In the Lord of the Rings fandom there’s a persistent debate whether balrogs, or Durin’s Bane specifically, have wings. The text in Fellowship is ambiguous whether what it is describing are literal wings or something else wing-like.
In the Lord of the Rings fandom there’s a persistent debate whether balrogs, or Durin’s Bane specifically, have wings. The text in Fellowship is ambiguous whether what it is describing are literal wings or something else wing-like.
Female Space Marines. I’m gonna leave before this thread explodes.
The gif notwithstanding, I’m not enough of a 40K fan to care. Watching the nerd rage from the sidelines is fun though.
I do, however, enjoy lore and worldbuilding in general. It’s my understanding it had previously been established in several places the Astartes were male only. Were I more invested I would certainly find this decision vexing, especially in light of the fact they already have an all-female faction in the Adepta Sororitas and the fact that Astartes are massive spotlight hogs. Shining the spotlight on these other factions would kill two birds with one stone by highlighting female characters in a way that respects the lore and stemming the endless flood of space marines.
But again I’m just casually interested watching from the sidelines. I’ve never bought any models or read any tie-in novels. The only money I’ve invested are a few video games. The entirety of my knowledge comes from lengthy wiki walks and lore videos.
It’s not a lore issue for me, not exactly, more indicative of a change in fandom and corporate culture; Warhammer used to be this creative hobby you could easily put your own mark on, it was encouraged by GW in fact. Any one players Warhammer would look similar but unique to the Warhammer of another player.
Starting around the mid to late 2000s the attitude started to change, coinciding with (though not necessarily caused by) the release of the Horus Heresy books and Age of Sigmar, GW started to put more of an emphasis on lore and copyrightable content, they started to downplay customisation within the hobby and with it the tacit approval to make your own female Space Marines as you so wished.
When I see neckbeards frothing over female Space Marines it’s a disappointing reminder that the hobby has lost its personal touch, plus it’s a chance to piss them off with my Drag theme Ork warband!
After the shots of testerone the female space marines look like the male ones or vice versa!
Trans Marines!