User blog comment:Khalael/Canon Policy Discussion 1: Space Marines/@comment-25027290-20131103063448/@comment-8395098-20131103070030

a paraphrasing of the most commonly read lines for the fanon reason for larger chapters.

"They fight alot so they deserve more space marines."

everyone in 40K fights alot, the guard deserves more men than they have already, most space marine chapters that go rogue deserved better treatment. that sentence tells me you want people to be nice and fair to your chapter in a galaxy that is out to grind your very soul to dust.