Sisters of Battle was 1997. After that, they added women in different battle boob armors (or no armor at all in the cover of the Codex Witch Hunters.)
It matters now because of current world politics. You can’t just have a woman Space Marine. You have to have her gay and lame, a major Mary Sue, and have a queer black man/asian femboy side kick. Then, that is the new default: their default.
No one complained because of their release:
Sisters of Battle was 1997. After that, they added women in different battle boob armors (or no armor at all in the cover of the Codex Witch Hunters.)
It matters now because of current world politics. You can’t just have a woman Space Marine. You have to have her gay and lame, a major Mary Sue, and have a queer black man/asian femboy side kick. Then, that is the new default: their default.