I still won't give up my guard army, but honestly 40k in general has too many chuds. Gone are the days of it being satirical and people understanding that the clearly theocratic fascist imperium aren't The Good Guys™. Now a days GW hides behind the shield of "it's satire guys, don't be fascist!!1!1!" while writing the hundredth book about how it's actually cool and good for a ubermenschsuperhuman dictator to slaughter billions in the name of some fictional past glory days
Yeah, I know. Some pig lives matter themed ultramarines would be a funny bit of satire to me. You've already got the blue and the skulls and the fascist oppression. However, warhammer fans would see it as unironically supporting fascist super cops. So I'd never paint it because warhammer is the wrong fandom to do it in. Same with trans masc space marines. Getting juiced up on super testosterone is something you can do a lot of gender themes with, but warhammer is too fascist to do it right.
"these fascists are just like cops" by someone who hates both versus "these fascists are just like cops" by someone who loves both. Don't want to be mistaken for these second, but wh hasn't been satire since like the first edition.
I still won't give up my guard army, but honestly 40k in general has too many chuds. Gone are the days of it being satirical and people understanding that the clearly theocratic fascist imperium aren't The Good Guys™. Now a days GW hides behind the shield of "it's satire guys, don't be fascist!!1!1!" while writing the hundredth book about how it's actually cool and good for a
ubermenschsuperhuman dictator to slaughter billions in the name of some fictional past glory daysYeah, I know. Some pig lives matter themed ultramarines would be a funny bit of satire to me. You've already got the blue and the skulls and the fascist oppression. However, warhammer fans would see it as unironically supporting fascist super cops. So I'd never paint it because warhammer is the wrong fandom to do it in. Same with trans masc space marines. Getting juiced up on super testosterone is something you can do a lot of gender themes with, but warhammer is too fascist to do it right.
I think I've seen blue lives matter themed space marines before, so you're unfortunately late to that party. Satire is truly dead
"these fascists are just like cops" by someone who hates both versus "these fascists are just like cops" by someone who loves both. Don't want to be mistaken for these second, but wh hasn't been satire since like the first edition.