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* AntagonisticOffspring: FUCKING Horus, Magnus, Fulgrim, Perturabo, Mortarion, Logar, Konrad, Angron, Alpharius Omegon, and the two unknown Primarchs had betrayed him 10,000 years ago, but he takes it very personally with FUCKING Horus.

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* AntagonisticOffspring: FUCKING Horus, Magnus, Fulgrim, Perturabo, Mortarion, Logar, Lorgar, Konrad, Angron, Alpharius Omegon, and the two unknown Primarchs had betrayed him 10,000 years ago, but he takes it very personally with FUCKING Horus.
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** He also deliberately went "AFK" in a sense at one point when Magnus' Space Wolves BerserkButton had been pushed, causing Kitten to resort to handing over his caretaker position to The Fabulous Custodes in exchange for their help (though they were still basically useless and Kitten had to summon Kaldor Draigo anyway to stop Magnus). This resulted in the Custodes lying about Kitten willingly giving up his position to the Emperor (which he obviously knew was a lie) and Magnus manipulating Kitten into going along with his own scheme to go after the Engine of Woes. [[spoiler:Magnus was later ''stunned'' (and [[OhNoNotAgain somewhat exasperated]]) to discover that not only did the Emperor plan for all of this, he also expected Magnus to send Kitten to Mars as well to retrieve the Proteus Protocol, though apparently the Emperor had his own reasons for having Kitten do so, as he has no intention of using it himself due to the side-effects of using the Protocol.]]
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* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: [[spoiler:When meeting with Asdrubael Vect, the Star Child's innate goodness and compassion are so pure that they not only cause Vect to literally start falling to pieces, but the ''entire city of Commorragh'' to begging to break down as well from him radiating such genuine kindness. Unfortunately, when he finds out that his companions have been sent to fight to the death in the city arena, this ends up being reversed almost instantly.]]

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* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: [[spoiler:When meeting with Asdrubael Vect, the Star Child's innate goodness and compassion are so pure that they not only cause Vect to literally start falling to pieces, but the ''entire city of Commorragh'' to begging to break down as well from him radiating such genuine kindness. Unfortunately, when he finds out that his companions have been sent to fight to the death in the city arena, this ends up being reversed almost instantly. Lady Malys plans to exploit this by rescuing said companions, which would remove Vect's ability to torment the Star Child, in hopes that Vect and his loyalists will be killed as a result.]]

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** He also responded poorly to [[ParentalIncest incestual insinuations]] regarding his children, once retaliating against a question sender for insinuating that he might have had feelings towards Horus. [[spoiler:He punts Custodisi out of reality temporarily immediately after he blatantly proposed {{wincest}} with Magnus.]]

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** He also responded poorly to [[ParentalIncest incestual insinuations]] regarding his children, once retaliating against a question sender for insinuating that he might have had feelings towards Horus. [[spoiler:He punts Custodisi out of reality temporarily immediately after he blatantly proposed {{wincest}} "wincest" with Magnus.]]



* CatchPhrase: "I'm the motherfucking Emperor."
* CharacterDevelopment: Surprisingly but yes. He comes to conclusion that he was wrong to discard [[spoiler: his compassion, AKA Star Child,]] and plans to regain it, as he realized that he needs it now more than ever.

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* CatchPhrase: CharacterCatchphrase: "I'm the motherfucking Emperor."
* CharacterDevelopment: Surprisingly but yes. He comes to the conclusion that he was wrong to discard [[spoiler: his [[spoiler:his compassion, AKA Star Child,]] and plans to regain it, as he realized realizes that he needs it now more than ever.



%%* DeadpanSnarker: One of the ways he deals with the world around him; it gets lost in translation between his mind and the un-emotive text-to-speech device.

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%%* * DeadpanSnarker: One of the ways he deals with the world around him; Although it gets lost in translation between his mind and the un-emotive text-to-speech device.device, he is shown to possess a very dry wit.



** Making a pass or sexual remarks to his sons. He may be a jerkass to Magnus, but he will not allow anyone to make a sexual pass towards him, as Custodisi finds out the hard way. Alternatively, it's the incestuous aspects of it as he views both the Primarchs and the Custodes as his sons, albeit ones he plays favorites with.

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** Making a pass or sexual remarks to his sons. He may be a jerkass to Magnus, but he will not allow anyone to make a sexual pass towards him, as [[spoiler:as Custodisi finds out the hard way.way]]. Alternatively, it's the incestuous aspects of it as he views both the Primarchs and the Custodes as his sons, albeit ones he plays favorites with.



* HeManWomanHater: While he's undoubtedly attracted to women, he displays it in some unhealthy ways (as first evidenced when he said women were "icky" and was glad to hear that there weren't any female Space Marines).



** [[spoiler: There's also the fact that if he really was Moses, then he was responsible for helping codify Judaism and by extension all Abrahamic religion. It might be that he was misinterpreted by his followers rather than outright deceiving them, but if that's the case it means he really should have expected the Imperial Truth to be warped again millenia later-- unless this is all some incredibly long plan still unfolding.]]

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** [[spoiler: There's [[spoiler:There's also the fact that if he really was Moses, then he was responsible for helping codify Judaism and by extension all Abrahamic religion. It might be that he was misinterpreted by his followers rather than outright deceiving them, but if that's the case it means he really should have expected the Imperial Truth to be warped again millenia later-- unless later--unless this is all some incredibly long plan still unfolding.]]



** Among his complaints about his sons, he said Vulkan was "too damn nice." When we do see Vulkan he is definately too nice for his own good.

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** Among his complaints about his sons, he said Vulkan was "too damn nice." When we do see Vulkan he is definately definitely too nice for his own good.



* KickTheDog: He regards the time he kidnapped Angron and left all his friends to die in the process hilarious. He doesn't seem to realize how much this fueled his already volatile rage and [[NeverMyFault blames his betrayal on being "unreasonably fuck-ass mad".]]

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* KickTheDog: He regards the time he kidnapped Angron and left all his friends to die in the process hilarious. He doesn't seem to realize how much this fueled his already volatile rage and [[NeverMyFault blames his betrayal on being "unreasonably fuck-ass mad".]]mad."]]
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* YankTheDogsChain: After enduring horror after horror after finally regaining the ability to converse with his subjects, he's informed that, to his intense joy, he ''does'' have living heirs in the Sensei... and then Kitten visibly recoils. Steeling himself for the inevitable disappointment, he instead learns the Inquisition has been getting the Sensei killed as threats to the Imperial Dogma. Cue gigantic Warp Storm.

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* YankTheDogsChain: After enduring horror after horror after finally regaining the ability to converse with his subjects, he's informed that, to his intense joy, he ''does'' have living heirs in the Sensei... and then Kitten visibly recoils. Steeling himself for the inevitable disappointment, he instead learns the Inquisition has been getting the Sensei killed as threats to the Imperial Dogma. Cue him shitting out five gigantic Warp Storm.Storms from pure rage.
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** Special 7: He rage quits during the ''Stellaris'' game after killing Boy due to his [[PowerFantasy immersion]] once again being ruined, leaving his in-game empire to tend farms far away from everyone else. When convinced to come back, only to be ditch by his escort fleeing from Vul-Kong, he decides to just start the End Times and hacks the game to sick ''all three Crisis at once'' upon the galaxy [[TakingYouWithMe to take everyone with him]], with only Kitten surviving (and winning) due to playing it smart.

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** Special 7: He rage quits during the ''Stellaris'' game after killing Boy due to his [[PowerFantasy immersion]] once again being ruined, leaving his in-game empire to tend farms far away from everyone else. When convinced to come back, only to be ditch by his escort fleeing from Vul-Kong, Vulk-Gon, he decides to just start the End Times and hacks the game to sick ''all three Crisis at once'' upon the galaxy [[TakingYouWithMe to take everyone with him]], with only Kitten surviving (and winning) due to playing it smart.
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** While he doesn't mind and respects anyone willing to commit a HeroicSacrifice for his life, he shows ''less'' respect for anyone attempting to do the same thing. He mentions he'd raise his hands for the BadassNormal soldier who died for him, an Astartes Terminator and a Custodes did the exact same thing, which he finds belittling of the soldier who did so.
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** In episode 12.5, he talks about how a regular soldier threw himself in front of him and Horus to pull a HeroicSacrifice, and still praises him for his titanic balls to do so. ''Less'' so with an Astartes Terminator and a Custodes did the exact same thing to copy his sacrifice.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In episode 2, his left eye would glow while he's speaking. The rest of the series loses this effect.
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** In the podcast discussing the White Scars, he is disgusted by how Jaghatai Khan's White Scars legion lead by his son's successor having a Head Chaplin (as in a Chaplin for heads) because they keep the flesh and fiber intact, and the fact that they live on a feudal world where an alien virus could kill them.
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* BigGood: General dickery aside, he is on the side of good guys in the world of ''Warhammer 40,000'' where humanity is constantly at war with various Xenos, but at least has some allies on his side that won't betray him (for example, ''[[FrenchJerk Cegorach]]'', the Eldar Laughing God [[HorrifyingHero of all people]]), and he plans for humanity to reach their ultimate potential just like the Shamans that combined their souls through a ritualistic suicide that created him.
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* TimeStandsStill: Uses this ability to stop Skarbrand from killing Fyodor, with Dominque and Celestine being able to move in his stopped time. He makes time resume by possessing Fyodor.
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* OpenMindedParent: While he does opposed to Primarchs getting into contact with Chaos, he doesn't seem to mind about their sexual orientation, such as when he gave an example to talk about Lion El'Jonson and if he made a gay nightclub. Given that his own soul is comprised of male and female shamans, he doesn't judge if his sons are attracted to men. But he ''does'' take issues if a Custodes tries to hit on a Primarch, since he sees Custodes and Primarchs as his sons. As both Custodisi and Whammudes learn the hard way when The Emperor deletes the former for mentioning wincest and smacks his Prohibition Hammer on the latter for hitting on Rogal Dorn.
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* PalsWithJesus:
** It's implied that he knows and aware of Cegorach, the Eldar Laughing God. Cegorach is surprisingly content in letting anyone associated with him into the Black Library if they impressed him or just allows them to. This affiliation with the Laughing God may explain why the Custodes are even allowed in the Black Library. In return, Cegorach is plotting rescue of [[spoiler:Star Child and the remaining Inquisition]] from the Dark Eldar with the help of [[spoiler:Malays]].
** Subverted with The Deceiver. They both started off planning an ultimate warrior using a C'tan and a human, and the result? [[spoiler:Kaldor Draigo]]. The Deceiver even sees his existence as GoneHorriblyRight and as a galactic threat to the galaxy (which helps his case when [[spoiler:Kaldor]] ''defeats'' a Primarch, which he notes is next to impossible). The Deceiver even calls The Emperor "that fuck".
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** He ''snaps'' when [[spoiler:Kitten]] appears to have died in battle, showing one of the few times he loses it after losing another son he deeply cares for.
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* RageBreakingPoint:
** When Kitten tells him the fate of the Sensei, his biological descendants, he was ''fuming'' with rage.
** When [[spoiler:Kitten]] seemingly dies in battle, ''he snaps so hard'', it causes a massive Warp Storm above Terra.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Emperor's short-sightedness is the reason things get out of control, and his behavior doesn't really help. For starters:
** His lack of proper parenting skills is what caused the Horus Heresy, since some of the Primarchs fell to chaos.
** His ban on religion, since to him, religion will turn someone into an asshole. As Magnus tells him, he inadvertently created a new Chaos God based on Unbelief, and could become his champion.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Based on an offhand comment he makes toward Karstodes about his need of Kitten's help, he seems to be fully aware of what Magnus and Kitten are up to and is simply pretending to not know about the current situation, suggesting that it may be a part of his plan. [[spoiler:Later confirmed that he ''did'' know of Magnus' and Kitten's plan to use the Proteus Protocol, but shot it down on the grounds that it tends to sap people of their sanity, something that Emps is barely clinging to as it is, and so he distracts MagFabulous Custodes to bring a bunch of them.nus by sending him to the Black Library.]]

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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Based on an offhand comment he makes toward Karstodes about his need of Kitten's help, he seems to be fully aware of what Magnus and Kitten are up to and is simply pretending to not know about the current situation, suggesting that it may be a part of his plan. [[spoiler:Later confirmed that he ''did'' know of Magnus' and Kitten's plan to use the Proteus Protocol, but shot it down on the grounds that it tends to sap people of their sanity, something that Emps is barely clinging to as it is, and so he distracts MagFabulous Custodes to bring a bunch of them.nus Magnus by sending him to the Black Library.]]



* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Up until he had his text to speech device, of all the sons that he outlives, he's always voices how he missed Sanguinius even after death. As such, insulting his memory pisses him off, and when he was told Sanguinius could be seen by eating Ork flesh, he wastes no time in telling

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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Up until he had his text to speech device, of all the sons that he outlives, he's always voices how he missed Sanguinius even after death. As such, [[PapaWolf insulting his memory pisses him off, off]], and when he was told Sanguinius could be seen by eating Ork flesh, he wastes no time in telling Whammudes to bring a bunch of them just to see his son.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Based on an offhand comment he makes toward Karstodes about his need of Kitten's help, he seems to be fully aware of what Magnus and Kitten are up to and is simply pretending to not know about the current situation, suggesting that it may be a part of his plan. [[spoiler:Later confirmed that he ''did'' know of Magnus' and Kitten's plan to use the Proteus Protocol, but shot it down on the grounds that it tends to sap people of their sanity, something that Emps is barely clinging to as it is, and so he distracts Magnus by sending him to the Black Library.]]

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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Based on an offhand comment he makes toward Karstodes about his need of Kitten's help, he seems to be fully aware of what Magnus and Kitten are up to and is simply pretending to not know about the current situation, suggesting that it may be a part of his plan. [[spoiler:Later confirmed that he ''did'' know of Magnus' and Kitten's plan to use the Proteus Protocol, but shot it down on the grounds that it tends to sap people of their sanity, something that Emps is barely clinging to as it is, and so he distracts Magnus MagFabulous Custodes to bring a bunch of them.nus by sending him to the Black Library.]]



* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Up until he had his text to speech device, he's always voices how he missed Sanguinius even after death.

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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Up until he had his text to speech device, of all the sons that he outlives, he's always voices how he missed Sanguinius even after death.death. As such, insulting his memory pisses him off, and when he was told Sanguinius could be seen by eating Ork flesh, he wastes no time in telling
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* CompellingVoice: How he can either calm someone down and/or have an army side with him. When he summons Helbrecht for the second podcast, the man was insanely mad and threatened everyone in the room until he managed to calm him down to ask him about his Chapter.


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* CulturedBadass: He used to amassed his army using senryu by having them join his side.
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** When he found out why Kitten hates the Tau, he asks in a tone of concern rather than mockingly when he saw Shadowsun break up with him.
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* JockDadNerdSon: The jock dad to Magnus' nerd son, but is an even bigger dick about it by calling him "a fucking nerd".
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* OutlingOnesOffspring: Up until he had his text to speech device, he's always voices how he missed Sanguinius even after death.

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* OutlingOnesOffspring: OutlivingOnesOffspring: Up until he had his text to speech device, he's always voices how he missed Sanguinius even after death.
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* UltimateLifeform: He is the fusion of multiple Shamans' souls who were DrivenToSuicide to create a powerful soul that evolved through their wisdom and power, and he was born through human parents.
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* AntagonisticOffspring: FUCKING Horus, Magnus, Fulgrim, Perturabo, Mortarion, Logar, Konrad, Angron, Alpharius Omegon, and the two unknown Primarchs had betrayed him 10,000 years ago, but he takes it very personally with FUCKING Horus.


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* OutlingOnesOffspring: Up until he had his text to speech device, he's always voices how he missed Sanguinius even after death.
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** Making a pass or sexual remarks to his sons. He may be a jerkass to Magnus, but he will not allow anyone to make a sexual pass towards him, as Custodisi finds out the hard way.

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** Making a pass or sexual remarks to his sons. He may be a jerkass to Magnus, but he will not allow anyone to make a sexual pass towards him, as Custodisi finds out the hard way. Alternatively, it's the incestuous aspects of it as he views both the Primarchs and the Custodes as his sons, albeit ones he plays favorites with.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: He can be a colossal dick, but there are lines he will not cross:
** Committing war crimes in his name. He grows increasing angry when the Inquisition had be committing such crimes in his name, as well as sterilization camps, or killing off actual decent people. And when Kitten has to tell him about other horrific things they had done, he was so pissed off, he shat warp storms.
** Racism, whether towards other humans or Xenos. When he misinterpreted that Kitten was being racist towards the Salamanders, he assumed Kitten meant racially and took off his armor to see his skin color.
** Making a pass or sexual remarks to his sons. He may be a jerkass to Magnus, but he will not allow anyone to make a sexual pass towards him, as Custodisi finds out the hard way.

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