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  • Melonius [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Does the 40k videogame universe imply IG are Brits/European/NATO and the Space Marines are American? I hadn't thought about it but the similarities seem intentional

    • kristina [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      i never played any of the games, i just read scifi and fantasy slop all the time because im bored and its a common type of slop.

      the marines have weird scandinavian vikings so maybe those are people from wisconsin or something lmao

      • Melonius [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        I'm enjoying the idea that a Space Marines chemical treatment is just injections of bbq sauce and cheese whiz.

        The RTS games are fun but the stories are pretty generic

    • SpiderFarmer [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      The writing tends to have a mixed degree of sympathy for IG, given how expendable and brainwashed they are. Space Marines pretty much get free reign and are equally hazardous to both Xenos factions and human IG troops, Space Wolves and Salamanders being rare exceptions to this rule.

    • Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      Well most IG are various stereotypes (sneaky middle easterners, stoopid russkies with human waves and one gun for three men, literally Rambo 2, etc). The most famous ones though are British-esque (cadians) and French that everyone thinks are Germans (Krieg).

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        • Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml
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          1 year ago

          You're thinking vostroyans, who are indeed styled heavily after imperial Russia (except for some bits I won't go into). But I was referring to Valhallans, who straight up have the Nazi myth about rifles and soldiers in their entry in Guard Codex