarch being Ferrus Manus, literally Iron Hand, with his iron hands • The Raven Guard primarch being Corvus Corax, also known as Raven Raven • The Blood Angels primarch being Sanguinius, just straight up Mr. Blood • The Imperial Fists primarch being Rogal Dorn, also known as Royal Fist The primarch, a renowned blacksmith, of the Salamanders, known for being blacksmiths, is Vulkan, named after the god of smithing • The angry primarch is Angron • Everyone’s favourite inquisitor Obiwan Sherlock Clouseau • The current Phoenix Lord of the Fire Dragons, Fuegan
It really fits Dorn to be as straightforward as possible Ferrus Manus? Dude's a brick, don't expect nothing from ol' Gorgon Corvus Corax, the primarch of the Raven Guard...honestly surprised that _Leman Russ_ of all people isn't called Fenrir or Lupan or some shit like that Mr. Blood fits Sanguinius a lot, since he's the vampire angel Vulkan resembles a vulkan a lot, more than any other being in the galaxy Angron was supposed to be bitter irony...oh how the turns have tabled Y'know, at least Morty wasn't called Deathius or Edgyboy2000 -later down the line- always was called that, ALWAYS WAS CALLED THAT
@@JackPorter - At this point the Imperium couldn't find a traitor if they had a sign on their back saying "I sold my soul to Chaos for tree fiddy; kick me please"
Wonder if it has any relation to the Polaroid land camera, which famously was used for land surveys, but the creator was actually named land. And that's the whole reason? Kinda funny
Like how Ultramarines aren't called Ultramarines because they're Marines but Ultra. It's because they come from a region of space called Ultramar. They aren't Ultra-Marines, they're Ultramar-ines.
The funniest part about the land speeder and raiders names is that it wasn’t actually retconned within the last decade, but comes from an issue of white dwarf from like the 90’s
It's not really a retcon. Land Raiders were introcuced in 1988, Arkhan Land was first mentioned in 1990 as the re-discoverer of the technology. Also, he just called it Raider Pattern Main Battle Tank and wasn't happy that everyone just called it Land's Raider. That's older than some of the Space Marine legions. But I think the funniest part about Land is the fact he cloned and augmented a cyber monkey. Monkeys being extinct for thousands of years by this point, apart from humans, he was convinced they had stingers at the end of their tails, so that's what his cyber monkey got.
Jakob Hyper Neurotic Diaphragma Contra-Vibrations the III. was a real bastard, he invented the hiccups. Most people have forgotten about him for now, but are intermittently reminded of it
Ah yes, the Tesla Coil. Named for its inventor: Nikolai Coil.
Well, you are almost on the right track
So yes, it was named after him. I don't really get the joke here. Is it that someone naming something after their name is stupid, or mocking people who don't think it happens?
@@leonardhollsten8145 It’s about how someone having the name “Land” is fucking stupid.
@@morningwoody4514 True. But there are a ton of surnames that have "land in it". Maybe Arkhan just decided to shorten it.
Still stupid, but all of 40K's names are stupid. Angron, Corvus Corax, Ferrus Manus, Ultramarines etc etc.
@@leonardhollsten8145 The joke is that the "land" in the name "land speeder" is clearly descriptive. It's really silly for GW to say it's actually named after somebody called "land". Not because "land" is a silly name, but because it would be an absurd coincidence. It would be like if somebody said "steak knives are actually named after their inventor, Johnnathan Steak."
I love how this has actually managed to become an in-joke in the Warhammer fandom
I don't understand why it's such a big deal, this fandom is really dumb.
Speeders don't even go on land.
@@Prushinthespirit Because it’s a stupid retcon that served no purpose.
@@Prushinthespirit I mean... they speed OVER land
@@Prushinthespirit If you don't understand the joke, chances are better that it's you who's dumb ;)
@@DiktatrSquid then tell me when there's an actual joke instead of useless complaints from a braindead community
The best part is Arkhan Land got super upset at it as well, in one of the Horus Heresy books (particularly good on the audio version) I distinctly recall an angrily shouted phrase along the lines of “they called it LAND’S RAIDER!?!?”
In the Cawl book, he mentions how Arkhan never liked having the vehicles named after him and would prefer being known for his other achievements
@@TonyWulf66 "I thought I would be remembered for my poetry or my one-man play"
I think it’s master of mankind
@@generalsmite7167it is
@@TonyWulf66 didnt arkhan literally publish like an essay on the vehicle, and reiterated how they were called the Land's Raider IN said treatsies
His real name is “Thunder Space” because he created the thunder warriors too.
he's still Jimmy Space, but he's just got a bunch of middle names
@@shadowreaperjb Jimmy 'Thunder' Space
Space Thundercock
Fun fact: the women who helped make them was called Amar Astarte...
@@shadowreaperjb 10 000 of them to be specfic
The Emperor's name is actually Imanuel Periumman and that's why it's called The ImPerium.
No even better. His name is just called Man, hence why it is the Imperium of Man.
As a fellow person with an Emperor profile icon. I can confirm this.
he was born turkish if that helps in coming up with funny names
"Adam" literally means "human" in ancient Hebrew, the Emperor being called "man" is his native language is not that far off especially with 40k being 40k
So he's Emperor Space Man.
@@wilmagregg3131 Turkey didn't exist at the time of his birth, so he couldn't possibly have been Turkish. Plus the population of the area known in modern times as Turkey in that Era was not genetically identical to modern times, meaning that Big E has as much in common with modern turks as I do with Sub-Saharan Africans.
I want the next retcon to be that Arkhan's original last name wasn't Land. He changed it after a teenage vision quest where he just felt really in tune with the earth.
What is his original last name? Black.
His original last name was Asylum.
Or that the original Arkhan Lannd actually died as a child, and his servant took up his name in grief.
Imagine if he'd discovered a plane
He almost did, right? The LAND speeder.
Johnny Las is 100% my head-canon now haha.
You mean LAND plane? Or SPACE plane :D
Now I'm just imagine every single aeroplane in the world being called a "land aeroplane" 😂😂
Well if you've ever been at the airport and wanted to get on the wrong plane? NO! You wanted a wright plane
Is Arkhan Land is still even alive though?
I always thought “Astartes” was the High Gothic term for Space Marine. But one of The Emperor’s lead scientists on the project was named Amar Astarte (no joke).
for fuck sake, i just thought it was a roman military reference.
@@ianduarte1992 Probably was, until a few years ago.
That likely is a silly retcon but that one is not really too terrible. Something being named after someone is not the problem. It's when it's named after someone that just happens to have the name relating to what he invented. What we hear in the video is dumb because the name "land raider" already made sense without us knowing the dude who made it happen to have land is his name. Another example would be the joke chat mentioned about the emperor's name being Jimmy space and making the space marines. Space was not invented by Jimmy it just happens to be his last name and it's a dumb coincidence that just is not necessary for the overall story.
Although before becoming a drummer her name was Amar Astarkey.
@@whiskeyhoundJust like when they invented Heresy when they found Horus Heresy.
But have you heard about why the setting is called Warhammer 40k? The progenitor of all the gods in 40k was named Andre 40k Warhammer.
Fortike warhammet
As grimdark as 40k tries to be, stuff like this always makes it fun to laugh at.
There's also Inquisitor Obiwan Sherlock Clousseau, the best inquisitor out there
As grim dark as 40K tries to be they'll never be there as long as the orcs stay the same they've barely changed since the 80s and that's a good thing
@@unnoticed4571 he is from rouge trader and not cannon for 30 years or so
@@ambustio9807
Canon at this point doesn't matter to me, if it existed at any point then it's fair game.
The original Rogue Trader and the example characters contained within are no exception. Besides, just because it isn't canon doesn't mean you can't laugh at it for being at one point very much canon.
@@unnoticed4571 there is cannon to 40k Why are you saying it dose not exist
Can’t forget about Dave Transuranic Arquebus he really revolutionised long ranged weaponry for the mechanicum
Magos Dave Uranic was the one who developed Uranic's Arquebus, another Magos then further developed the idea and the Transuranic Arquebus was born.
Don’t forget Noah Neutron, inventor of the Neutron laser. Catherine Castellan, inventor of the Castellan robots.
It brings me great joy that r/Grimdank has accepted this as meme canon.
Wait, are meme canons canon again?
@@64bitcrafts they had to rise up after emperor with a speech device
Emperor Jimmy Space
Bubbah Baneblade
Inventor of the
B A N E B L A D E
A master of his craft
Magos Bane, Magos Blade, Magos Fell, Magos Hammer, Magos Hell, Magos Doom, Magos Sword, Magos Shadow, Magos Storm, and Magos Lord each worked in pairs on the various official configurations, which are properly hyphenated names based on the head researchers, so Bane-Blade, Shadow-Sword, Storm-Hammer, Bane-Hammer, etc.
Can just be named
Bubbah bane
Thus bane's blade
Let it rip!!!
"Banesword, baneblade, bane hammer, shadowsword, shadowhammer, and yeah, that's about all there is." - Bubbah Baneblade speaking with commissar Gump.
DID SOMEONE SAY "INVENTION"?
Lasguns are in fact named after Johnny Las, of the proud Las family, they earned their name after designing a predecessor technology, the laser gun. Which were of course named after Millicent Laser, whose family centuries earlier had been professional shoe lacers.
Didn't he invent it during his apprenticeship to Tommy Gunn?
It did give us a really funny scene in *The Great Work* were Arkhan is screaming at people because the name is supposed to be "Land's Speeder", not "Land Speeder", but everybody ignores it.
Remember.
Remember Joan of Battle, and her Sisters.
Alex Inquisitor, Founder of the inquisition.
This is the best one
My name is Gabriel Chaos, I came up with the idea to corrupt all the space marines to thee dark gods
This is one of my favorite yogscast moments, thank you for bringing this back to me
The game named for its creator, Warwick Hammer The 40,000th
Just remember, we exist in a real world where the designer of the Gallil rifle is called Balashnikov
*was called, he changed his name to gallil 😂
The word Gun comes from the name Gunnhildr
Wasn't one of the scientists that helped the Emperor create the SM's called Astartes?
Yes, and it's very dumb
And lets not forget his successor joey primaris
Well, it's even worse when you know Latin. Ferrus Manus is literally Iron Hand. Corvus Corax is Raven... it's all so silly.
@@changer_of_ways_999 Iron Hand, Primarch of the Iron Hands, commands his sons in battle aboard his Gloriana Class Battleship, Fist of Iron.
@@jamesmunro8672 but astartes doesnt really mean anything bu itself o think. Its not linke mr land inventor of the land raiders its a woman named astarte amd the emperor gave the space marines that name ķind of as a pun because astarte was against the use that big E had for the space marines so giving them her literal name is ironic but ot makes sense
Just wait until they hear about Leman Russ tanks.
That one's really obvious though. And it's not on the same level as Land Raider or Land Speeder being named after a guy named Land. It's like if they suddenly decided "Oh yeah, the Hellhound isn't just named after something from mythology, no, it's actually named after Helmand Hound, who streamlined the conversion process of Chimaeras into Hellhounds."
@@WilliamMcSkilliam why would it be obvious that leman russ tanks were invented by Tech Priest Arquebus Tanks?
@@terratheterribl _oh, a twist!_
@@WilliamMcSkilliam AGSFDHDH HELMAN HOUND
Invented by Harry P Tank
Did you know, grammar was named after his inventor, Jhon Grammaticus?
John freaking Grammaticus
I refuse to believe 40K has lore at this point
They also don't have Cadia...
Nothing is True, Everything is Canonized!
It's just a huge game of telephone, there's never been 40k lore.
I can't believe they're confirming that one of the Old Ones, Rutherford Chestshire Ork, was just in cryostasis all this time.
@@justeric1107 Don't have a what?
Was this the origin of the Jimmy Space in-joke, or was it a hilarious coincidence?
Pretty sure this is the origin!
This is the origin.
@@Rayen015 My God. It's him. It's Jimmy Space.
@@irregularassassin6380for Jim on Terra
Alas, the Adeptus Astartes are indeed named after a woman called Astartes, who helped the Emperor design them.
Yep, Amar Astarte
2:07 Ben warning Tom by saying "chat said..." but Tom takes a sip anyway.
"Why would they do that?"
Because it's funny.
All of 'power' weaponry has, by pure coincidence, been discovered by a Power family of techpriests.
Thomas Ladder approves this
i’m not sure why i was recommended this as i have never expressed an interest in warhammer but i am so glad i was
Join us brotha
We joke about this but we have a whole branch of electro-weaponry named after the funny AC man
Don't forget the Gatling gun, invented by dr Gatling, or the Mauser gun, the Tupolev planes, the sikorsky helicopters...
I mean it would be funnier if there were not a ton of examples of that stuff happening today
@@rednemo9634 I mean nowadays things are less likely invented by an individual and more often a company who just slap a product name on it though there is always the chance for an exception to that
@@jonathany1240 I am not saying the opposit, it just sounds strange to me that they react like that to something that happens even today.
Also, mqny of these big companies have the name of the founders, like Ford, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes-benz, and that is just the cars
@@rednemo9634 it's just the fact that the retcon was totally needless as the name made perfect sense
@@inkyfingers317not arguing about that, but the reaction of the 2 guys is kinda excessive, that's all
everything inside this video is canon now
The Baneblade was discovered by Bane Blade.
Starting a petition to officially name the God Emperor of mankind... Jimmy Space
It’s funny because the Astartes are literally named after the emperors but of stuff who was called “Astarte”
I'm sorry, the Emperor's _what_
Ahh, on this fine day, the Emperors true name was finally revealed. ^^
Not gonna lie, "Johnny Las" sounds like a 2000ad character I would probably enjoy reading about!
Joe plasma worker really hard on the plasma gun, and his 80s lifestyle
The Sisters of Battle, named for their founder Lady Alexa Battle
"Damn we could really do with a solution for all these political prisoners. You there, Hanz Final..."
That moment when you discover Tom is a disciple of Nurgle.
2:58 Thank you Tom, very cool.
@@papanurgle8393 ...Dad? How have you been? I've been farming these pustules just like you taught me.
Very cool of him to go back to the chat and find the specific person who said that to give credit
To be fair, this retconn was 3 years after first rogue trader, so hardly even a retconn!
Fun fact: Warhammer 40k is actually named after Jeremy 40k.
Well known amongst Games Workshop workers for his love of historical weapons, and utter disdain for the warhammer.
Him and Jonathan Warhammer surprisingly developed a close friendship, and Jeremy would even take inspiration from Jonathan's previous work, Warhammer, to create his own universe set in the grim dark far future of the year 40,000
Incorrect. Johnny Las did not invent the lasgun. The Lasgun was obviously invented by Barnabas Gun, who invented everything with "gun" in the name, including the Boltgun.
Like how Terminator Armour was developed by Techpreist Erminator
Ah, so the Imperium in all their wisdom forgot the apsotrophe? Perhaps they didn't want T'Erminator armour being associated with the Tau. I'm beginning to understand why the Thousand Sons turned to Tzeentch. This lack of acknowledgement for basic knowledge and logic is enough to make anyone insane 😂
(Yes, this is a joke)
Ahh yes the infamous James chain-axe
Predators were named when Chris Hansen took the inventor to the side and asked him to take a seat.
I believe this must be a reference to Polaroid cameras. They were called Polaroid Land Cameras, which most people assumed meant they were designed to be used portably, outdoors or something. In fact they were named after Edwin Land, the inventor of the Polaroid process. The parallel is so close, I think it must be an intentional joke, but applied after the LR and Speeder were named
Fun fact, land is more famous in 40k Imperium for discovering the crawler stc (the land crawler) a literal tractor, than any of the combat vehicles he found.
Mini fact the tech priests of mars paid him in planets for stc patterns.
There's "pay people with gold" rich, and then there's "pay people with planets" rich.
Goddamn, the Adeptus Mechanicus are super fucking rich.
@@jocosesonatawell you get that when you convert entire planets to factories and shipping plants
and you have the monopoly on technology
and are a part of the oligopoly allowed to explore unsearched space freely
That also happens when your ship can be converted into a full-blown colony ready to claim this world in the name of the -Omnissiah- Emperor
Mr War has made an incredible amount of hammers
Jimmy Space and his Space Maines
I love the Arkhan Land bit. When you read how ADB added it in, you can tell that it's a joke.
That would explain why everything in space wolf roaster has "Wolf" in its' name.
Whirlwind: discovered by Willy Whirlwind
Dreadnought: discovered by Dimitry Dread
Vindicator: discovered by Vin the Cator
Rhino: discovered by an actual Rhinocerous
Predator: discovered by a registered sex offender.
So glad we found this channel! :D
I mean they made a joke about the Lazgun and such...
But IRL the word "Gun" comes from the name Gunnhildr
Wait really?!
@@nelsondisalvatore9812 Yes, though I skipped a bit of a step in there.
A balista/canon was named after Gunnhildr and the word gun is in reference to that. It's the etymological theory at least.
@@nahuel3433 I see.
Ah a classic
Techpriest Bolt's ancestor was actually the one to invent heavy-duty steel separators, hence the name, Bolt cutters
I can't wait to make up a custom chapter for Alfred blood's Angels
Lion El'Jonson is not named this because he was born to an "El'Jonson." Jon is apparently the modern/high gothic version of the word forest, and El is just Spanish for the. So his name is literally "Lion, Son of the Forest" because he was found in a forest.
I mean yeah, what else would you call him?
George of the Jungle?
Fuckin’ Jimmy Space, back at it again
Classic Jimmy!
I love that stupid Warhammer names is synonymous with the Land Raider and Speeder instead of:
• The Iron Hands primarch being Ferrus Manus, literally Iron Hand, with his iron hands
• The Raven Guard primarch being Corvus Corax, also known as Raven Raven
• The Blood Angels primarch being Sanguinius, just straight up Mr. Blood
• The Imperial Fists primarch being Rogal Dorn, also known as Royal Fist
The primarch, a renowned blacksmith, of the Salamanders, known for being blacksmiths, is Vulkan, named after the god of smithing
• The angry primarch is Angron
• Everyone’s favourite inquisitor Obiwan Sherlock Clouseau
• The current Phoenix Lord of the Fire Dragons, Fuegan
It really fits Dorn to be as straightforward as possible
Ferrus Manus? Dude's a brick, don't expect nothing from ol' Gorgon
Corvus Corax, the primarch of the Raven Guard...honestly surprised that _Leman Russ_ of all people isn't called Fenrir or Lupan or some shit like that
Mr. Blood fits Sanguinius a lot, since he's the vampire angel
Vulkan resembles a vulkan a lot, more than any other being in the galaxy
Angron was supposed to be bitter irony...oh how the turns have tabled
Y'know, at least Morty wasn't called Deathius or Edgyboy2000 -later down the line- always was called that, ALWAYS WAS CALLED THAT
I'm pretty sure that's heresy
perhaps a horus heresy?
@@infernal_urethra Nah, Horus Heresy is the guy who invented the Heresy.
@@MB-sq7yn Imagine if Horus Lupercal was actually just called Horus Traitur, nobody could ever have foreseen what he was going to do!
@@JackPorter - At this point the Imperium couldn't find a traitor if they had a sign on their back saying "I sold my soul to Chaos for tree fiddy; kick me please"
It's kinda like how the modern Bear trap was named after Frank ConiBear
Nathaniel Stub invented the stubber but he got fat so now we have the heavy stubber
Wonder if it has any relation to the Polaroid land camera, which famously was used for land surveys, but the creator was actually named land. And that's the whole reason? Kinda funny
I will always admire Sir Basil Isk for his contribution to artillery warfare.
that spacemarines belt sitting so low gives him short legs.
Like how Ultramarines aren't called Ultramarines because they're Marines but Ultra. It's because they come from a region of space called Ultramar. They aren't Ultra-Marines, they're Ultramar-ines.
Jack Parrow, the inventor of the Parrow Sword
Funny thing is this has been around for AGES. It was in White Dwarf in the 90s. It's a kooky 90s joke.
This is even dumber than Astartes being named after Astarte.
Andrew Flamer, inventor of the flamer
And a meme was born
Without John goldenthrone the emperor would have to sit on a chair or something, emperor bless that guy.
And of course, the Titans were invented by Tommy Titan.
Thomas Golden designed the Golden Throne as well and power swords were of course invented by MAX POWER
The funniest part about the land speeder and raiders names is that it wasn’t actually retconned within the last decade, but comes from an issue of white dwarf from like the 90’s
It's not really a retcon. Land Raiders were introcuced in 1988, Arkhan Land was first mentioned in 1990 as the re-discoverer of the technology.
Also, he just called it Raider Pattern Main Battle Tank and wasn't happy that everyone just called it Land's Raider.
That's older than some of the Space Marine legions.
But I think the funniest part about Land is the fact he cloned and augmented a cyber monkey.
Monkeys being extinct for thousands of years by this point, apart from humans, he was convinced they had stingers at the end of their tails, so that's what his cyber monkey got.
The Bolter, designed and created by Samuel Bolt
Literally the Thomas Ladder conversation
Oh god. I just realized,.... the alpha legion.
The Titans were invented by Tammy Titan.
Did you know the Land Sneeder was named after Arkham Sneed?
Jakob Hyper Neurotic Diaphragma Contra-Vibrations the III. was a real bastard, he invented the hiccups.
Most people have forgotten about him for now, but are intermittently reminded of it
That's ridiculous. It's like if Mars bars were invented by "Mr. Mars" or the toilet was invented by "Mr. Crapper".
Thomas Ladder
They did it again, the space marine's official name, Adeptus Astartes, came from a scientist named *Astarte* who helped the emperor creates them
Which is dumb because Astartes comes from the goddess Astarte who represented ENDLESS WAR.
@@zatoby6705 While were at it, let’s go to the Halo universe and retcon the Spartan program to be based on the work of Dr. Katherine Spartan Halsey.
I like to imagine that he's just overwhelmed by the sudden heresy.
Imagine it is a dystopian future, oh wait
Thanks for re posting this gold
adeptus astartes because the genetist working on them was called astarte. No wait, this is actually true.
Johnny Predator: It's pronounced PRE-DAY-TER.
My favorite Warhammer 40k game, (Steam) Total War Warhammer.
Right up there with renaming the Imperial Guard.
Francis Tech is actually an arch bishop of the mechanicus.
John fire created fire