If The Emperor Had A Text To Speech Device

About

If the Emperor had a Text-to-Speech device is a series of web videos asking the question of what exactly would happen if the Emperor of Mankind woke up and saw the current state of the Warhammer 40,000 universe^[1]. Hilarity Ensues as the Emperor proceeds to have some… colorful critiques about the universe as well as it’s numerous retcons over the years and the slowly emerging overarching plot. The story follows the Emperor as he tries to fix the galaxy while asking the main character what’s been going on during his 10.000 years lethargy.

Origin

The web series started on Bruva Alfabusa’s Youtube channel^[2] when he uploaded what would become the first episode^[3] of this series. The video quickly proved to be a successful exit, reaching 247.000 visits. On January 31st of 2015 he released a remake of the pilot chapter^[4] with improved animations and an improved script, leaving intact the original dialogue while adding extra scenes and conversations.

Spread

The first video was uploaded to Youtube on September 8th of 2014 on Bruva Alfabusa’s Youtube channel. The video earned a total of 247.654 views along 237 days. The video quickly proved to be popular, and shortly therafter, Bruva continued the series releasing the second episode. A TV Tropes page^[5] was created for the series, and there’s a variety of animated GIFs and reaction images extracted from the series.