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Who wants a Saturnalia/winter solstice/Christmas cookie?
Cue a big cat like space wolf quietly placing down a keg of Fenrisan ale (and sprinkling in a anti-toxin to be safe) next to honey for the adults to go with their cookies. Plus a store bought keg of chocolate milk, conveniently shaped like the big barrel he placed before.
"Happy Sanguinala." He said as he turned to walk off, referring to his equivalent to the festive season.
this is just a friendly reminder that it’s okay if you’re not writing right now. it’s okay if you’re only able to pop on here to yell into the void about your muses for five minute and leave, or make edits or goof around with your friends and just chill, or even do none of that at all. this is a hobby. it’s okay if you’re not in the headspace to approach that one mutual yet, or answer those ims right away. the world is a stressful place for most of us right now, we’re all struggling with something one way or another, and we’re mainly here to have fun. taking care of yourself comes before any expectations anyone here has of you, so don’t ever let someone shame you for not being fully present here for however long that takes.
let me introduce you, my friends, to the best gif of all time.
Reason #2 Drifter is never invited to Vanguard Uno Night
an Emperor blessed birthday to: @space-meow-wolf and @noodleboy-draws
Tumblr has failed to notify me of this but thank you so much
If everyone hated the Tau, they wouldn’t be in 40k anymore. They’d have gone the way of the Tomb Kings.
There is a select group of people who dislike the Tau because unlike every other faction in Warhammer 40k, they were written with a completely different flavor.
To put it most simply, the Imperium of Man, the Dark Eldar, the Orks, are all in the same tonal vein as say. Blackadder or The Boys. Everything is awful, and from this there is a sort of humor. It makes everything more fun, in an ironic sort of way.
While the Tau are tonally much more serious, which inherently means everything isn’t as awful. War is hell, like Saving Private Ryan, but it isn’t like The Boys where a parody of a real world thing is used to slaughter a bunch of nameless goons for funsies, like “The Captain” who is literally a terrorist super hero who blows himself up. Or in 40k, like the Leman Russ, which is literally just a WW1 tank that is used with WW1 tactics in a far future environment and somehow works as it slaughters dozens of enemies. It’s all over the top and weird and dark.
The Tau are about politics, and the cloak and dagger nature of them in real life. They’re about economics and culture shifts and memetics. They’re about normal soldiers fighting normal wars using vehicles which at least appear to be designed to appeal to gear heads like me, who love Gundam and Patlabor and Gasaraki for that reason. They’re *normal* in a world of extremes, because they appeal to an entirely different slice of the fan base. Where as the rest of 40k is Grimdark, or basically DC’s Lobo, the Tau are gritty and down to earth, like Batman. Where science and technology and intelligence and technique reigns over machismo and brute force.
Ask yourself, what appeal could images like this.
or this:
Have to someone who traditionally was drawn to stuff like this:
And this
And this!
The Tau appeal to the technology side that 40k essentially ignores for the most part. Their aesthetic embraces technology, rather than cartoonifies it like the Necrons do. The Imperium does everything it can to make technology in to fantasy and apply that fantasy aesthetic to it, which definitely gives it a unique flavor. The Eldar are basically just… anime, especially 70’s anime. Where mechanical design was largely still being defined and wasn’t fully developed for another decade in Japan.
The Tau represent technology. Normal technology being used by normal people with no silly baggage in the form of Space Marines or Psykers or any other stupid nonsense. They’re *just* people. Soldiers. Engineers. Politicians. Laborers. Pilots. Merchants. Mechanics. Their lore revolves around their normalcy.
And this means they don’t fit in. At all.
And some people don’t like that. They want 40k to essentially only hold a very specific flavor. Which unfortunately makes it difficult to expand beyond where it’s currently sitting. And to them I say they can suck on my R’Varna’s massively over powered cannon. Because they are genuinely interesting for people who like grounded and gritty, and because of that they’re here to stay.
So deal with it. =)
Lee had been going through and clearing a rather hostile building, his fellow brothers beside him. Last room clear and then something made him pause, go wide eyed and slowly turn to stare at @justa40klad hugging his tail.
He just stood blinking well his brothers, though not trusting of the new arrival were chuckling. "...little one why do you hug my tail?" Lee asked softly.
"...." He stared at him wide eyed. And tugged it. "I am. An. Adult. Why do so many people think I'm a child??" He huffed.
".... But you do look like the only bearable space wolf here and i am no soldier-"
Lee stared examining the situation.
"Because your carrying around a green plush thing, are the litteral size of a child, sound a touch like one, and are clinging to my tail like your life depends on it. You can't be at least more than 17?" He responded listing it all off slowly, trying to gently tug his tail away.
"I'm 18!!! It's not my fault all of you are abnormally tall!" He let go and pouted. "This place is very dangerous ok! I'm not a fighter at all, and I have no weapon."
The other two wolves began to chuckle more the eldest of the two simply stopped himself to walk over lean down and say "lad, being 18 does not mean your a adult, it just means your coming to the tipping point to become a man."
The other wolf chuckled on "like Lee here barely qualifies as he still like smol and cute things."
Lee let out a growl on par with a mountain lion and the chuckles stopped. He huffed and looked to the lad "do you wish to attempt to fight?"
Lee had been going through and clearing a rather hostile building, his fellow brothers beside him. Last room clear and then something made him pause, go wide eyed and slowly turn to stare at @justa40klad hugging his tail.
He just stood blinking well his brothers, though not trusting of the new arrival were chuckling. "...little one why do you hug my tail?" Lee asked softly.
"...." He stared at him wide eyed. And tugged it. "I am. An. Adult. Why do so many people think I'm a child??" He huffed.
".... But you do look like the only bearable space wolf here and i am no soldier-"
Lee stared examining the situation.
"Because your carrying around a green plush thing, are the litteral size of a child, sound a touch like one, and are clinging to my tail like your life depends on it. You can't be at least more than 17?" He responded listing it all off slowly, trying to gently tug his tail away.
Lee had been going through and clearing a rather hostile building, his fellow brothers beside him. Last room clear and then something made him pause, go wide eyed and slowly turn to stare at @justa40klad hugging his tail.
He just stood blinking well his brothers, though not trusting of the new arrival were chuckling. "...little one why do you hug my tail?" Lee asked softly.
“I can’t believe I almost threw hands with a teenager.”
“I almost threw hands with a bird. We all make mistakes.”
“I constantly want to throw hands with a tech ghost.”
“why does everyone have anger issues. chillout my dudes.”
"...I don't think I can relate to them at least"
The sound of a alternate dimension opening could be heard. Lee's voice bellowing out: "I near threw hands with three children!" The sound reversed leaving the actual lee sitting staring toward the source confused.
Faydra sat with a cup of recaff, her fifth one, her eyes wide as she gently sipped and savored the drink like it was a fine wine. “I ugh... think i may have a new problem.” she joked, looking to the 6th one now placed on the table before her. it is safe to say, the young felinid had a new found taste for caffeine
“Space Marines can be any gender, and it would be nice if GW said as much, because representation is important.” - my actual personal opinion “Your Space Marines can be any gender you like because they’re yours and you decide what to do with them.” - a bit weak for my taste but still decent
“Space Marines are regarded as ‘male’ in much the same way that worker bees are regarded as ‘female’ despite bees basically having three sexes- queen, drone, and worker.” - not my bag but I see where you’re coming from
“Space Marines can only be male because that is the immutable lore laid down in stone.” - please research the difference between Watsonian and Doylist arguments and also reevaluate how ‘immutable’ the lore is given its absurdly turbulent history
“Space Marines can’t be girls because I hate girls.” - at least you’re honest.
Wasn’t there mention by Malcador somewhere in the lore that female space marines are possible but aren’t practical as there is a lower survival rate or something like that?
[Malcador can kick rocks for a number of reasons, and that simply adds to the list if that bit of lore is true.]
Well I do know he told emps that the primarchs should be women for sure.
“Space Marines can be any gender, and it would be nice if GW said as much, because representation is important.” - my actual personal opinion “Your Space Marines can be any gender you like because they’re yours and you decide what to do with them.” - a bit weak for my taste but still decent
“Space Marines are regarded as ‘male’ in much the same way that worker bees are regarded as ‘female’ despite bees basically having three sexes- queen, drone, and worker.” - not my bag but I see where you’re coming from
“Space Marines can only be male because that is the immutable lore laid down in stone.” - please research the difference between Watsonian and Doylist arguments and also reevaluate how ‘immutable’ the lore is given its absurdly turbulent history
“Space Marines can’t be girls because I hate girls.” - at least you’re honest.
Wasn't there mention by Malcador somewhere in the lore that female space marines are possible but aren't practical as there is a lower survival rate or something like that?
"what do you mean stop posting cat videos?" Lee asked confused "it's adorable- they're so small and fluffy and purr just like I do!"
