User blog comment:Das2Eazy/Laughing Skull/@comment-27830834-20161112234128

Coming from somebody who really isn't the biggest fan of Space Marines (or at least not 40k-era ones at any rate), the Laughing Skulls are honestly pretty decent. Their values, traditions, and overall culture are pretty in-keeping with the White Scars' overall theme. There are however a few things I'd like to comment on:

1) I realize that the White Scars and their sucessors are usually somewhat segragated from the Imperium at large, but not only do they have a Gene-Seed that may or may not be chaos-corrupted, but they also regularly use xenotech and/or wargear of their own making. I know you touch up on both those subjects in the "relationship" section, but (personal opinion time, please put the knife down) I don't really understand this common fanon Chapter theme of "pissing off all the other Imperial Adepta because tradition", since it just seems like more of a hindrance than an interesting trait.

Also, their suspicions about the Admech's beliefs being Necron-related implies that they know about the Void Dragon. How do they know about the Void Dragon? Seriously, I'm confused.

2) The article's overall organization seems kinda disjointed. "Philosophy" and "Traditions" could probably be merged into one section, "Unique units" is placed under "Equipment" when it probably should be under "Chapter Composition" alongside the "Howling Skull" and "Khagarsan" units, and the "Timeline" and "Homeworld" sections seem a little extraneous.

3) This may just be a nitpick but their overall theme is a little... all over the place. I was under the impression you were going for a psuedo-mongolian theme, but looking at the "heroes and notable marines" section you've got guys like Richard Thanes and Morpheus Gunshred who are apparently all from the same homeworld, which is apparently based off of Canada. I mean, they're your Space Marines and all, but the overall intimidation factor kinda goes down when you name your seven-foot-tall power-armored post-human Richard, y'know?

Anyway, those are just my two cents regarding your Chapter. Heed or ignore them at your leisure.