Editing Slaanesh (section)

== The Philosophy of Slaanesh ==
Obviously, a god created from the excess of a society that used to look like [[Dark Eldar|this]] isn't exactly going to be benevolent. It doesn't help that its followers are encouraged to act much more selfishly than the other chaos gods, usually performing horrible deeds for their own self-satisfaction, rather than in the name of a [[Nurgle|community]], [[Khorne|patron]], or [[Tzeentch|greater cause.]] The Dark Prince very much acts as a sort of posthumous reflection of the mindset that prevailed in the age of the Ancient Eldar empire.
However, the few virtuous values it has are the bait for corruption but can be seen more clearly if they are compared to the black magic colour in MTG. Like the other gods, Slaanesh corrupts and distorts it in an extreme and destructive manner, but at its core, Slaanesh values the care and improvement of one's self to the point that you eventually do a 180 and arrogantly assert already being perfect while in reality being a mutated abomination. Part of the reason why the lord of excess is often the weakest Chaos deity is the sheer lack of individuality the average person gets in the 40th-42nd millennium. After all, most being born into the galaxy will find themselves in one of the following:


•	[[Imperium|A massive bureaucratic machine that expects you to give your life for a small contribution to its cause without recognition or appraisal]], [[Tau|all the while aggressively discouraging independent thought and expression.]]


•	[[Craftworld|The remnants of a dying race that live dry, ascetic lifestyles that'll either end off with a trip to smut hell or purgatory in an unfeeling machine.]]


•	[[Tyranid|Or a race genetically incapable of harbouring true independent thought]], [[Ork|save for a few individuals who]] [[Necron|even then have a limited amount of free will.]]

A life spent exclusively in the name of others is a life where you can never hold a passion for a job you love, a hobby you enjoy, or a friendship/relationship you can cherish. It is a life where you can never express yourself through music, art, cuisine or overpriced plastic miniatures, where you’ll never truly discover the type of person you are, as there’ll be simply nothing there to find. Although these sorts of things are the least important things in Maslow's hierarchy of needs, on top of the fact that not everyone needs to create the next Mona Lisa or 5th Symphony, if an individual wants to truly feel content with themselves, they will require some sort of self-actualization at some point in their lives if they wish to truly be happy.

[[Heresy|Or at least, so a Slaaneshite would claim.]]

Slaanesh is the demon of addiction its temptations are more subtle than its foul brethren in a sense it will bait you with your base desires into selfish hedonistic behavior slowly chipping away at your personality untill you end up as a distorted parody of your former self. Fulgrim felt shame for murdering his brother and admired the human form [[fail|now he boasts of his murder and is an aesthetically unpleasing snake thing]].