They're not anime fans. They are tourists(or invaders) that only came in during the time of the pandemic. A lot of this drama around anime started around the time of the pandemic
It's like the tourists that are invading 40K at the moment. This hobby that's been around for 40+ years? Oh yah, it's gotta change to suit me. They weaponize tolerance/empathy to force regressive changes. Weaker minded fans fall for it, and glom on, not wanting to look like a grognard. We gotta teach people it's ok to gatekeep your hobby. They're never gonna learn on their own, or they would already notice the pattern established from live game chat, gamergate, WoW, comicsgate, Twitch, Harry Potter, etc.
40K at least has the benefit that it's gatekept through its cost in both time and money. You'll never get these people who literally can barely afford the cat food for all their cats to drop 1000s of dollars on paint, models, codexes, terrain, boards, etc. Like even if you drop all that money you still have to sit there and individually paint every model even before playing a game. GW will always GW but they're not stupid enough to chase after those people.
GW will always GW but they're not stupid enough to chase after those people.
It has actually been kind of shocking to witness. They have been getting hit with all of the usual request for "We want female Space Marines", and they have actually had the stones to tell those people "Just play Sisters of Battle, you dumb nerds! They are literally the same thing stat wise."
And most of their lore has continued to be interesting without even trying to shy away from the grimdark elements of the older lore, except for a handful of situations where they went "Ok, maybe the Daemonculaba was a bit too far."
They're not anime fans. They are tourists(or invaders) that only came in during the time of the pandemic. A lot of this drama around anime started around the time of the pandemic
It's like the tourists that are invading 40K at the moment. This hobby that's been around for 40+ years? Oh yah, it's gotta change to suit me. They weaponize tolerance/empathy to force regressive changes. Weaker minded fans fall for it, and glom on, not wanting to look like a grognard. We gotta teach people it's ok to gatekeep your hobby. They're never gonna learn on their own, or they would already notice the pattern established from live game chat, gamergate, WoW, comicsgate, Twitch, Harry Potter, etc.
40K at least has the benefit that it's gatekept through its cost in both time and money. You'll never get these people who literally can barely afford the cat food for all their cats to drop 1000s of dollars on paint, models, codexes, terrain, boards, etc. Like even if you drop all that money you still have to sit there and individually paint every model even before playing a game. GW will always GW but they're not stupid enough to chase after those people.
It has actually been kind of shocking to witness. They have been getting hit with all of the usual request for "We want female Space Marines", and they have actually had the stones to tell those people "Just play Sisters of Battle, you dumb nerds! They are literally the same thing stat wise."
And most of their lore has continued to be interesting without even trying to shy away from the grimdark elements of the older lore, except for a handful of situations where they went "Ok, maybe the Daemonculaba was a bit too far."