History YMMV / IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice

** The Emperor's portrayal of being quite grumpy and insulting towards his sons, ''especially'' his constant demands for Guilliman to get his life support turned off, yet still loving them despite it all, has taken on a much darker tint after revelations from the recent Dark Imperium storyline. Guilliman, to his great pain, learns that the Emperor never saw him and his brothers as sons, merely as ultimately expendable tools to be used to save the Human race and ensure its dominance in the galaxy. [[note]]Mind you this is partially subverted by the Canon itself. We never see the Emperor's point of view to keep his actions and thoughts as ambiguous as possible. On top of that, the Emperor has a glamour over him that causes people to see what they want to see and what he wants people to see when they look at him and to hear him say what they want him to hear. UnreliableNarrator is also in full force in each Horus Heresy Book as well. Guilliman's perspective of the Emperor is highly tainted and the Emperor's mind is as fractured in the Canon as it is in TTS and it is implied that his human aspects have mostly disappeared into the warp to aid, say, the Imperial Saints. The Emperor that Guilliman talked to is probably [[ColdEquation just the reasonable and logical parts]] needed to keep the Golden Throne running while preventing him from going insane from all the pain, suffering, and sacrifice that goes on around him each day.[[/note]]

** Episode 11's monologue about the Emperor claiming to have become ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' author Chris-Chan in a past life [[AntiRoleModel to try to teach ordinary people what not to do in life]] went from being a clever gag about an [[AcceptableTargets acceptable target]] to more than a bit uncomfortable after the real world Chris became mentally ill, and so deeply delusional that she believes that she's a godlike figure akin to the Emperor.%%Do not mention what happened to Chris-Chan's mom or other details of that nature. It got even worse in 2021 when Chris was found guilty of ParentalIncest and made it on ''national TV'' for it.

** Pretty much everything regarding the characterization of the Primarchs has become this thanks to the ''Literature/HorusHeresy'' books. For example, in TTS, [[spoiler:Rogal Dorn]] describes Perturabo as a petulant manchild who clung to grudges for an absurd amount of time, but the books depict the Iron Warrior as someone [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter who was forced to live in the shadow of someone who callously judged him inferior]], and surrounded by brothers who never bothered to learn who he was or what he wanted to do. Granted, the novels also make it clear that Perturabo never made himself known to others and never asked to be a builder, so [[spoiler: Rogal [[BothSidesHaveAPointmay have had a point]]]]

** Pretty much everything regarding the characterization of the Primarchs has become this thanks to the ''Literature/HorusHeresy'' books. For example, in TTS, [[spoiler:Rogal Dorn]] describes Perturabo as a petulant manchild who clung to grudges for an absurd amount of time, but the books depict the Iron Warrior as someone [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter who was forced to live in the shadow of someone who callously judged him inferior]], and surrounded by brothers who never bothered to learn who he was or what he wanted to do. [[spoiler:Granted, Rogal Dorn ''is'' [[UnreliableExpositor the someone who judged him inferior in question]]]].

*** He eventually crosses a line when - after a conversation about how the Custodes are basically related to the Primarchs - asks if Magnus has "ever heard of [[IncestYayShipping Wincest]]?" The Emperor promptly [[spoiler: ''deletes him''.]

** Magnus's adventuring proposition to Kitten can quite easily be interpreted as the ''other'' sort of proposition, considering the word choice and lack of personal space involved. Add that to the fact that he's been known to teleport Kitten by wrapping his wings around the Custodes, and his remark that the amount of non-naked Custodes outside of the throne room is 'disappointing', and you have a FanPreferredCouple. Another video by Alfabusa, Hunter: the Parenting, outright had Magnus and Kitten's SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitutes as a couple.

** Magnus's adventuring proposition to Kitten can quite easily be interpreted as the ''other'' sort of proposition, considering the word choice and lack of personal space involved. Add that to the fact that he's been known to teleport Kitten by wrapping his wings around the Custodes, and his remark that the amount of non-naked Custodes outside of the throne room is 'disappointing', and you have a FanPreferredCouple.

** Magnus's adventuring proposition to Kitten can quite easily be interpreted as the ''other'' sort of proposition, considering the word choice and lack of personal space involved. Add that to the fact that he's been known to teleport Kitten by wrapping his wings around the Custodes, and his remark that the amount of non-naked Custodes outside of the throne room is 'disappointing', and you have what might be a FanPreferredCouple.

** Though this could be a case of UnreliableNarrator. Lately the Black Library has shown that everything the Emperor says is filtered through the expectations and biases of the recipient. This is why Ra Endymion of the Custodes hears the Emperor call the Primarch as numbers, despite the fact that the Emperor had given each of the Primarchs names before they were stolen away from him. These names being different from the ones they use and could actually be utilized as True Name against the Daemon Primarchs.

** Episode 11's monologue about the Emperor claiming to have become ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' author Chris-Chan in a past life [[AntiRoleModel to try to teach ordinary people what not to do in life]] went from being a clever gag about an [[AcceptableTargets acceptable target]] to more than a bit uncomfortable after the real world Chris became mentally ill, and so deeply delusional that she believes that she's a godlike figure akin to the Emperor.%%Do not mention what happened to Chris-Chan's mom or other details of that nature.

*** He eventually crosses a line when - after a conversation about how the Custodes are basically related to the Primarchs - asks if Magnus has "ever heard of [[IncestYayShipping Wincest]]?" The Emperor promptly [[spoiler: ''deletes him''.]]

** Episode 11's monologue about the Emperor claiming to have become ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' author Chris-Chan in a past life to try to teach ordinary people [[AntiRoleModel what not to do in life]] went from being a clever gag about an [[AcceptableTargets acceptable target]] to more than a bit uncomfortable after the real world Chris became mentally ill, and so deeply delusional that she believes that she's a godlike figure akin to the Emperor.%%Do not mention what happened to Chris-Chan's mom or other details of that nature.

** Episode 11's monologue about the Emperor claiming to have become ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' author Chris-Chan in a past life to try to teach ordinary people [[AntiRoleModel what not to do in life]] went from being a clever gag about an [[AcceptableTargets acceptable target]] to more than a bit uncomfortable after the real world Chris became mentally ill, and so deeply delusional that she believes that she's a godlike figure akin to the Emperor.
*** And then it got even worse after what Chris-Chan did to her mother...

** Kitten's comment in one third season episode about [[spoiler: how his mother was a tube inside Mount Everest]] is a little less funny if you've played [[spoiler: VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn]].

** Marneus Calgar telling Ciaphas Cain that they're NotSoDifferent of being fakes becomes this since the latest Marvel Comics series about Calgar's past revealed [[spoiler:he's not the real Marneus Calgar but his childhood friend who took his friend's name in honor for the real Calgar sacrificing his life to save him and ensure Calgar's noble name survive.]]

** Episode 11's monologue about the Emperor claiming to have become [[Webcomic/{{Sonichu}} Chris-Chan]] in a past life to try to teach ordinary people what not to do in life went from being a funny gag about an [[AcceptableTargets acceptable target]] to more than a bit uncomfortable after the real world Chris became mentally ill, and so deeply delusional that she believes that she's a godlike figure akin to the Emperor. Of course, made even [[FromBadToWorse worse]] after Chris-Chan was arrested for [[ParentalIncest incest]].

** Episode 11's monologue about the Emperor claiming to have become [[Webcomic/{{Sonichu}} Chris-Chan]] in a past life to try to teach ordinary people what not to do in life went from being a funny gag about an [[AcceptableTargets acceptable target]] to more than a bit uncomfortable after the real world Chris became mentally ill, and so deeply delusional that she believes that she's a godlike figure akin to the Emperor.

** This unfortunately would lead GW themselves to ban the animation going forth as they pull up a copyright strike putting the series on indefinite hiatus.
* CantUnhearIt: Many fans have begun to hear the series voices in their heads while reading official material. Magnus' [[AwesomeAussie accent]] and Rogal Dorn's blunt seriousness are two notable examples.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: The canon version of Kaldor Draigo is widely disliked for being [[CreatorsPet Matt Ward's self-insert]], for screwing up the lore of the Warp and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking for being an obvious clone of]] [[Series/GameOfThrones Khal Drogo.]] ''ITEHATTSD'''s version of him, in contrast, is well-liked for being a [[CloudCuckooLander bonafide senile lunatic]] who not only gets some hilarious lines but is incredibly badass in ''spite'' of his insanity, but ''[[CrazyAwesome because]]'' of it.

* CrazyAwesome: About eighty percent of the cast. Every over-the-top ludicrous feat of badassery in the source material is taken and amplified to a ridiculous degree.

** Episode 11's monologue about the Emperor claiming to have become [[Webcomic/{{Sonichu}} Chris-Chan]] in a past life to try to teach people what not to do in life became a bit uncomfortable after the real world Chris became mentally-ill and deeply delusional to the point where she believes that she's a godlike figure like the Emperor is.

** The Emperor makes an offhand comment in Episode 17 about how he never liked his Uncle Ragnar. In the ''Literature/HorusHeresy'' novel ''Master of Mankind'', we find out that he killed his uncle in revenge for murdering his father.

** The Emperor's portrayal of being quite grumpy and insulting towards his sons, ''especially'' his constant demands for Guilliman to get his life support turned off, yet still loving them despite it all, has taken on a much darker tint after revelations from the recent Dark Imperium storyline. Guilliman, to his great pain, learns that the Emperor never saw him and his brothers as sons, merely as ultimately expendable tools to be used to save the Human race and ensure its dominance in the galaxy. [[note]]Mind you this is partially subverted by the Canon itself. We never see the Emperor's point of view to keep his actions and thoughts as ambiguous as possible. On top of that, the Emperor has a glamour over him that causes people to see what they want to see and what he wants people to see when they look at him and to hear him say what they want him to hear. UnreliableNarrator is also in full force in each Horus Heresy Book as well. Guilliman's perspective of the Emperor is highly tainted and the Emperor's mind is as fractured in the Canon as it is in TTS and it is implied that his human aspects have mostly disappeared into the warp to aid, say, the Imperial Saints. The Emperor that Guilliman talked to is probably just the reasonable and logical parts needed to keep the Golden Throne running while preventing him from going insane from all the pain, suffering, and sacrifice that goes on around him each day.[[/note]]

** Pretty much everything regarding the characterization of the Primarchs has become this thanks to the ''Literature/HorusHeresy'' books. For example, in TTS, [[spoiler:Rogal Dorn]] describes Perturabo as a petulant manchild who clung to grudges for an absurd amount of time, but the books depict the Iron Warrior as someone who was forced to live in the shadow of someone who callously judged him inferior, and surrounded by brothers who never bothered to learn who he was or what he wanted to do. [[spoiler:Granted, Rogal Dorn ''is'' [[UnreliableExpositor the someone who judged him inferior in question]]]].

** Fyodor Karamazov could give the Emperor a run for his money, [[KnightTemplar believing himself to be in the right]] to the point that, in episode 18, [[spoiler: he buys the lie the Emperor feeds him about being a shard of his psyche]], which enables him, in episode 26 (part 1) to [[spoiler: actually ''play host'' to the Emperor's severed humanity.]] If not for having an ego the size of a planet, Fyodor never would have done either.