Editing Marines Malevolent (section)

==Relationship with other Space Marine Chapters==

[[File:George-earl-abalayan-malevolent-tension-by-earltheartist.jpg||320px|thumb|left|When even the [[Red Scorpions]], don't seem to want to do anything with you then you're another level of dickery.]]

At this point, with the amount of hatred the Chapter has garnered, it's pretty amazing in and of itself that several other, cooler Chapters don't just petition the [[High Lords of Terra|High Lords]] to disband them and give the armour and weapons to other Chapters who don't shit themselves laughing after launching artillery at a refugee camp. Hell, since the Imperium is so <s>bumfuck stupid</s> {{BLAM|'''HERESY'''}} {{BLAM}}, Stuck up its own ass, they could probably get away with being stamped as 'Traitors' for killing civilians for no reason...in fact some of the inquisition have done that already, but the order has yet to reach the high lords. (ooh, some Kommandos are nearby. It'd be nice if we had some sort of [[Ork Snipers|low-key, un-Power Armoured marine who has been trained in stealth and reconnaissance to go and take them out]]).

And should that happen, we can't think of too many Chapters who would turn down the chance to kick the Marines Malevolent in their collective dicks. Especially if the [[Minotaurs]] and [[Carcharodons|SPESS SHARKSH!!!]] happen to be in the area. One of the Malevolents challenged a [[Black Templar]] to an honor duel, just so he could take the Templar's armor when he won, so the Templars would probably be first in line as well.

They even blackmailed a First Founding Chapter Master to the point that he had to physically restrain himself from smacking the fuck out of the Malevolent representative. When the two met again at the end of the Third Armageddon campaign, said Chapter Master openly insulted the Malevolent Captain (after he beat the ever-living fuck out of him in private) in front of the entire army, causing much sniggering amongst the nearer [[Imperial Guard|Guardsmen]] and earning the Chapter Master ([[Tu'Shan]]) the title Hero of Armageddon.

Well OK, he got it for kicking [[Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka|Thraka's]] ass, but who cares.

One could make the argument that this dickishness is just extreme pragmatism, combined with scorn towards everyone (including their own) who show weakness. You'd be wrong. Being pragmatic isn't bad in itself as such Chapters like the [[Raven Guard]], or their successors like the [[Raptors]], show multiple times, but the Marines Malevolent are just callous. They see others as an interference in doing their job as Marines, while those who prevent them in doing so actually do so because even they draw a line. An Inquisitor must be pragmatic due to the things he has to deal with constantly, but even then he wouldn't go that far as to put an entire sector to the torch unless he has enough evidence to justify this act, and even then he'll go to great lengths to hit places where heresy and corruption are at its worst and then cauterize the rest before it grows and strengthens itself. The Raptors Space Marines are known for their pragmatic take on warfare, yet even then they will never go so far as to waste allies or bombard a place with civilians in it. This is the reason why Marines Malevolent are not liked <s>that much</s> by the Imperium.

They also have piss-coloured armour, the ungrateful fucks.

Other forces in the Warhammer 40k universe may be EEEEEEVIL!!! on some sort of grand cosmic scale of [[Grimdark|grimdark]], but very few are just nasty, petty, and cruel in an all-too human way. They treat their [[Chapter Serf]]s like slaves, and for those not in the know, this is otherwise unheard of. That's not grimdark, M&Ms, that's just... unpleasant.

In short, in a galaxy of horror and tragedy, most suffer jadedly, a few grieve but only the Marines Malevolent jeer.... well, and the [[Iron Hands]], but [[Skub|that's basically retconned now]]. Alternately: a Marine Malevolent is, on average, ten pounds of jerkwad in an eight pound bag.