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And then you got warhammer 40k writers
Yeah the primarchs do it, and it's kinda weird. But they are inhuman monsters that have to serve as generals and politicians, so I forgive them.
When space Marines do it the it's kinda like how priests refer to each other as brother, but also battle brother is a rank.
I think it is also there to make things seem more theatric/dramatic. Like just how many books start with a dramatis personae? We're not reading about people, we're reading about characters in a space opera. No matter how you look at it, it's still pretty silly.
The oat pig videos keep living rent free in my head anytime I hear a space marine/primarch call someone brother.
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It's gone full circle and there's a 40k version:
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