Well, they finally did it.
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Yep I heard from Arch, a FEMALE custodies in 40k...
Thin edge of the wedge is in, especially since just like the female counter to the Space Marines is the Sisters of Battle, the Custodies had the Sisters of Silence.
Expect there to be grumbling and a decrease in game workshop sales soon. They were warned that the only thing keeping their customers was THE SETTING, certainly not most of their products and media..
I assume it is going to be slow boiling frog. We have the lore change but no female minis for a while, let people get used to the idea and then introduce more female characters and minis.
The same strategy was employed in comic books. Replacing established heroes with diversity replacements or changes was done at the fringes. They weren't going to make Superman gay, but Alan Scott? Ripe for a makeover take over.
It's funny because Muh Diversity replacements can he pointed and laughed at as examples of how checkmark box X filler race/sex swap just shows the authors are admittong that demographic doesn't deserve its own character.
Now consider the subtle implications that the only way a black character can exist is by stealing
my bikethe identity of a white character.