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Templin: *talks about how Genestealers subvert society via organizations and communities* Also Templin: Brought to you by the Community of Global Wellness! Me: …hang one one moment here…
I just love it when a genestealer cult has to mobilize to defend their homeworld alongside their uncorrupted citizens. Like imagine all the planning for a hive fleet turned to fighting a chaos incursion or orc wag, it would especially be hilarious if they have to bring out their elicit equipment to full mobilize defence. Like "uhhhh so guys, about the massive army I brought to this fight.... ummm can we just not talk about how and why I got these?"
I for one do welcome some help dealing with life's little indignities, and would value a sense of community and belonging. Everyone should consider making a suitable icon to hang in their windows and just... let the Representative in
Yeah, kind of a brilliant gag, innit? The "sponsor" is very obviously a Genestealer Cult with a modern, secular "Come Join Us And Be Welcome!" friendliness to it... and then you remember that this is how Genestealer Cults get ya by the short-hairs. ...Especially in a setting where this kind of getalong fluff means sweet F-all, because IN THE GRIM DARKNESS OF THE FAR FUTURE, THERE IS ONLY WAR.
I guess those warnings that Templin's multiverse gates posed a risk of contamination finally came true. At least they've got access to Star Trek tricorders. Genetic scans and disposal of infected personnel should be pretty straightforward.
@@Grizabeebles The Templin organization are the proverbial "Those Fools At The Institute" all the Mads won't shut up about. They place too much stock in "The Prime Directive" and treating the doings of the multiverse as something to coldly and clinically observe, as if sentient beings are just rats in a maze. Small wonder they'd let a breach like this through... Luckily, the Tribunal Of The Imagination deals more in forging bonds and alliances than in mere "observe-and-catalogue." One of our members is even an Aeldari Great Harlequin with ties to the Space Wolves, the Leagues Of Votann and the Farsight Enclaves. We also deal in magic as well as technology... from psychic parlor-tricks to The Power Of Grayskull- real primal, dawn-of-time, center-of-all-creation stuff. From Eternia to Eberron to the Discworld to the edge of all time and space- WE ARE THE TRIBUNAL OF THE IMAGINATION! WE PLEDGE WHIMSY FOR ALL, TO DEFEND THE WEAK AND VANQUISH THE EVIL!
Your video sponsor, the Community of Global Wellness, is where my friend met his beautiful wife. They’re expecting their first baby in 3 months. He used to be an abrasive and depressed fellow, but she changed him because he’s happy and is really driven now. He basically changed overnight after meeting her. I’m not joining because they act a little too happy now….like Mormons. I don’t trust that.
Don't worry! I'm sure their quite happy. In fact, if you go over and have an honest discussion with them, I'm sure you'll find some... common ground. It might even change your outlook on life!
Not a bad thing, after all The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, has done more to help people and maintain its core principles than the other major religious organizations. Oddly enough while the Jews were prosecuted time and again in Europe. Members of The Church were wrongly labeled as a cult which allowed entire states to strip members of their constitutional rights and began to systematically try and destroy the organization while it was still young. To this day the Mormon battalion was the only army unit totally comprised of members because of the hatred toward them. That battalion later founded what would be called Ft. Erwin a massive NTC for brigade-size units. Now, in my opinion, the Church's greatest accomplishment was two things, one maintaining its principles despite threats from other parties. Two doing more to invent and help improve society than any other group. One of the Saints that millions know of an entire governments use his inventions and designs every day is John Moses Browning. The inventor of modern firearms and one whose machine gun the M2 browning holds the longest service life of any machine in existence. Thank you and stay healthy.
Man, these gene cult whatsits are scary! I'm sure glad in uncertain times like these there's an organisation like the Community of Global Wellness to turn to.
@@thetribunaloftheimaginatio5247 Are you sure? You're sounding a little stressed and paranoid. Why don't you come to one of our meetings? I'm sure we'll find a place for you.
They'll give you true meaning and purpose in your life, like never before! You can trust them with everything you have! I recently joined, and I can tell you we're all committed to bringing the entire world together to create something truly special!
I want a 40k game where you play as a Genestealer and create a cult. Think about it. You start off with just one genestealer choosing a world to infect. Each faction has it's strengths and vulnerabilities. You infect your first few minions and start spreading. Your ultimate goal is to work your way up the chain of government and military with an almost Shadow of Mordor like system of regional governors/generals and their underlings. You manage your own inferiors, spread the cult and prepare it for when the hive fleet comes.
I think there is some of that on the global influence part of Terra Invicta. You can even play as alien colaborators trying to give Earth to the xenos.
Genestealer orks are hilarious and I want to read about Brother Guttearer who tries to explain to the rest of the bois the virtuous of the Great Devourer but they just blink confused. Ork: ...should we krump him, boss? Ork boss: Nah, Guttearer talks bollocks but he krumps good with that weird arm of his.
I remember reading somewhere (Probably 1d4chan) that genestealers have a hard time expanding within ork territory beecause the other orks inmediatly notice how un-orky they are. Thus, they are quickly killed.
@@miles2378, generally that's true but if the Genestealers are cut off from the Hivemind or get hold of humans who are already part of a Chaos Cult, things can get weird.
@@user-unos111 Not really. Genestealer cults are all cut off from the Hive Mind unless a hive fleet is in-system and their planet is about to be invaded. Genestealer cults are connected by a Broodmind that is broadcast by the patriarch broodlord that first initiated the infection. But that patriarch acts on genetically programmed instinct so far from a Hive Mind synapse network. Which means, no Hive Mind uplink, and if the patriarch gets corrupted by Chaos (e.g. a Nurgle plague) the Broodmind gets corrupted and the entire cult falls to Chaos (or in that case, Nurgle -- e.g. Genestealer Cult Tenebrous).
The endless repeats of "raises bolter" "inquisitor this X here" and "exterminatus" should show the 40k community isnt exactly good with humor or all that intelligent
Yeah, they're more like what the Arachnids from "Starship Troopers" and the Zerg from "Starcraft" wanna be when they grow up. With a soupcon of Galactus, Devourer Of Worlds... Galactus has his Heralds, the 'Nids have the Genestaler Cults.
To do the sheer insidiousness of the Genestealer cults justice in a TV series, you'd have to have a beloved main character revealed to be a member of one at like the fifth season.
The scary ones are those fourth gen guys. They pass perfectly. What's stopping them from joining the guard? Going to other worlds? Having sex with local peoples? Having kids, who are instantly purestrains. Just how many times has this exact thing happened? Or how about joining the Inquisition? Even more freedom. Imagine if it turned out Yarrick was, all this time, a fourth gen Stealer. Or Ciaphas Cain? Did Guilliman REALLY return, or just a third or fourth gen who looked like him? They're already everywhere. There is no hope. You may as well join... us.
@@tyrongkojy it's less the status of plastic surgery and more the myriad of other things that can, will, or are even intended to disfigure regular humans in 40K, which they can then pass themselves off as, that you've got to worry about. Is that Guard recruit a 4th gen genestealer or was the hive city block he grew up in next to a chemical factory? The new tech priest never takes off her mechanical mask, but most tech priests are like that so its probably nothing to worry about. Yes, all the new crewmen the impressment gang rounded up do look a little weird, but I've heard the mutant makes up most of this world's population. And so on and forth
I don't believe Yarrick was a Hybrid, but I find it interesting that you mention him. Facts: During Ghazghkull's first invasion, Herman von Strab refused to send out a distress call to the Imperium at large, declaring his confidence that the forces of Armageddon could drive back the Orks. Offworld forces already on the planet were systematically sidelined (like a certain troublesome Commissar who was exiled to Hades Hive) or sent into fights they were incapable of winning (like the Iron Skulls Titan Legion). Shortly after the 2nd Armageddon War, Genestealers were discovered in Infernus Hive, a situation which the Blood Angels resolved by nerve-gassing the Infernus underhive. Conclusion: Von Strab's actions *might* be due to simple incompetence... but they would be entirely consistent with the actions of a highly-placed Cult devotee, attempting to systematically undermine Imperial assets outside his own chain of command, and avoid offworld scrutiny.
I read in an earlier codex that certain genestealer groups of the cults were instinctively running away from the hivefleets in an effort to avoid being reabsorbed into the swarm, and therefore spreading out and starting further genestaler cults, and ironically drawing the attention of the tyranids again.
@@eingel7139 Maybe not final mission, but at least last third. Also, I imagine the Necrons' anti-psyker shenanigans would probably throw a Hive Fleet into disarray. Is that a thing in Necron-Tyranid match-ups?
@GmodPlusWoW tyranids havent been shown to give a damn about blackstone. The effect it has on psykers is suspiciously similar to their own shadow in the warp, possibly implying a connection.
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I love it when the Templins incorporate the lore they're discussing into the actual video format. I remember how the Necron video had a "disruption" partway through, as Trazyn the Infinite broke in to lament not being considered worthy of a mention!
I was seriously considering painting the symbol on my door, because the Community of Global Wellness seems like a wonderful organization! Then four of my friends came over and talked me out of it. Over the course of an arm-wrestling match, cooking some stew that was delicious despite how it looked, a rousing game of Paradox-Billiards-Vostroyan-Roulette-Fourth Dimensional-Hypercube-Chess-Strip Poker, and an extended evening of inexplicable pleasures, I was convinced that rather than look for answers in some isolated community, a higher goal is to seek something for my world that is a bit more... undivided.
Id love a game centered around you growing up on a planet and slowly uncovering or being indoctrinated into a cult (or being completely unaware so the betrayal hits hard) and then having to deal with the repercussions of your actions/inaction
I don't think I've ever heard the words "Commorragh" and "safe" used in the same sentence before. I'd argue that a Tryanid invasion of Commorragh would be an improvement!
Community of Global Wellness really changed my perspective on life. And after I showed all my friends and family they felt the same way too! 10/10 would recommend.
I thought the ad was gonna be some sort of parody for joining the genestealer community, living for a higher purpose of galactic biological unity or something. Edit: Wait, never mind, it was a parody after all, after watching the whole vid, it's not got any site links, and it's literally asking me to paint a symbol on my door, and the symbol includes one of those jagged tyrannid tadpole icons. Boy I'm too gullible.
Populist objection to the horrific status quo of the setting that in the Taus case is simply too weak to actually fix the setting and in the cults case is literally just a world devouring monster trying to play on the deep set systemic problems within the setting to make it easier to eat. In both cases they're doomed to failure and death in the long term but there's something relatable about that drive to improve conditions that is somewhat absent in other factions.
The COMMUNITY OF GLOBAL WELLNESS has been marked as a HERETICAL organisation. Nicely done, guys! I didn't realise that it wasn't a sponsor segment but a part of the video, illustrating how cults start, until the end with all the pointed references about secrecy and changing one's thought that paralleled the discussion of how the cults work in the main body of the video.
I honestly would love for someone to create a game in the a way like the older AVP games (xenomorph story/mechanics) where genestealer is on a ship to a new world & has to cunningly stay hidden and then arrive on a new world & start setting up a cult.
For a second I thought the "Community of Global Wellness" ad was going to turn out to be a parody and promote joining a genestealer cult ... I remember the great old GTU ads ... and then I get to the ad, and it is ... well done. Need more ads like this.
So let me get this straight. When a tech priest gives themselves a third arm because the Omnissiah told them to, it's totally fine. But when I'm born with a third arm naturally, I'm a dangerous xeno mutant, even though I'm closer to the Emperor in his image? Sounds like a double standard
Masterful short summary of Genestealer lore! They were my first 40k Army and to this day they are one of the most fascinating aspects of the warhammer 40k universe for me.
We Here at the Cult of the Popper Prince deny all accusations of being genestealers. We are simply a missionary group who wishes to help the innocent in the underhives of Holy Terra. Moreover, we are hosting a sermon of the star gods at 7 tonight. We do hope to see you there.
I know jeans are a pretty iconic people thing, but I personally think they should try to steal more than just denim if they want a good disguise, I mean I can see the double hinging jaw from here, your not fooling me no matter how well fitting those pants are
Despite having to drop my channel membership recently due to my budget, I'm definitely gonna look into the mentioned sponsors of yours! They seem awesome, imo.
I was listening to this in the background, the ad read at the end had me till the line about putting the sign on your door. Switched tabs and saw the logo, and chuckled.
Not sure what is creepier... The Genestealer or the dead eyes and weird smule of the people in the sponsored segment... Brrr they stared directly into the void...
lol when the ad played at the beginning I said out loud "That sounds like a friggin' cult," having immediately forgotten the subject of the video I'd clicked on. Bravo and wonderful work as always. 👏
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Genestealer Cults is one of my favorite factions. They are the first one i started buying Mini's for, and the guidebook. They remind me a lot of the Unitologists or the Hive. Magically empowered cultists brainwashed to act as heralds to an overwhelming force that seeks to end all, including them. Also did you know Genestealer Cults can get tainted by Chaos and converted into Chaos Cults? Now that would make for some truly terrifying organisms... Also, i dont like Games Workshop's Lore excuse for why only mini's for Human-Born Genestealer Cults exist, as "oh, the other races find them out too easy or whatever" feels like a cheap excuse as to why official xenos-variants of Genestealer Cults arent made..
I mean, someone being implanted by a genestealer is easy to spot with the right technology. The tau and craftworld Eldar probably have universal healthcare and mandatory check ups that can spot genestealers, orks reproduction is probably incompatible and necrons are robots, so overall it does make a decent amount of sense for them to not have genestealer cultists. Exodites would have no way to spot stealers so they should have some, squats I have no clue. Dark Eldar, however; are the optimal hosts. Commoragh is extremely anarchic and they regularly bring genestealers there. There should be druikhari genestealer cultists!
@@jakespacepiratee3740 all that lore existed before modern genestealer cults, except for squats so you’re incorrect, although it does still excuse the lack of tau, ork and necron genestealer cultists. I’m also unsure wether you read my comment as I literally point out that dark Eldar genestealers make loads of sense. Considering GW’s annoying aversion to anything xenos, one of the few things that is naturally excusable seems an odd hill to die on.
So in other words Genestealers : " Jack it, jack it, jackety-jack Spankin' it, spankin' it, smackety-smack. " Jackin' it, jackin' it, jackety-jack. Spankin' it, spankin' it, smackety-smack. JACKING FOR THE LORD! "
The Tyranids have no hope of ultimate victory. All life will be eliminated by the Necron. Abandon your fear. Abandon your noise. Abandon your life. Surrender to the Necron.
So in other words Genestealer cults :" Jack it, jack it, jackety-jack Spankin' it, spankin' it, smackety-smack. Jackin' it, jackin' it, jackety-jack. Spankin' it, spankin' it, smackety-smack. JACKING FOR THE LORD! "
"In the sunless body of our Hive, the flock of the faithful grows. We are guided by our Great Father's sacred vision, protected by his loving hands. Within these holy shadows we dwell, while the impure bathe in spire-top starlight. And what lies between those stars? What sails beyond those distant suns? Shrouded in night, borne within that eternal black; Our redeemers, our Gods -- truer than the silent, long-dead Emperor -- the Children of the Void. We hear them in our dreams, we feel them in our blood. They call and we will answer. We will rise and claim the engines of labour that have bound us in servitude. This world will burn. It will be cleansed, purified, made ready, the Heavens will deliver our reward!" -- Unknown Genestealer Cult Magus
Genesteeler from one Hivefleet will only work with that Hivefleet So in case of an invasion by another Hivefleet, the Genesteeler in that world will fight back
Genestealer cults don't work with any hive fleet barring very specific exceptions (e.g. cults near Hive Fleet Tiamet). Genestealer cults are devoured alongside all the other biomass on a planet once the hive fleets arrive. That's not special though. The vast majority of tyranid warrior-forms get broken back down and recycled into biomass sludge for easier transport following an invasion. Very little actually survives a tyranid invasion. Once the Hive Mind extends to the cult's system, the Broodmind is subjugated, the cultists are sent into an inhuman killing frenzy, and right before the end when the Broodmind collapses (due to the patriarch being killed or fleeing the system) the cultists get a moment of lucidity before they, too, are consumed. The cult will often send out a handful of members to keep spreading the invasion before the tyranids reach them, though, so usually the cult isn't entirely exterminated. But there is no 'working alongside tyranids'.
Wait... Not a single mention that everything said in this video is just subjective, non-canon theory because there is no canon? Or is this remark (or excuse) reserved only for "other" topics? How does it work exactly?
The whole space marine video was about how 40K has a loose cannon that is self-justified by the Imperium's unreliable record keeping. There's a whole section talking about the origins of the genestealer cults being uncertain and how the archives have been un- and rewritten multiple times to accommodate new or contradictory information.
@@TemplinInstitute I somehow doubt that those vids you mentioned would explain to me how is it, that a lore analysing channel starts a debate on "hot" topic, saying that something may exist in a particular universe despite a lack of any proof, solely because there is no canon and everything is a matter of subjective perception of said universe, and then they forget to add that remark to another video from this universe. So what, it's ok to present something nonexistent as possible, even probable, because there's no canon, but we take something else for granted, despite there's no canon? Shouldn't this "no canon" remark be added to every video presenting the aspects of the universe in question? Oh wait, then whole magic of every alternative world is gone and the videos aren't even half as entertaining. Could it be, that all of it is done for entertainment (i.e. number of views and monetary value), at the cost of reliability? This channel was always a reliable source of information on alternative worlds, so I wonder what changed. I also doubt the "kids videos" mentioned would answer that.
@@TemplinInstitute on a more serious note, and dropping the passive aggressiveness (as well as, I hope, "kids videos" type of answers), I've always considered your channel a solid and reliable source of information presented in an entertaining way, but i saw it as facts and solid info from the other worlds first, entertainiment later. You've made a ton of good videos where you explored different aspects of fictional worlds, not to mention the more "educational" vids like the ones about flags, navy, state names etc. That's why it felt so off to see you getting into a debate about something that's hotly debated and defending your point with "there is no canon, so one can fit whatever one wants into 40k universe" argument. Yes, we can certainly say that there is no canon in this particular universe and everything depends on our individual, subjective perspective, that's undeniably true. But if we apply this logic to one thing in the universe, we must apply it to all of its aspects. That's what's reliability. That's what I've so far seen on your channel. Take your video on the war between the New Republic and the First Order. You've said specifically, that this was an absolutely individual, non canonical, altered version of the story. And it was great and felt natural, mainly because it was stated from the beggining that it's an alternative version of events. Saying that something may exist solely because there is no canon and everything is subjective is just lazy when analysing alternative worlds (mainly because this argument can be used in regard to almost every fictional universe, because almost all of them have some contriving facts and canon conflicts).
Thought it was weird that The Templin Institute started using in-video ads, but RUclips is a business. We should all support their sponsors by at least checking them out 😊
Thanks to the Community of Global Wellness for sponsoring this video! They have been such a huge help to the Templin Institute and really encouraged us to see life in a different way!
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Are they a genestealer cult too?
That sounds like a genestealer cult.
Notify the Arbites, the TI has been compromised.
What if they're a genestealer cult by making us turn to the four armed god....
Templin: *talks about how Genestealers subvert society via organizations and communities*
Also Templin: Brought to you by the Community of Global Wellness!
Me: …hang one one moment here…
Get the flamer brother.
The Heavy. Flamer
We're pretty much gonna have to declare exterminatus on this one.. The whole system, just to be safe.
Looks like they got themselves an infestation
Glad I'm not the only one to notice.
Can I introduce you to either Alex bale, conspiracy Carl, happy meat farms, the cynical critic, or the paradox series?
Global wellness and WH40k are two things I did NOT expect to hear together
It's actually a genestealer cult
yeah... sounds abit ... culty.
@@unknownhours I'm still not convinced they aren't doing a bit, because that is straight up the same propaganda a GSC would use
@@unknownhours anything that sounds super optimistic in this day and age sounds like a cult.
on the contrary
I just love it when a genestealer cult has to mobilize to defend their homeworld alongside their uncorrupted citizens. Like imagine all the planning for a hive fleet turned to fighting a chaos incursion or orc wag, it would especially be hilarious if they have to bring out their elicit equipment to full mobilize defence. Like "uhhhh so guys, about the massive army I brought to this fight.... ummm can we just not talk about how and why I got these?"
" im saving your ass just let it happen and we dont talk about it "
The Community of Global Wellness? Sounds like a front for a genestealer cult to me
I was about to write the exact same thing XD
Together with the WEF and the WHO
Well,we may have just stumbled onto something huge
I wouldn't worry about it
not at all, come by a wellness center and I'd be happy to show you around.
That beginning and end from the Community for Global Wellness is just perfect.
They truly CARE for the community!
Give it a try, I heard it is fantastic, you connect with people like if you shared mind with them!
I for one do welcome some help dealing with life's little indignities, and would value a sense of community and belonging. Everyone should consider making a suitable icon to hang in their windows and just... let the Representative in
Certified @bdunkelman pun, right there.
"Out with a Yang!"
"Just mark your door with this symbol and a representative will come to see you"
*horror*
An absolutely masterful touch. ❤
Describing the city of Commorragh as a potential "safe place" from the Tyranid swarm is a bold statement, definitely had me a do a double take
It's a very specific type of safe: you will almost certainly die painfully, but your cause of death probably won't be Slaanesh or Tyranids.
ideally you'd never be in the position where you have to choose between Tyranids and Commorragh
@@TemplinInstitute Ideally you would never be in a position where Commorragh is a valid choice period. Or at least, is not the better of two options.
@@SephirothRyu still im taking the nids
@@kenrudd6362 That is because you are delicious.
This is why saying "I wish I had a extra pair of hands" is very dangerous in the Imperium.
Prise the Omnissiah and join the Priesthood of Mars. The cogbois have many, many arms and are... mostly human.
The "sponsor" segment for this video... Bravo, good sir, just bravo. Now that's how you reward those that stick around until the end of the video!
joining a community of welcoming people is it's own reward.
Yeah, kind of a brilliant gag, innit? The "sponsor" is very obviously a Genestealer Cult with a modern, secular "Come Join Us And Be Welcome!" friendliness to it... and then you remember that this is how Genestealer Cults get ya by the short-hairs.
...Especially in a setting where this kind of getalong fluff means sweet F-all, because IN THE GRIM DARKNESS OF THE FAR FUTURE, THERE IS ONLY WAR.
I guess those warnings that Templin's multiverse gates posed a risk of contamination finally came true.
At least they've got access to Star Trek tricorders. Genetic scans and disposal of infected personnel should be pretty straightforward.
@@Grizabeebles The Templin organization are the proverbial "Those Fools At The Institute" all the Mads won't shut up about. They place too much stock in "The Prime Directive" and treating the doings of the multiverse as something to coldly and clinically observe, as if sentient beings are just rats in a maze. Small wonder they'd let a breach like this through...
Luckily, the Tribunal Of The Imagination deals more in forging bonds and alliances than in mere "observe-and-catalogue." One of our members is even an Aeldari Great Harlequin with ties to the Space Wolves, the Leagues Of Votann and the Farsight Enclaves. We also deal in magic as well as technology... from psychic parlor-tricks to The Power Of Grayskull- real primal, dawn-of-time, center-of-all-creation stuff.
From Eternia to Eberron to the Discworld to the edge of all time and space- WE ARE THE TRIBUNAL OF THE IMAGINATION! WE PLEDGE WHIMSY FOR ALL, TO DEFEND THE WEAK AND VANQUISH THE EVIL!
Your video sponsor, the Community of Global Wellness, is where my friend met his beautiful wife. They’re expecting their first baby in 3 months. He used to be an abrasive and depressed fellow, but she changed him because he’s happy and is really driven now. He basically changed overnight after meeting her. I’m not joining because they act a little too happy now….like Mormons. I don’t trust that.
Don't worry! I'm sure their quite happy. In fact, if you go over and have an honest discussion with them, I'm sure you'll find some... common ground. It might even change your outlook on life!
Warhammer conspiracy: Mormons are a gsc
Thanks for the warning.
Not a bad thing, after all The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, has done more to help people and maintain its core principles than the other major religious organizations.
Oddly enough while the Jews were prosecuted time and again in Europe. Members of The Church were wrongly labeled as a cult which allowed entire states to strip members of their constitutional rights and began to systematically try and destroy the organization while it was still young.
To this day the Mormon battalion was the only army unit totally comprised of members because of the hatred toward them. That battalion later founded what would be called Ft. Erwin a massive NTC for brigade-size units.
Now, in my opinion, the Church's greatest accomplishment was two things, one maintaining its principles despite threats from other parties. Two doing more to invent and help improve society than any other group.
One of the Saints that millions know of an entire governments use his inventions and designs every day is John Moses Browning. The inventor of modern firearms and one whose machine gun the M2 browning holds the longest service life of any machine in existence.
Thank you and stay healthy.
Hope that babe of yours would one day grow up to become our blessed Patriarch!
Man, these gene cult whatsits are scary! I'm sure glad in uncertain times like these there's an organisation like the Community of Global Wellness to turn to.
Um... didja see the sunburst? THEY'RE A GENESTEALER CULT, YA DINGUS.
@@thetribunaloftheimaginatio5247 Are you sure? You're sounding a little stressed and paranoid. Why don't you come to one of our meetings? I'm sure we'll find a place for you.
@@user-xsn5ozskwg Yeah... a place. IN A HIVE TYRANT'S LARDER. I'm not joining you with the rest of the hanging meat.
They have changed my life, overnight! Dont walk, run! to to your nearest Wellness Center! Youll feel like a new person after a visit with us!
They'll give you true meaning and purpose in your life, like never before!
You can trust them with everything you have!
I recently joined, and I can tell you we're all committed to bringing the entire world together to create something truly special!
I want a 40k game where you play as a Genestealer and create a cult. Think about it.
You start off with just one genestealer choosing a world to infect. Each faction has it's strengths and vulnerabilities. You infect your first few minions and start spreading. Your ultimate goal is to work your way up the chain of government and military with an almost Shadow of Mordor like system of regional governors/generals and their underlings. You manage your own inferiors, spread the cult and prepare it for when the hive fleet comes.
That sounds like an awesome game that I would totally buy.
I think there is some of that on the global influence part of Terra Invicta. You can even play as alien colaborators trying to give Earth to the xenos.
A game like this could also work with a chaos cult.
@@Pacster15 I instantly thought of a mod for Cultism Simulator
I've personally been waiting for GW to do something like that for chaos cults myself.
Genestealer orks are hilarious and I want to read about Brother Guttearer who tries to explain to the rest of the bois the virtuous of the Great Devourer but they just blink confused.
Ork: ...should we krump him, boss?
Ork boss: Nah, Guttearer talks bollocks but he krumps good with that weird arm of his.
I remember reading somewhere (Probably 1d4chan) that genestealers have a hard time expanding within ork territory beecause the other orks inmediatly notice how un-orky they are. Thus, they are quickly killed.
Somewhere in the galaxy, a Genestealer Cult and a Chaos Cult must be having the most awkward interaction ever.
Praise be to the Templin Institute and the Regularly-Armed God Emperor!
(4 arms are regular, right?)
Inquisitor : " in the eyes of the emperor it's not " pulls the trigger on a bolter to the skull
Maybe if the Emperor had a pair of cyberdo-- wait a minute?!?! HERETIC KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!
Yeah? it's those "two armed" fellows you need to worry about, I hear they may be corrupted by chaos!
praise be to the hive fleet!
Four legs good, two legs bad
@@JoshuaC923 *bleating like a sheep* Four legs good! Two legs better!
Chaos-tainted Genestealer cults are where you get some truly zany things.
I thought tyranids are highly resistant to Chaos.
@@miles2378, generally that's true but if the Genestealers are cut off from the Hivemind or get hold of humans who are already part of a Chaos Cult, things can get weird.
@@enoughothis
The idea of a some genestealer cut off from the tyranid hivemind and becoming an independent force is an interesting premise
@@user-unos111 Not really. Genestealer cults are all cut off from the Hive Mind unless a hive fleet is in-system and their planet is about to be invaded. Genestealer cults are connected by a Broodmind that is broadcast by the patriarch broodlord that first initiated the infection. But that patriarch acts on genetically programmed instinct so far from a Hive Mind synapse network. Which means, no Hive Mind uplink, and if the patriarch gets corrupted by Chaos (e.g. a Nurgle plague) the Broodmind gets corrupted and the entire cult falls to Chaos (or in that case, Nurgle -- e.g. Genestealer Cult Tenebrous).
That's old lore
Whats fun is seeing the folks who get the joke and those who it hasn't quite clicked yet. Well played Templin, well played.
The endless repeats of "raises bolter" "inquisitor this X here" and "exterminatus" should show the 40k community isnt exactly good with humor or all that intelligent
It took me entirely too long to realize it wasn't a regular youtube ad😅
Ah yes, "Tyranids". The immortal race of sentient starships coming from dark space. We have dismissed that claim.
They're what? "Like the offspring of a krogan and a rachni?" Yeah, sure they are... [Reaches for the panic button]
Yeah, they're more like what the Arachnids from "Starship Troopers" and the Zerg from "Starcraft" wanna be when they grow up. With a soupcon of Galactus, Devourer Of Worlds... Galactus has his Heralds, the 'Nids have the Genestaler Cults.
I love the whole idea behind GSC, it's that perfect combination of Cthulu cultism, Xenomorph body horror and Scientology.
To do the sheer insidiousness of the Genestealer cults justice in a TV series, you'd have to have a beloved main character revealed to be a member of one at like the fifth season.
I don't have time to watch this! I have a purple skinned baby to look after AND I've got to pour sugar in all the Leman Russ fuel tanks tonight.
understandable, thank you for your service.
Knowing 40k engineering, those tanks will be none the less ready for combat exept maybe if one has a diabetic machine spirit.
The scary ones are those fourth gen guys. They pass perfectly. What's stopping them from joining the guard? Going to other worlds? Having sex with local peoples? Having kids, who are instantly purestrains. Just how many times has this exact thing happened? Or how about joining the Inquisition? Even more freedom. Imagine if it turned out Yarrick was, all this time, a fourth gen Stealer. Or Ciaphas Cain? Did Guilliman REALLY return, or just a third or fourth gen who looked like him? They're already everywhere. There is no hope. You may as well join... us.
Nah that’s ridiculous. They’re still bald guys with weird skin complexions… they’re not changelings
@@FrogEnjoyer17 No, but you can have people who just look like other people, and... I don't know the state of plastic surgery in 40k, honestly.
I am Alpharius
@@tyrongkojy it's less the status of plastic surgery and more the myriad of other things that can, will, or are even intended to disfigure regular humans in 40K, which they can then pass themselves off as, that you've got to worry about. Is that Guard recruit a 4th gen genestealer or was the hive city block he grew up in next to a chemical factory? The new tech priest never takes off her mechanical mask, but most tech priests are like that so its probably nothing to worry about. Yes, all the new crewmen the impressment gang rounded up do look a little weird, but I've heard the mutant makes up most of this world's population. And so on and forth
I don't believe Yarrick was a Hybrid, but I find it interesting that you mention him.
Facts:
During Ghazghkull's first invasion, Herman von Strab refused to send out a distress call to the Imperium at large, declaring his confidence that the forces of Armageddon could drive back the Orks.
Offworld forces already on the planet were systematically sidelined (like a certain troublesome Commissar who was exiled to Hades Hive) or sent into fights they were incapable of winning (like the Iron Skulls Titan Legion).
Shortly after the 2nd Armageddon War, Genestealers were discovered in Infernus Hive, a situation which the Blood Angels resolved by nerve-gassing the Infernus underhive.
Conclusion:
Von Strab's actions *might* be due to simple incompetence... but they would be entirely consistent with the actions of a highly-placed Cult devotee, attempting to systematically undermine Imperial assets outside his own chain of command, and avoid offworld scrutiny.
That sponsorship ad was perfectly done. Bravo
I read in an earlier codex that certain genestealer groups of the cults were instinctively running away from the hivefleets in an effort to avoid being reabsorbed into the swarm, and therefore spreading out and starting further genestaler cults, and ironically drawing the attention of the tyranids again.
* Look up to the stars *
"Why are the stars disappearing?" 🤔
This makes me even more eager to see what happens in Space Marine 2, since Titus is going up against Tyranids this time.
I hoping Necrons are the final mission surprise 3rd faction.
@@eingel7139 Maybe not final mission, but at least last third.
Also, I imagine the Necrons' anti-psyker shenanigans would probably throw a Hive Fleet into disarray. Is that a thing in Necron-Tyranid match-ups?
@GmodPlusWoW tyranids havent been shown to give a damn about blackstone. The effect it has on psykers is suspiciously similar to their own shadow in the warp, possibly implying a connection.
I fricken love the dark humor behind the Global Wellness sponsoring a video of FRIKEN GENE CULTS 😂
It’s so damn funny to me 😂
@@kiravatheargonian Refuge in audacity.
Factions I would like to see next:
1. The Terran Khanate | Master of Orion Franchise
2. Blume Corporation | Watchdogs
3. The Project at Eden's Gate | Far Cry
4. Clone Force 99 | Star Wars
5. The ADVENT Coalition | XCOM
I like the idea of Blume.
6. The Grox | Spore
Dear Templin Institute personell, the Inquisitorial assassination team has been assembled and send to grant you the Emperor's Mercy. The Ordo Chronos Wishes You A Very Good and Heresy-Free Day.
I love it when the Templins incorporate the lore they're discussing into the actual video format. I remember how the Necron video had a "disruption" partway through, as Trazyn the Infinite broke in to lament not being considered worthy of a mention!
I was seriously considering painting the symbol on my door, because the Community of Global Wellness seems like a wonderful organization! Then four of my friends came over and talked me out of it. Over the course of an arm-wrestling match, cooking some stew that was delicious despite how it looked, a rousing game of Paradox-Billiards-Vostroyan-Roulette-Fourth Dimensional-Hypercube-Chess-Strip Poker, and an extended evening of inexplicable pleasures, I was convinced that rather than look for answers in some isolated community, a higher goal is to seek something for my world that is a bit more... undivided.
Jesus. I skipped it thinking it was an actual ad, until I saw the symbol at the end.
Ah the genestealer cults. The second best faction, just short of Tyranids
Xeno scum detected, time for a purge
YES CANONESS, THIS COMMENT RIGHT HERE!
*Maintains eye contact whilst slowly reaching for his Bolt Pistol*
Can you hear us over this noise?!
@@leeboy26 You shoot, while I alert the Inquisition.
Just absolutely brilliant with the setup and payoff on the "sponsor" here. This is why I love this channel!
This community for global wellness sounds like a pretty sweet deal. I can't wait to get involved
In the end, that sponsorship is OH SO bloody clever!
The Genestealers are Fucking Scary as Hell, MORE SO THAN CHAOS!
Id love a game centered around you growing up on a planet and slowly uncovering or being indoctrinated into a cult (or being completely unaware so the betrayal hits hard) and then having to deal with the repercussions of your actions/inaction
If only there was stock footage of a smiling happy person with three arms …
A still of _Zaphod Breeblebox!_
I don't think I've ever heard the words "Commorragh" and "safe" used in the same sentence before. I'd argue that a Tryanid invasion of Commorragh would be an improvement!
Community of Global Wellness really changed my perspective on life. And after I showed all my friends and family they felt the same way too! 10/10 would recommend.
"Urgh. Oh? Ohhh. Oh! Oh, no." - Me, only half listening through the sponsor spiel at the end of the video.
The genestealer video is sponsored by a genestealer cult? Next level.
I thought the ad was gonna be some sort of parody for joining the genestealer community, living for a higher purpose of galactic biological unity or something.
Edit: Wait, never mind, it was a parody after all, after watching the whole vid, it's not got any site links, and it's literally asking me to paint a symbol on my door, and the symbol includes one of those jagged tyrannid tadpole icons. Boy I'm too gullible.
At least you are enlightened now, Brother. Come, let us purge this world of xenos filth and restore the light of the fal- I mean, the God-Emperor.
At last! A 40K video again! The Emperor protects!!
Inquisitor watching the informercial at the end: "....hey WAIT A MINUTE!"
I dunno why but the Genestealer Cults are my favorite or second favorite faction in 40k. On par with the Tau. I really like these Xenos Inflitrators
Populist objection to the horrific status quo of the setting that in the Taus case is simply too weak to actually fix the setting and in the cults case is literally just a world devouring monster trying to play on the deep set systemic problems within the setting to make it easier to eat. In both cases they're doomed to failure and death in the long term but there's something relatable about that drive to improve conditions that is somewhat absent in other factions.
Ahh, Global Wellness. Giving purpose and a family. Join the Cu-Community today.
“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
What does it mean
The COMMUNITY OF GLOBAL WELLNESS has been marked as a HERETICAL organisation.
Nicely done, guys! I didn't realise that it wasn't a sponsor segment but a part of the video, illustrating how cults start, until the end with all the pointed references about secrecy and changing one's thought that paralleled the discussion of how the cults work in the main body of the video.
ARE YOU A GENESTEALER???
-Inquisitor Adrielle Quist
"No...Yes."
Nah, I'm already a member of the Church of Unification outta Seattle. We be happy to Host a survey team from Templin Institute.
I honestly would love for someone to create a game in the a way like the older AVP games (xenomorph story/mechanics) where genestealer is on a ship to a new world & has to cunningly stay hidden and then arrive on a new world & start setting up a cult.
The extremely rare time where a sponsor actually helps to elevate the quality of the video.
For a second I thought the "Community of Global Wellness" ad was going to turn out to be a parody and promote joining a genestealer cult ... I remember the great old GTU ads ... and then I get to the ad, and it is ... well done. Need more ads like this.
You had me in the first half, I'm not gonna lie.
This is perfect. May be the be Templin video yet, and that is saying something.
So let me get this straight. When a tech priest gives themselves a third arm because the Omnissiah told them to, it's totally fine. But when I'm born with a third arm naturally, I'm a dangerous xeno mutant, even though I'm closer to the Emperor in his image? Sounds like a double standard
Masterful short summary of Genestealer lore! They were my first 40k Army and to this day they are one of the most fascinating aspects of the warhammer 40k universe for me.
We Here at the Cult of the Popper Prince deny all accusations of being genestealers. We are simply a missionary group who wishes to help the innocent in the underhives of Holy Terra. Moreover, we are hosting a sermon of the star gods at 7 tonight. We do hope to see you there.
Modern earth vs a Genestealer cult would be interesting (assuming we had a warning)
We would be fucked. No competition
They're already here. It's called the Republican Party.
@@OptimusWombat man has the tinfoil suit on
Death. Thats about it
@@nicholasbrown668 tell me that MAGAs and QAnon don't behave like a cult.
Are there any cases genestealer cults face to face with chaos cult or even infiltrate chaos cult?
I think there are cases of genestealer cults falling to chaos... Does that count?
I know jeans are a pretty iconic people thing, but I personally think they should try to steal more than just denim if they want a good disguise, I mean I can see the double hinging jaw from here, your not fooling me no matter how well fitting those pants are
Despite having to drop my channel membership recently due to my budget, I'm definitely gonna look into the mentioned sponsors of yours! They seem awesome, imo.
Community of Global Wellness ? Origins of the Imperium ? I think so.
Give me more Warhammer lore! MORE!!! LORE!!!
I was listening to this in the background, the ad read at the end had me till the line about putting the sign on your door. Switched tabs and saw the logo, and chuckled.
Someone contact an inquisitor. We might have a problem...
Not sure what is creepier... The Genestealer or the dead eyes and weird smule of the people in the sponsored segment... Brrr they stared directly into the void...
lol when the ad played at the beginning I said out loud "That sounds like a friggin' cult," having immediately forgotten the subject of the video I'd clicked on.
Bravo and wonderful work as always. 👏
Praise the emperor, the true heroes of 40K are getting a video. Death to tyrants!
AWAKEN MY BROTHERS AND SISTER, THE DAY OF RECKONING HAS COME, THE BLOOD OF THE WORKER UNITES THE IMPERIUM, THE STARS ANSWER OUR CALL FOR REVOLUTION!!!!!!!
LIBERTY OR DEATH!!!!
*CRASHES HIS CAR INTO A ADMINISTRATUM BUILDING*
Genestealer Cults is one of my favorite factions. They are the first one i started buying Mini's for, and the guidebook. They remind me a lot of the Unitologists or the Hive. Magically empowered cultists brainwashed to act as heralds to an overwhelming force that seeks to end all, including them. Also did you know Genestealer Cults can get tainted by Chaos and converted into Chaos Cults? Now that would make for some truly terrifying organisms...
Also, i dont like Games Workshop's Lore excuse for why only mini's for Human-Born Genestealer Cults exist, as "oh, the other races find them out too easy or whatever" feels like a cheap excuse as to why official xenos-variants of Genestealer Cults arent made..
I mean, someone being implanted by a genestealer is easy to spot with the right technology. The tau and craftworld Eldar probably have universal healthcare and mandatory check ups that can spot genestealers, orks reproduction is probably incompatible and necrons are robots, so overall it does make a decent amount of sense for them to not have genestealer cultists. Exodites would have no way to spot stealers so they should have some, squats I have no clue.
Dark Eldar, however; are the optimal hosts. Commoragh is extremely anarchic and they regularly bring genestealers there. There should be druikhari genestealer cultists!
@@ultragilig1670 yeah all of that Lore is very clearly just excuses as to why Xeno's Genestealer Minis arent happening.
@@jakespacepiratee3740 all that lore existed before modern genestealer cults, except for squats so you’re incorrect, although it does still excuse the lack of tau, ork and necron genestealer cultists. I’m also unsure wether you read my comment as I literally point out that dark Eldar genestealers make loads of sense. Considering GW’s annoying aversion to anything xenos, one of the few things that is naturally excusable seems an odd hill to die on.
Signs of the cult: very elaborate corporate speech that doesn't actually mean anything.
I have been waiting for you guys to make a GSC video for so long, thank a lot!
Global gene wellness
This is perfect as I just finished my genestealer combat patrol and my Achilles ridgerunner
On today's special episode of how I met your mother...
So in other words
Genestealers : " Jack it, jack it, jackety-jack
Spankin' it, spankin' it, smackety-smack. "
Jackin' it, jackin' it, jackety-jack.
Spankin' it, spankin' it, smackety-smack.
JACKING FOR THE LORD! "
"how I infected your mother"
The Tyranids have no hope of ultimate victory. All life will be eliminated by the Necron.
Abandon your fear.
Abandon your noise.
Abandon your life.
Surrender to the Necron.
"You would spend an eternity, craving for the embrace of your so-called gods. We will help you meet them, together in death." - _Necron Pariah_
All life eliminated? Someone's got a bad case of the Destroyer virus. You know that plan ends with the destroyers killing themselves too, right?
So in other words
Genestealer cults :" Jack it, jack it, jackety-jack
Spankin' it, spankin' it, smackety-smack.
Jackin' it, jackin' it, jackety-jack.
Spankin' it, spankin' it, smackety-smack.
JACKING FOR THE LORD! "
Genestealer and Slaneshi intergang warfare must be very confusing.
They seem so trustworthy though!
Yeah they're so trustworthy until they bend you over putting gene in your butt. That makes you spread their weird freaky deaky disease everywhere.
@@wolfbane7497 I dont think ive had the phrase 'freaky deaky' used on me since grade school
"In the sunless body of our Hive, the flock of the faithful grows. We are guided by our Great Father's sacred vision, protected by his loving hands. Within these holy shadows we dwell, while the impure bathe in spire-top starlight. And what lies between those stars? What sails beyond those distant suns? Shrouded in night, borne within that eternal black; Our redeemers, our Gods -- truer than the silent, long-dead Emperor -- the Children of the Void. We hear them in our dreams, we feel them in our blood. They call and we will answer. We will rise and claim the engines of labour that have bound us in servitude. This world will burn. It will be cleansed, purified, made ready, the Heavens will deliver our reward!" -- Unknown Genestealer Cult Magus
Don't mind me, I'm just here for the Scientoløgy comparisons.
Please, do carry on!
that was a good one. you had me with that Wellness center thing.
Genesteeler from one Hivefleet will only work with that Hivefleet
So in case of an invasion by another Hivefleet, the Genesteeler in that world will fight back
Genestealer cults don't work with any hive fleet barring very specific exceptions (e.g. cults near Hive Fleet Tiamet). Genestealer cults are devoured alongside all the other biomass on a planet once the hive fleets arrive. That's not special though. The vast majority of tyranid warrior-forms get broken back down and recycled into biomass sludge for easier transport following an invasion. Very little actually survives a tyranid invasion.
Once the Hive Mind extends to the cult's system, the Broodmind is subjugated, the cultists are sent into an inhuman killing frenzy, and right before the end when the Broodmind collapses (due to the patriarch being killed or fleeing the system) the cultists get a moment of lucidity before they, too, are consumed. The cult will often send out a handful of members to keep spreading the invasion before the tyranids reach them, though, so usually the cult isn't entirely exterminated. But there is no 'working alongside tyranids'.
Wait... Not a single mention that everything said in this video is just subjective, non-canon theory because there is no canon? Or is this remark (or excuse) reserved only for "other" topics? How does it work exactly?
The whole space marine video was about how 40K has a loose cannon that is self-justified by the Imperium's unreliable record keeping. There's a whole section talking about the origins of the genestealer cults being uncertain and how the archives have been un- and rewritten multiple times to accommodate new or contradictory information.
if this was too complex for you, there's a bunch of kids videos that are probably more your speed.
@@TemplinInstitute I somehow doubt that those vids you mentioned would explain to me how is it, that a lore analysing channel starts a debate on "hot" topic, saying that something may exist in a particular universe despite a lack of any proof, solely because there is no canon and everything is a matter of subjective perception of said universe, and then they forget to add that remark to another video from this universe. So what, it's ok to present something nonexistent as possible, even probable, because there's no canon, but we take something else for granted, despite there's no canon? Shouldn't this "no canon" remark be added to every video presenting the aspects of the universe in question?
Oh wait, then whole magic of every alternative world is gone and the videos aren't even half as entertaining. Could it be, that all of it is done for entertainment (i.e. number of views and monetary value), at the cost of reliability? This channel was always a reliable source of information on alternative worlds, so I wonder what changed. I also doubt the "kids videos" mentioned would answer that.
@@TemplinInstitute on a more serious note, and dropping the passive aggressiveness (as well as, I hope, "kids videos" type of answers), I've always considered your channel a solid and reliable source of information presented in an entertaining way, but i saw it as facts and solid info from the other worlds first, entertainiment later. You've made a ton of good videos where you explored different aspects of fictional worlds, not to mention the more "educational" vids like the ones about flags, navy, state names etc. That's why it felt so off to see you getting into a debate about something that's hotly debated and defending your point with "there is no canon, so one can fit whatever one wants into 40k universe" argument. Yes, we can certainly say that there is no canon in this particular universe and everything depends on our individual, subjective perspective, that's undeniably true. But if we apply this logic to one thing in the universe, we must apply it to all of its aspects. That's what's reliability. That's what I've so far seen on your channel. Take your video on the war between the New Republic and the First Order. You've said specifically, that this was an absolutely individual, non canonical, altered version of the story. And it was great and felt natural, mainly because it was stated from the beggining that it's an alternative version of events. Saying that something may exist solely because there is no canon and everything is subjective is just lazy when analysing alternative worlds (mainly because this argument can be used in regard to almost every fictional universe, because almost all of them have some contriving facts and canon conflicts).
Uuuummmmm, anyone else spot the Tyranid sigil inside the Wellness logo? 😅
Nope. But given the subject...
That final pseudo-ad....*slow clap* *chef's kiss*
this the guy who thinks everyones head-cannon is valid lore? I forget.
if you can't tell, then what's it matter?
@@TemplinInstitute well I haven't watched the video yet. thought I'd check first :P
Comunity of Wellness - a genestealer cult... how lovely
Thought it was weird that The Templin Institute started using in-video ads, but RUclips is a business.
We should all support their sponsors by at least checking them out 😊
I love how even the introduction is full of genestealer bits.
Every time they cover Warhammer 40k I expect whatever faction they cover to hack in and interrupt the video, for like the third time now.
Beautifully done
Nice work templin institute
No foul xenos will ever take my jeans!
Community of Global Wellness: ...and joining our community has never been easier! You needn't even ask. ;)
That beginning ad read gave me some scientology-level rankles.
Somewhere out there we have Alpha Legion, Genestealer cult and the Tau trying to subvert the same world.
More of the Aeldari please
1. abe - oddworld - dossier
2. stranger - oddworld - dossier
3. magog cartel - oddworld - mainline investgations
4. uzi doorman - murder drones - dossier
5. malefactors - the suffering - bestiary