Are Space Marines eunuchs?

[Dedwrekka]

Originally posted by Antar000
Maybe they\'re gay.

no, hear me out here. I mean, the samurai practiced gay love as a way to strengthen bonds between student and master, and between comrades-in-arms. I believe the greeks did the same thing. If you really think about it, it kind of makes sense. Getting past some people\'s \'ick\' factor, and the fact that the old Catholic Empire that the Imperium was derived from frowned upon homosexuality, wouldn\'t it explain it perfectly? Urges taken care of with people who can...shall we say withstand...the force of muscle-laden superman love, as well as no children, solidarity in squads and otherwise, and a sort of \'keeping within the chapter.\' Besides, I\'d think that in the Imperium, homosexual behavior (as not all Marines would be truly gay as a sexual preference, per se) would be pretty OK, if not looked too nicely upon. I mean, if you\'re not a psyker, a mutant, an alien, or a heretic, and you tithe and fight for the imperium, who cares who you have sex with?
But that\'s my thought, came to me reading this thread and thinking about orders of warriors in general.

...they certainly left -that- out of the novels...the Space Wolf novels just took an entirely new turn...

 

[penguin]

lol They are all castrati, those opera singers who sing really high. Well, the last one died about 100 years ago, but the Italians really liked their singing Tony...?

All about the castrati

 

[Antar000]

wow. I resurrected this thread awhile ago and here it is at the top once again. does this ever die?
but to be honest, a former...oh, what would the word be...associate, perhaps? of my German professor saw the last alto castrato perform in concert. his last concert was in, I believe, the 1930s. he died in the 1950s or 1960s if I am to remember correctly, so 100 years is a bit off.
but as for the thread itself, I stand by my point.