History YMMV / WhenInDoubtBlameTheEldar

* WhatAnIdiot: Caerys's plan, when it is revealed in Chapter 34. [[spoiler:She is so obsessed with destroying Black that she tries to get him corrupted by Chaos, in hopes of making him easier to predict or convincing others to help her destroy him. Caerys does this by purposely neglecting to warn Taldeer and company after foreseeing the Scream and the events surrounding it. This results in Taldeer being caught off guard and getting herself possessed by a Slaaneshi daemon. The daemonhost then tries to corrupt Black, and he only manages to get away because of the Atropos device, something that Caerys literally couldn't have foreseen the involvement of due to its very nature. Had things gone according to plan, Chaos would've gained a powerful asset and the souls of four Eldar (five, if we count Orkanis) would have been lost (and that's ignoring the Imperials and Sekhareth, though it's understandable that Caerys wouldn't care about them).]] Predicably, there are quite a few characters (Black, Taldeer & co.) who are pissed about this.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: At times. While Black does try to make the universe better, the universe seems to try to make all of these efforts pointless. Black is actually aware of this, which is why his main goal is to get out of the 40k universe ASAP.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: At times. While Black does try to make the universe better, the universe seems to try to make all of these efforts pointless. Black is actually aware of this, which is why his main goal is to get out of the 40k universe ASAP.

** FridgeHorror: It gets even worse. [[spoiler:Thomas was also on board at the time. If Black has been successfully corrupted, we would've also likely gotten another Chaos Primarch as well]].
* TheWoobie: Thomas. [[spoiler:The boy loses his parents to a crazed mob, ends up rejected by his actual father (the God Emperor of Mankind), and eventually loses his second father figure, Ozman, due to the Scream. Also, according to WordOfGod, his years on Kaurava weren't kind to him either, as Thomas had to constantly be on guard in regards to hiding his differences, while suffering from crippling anxiety over being discovered and condemned as a mutant]].

** JerkassWoobie:
*** Taldeer: As much of a smug space elf as she is, you can't help but feel sorry for her when [[spoiler:she is possessed by a daemon during the Scream]].
*** Selena Agna: [[spoiler:While it is still possible to hate her in Chapter 29, because of the crap the Sisters pulled earlier in the story, she becomes pitiable in her interlude, where we see how broken she is, compounded by the events of the chapter, where she loses all of her Sororitas to the Star Father]].

* BrokenBase: Readers aren't above into arguments over whether or not Black is wrong when he tries applying a 21st century set of morals to the 40k universe.

* {{Fanon}}: It generally assumed that [[spoiler:the part of the Emperor that Thomas represents is rationality]].

* ArcFatigue: Several readers have admitted that they ''really'' wish that Black would find something that lets him leave the 40k universe, because he's spent almost all of the story in it. To elaborate, he's spent 32 chapters in the 40k universe. For reference, [[EscalationIsTheNameOfTheGame Battleship Fusou]] spent around 50 in the Halo universe. However, Black's chapters are MUCH longer than Fusou's, so he it ''feels'' like he's been in the 40k universe for longer.
* BrokenBase: Readers aren't above into arguments over whether or not Black is wrong when he tries applying a 21st century set of morals to the 40k Universe.

* GrowingTheBeard: While all of the chapters before it were of good quality, the events of Chapter 29 really show off the author's writing skills and feature both an epic battle AND an epic verbal smackdown by Black toward the Governor of the Kaurava system. [[spoiler:It's telling that some of the posters have noted that they feel the that integrating ''Fanfic/TheShapeOfTheNightmareToCome'' into this story may be difficult, but that Blackhole1 is certainly capable of it]].
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** In Chapter 17, the end of the meeting between Orkanis and Sekhareth. For reference, Orkanis is [[spoiler:an Eldar Wraithseer from the War in Heaven]] and Sekhareth is the [[spoiler:Necron Lord who took his still living(?) wraithbone body as a trophy]]. Both have more reason than any other being in the entire galaxy to hate each other. And yet...after sharing a few harsh words with each other and bemoaning the fates of their respective species....[[spoiler:they make peace with one another]]. [[spoiler:AN ELDAR AND A NECRON MADE PEACE WITH EACH OTHER]]!

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:In Chapter 23, the priests assigned with the Sisters of Battle convert several settlements into mobs that burn down multiple villages and kill several people in [[NightmareFuel extremely brutal and graphic ways]]. Frustratingly for Black, he is unable to just kill them because that would escalate things with the Ecclesiarchy (and by extension, the Imperium).]]
* WhatAnIdiot: Caerys's plan, when it is revealed in Chapter 34. [[spoiler:She is so obsessed with destroying Black that she tries to get him corrupted by Chaos, in hopes of making him easier to predict or convincing others to help her destroy him. Caerys does this by purposely neglecting to warn Taldeer and company after foreseeing the Scream and the events surrounding it. This results in Taldeer being caught off guard and getting herself possessed by a Slaaneshi daemon. The daemonhost then tries to corrupt Black, and he only manages to get away because of the Atropos device, something that Caerys literally couldn't have foreseen the involvement of due to its very nature. Had things gone according to plan, Chaos would've gained a powerful asset and the souls of four Eldar (five, if we count Orkanis) would have been lost (and that's ignoring the Imperials and Sekhareth).]] Predicably, there are quite a few characters (Black, Taldeer & co.) who are pissed about this.
** FridgeHorror: It gets even worse. [[spoiler:Thomas was also on board at the time. If Black has been successfully corrupted, we would've also likely gotten another Chaos Primarch as well.]]
* TheWoobie: Thomas. [[spoiler:The boy loses his parents to a crazed mob, ends up rejected by his actual father (the God Emperor of Mankind), and eventually loses his second father figure, Ozman, due to the Scream. Also, according to WordOfGod, his years on Kaurava weren't kind to him either, as Thomas had to constantly be on guard with hiding his differences while suffering from crippling anxiety over being condemned as a mutant.]]
** Black himself straddles the line between this and ButtMonkey: while it IS amusing to watch his suffering, at times, he ends up genuinely pitiable.

*** Taldeer: [[spoiler:As much of a smug space elf as she is, you can't help but feel sorry for her when she is possessed by a daemon.]]
*** Selena Agna: [[spoiler:While it is still possible to hate her in Chapter 29, because of the crap the sistes pulled earlier in the story, she becomes pitiable in her interlude, where we see how broken she is, compounded by the events of the chapter, where she loses all of her Sororitas to the Star Father.]]

* ArcFatigue: Several readers have admitted that they ''really'' wish that Black would find something that lets him leave the 40k universe, because he's spent almost all of the story in it.
** To elaborate, he's spent 32 chapters in the 40k universe. For reference, [[EscalationIsTheNameOfTheGame Battleship Fusou]] spent around 50 in the Halo universe. However, Black's chapters are MUCH longer than Fusou's, so he it ''feels'' like he's been in the 40k universe for longer.

** In Chapter 17, the end of the meeting between Orkanis and Sekhareth. For reference, Orkanis is [[spoiler:an Eldar Wraithseer from the war in heaven]] and Sekhareth is the [[spoiler:Necron Lord who took his still living(?) wraithbone body as a trophy]]. Both have more reason than any other being in the entire galaxy to hate each other. And yet...after sharing a few harsh words with each other and bemoaning the fates of their respective species....[[spoiler:they make peace with one another]]. I repeat, [[spoiler:AN ELDAR AND A NECRON MADE PEACE WITH EACHOTHER]]!

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:In Chpater 23, the priests assigned with the Sisters of Battle convert several settlements into mobs that burn down multiple villages and kill several people in [[NightmareFuel EXTREMELY BRUTAL AND GRAPHIC WAYS]]. Black ends up adopting Thomas when one such mob kills his entire family. Black proceeds to start looking into ways that he can break the sisters afer this happens. He'd would have liked to kill them, but that would just bring him into conflict with the Ecclesiarchy, which he really doesn't want]].

* TheWoobie: Thomas. [[spoiler:The boy loses his parents to a crazed mob, ends up rejected by his actual father (the God Emperor of Mankind), and eventually loses his second father figure, Ozman, due to the Scream. Also, according to WordOfGod, his years on Kaurava weren't kind to him either, as Thomas had to constantly be on guard with hiding his specialness while suffering from crippling anxiety over being condemned as a mutant.]]

*** Taldeer: [[spoiler: As much of a smug space elf as she is, you can't help but feel sorry for her when she is possessed by a daemon.]]
*** Selena Agna: [[spoiler: While it is still possible to hate her in Chapter 29, because of the crap the sistes pulled earlier in the story, she becomes pitiable in her interlude, where we see how broken she is, compounded by the events of the chapter, where she loses all of her Sororitas to the Star Father.]]

* WhatAnIdiot: Caerys's plan, when it is revealed in Chapter 34. [[spoiler:She is so obsessed with destroying Black that she tries to get him corrupted by Chaos, in hopes of making him easier to predict (and this destroy) or convincing others to help her destroy him. Caerys does this by purposely neglecting to warn Taldeer and company after foreseeing the Scream and the events surrounding it. This results in Taldeer being caught off guard and getting herself possessed by a Slaaneshi daemon. The daemonhost then tries to corrupt Black, and he only manages to get away because of the Atropos device, something that Caerys literally couldn't have foreseen the involvement of due to its very nature. Had things gone according to plan, Chaos would've gained a powerful asset and the souls of four Eldar (five, if we count Orkanis) would have been lost (and that's ignoring the Imperials and Sekhareth).]] Predicably, there are quite a few characters (Black, Taldeer & co.) who are pissed about this.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:In Chpater 23, the priests assigned with the Sisters of Battle convert several settlements into mobs that burn down multiple villages and kill several people in [[NightmareFuel EXTREMELY BRUTAL AND GRAPHIC WAYS]]. Black ends up adopting Thomas when one such mob kills his entire family. Black proceeds to start looking into ways that he can break the sisters afer this happens. He'd would have liked to kill them, but that would just bring him into conflict with the Elssiarchy, which he really doesn't want]].
* TheWoobie: Thomas. [[spoiler:The boy looses his parents to a crazed mob, ends up rejected by his actual father (the God Emperor of Mankind), and eventually loses his second father figure, Ozman, due to the Scream.]]

* {{Heartwarming}}: Chapter 17:The end of the meeting between Orkanis and Sekhareth. For reference, Orkanis is [[spoiler:an Eldar Wraithseer from the war in heaven]] and Sekhareth is the [[spoiler:Necron Lord who took his still living(?) wraithbone body as a trophy]]. Both have more reason than any other being in the entire galazy to hate eachother. And yet...after sharing a few harsh words with each other and bemoaning the fates of their respective species....[[spoiler:they make peace with one another]]. I repeat, [[spoiler:AN ELDAR AND A NECRON MADE PEACE WITH EACHOTHER]]!
** It get's better: [[spoiler:among Black's companions, Sekhareth and Orkanis are the ones who get along the most, which is practically every time they are seen together. In spite of all reason, two beings who should have the most reasons to hate each other are the closest of friends]].

* GrowingTheBeard: While all of the chapters before it were of good quality, the events of Chapter 29 really show off the author's writing skills and feature both an epic battle AND an epic verbal smackdown by Black toward the Governor of the Kaurava system. [[spoiler:It's telling that some of the posters have noted that they feel the that integrating TheShapeOfTheNightmareToCome into this story may be difficult, but that Blackhole1 is certainly capable of it]].

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Chapter 23: We Forgot About Neuremburg: The Sisters of Battle provoke the colonists of the Kaurava system into a frenzy, resulting in the brutal destruction of several villages. Black himself is only able to save one person, Thomas, much to his sorrow. After this point, he actively begins making the Sisters of Battle suffer very harshly]].

* BorkenBase: Readers aren't above into arguments over whether or not Black is wrong when he tries applying a 21st century set of morals to the 40k Universe.

* Heartwarming: Chapter 17:The end of the meeting between Orkanis and Sekhareth. For reference, Orkanis is [[spoiler:an Eldar Wraithseer from the war in heaven]] and Sekhareth is the [[spoiler:Necron Lord who took his still living(?) wraithbone body as a trophy]]. Both have more reason than any other being in the entire galazy to hate eachother. And yet...after sharing a few harsh words with each other and bemoaning the fates of their respective species....[[spoiler:they make peace with one another]]. I repeat, [[spoiler:AN ELDAR AND A NECRON MADE PEACE WITH EACHOTHER]]!

* Heartwarming: Chapter 17:The end of the meeting between Orkanis and Sekhareth. For reference, Orkanis is [[spoiler:an Eldar Wraithseer from the war in heaven]] and Sekhareth is a [[spoiler:Necron Lord who took his still living(?) wraithbone body as a trophy]]. Both have more reason than any other being in the entire galazy to hate eachother. And yet...after sharing a few harsh words with each other and bemoaning the fates of their respective species....[[spoiler:they make peace with one another]]. I repeat, [[spoiler:AN ELDAR AND A NECRON MADE PEACE WITH EACHOTHER]]!

* Heartwarming: Chapter 17:The end of the meeting between Orkanis and Sekhareth. For reference, Orkanis is [[spoiler:an Eldar Wraithseer from the war in heaven]] and the other is a [[spoiler:Necron Lord who took his still living(?) wraithbone body as a trophy]]. Both have more reason than any other being in the entire galazy to hate eachother. And yet...after sharing a few harsh words with each other and bemoaning the fates of their respective species....[[spoiler:they make peace with one another]]. I repeat, [[spoiler:AN ELDAR AND A NECRON MADE PEACE WITH EACHOTHER]]!
** It get's better: [[among Black's companions, Sekhareth and Orkanis are the ones who get along the most, which is practically every time they are seen together. In spite of all reason, two beings who should have the most reasons to hate each other are the closest of friends]].

*** Selena Agna: [[spoiler: While it is still possible to hate her in Chapter 29, because of the crap the sistes pulled earlier in the story, she becomes pitiable in her interlude, where we see how broken she is, compounded by the events of the chapter, where she loses all of her Sororitas to the Star Father