Why cant space marines have girlfriends or boyfriends?

Because friendship is magic, and magic is HERESY!!
The only relationships allowed by the Emperor are within a chain of command.

Because they're literally to busy.

Busy fighting. Busy recovering and travelling to the next war zone. Busy training and practising and meditating and getting more hypno-indoctrination learning going on. Getting cross trained on various optional weapon platforms.

Totally aside from that, they don't feel the urge. They may well understand it, but due to a wide variety of factors don't see it as a priority in the least. (Although personally I don't think the SM's are dickless, I swear that is just one or two user's who are butthurt)

You honestly posted the absolute best example of the way a Space Marine treats people that they care about. Titus and Leftenant Mira were perfect and exactly how most SM's (that aren't raging fuck sticks, i'm looking at you Flesh Tearers) should and would treat those they care for.

Fighting for the Emperor all day leaves little time for fornication.

>boyfriends

faggotry is heretical

Sterile union is heresy.

It's a better solution than forcing fags to reproduce.

>Although personally I don't think the SM's are dickless, I swear that is just one or two user's who are butthurt

In one of the early horus heresy books a human commented on a space marine, saying that he was large in all the ways you might measure the size of a man. Interpret that as you will.

Because they're autistic spacemen designed to appeal to autistic children.

I think marines could have an emotional and intellectual relationship with someone, but they are so insanely transhuman than anything more is not happening. Imagine a two tonne marine with steel bones and iron skin trying to have sex with a normal human woman.

Nobody in 40k is forcing fags to reproduce.

Veeky Forums once did maths and estimated the population of all hive worlds in the Imperium to be somewhere between 4 and 5 quadrillion not counting servitors and tourists.

And that's just the hive worlds.

All the Imperium together could be triple figures of quadrillions in population.

Not including servitors.

Meat for the grinder is not something the Imperium is ever going to be short of.

>Leftenant Mira
I know we pronounce it funny but it's still written as Lieutenant in british english, just so you realise.

I just realized how much the Sisters looks like Egyptian women.

Shades of Cleo and Antony.

Chem-gelding. They've all been neutered so they won't be distracted from murdering their enemies.

Space Wolves can have boyfriends and they develops very tight relationships both in and outside the battlefield.

they are married to the emprah

Because they are living war machines, and having sexual attraction to anything but their perfectly cleaned bolter is detrimental to their murder-everything function. They won't stop holding the line to save this girl, who is actually a daemon of Tzeentch in disguise. They won't spare a cute shota with psyker abilities and several corruption points. They will kill in the name of the Emperor.

vocaroo.com/i/s0c3VFXehWmR

This essentially sums it up

This, they're war autists

They have dicks, ADB confirmed it.

Why do we need ADB to confirm whether things have dicks or not?

Maybe she stays on top?

Too busy fighting FOR THE EMPRAH and regretting not being Beakies who got shit done and could still get drunk.

>those other people are
>permavirgins

That's some IMAX-tier shitposting, OP.

They have penises, buy they are sterilized. They don't produce gametes anymore.

>but it's still written as Lieutenant in british english,

Look, it's not often we get to justifiably shit on the British, so just let us have this.

>Look, it's not often we get to justifiably shit on the British
You really need to try harder, then.

that's not stated nor hinted at anywhere

Manpower is literally the only resource the Imperium isn't low on.

For reasons like

I mean they're basically battle monks. Monks (and nuns) were considered "married to God" in the sense that they dedicated their life to serving and loving God in a similar manner to how one was expected to care for and serve their spouse. Monks and nuns (and priests) were considered already in a relationship with God, which is why they were forbidden from marrying others. Space Marines probably consider them selves in a similar relationship with the Emperor, they are his loyal servants dedicated to carry out his will and thus romance is not something they have time for. Basically they're too busy serving their god to get into a relationship.

Since they spend almost the entirety of their formative years training, being trialled or being augmented, space marines miss out on an awful lot of social development.

They wouldn't know how to talk to a woman (or man) in a romantic capacity, all their life the only positive reinforcement they've experienced is "that was good war-making".
They seem to experience every other human emotion, from anger, to satisfaction, and even fear (though it's more like worry since it has no control over them), so I assume they're capable of finding a human attractive or otherwise enticing. But as others have said they just wouldn't particularly care, and line marines have a very regimented lifestyle which precludes interaction with outsiders.

Of course this isn't counting chapter serfs. Depending on the chapter there's probably ample time for marines to 'socialise' with serfs, for example during mealtimes. This could help the marine actually learn how to converse normally with mortals beyond "Fight harder" and "Good job".

But the whole battle-autist thing starts to break down when you get to older marines. Captains for example are noted as skilled diplomats, and after a few centuries of age you must pick up something about social interaction. This leads to the possibility that older, higher-ranked space marines *might* be capable of forming romantic relationships as they have the social awareness to actually do it, and probably have a much less regimented lifestyle.

But this is all just eliminating reasons why they can't. Not specific reasons why they would.

Like everything it would depend heavily on the chapter. The Iron Hands probably replace their dick with an adamantium crotchplate as soon as possible. Black Templars likely have the 'married to god' thing going on since they actually believe the emperor is a god unlike most marines. Space Yiffs seem most likely to be able to form relationships since they're already socially developed when recruited.

It would make the most sense given that their genes are so dramatically altered that they were about as related to humans as humans are to chimps, which would make them effectively sterile if they had intercourse normal humans.

Are all their genes altered?
They're given extra organs that are explicitly noted to sometimes be rejected by the host.

Because they are genetically castrated and love is heretical.

They simply have no interest in sex. Like fear, the sex instinct has been completely excised from them. Sure, there are physical modifications that make it impossible for them to have offspring or whatever, but they've been rebuilt into superhuman killing machines.

It's like trying to use a Geiger counter as a toaster. Oranges and apples.

Not all, but enough that they would have a vastly different immune system and are explicitly stated to have some completely unique kinds of cells and hormones floating around. That would totally fuck with their reproductive functioning, especially during puberty when Space Marines are receiving all those implants. By the end of all those surgeries and therapies, their physiology would be totally unrecognizable when compared to normal humans.

Fair point. Reproductive compatibility is a pretty easy thing to mess up. So even if they ever did overcome the many hurdles between a space marine and a lover he'll be shooting blanks.

Get the librarian to magic it better.

Why even have sex if you can't fuck in missionary for the sole sake of procreation for the Emperor

No, you are thinking about Myrmidons.

Why would you want to fix that? I can see many problems arising from marines being able to have kids. You'd get situations where Marines end up starting dynasties which could mess up the chapter dynamic.

Oh yeah I agree. I was just kidding.

They can not have boyfriends because they are not fags. They can not have girlfriends because they are ANGRY ALL THE TIME. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH.

>They can not have boyfriends because they are not fags.
But user that's purest love for purest soldiers of the emperor.
Especially when working with eldar, they're basically girls anyway.

Because romance is in the realm of Slaanesh

Nope. Kurdish Peshmerga ban gay interpersonal relationships, used to be by death, for the same reason all other romantic interpersonal relationships are banned in military units.

They're called Battle Brothers/Sisters of Battle.

I didn't mean with other marines.

That's the sort of mindset that lead to the collapse of Japan's central government and started the Sengoku: Everyone got sick of the powerful people wasting all their time pounding boypussy instead of doing their fucking jobs.

Yeah but the eldar don't stay for long, so it won't be all-the-time.

Just a little elfbutt every few years.

That's always how it starts. Just a little butt mining here and there. Then they find excuses to do it more. Then they stop making excuses and whatever time isn't wasted on poundage is spent lazing around debating the traits that make the best ass.

Then comes the weird stuff

Pretty sure the Emprah doesn't care where you stick it as long as you do it for humanity.

Has there ever been an explanation as to why Space Marines aren't bred over being created?

Because you can't just stick new organs in a person and expect his gametes to carry the genetic code for that stuff. Acquired traits aren't passed through breeding.

Because they're edgy manchildren in armor. Effectively a projection of their unfuckable fanbase.

Because Emps wanted them to inspire and protect humanity not replace us

They can.
They usually don't because religion.

That would take millions of years that the Emperor didn't have to make humans into superhuman killing machines. The closest thing to space marines being bred in fluff is the Daemonculaba, so yeah, not an option.

>Daemonculaba

What the fuck GW...

Who said they can't?

>millions of years
Bullshit. A master of biomancy and genetics could whip up some supersoldiers in no time. The problem would be that the genetic changes would leave baseline humanity in the dust, and you'd have civil war brewing by all the people that don't want supplanted.

Salamander are allowed to have families and act as elders and civil servant to their communities.

Also BIG BLACKSMITHS

Salamanders have wives. Your complaints are invalid.

you're an idiot

>Salamanders have wives.

No they don't.

Because they are brainwashed weirdos with shriveled up genitals and no sex drive.

Ever actually had sex? Try to imagine doing it without ever thrusting or squeezing the broad.

depending on the chapter's laws, they certainly can. It's just that your average Astartes has more important things to do than court lovers. Their time is better spent killing xenos and protecting the Imperium while normal people beneath them have normal relationships in near-safety.

That's what the Space Marines were designed for, user. Not for getting girlfriends of their own, but keeping the Imperium safe so you can find your own and make some babies.

>when the noblewomen keep hitting on you but you just want to keep guarding the chapter master

Well yeah, their freetime is very limited, so they don't have the time for that.
Also, as everyone else mentioned, Space Marines usually don't have the urge for sex.
And also the old, and ongoing question, if Space Marines are sterilized/castrated.

Altough, it varies from chapter to chapter.
As mentioned, Salamanders are allowed to have wifes, and Space Wolves at least sometimes fuck/rape Fenrisian women.

>tfw shredded, hung and have balls the size of most people's head but the Chaplain says it's naughty

>tfw stationed in a convent that hasn't seen any man for 10 years but it's heresy to say yes

>Implying an SoB won't just take what she wants
I am not saying this is a bad thing. If anything, it's a loophole. She won't do it unless it's the Emperor's Will and it's heresy to refuse.

>every morning wakes up tied to the bed

It explains all the 'literature' you find lying around.

You realize if you give in, you will literally kill her with your dick. Like the force of a grenade going off in her uterus.

Marine's have pretty good control over their strength. They're not downies.

space marines do not maintain a good relations with the ecclesiarchy

they're basically mutant pagans that have more legitimacy than the church, and that gets the church real fuckin' butthurt

This sounds hot as fuck

Hatefucking is a thing

They are the elder uncle that knew grand ancestor XY in person to the family though, not a father or lover.

Lots of virgins here tonight.

From experience I can tell: having sex is not the same as going berserk. There's a thing called empathy.

This.

Fair enough mate. I didn't know that, thanks though.

I like this pic.

The simplest answer, they can. Slightly more complicated, they don't because they are parodies of religious orders from history. Like those knights, they are not supposed to have romantic relationships because they are dedicated to a goal/purpose and sworn to it's service. Therefore, too busy.

But modern fanboy stupidity has made up thousands of other reasons that fit their worldview rather then bring it back to the basics. Some of their reasons are actually quite logical. Just superfluous.

>implying

>megachuckle

Came here to post this. I think its rather stated that they have families. Lexicanum that shit, i ain't gonna post source from my phone.

This.

In one of the Eisenhorn books a sergeant of the Deathwatch drinks tea from a china cup, even going so far as to stick his little finger out whilst doing so.

The first is because they are simply uninterested.

The second is that not only are they uninterested, but being gay equals fuel for Slaanesh, so HERESY.

That Space Wolf has the best reaction.
>By the Allfather my feet hurt.
>Why is Captain Giovanni kissing that Canoness?
>This is horribly awkward.
>I'd rather be back in the Aett (The Fang) and drink Mjold.

Brought to you by Honsou and Fabulous Bill.

And it was hilarious.

Also he wasn't a Sergeant, but a Librarian.