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some background for those who missed it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZsxKcRlaTk
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It's a weird take as I saw Arch's video on it then saw the Templin's video on it later on
Arch rightly called out how they were trying to use the 'unreliable narrator' as an excuse for why female space marines could exist when outside of the actual lore, that's because GW couldn't reign in their writers.
Then there's the MASSIVE elephant in the room, if you have female space marines, what the fuck is the point of the Sisters of Battle. They are immensely powerful, way cooler than any 'female space marine' and just as badass as the actual space marines. This is another one of those cases where they want to add something without taking into consideration how much this hurts already established groups in this universe.
How come Sisters of Battle are considered that strong?
I choose to believe they're powered up by the psychic simp'ery of a few trillion thirsty imperial guardsmen.
Because their faith in the Emperor is so strong it allows them to perform literal miracles, and even caused one of their members to become so powerful she is now for all intents and purposes a Daemon fueled by devotion to the Emperor rather than devotion to Chaos.
So it is less a case of "We used extreme biological science to create ascended men who are so ascended it is arguable they arent even human anymore" and more "I believe that I can stop these bullets, and my faith is so strong I literally manifest a force field that stops the bullet".
Replace "my faith" with gork/mork/randomzappything and you've basically got orks with tits.
Now, now, the SoB are more than orks with tits. They're orks with tits and ludicrous amounts of flamethrowers.
I heard the theory that essentially they have the Emperor on their side so they get 'miracles' like with the OG sister of Battle Alicia Dominica when a shield turned mysteriously off so that she could decapitate a certain heretic...
Basically they get a extremely lucky thanks to their faith in the Emperor, the debate is who is luckier, them or Ultramarines.
The Ultramarines have Matt Ward so of course they get all the luck
The power of their faith.
Orks are strong because of their collective psychic power being channeled into a Waagh. Sisters are strong because a few, highly devoted sisters literally believe that Emps is god and therefore can grant small miracles. Living Saints are theorised as being Greater Demons of Emps from the Warp.
It's why I love the sisters so much. They are biologically enhanced humans but not Astartes so to make up the power gap, the power of their faith lets them essentially cheat on the battlefield.