tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964945866386538577.post8864689202695114586..comments2023-10-18T07:15:41.566-04:00Comments on Mid-Life Gaming Crisis: Writing Tyranid POVGhostinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14612442936351544336noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964945866386538577.post-41340511998563759992012-01-03T21:58:57.851-05:002012-01-03T21:58:57.851-05:00That was a neat lil' intro!
More 40k stuff fro...That was a neat lil' intro!<br />More 40k stuff from the bad guy perspective would always be welcome.SinSynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352693991857976930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964945866386538577.post-24731612684832131192012-01-03T18:55:05.069-05:002012-01-03T18:55:05.069-05:00This is an interesting idea and one I have actuall...This is an interesting idea and one I have actually had before as well. I would envision a book where it would actually have to bounce back and forth between the human (or Space Marine) perspective and that of the Tyranids. Probably from the Hive Tyrant/Broodlord/Hive Mind perspective. You could approach it from any independent type units and then that of the over arching leader of the nids. <br /><br />This would be tricky no matter what as the Tyranids are so incredibly alien to people - they would not have emotions or anything we would likely be able to put into context.The Independent Charactershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285635337827491044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964945866386538577.post-73177580947511096062011-12-25T19:27:18.697-05:002011-12-25T19:27:18.697-05:00I'd offer that one reason to use biological we...I'd offer that one reason to use biological weapons would be to apply a sort of natural selection to design: instead of thousand-year-old heirloom bolters, Tyranids have that year's best-of-breed deathspitters. So yeah, I don't see why they wouldn't make a distinction between technology and end-users, particularly if they feel that building weapons out of bits of refined mineral is crude compare to growing weapons from the user's geneic template to better link the weapon and user.<br /><br />Me, I'd emphasize the Tyranid urge to dominate, to devour, and to procreate, building up from those motivations to things like establishing new hives, dealing with social situations, attacking aliens, and disdaining conventional (non-biotech) technology.Nurglitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03333941626425462180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964945866386538577.post-71068925847178976812011-12-25T14:12:38.440-05:002011-12-25T14:12:38.440-05:00I was getting intrigued by what you wrote and woul...I was getting intrigued by what you wrote and would buy something like that!Spaguatyrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459803772469387289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964945866386538577.post-54239788445009516832011-12-24T14:18:42.387-05:002011-12-24T14:18:42.387-05:00Yup - flamespitters sucks ;) Just thinking how we...Yup - flamespitters sucks ;) Just thinking how weapons would be referred to by a race that utterly eschews hardware, or if they would make any meaningful differentiation between man and machine. I'll have to check Dembsk-Bowden's comments.Ghostinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14612442936351544336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964945866386538577.post-84788226587627801892011-12-24T13:39:38.979-05:002011-12-24T13:39:38.979-05:00I have to admit that I really hate the Tyranid bac...I have to admit that I really hate the Tyranid background and generally just try to ignore it in favour of imagining Tyranids being more like they were in Rogue Trader: Eusocial fleshsmiths. That way a Tyranid could have motivations (rise to be the Tyrant, pass on genes to his own swarm, etc), conflicts, and so on. I think the key to writing aliens is to figure out what they have in common with humanity, and so what the reader will empathize with the protagonist, and what they don't, so that the reader will be able to contrast it with the human reaction. <br /><br />I'd also avoid terms like "flamebringers" or whatnot: http://xkcd.com/483/<br /><br />When in doubt, it's worth reading Aaron Dembski-Bowden's comments on writing Space Marines.Nurglitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03333941626425462180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964945866386538577.post-5789315075923938472011-12-23T16:46:39.655-05:002011-12-23T16:46:39.655-05:00I think a big part of the problem is that to most,...I think a big part of the problem is that to most, they don't like the current fluff as much. They liked the mindless endless swarm feel. The new fluff was almost a complete rewrite from the old.TheGraveMindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02202256201375802641noreply@blogger.com