I can't believe the absolute heresy I heard, calling the golden banana boys of the Emporer just a bunch of bullet catching meat shields that the Emporer doesn't care about....
I grow up in the 80s too and you have to understand where this universe came from. There was tokenism in all the series and cartoons. All men have Arnold / Silvestre body and there always gonna be one black kid/guy and one woman in all the cartons. And the same way 40k developed but yea, it's 21 century and you have to modernize your values, not nesesary the 40k setting, but come one, woman served in the Imperial guard in the lore since I remember and the actual guard women figures just came out a year ago. This is the issue. Yes, the lore change in the Custodes was sloppy but they reason of all the drama it's not the change itself, but just plain misoginism, just look who it's making videos about it, the usual suspects, people that not even know 40k but you know their story. I'm not saying you guys are in the same boat than this people , but if you ask anyone that play, collect or enjoy the setting and know all about the recons that GW make all the time, don't make a fuss about this Custodes thing. I think that the conservative social warriors just came to made a big drama of a retcon of the lore of a franchise that they not even knew about. And they make us all look bad having to explain things about the lore and this franchise.
Its not misogyny. Sisters (both flavors) exist. Its hierarchy. “Representation” is rife across the game. All male/female spaces are both healthy and worthy of existence, especially in an Imperium of space racists. This push to force modern liberal/commie ideas on past history/fantasy escapism is stupid at best and corrosive/destructive at worst.
Thanks for sharing this thoughtful discussion.
I can't believe the absolute heresy I heard, calling the golden banana boys of the Emporer just a bunch of bullet catching meat shields that the Emporer doesn't care about....
I grow up in the 80s too and you have to understand where this universe came from. There was tokenism in all the series and cartoons. All men have Arnold / Silvestre body and there always gonna be one black kid/guy and one woman in all the cartons. And the same way 40k developed but yea, it's 21 century and you have to modernize your values, not nesesary the 40k setting, but come one, woman served in the Imperial guard in the lore since I remember and the actual guard women figures just came out a year ago. This is the issue. Yes, the lore change in the Custodes was sloppy but they reason of all the drama it's not the change itself, but just plain misoginism, just look who it's making videos about it, the usual suspects, people that not even know 40k but you know their story.
I'm not saying you guys are in the same boat than this people , but if you ask anyone that play, collect or enjoy the setting and know all about the recons that GW make all the time, don't make a fuss about this Custodes thing.
I think that the conservative social warriors just came to made a big drama of a retcon of the lore of a franchise that they not even knew about. And they make us all look bad having to explain things about the lore and this franchise.
Its not misogyny. Sisters (both flavors) exist. Its hierarchy. “Representation” is rife across the game. All male/female spaces are both healthy and worthy of existence, especially in an Imperium of space racists. This push to force modern liberal/commie ideas on past history/fantasy escapism is stupid at best and corrosive/destructive at worst.