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"Man, Tau are such weebs!" Eldar: Neglect sex to study the blade and have literal shuriken weapons, teleporting behind people for nothing personnel with weapons named after dragons

All the real ones know that the best piece of Tau lore is that- *Sounds of an angry custodian in the distance* “THAT IS NOT CANON!”

"How dare you not commit genocide, that's not the point, fuck you!" Brilliantly captures the entirety of 40K in so many layers.

Bricky: I hate anime Also Bricky: Lovingly describes "The Eight" which is some of the most anime shit I've heard out of 40k

"Back when they were primitive warring tribe society" >Shows English Football hooligans brilliant.

The T’au: too big to be ignored, to small to bother dealing with.

“The Tau want to create a society where everyone works to advance the collective.” 40k Doomer: “And I took that personally.”

Just finished the Ciaphas Cain novel “The Greater Good” where the empire and tau form a temporary Truce against the Nids. I love that basically any time Cain and another officer are talking about the truce they just assume the Tau are going to screw them but then he straight up says “not that they have a recorded history of doing such things but it’s what we’d do in their shoes.”

So, 8 guys dressed in red who fight in melee just happen to not worship Khorne? Ok.

Shy's visual aid game is absolutely on-point here

Tau were always grim dark. The fact they were hopeful and inexperienced in the face of a horrific galaxy is what makes it grim. Despite all their technology they still only a little of the Galaxy. They are the lost lamb wandering in the dark. We know what waits for them.

Old Tau lore was way more grimdark imo. The actual grimdark came from the fact that there were these noble, hopeful people just exploring and colonizing space for the first time before slowly realizing they are the smallest, newest piece in a intergalactic board game that has been going on for millions of years between ancient civilizations and monsters that anyone could wipe them out at any time. And that even worse still, the victors were decided before they even came to be.

T'au : you can believe what you want to believe Orks : we da bois believe in crushing you

Farsight also discovered about daemons and how the ethereals are pretending chaos doesn't exist

I remember when I picked up Tau in college. I really liked their aesthetic. Then I heard that "People only play Tau for the anime battle-suits." I resolved to not use any suits in my army. I went with infantry, drones, and vehicles. I never won a game, but I didn't go down easy, either.

The “If you can see the Tau it means they’re losing” rule only half applies to the Enclaves

Not to mention the time a Necron overlord became concerned when he picked up a Tau skull and came to the eeiry conclusion that they share the same skull shape.

I never got the idea that Tau don't fit aesthetically in 40k. Like what did people expect every race in the galaxy to conform to the Imperium's dress code? As long as it's grounded in the level of strength you could have all manner of looks because different independent races would look different.

Fans: The tau are weebs! Eldar: name their swords after dragons Orks: use mecha suits Imperium: have mecha suits and furries Necrons: Literally terminators Chaos & Tyranids: tentacle monsters

Tau: we're talking about the greater good here Emperor of mankind: greater good I am the emperor I'm the greatest good you ever going to get

They deserve more credit for the simple fact that they looked at warp tech and just threw it out an air lock and then nuked it. I remember the actual online campaign that they did to decide which way they went with it.

DK: gets Minis because they look cool and they wants to paint them. Bricky: "I have no problem with people who collect _____ Minis, but im still gonna give them shit for having them." Truly they are both 40k fans.

Another fun fact Bricky, is that Shadowsun and Farsight are actually really close friends. Shadowsun was told to hunt down farsight and bring him back to the Tau, and she instead messaged him and warned him of her command.

When you guys talk about the XV - naming convention I was imagining how the Tau are still actively inventing stuff. I would love to see some top Tau scientist super eager to talk to a captured Techapriest like "share the knowledge of the Imperiums wondrous technology!! We want melee mechs like those Knights Gallent!" And the TechPriest just talking about oils and prayers and shit. "Are you..are you sure this is one of their engineers?"

peopole talking about japanese tau while eldar shuriken gun , evangelion robots and dedicate their centuries-long lives to master the blade

I'm gonna have to _actually_ you here, Bricky. The idea that the Ethereals aren't entirely trustworthy has been around since the Tau were introduced. There's a bit in the original codex where a Tau scientist studying the Kroot is sending a letter back to his sister talking about how they use smells to communicate and says something along the lines of 'some say that the Ethereals use pheromones to get us to do what they want, isn't that ridiculous?' so it's always been there. There's also always been the idea that everyone in the empire is equal but the Tau themselves are just a bit more equal than anyone else, kind of a condescending idea that the Tau are superior and have to guide the 'lesser' races.

I just want to say as a Tau player, thank you guys for giving the Tau a fair shake and not doing what most people do and just pour pure salt and hatred into everyone that plays Tau! :> Just sad that's something I have to be thankful for. D:

Tau are like flavor enhancers. Not too grimdark on their own, but their existence makes the universe more grimdark.

Guilliman has his eldar and Kitten has his tau. The universe is slowly coming together.

The ending “buy the merch” had the same energy as “there is no meme this is just a threat”

I love stories where Imperial citizens are liberated by the Tau. People being brought out of hellish living conditions, and unlike Chaos, their promises are genuine. And the promises they make are impossible to refuse even at risk of betraying the Emperor. They surrender, and some even kill human soldiers in a desperate bid to save their liberators. And unlike every other faction in the milky way, their allegiance and loyalty is rewarded. I hope the Tau expand further into the galaxy, or at the very least are given a chance at an alliance with Guilliman. Guilliman is also concerned about the living conditions of Imperial citizens, so a mutual agreement could be made between him an the Tau. Thus, the Imperium now has an alliance with two xeno factions.

Honestly I just want all the other races that are part of the Tau Empire to be represented in the tabletop. I mean according to the lore they have like two dozens of different species working for them (that we know of) and only 3 of them can be used, some of which need better rules.

Farsight is a nickname he earned due to his extraordinary ability to foretell outcomes in battle. He easily picks up on tactics employed by the enemy and makes steps ahead of them. The guy has high levels of intuition but is no psychic

Bricky, the only thing I wish you would've mentioned is that the T'au have virtually no presence in the warp. So in order for them to do warp travel they employ a race of psychic pancake bears that make all of their ships work xD

Personally, I like the idea of a young race, naïve and with adventure in their hearts slowly coming to grips with the uncountable horrors that are in the 40k universe. It brings an interesting new perspective. Then maybe as they get bigger and bigger they become something akin to the Imperium we know, where they have to do the same messed up stuff the Imperium does to survive.

"I'm sure there's a lot of rule 34 stuff on her." Bricky "yes, yes there is." Spoken like a true conniseur of r/34 content.

Bricky "i got a printer at home. Dont worry it will be fine" Website 15 minutes after release "you are order number 1415"

My favorite Tau tidbit is that they thought about titans, but decided it was insane to use so much resources on one thing rather then more numerous smaller stuff. Humans had told them multiple times, but chalked it up to Imperial propaganda. Que the Damocles crusade and the Tau find out they are very real and very terrifying. Wishlist is still Assassin temples.

The thing with Tau, at least the way I understand it, is, that most people that were angry about them at first, began to tolerate them, and when GW changed their lore to be "enslaved" good guys only Luetin seems to see the most grimdark Faction ever in the history of grimdarkness.

I'm gonna keep the head canon that the Tau are the goodie two-shoes of Warhammer 40k. Its different, and I think that stands out among them, between the Choas Bois and Imperial Rule, I like the peace bringer idea.

"I say the whole world must learn of our peaceful ways... by force!"

If the Tau rely on range to win, and the art tends to depict two enemy factions in close combat, it makes sense that in most art they're losing.

"i know everybody hates the Tau-" - me, holding my precious Farsight model, "YOU TAKE THAT BACK" but for real, i saw the mech models before i knew what 40k was, and wanted to play them.

Farsight's expedition ran into Chaos Daemons, and the Ethereals with him acted like they recognized the Daemons, but refused to elaborate on them, which gave him the inkling the Ethereals knew about Chaos and were actively trying to hide it, and during the battle the Daemons SPECIFICALLY targeted the Ethereals until all of the ones Farsight had accompanying him were dead (indicating that the Ethereals' mind-control shit may in fact be a low-level psychic power, considering Daemons go after Psykers first a lot). So against T'au Empire protocol, he continued his expedition instead of returning to the Empire for new orders.

If I remember right part of the reason that Farsight defected was because he discovered Chaos and that the Ethereal were hiding it from everyone as well as what Brick said. Plus pretty sure his sword is a warp sword that steals the life force of the slain for the wielder.

Also fun fact the Tau preferring ranged warfare is at least semi-accurate to old Japanese warfare. Archery was a key component and once firearms came into the picture they were incredibly popular. Nobunaga in particular is well known for his efficient use of matchlock infantry.

i love the Tau, not because they have Mechs but i just like that they realy try to unite everyone and every single Person in the Tau has its purpose

Farsight still believes in the grater good and came back to help the Tau empire during the 3rd phase when the empire decided to smack down on the Tau. Shadowsun managed consistently out smart both the whitescares and raven guard at this time to, she even trolled and killed the chapter master of the raven guard lol. Oh and far sight has a soul eating sword that prelongs his life.

Honestly there is two (and I guess a third related to the first two) reasons why Tau have as much fan backlash even today: 1: Y'know how when the primaris were first revealed they were advertised as nearly 100% superior in every way, but over the last few years that shining perfection has been marred with some actually decent character development such as the reveal of primaris having chapter flaws still? That's basically the same road the Tau Empire took, starting out as this nearly comically squeaky clean diplomatic force in the timeline whose methods were just SO MUCH BETTER than the Imperium, and thus over time they've also taken a bit of the grimdark with stuff like the Farsight Enclave's appearance and their growing edge around the ethereals. 2: Fish of Fury. You can thank this for why we can shoot through other units for the most part, as devilfish were built in such a way that when pillboxed end to end in previous editions, you couldn't target the enemy infantry inside the gap this caused, and this became about as abused as the Iron Hands Dreads after their Psychic Awakening book. This got to the point less 'That Guy' tau players actively avoided lists with their dedicated transport so they weren't given shit for it. 3: This is a general thing for internet culture and fandoms, but Warhammer fans are fond of repeating the same anecdotes and mematics long after they no longer apply, and some people just get irrationally stuck at the image they got in their head from first impression that they'll not want to dig deeper.

The Tau are like that one weeb everyone knows that no one wants to talk to but they're cool with that because they're just enjoying their mecha

This episode has also shifted me to not hating the T'au. They've got way more variety and depth than I gave them credit for!

"cuz Bricky is a coward" my favourite line by far and it wasnt even spoken. nice one Shy!!

Dont forget its not just the official art work that the T'au get screwed by GW, its also the entirety of 9th edition so far! Also Farsite broke off after his Ethereals died, and he found out that they were hiding the existence of Chaos. The Farsite enclaves also follow the main principles of the greater good without having any Ethereals.

Just fyi "The Greater Good" is actually based on a real life political theory called Utilitarianism. It was popular on Britain during the 1800's

I love the Bricky's reaction was just the embodiment of sheer pain, cause the whole thing was just a jojo reference.

Fun Fact , in Chinese Thao or Dao translates to "The Way"

Yoooo that “Bricky Mitai” edit was fucking great

You forgot the part where kroot aren't just carnivorous, but they'd also really quickly change their genome based upon the guidance of their shaper in respects to their *erhm* diet. Orks, humans and others included

Battlesuits are fucking rad and no imperial corpse-simp will ever change my mind.

To put it simply, the Tau are like choosing between a somewhat uncomfortable domestic life, and Cthulu's front lawn.

Are you in the Adeptus Custodes? "No, I am even more radiant." *wearing Adeptus Ridiculous shirt*

Fun fact, Duncan (yes that Duncan) created the 8 as they were a group of models he painted to test the Farsight scheme. The wargear they have now are improved versions of the ones he put on the original 8.

I love the Tau. Diplomatic, peaceful, violence as a last resort… like Starfleet.

this episode is a shining example of why I love hearing Bricky explain lore: Acknowledging that sometimes, the company that wrote the lore did something dumb. Much as I love immersion, there's been plenty of other things where I'm watching a recap and the narrator is bending over backwards to justify why something happened in-universe or acting like the author(s) can do no wrong. Yeah, the Tau have potential, I'd like to see where they could go

The T’au being the main enemies in X-com makes a insane amount of sense lol!

Looking forward to the "I'm a tank" print shirt. Keep up the good work, guys!

Personally, I never had any problem with the Ta'u being an unambiguous 'good guy' faction within the 40k setting, simply because they are too small to matter. They are generally ignored by the other factions, capable of defending their territory when pressed, and are making territorial gains, but those gains are miniscule compared to the campaigns of the other big actors in the setting. They provide sort of an outlet or different flavor to the setting that provides a lot of interesting story and gameplay concepts, without really having any sort of impact on the greater setting.

History lesson, in the span of a few decades or so, Japan went from being an isolated feudal nation that was still using katanas and muskets in 1860s to having the most advanced navy on the planet by the 1880s and having the 2nd largest empire by the 1940s. I think this may be part of the inspiration behind the Tau becoming so advanced within a few thousand years.

Can we all appreciate the Baka mita that Shy put in near the end of the video

Honestly GW should develop the other races that follow the Tau and integrate them more into their armies. Dont get me wrong i love mechs but the other races as so underused. The Kroot are the only ones we know more, and they are cool chicken humanoids that can addapt their DNA and mutate into differnt forms and have a whole religion about it. The next we know more is Vespid and we literally know one unit type and its boss version. Thats it. The other races are literally just names and a small description on what they do. Maybe some pics if we are lucky. Again people joke about the Squats but we know more about the Squats than 90% of the other Tau subraces

>Talks about Kroot >Mentions that they breed by shoulder-massage >Completely fails to mention their MAIN THING which is the "Carnivores who adopt traits from the stuff they eat, so they have to eat sapient races else they lose their own sapience" Why you do my chickenbuddies dirty like that Q_Q

Every episode that passes the more I’m convinced that shy is a chaos god

"The greater good is their menTAUity" (13:20) Underrated

"ZA FEETO!" - Doge Vandire

That is a subtle yet brilliant Ghost of Tsushima reference in the thumbnail, didn't even realize it the first time I saw it.

34:25 That's a photoshop of I believe "Teasing Master Takagi-san", essentially the girl teases the boy all the time because she likes him and he tries his hardest to tease her as pay back

As someone who plays Tau, this was a nice episode.

Greater Good can be grimdark. Imagine letting an entire fleet or planet suffer or die 'for the greater good' if this world suffers, everyone else benefits. Edit: Imagine a planet that the Tau Empire needs but the species on that planet isn't having it. They can't kill them all, they need this world. They will serve.

"That's like 2009, that's not that long ago." *Cries in 12 years*

I preferred the “good guy T’au” idea, because they’re the up-and-coming idealists in a truly fucked-up galaxy. They’ve got no idea how much the bigger world sucks…kind of like the High School gifted kid going to college.

I saw the whole "DK converting to Tau bc he's a weeb" before the episode even started

Could we possibly get an episode on Ciaphas Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM?

Bricky: "I'm going to give the Tau more respect than Lutin." Me, after watching Lutin's video on the Tau: "So... Not constant, unconditional hatred/disdain?"

"Tau are recent" I hate to make everyone feel old but tau are 20ish years old. They've been part of 40k for over half of its existence now. Just like Necrons. 6 editions of the game ago... As someone who likes and plays tau i hate that battlesuits are the only way to play them. Their grav tanks and the forgeworld aircraft are so cool and they've been done dirty. Kroot and vespid are shamefully poor on the tabletop as well which takes away their other unique cool thing. Don't get me wrong, battlesuits are cool. Farsight and the eight are cool, broadsides are cool af. The stormsurge is pretty awesome but that might be just because mine is actually a scale model of metal gear rex because they're the same mech but rex looks better.

I'd just like to say that I watched TTS from start to EP 25, and it had nothing DK hasn't heard about yet. Now; You guys could potentially turn watching them into content, but there were no big spoilers to worry about.

Hope they touch on farsight just being the same arc as horus, except because the tau have a minimal warp presence his sword hasn’t turned him.... yet

Interesting thing to note about historical Samurai. The katana was a side weapon. Their main weapons, as I understand it, were the bow and spear. With the bow used on horseback. A thing to note about Tau military doctrine. A lot of tactics and strategies early Tau used are taken directly from "The Art of War". The Killing Blow, The Patient Hunter, opting for quick mobilization of forces rather than strong garrisons, the use and assimilation of former enemy forces, etc. are all in that book.

The T'au are treated like the twilight franchise. Everyone's kneejerk response is to hate them but no one hates them as much as they pretend to.

I think biggest reason why Tau “don’t fit” into 40k is because they’re a sci-fi faction, and 40k is basically medieval fantasy in space.

Honestly before this episode my only knowledge of the Tau faction came from Kitten's rant, so it's pretty cool to see you guys cover it. (Also Bruva x Adept Ridiculous crossover when?)

I remember when Dawn of War: Dark Crusade came out I really liked them, but I had no idea they were anime inspired at the time. I actually liked them because of my love for the Jak series and how the fire warriors look like the Haven City guard, and by extension the drone ships look like hellcats.

I think I agree with bricky my personal headcannon for the more darker interpretation for the T'au was the ethrals were kinda highly manipulative politicians and maybe had a kinda more equal than everyone else kinda of thing going on with them. I feel like it's less of a jump from no psykers to maybe some psykers or just smelling good enough to make people follow your orders.

I actually kinda like the tau, with the exception that farsight enclaves are the best possible version of the tau. I wish we got more farsight stuff tbh. I feel like out of everyone the enclaves are one of the few unambiguously good factions. Even the tau empire has nasty shit with how they treat both non etheral tau and non tau races but farsight enclave actually seems to be trying to make a better place in the shithole Galaxy

Today I decided to comment. For the greater good.

DK: "I don't hate these guys" Tau Players: "WE GOT ONE"

I miss the hippy dippy Tau frankly I still sit on the idea these Ethereal are just oligarchs and philosophers like there is a massive issue with the way things are run with a whole ass class system based on your race of Tau but clearly they are doing their best with what they got.

It isnt just a meme, Tau Women prefer their Geu'vasa

You forgot that Farsights sword absorbs the life force of those it kills which is why he has lived this long, Tau have short life spans so GW had to find ways to make there best characters live longer this is one of them the other is Shadowsun keeps going in and out of cryosleep and is woken up when needed. Farsighted and Shadowsun where trained by the same teacher Puretide and it was puretide who warned Farsight about the ethereals

So, observation - to my eye, Tau designs don't really look any more out of place than any of the other distinct factions do relative to each other. The issue is more that they are really the only faction that looks distinctly like something that already exists outside of Warhammer, namely a lot of Gundam and Macross mecha. Imperium looks like imperium, Eldar looks like Elder, Necron looks like Necron, but Tau looks like anime, and thus doesn't quite seem to fit.