I see more ironic and comedic 40K material than I see actual 40K lore these days. Fuck I made a 40K lore joke post on here not to long ago and it was received well.
My point is, while there are actual fascists attracted to 40K lore, I think the phenomenon is overplayed more than a little. Fuck there are fascists in the My Little Pony fandom, fash dorks will latch onto anything. I think most 40K fans these days are fully aware it’s tongue-and-cheek nature. I really don’t think people who like painting goofy miniatures of armored dudes wielding chainsaw guns are any more predisposed to fascism than anyone else.
what actual benefit is there to trying to downplay the issue? fascists aren’t a target we should “lay off of”. even when a space is devoid of them we should be vigilant and intolerant of their ideology and presence.
I’m all for chasing fash out of 40k, any My Little Pony, and the planet. I’m just saying I don’t think there’s anything inherent to 40k that makes it more attractive to fash than any other fandom. Fash are consumerist nerds, they’ll glom onto anything. There are fash in the fucking Trek fandom for Christ sakes.
no, you have a point about My Little Pony, but My Little Pony also can’t be used for making “get the flamer, the HEAVY flamer” memes so it’s different at a base level
I see more ironic and comedic 40K material than I see actual 40K lore these days. Fuck I made a 40K lore joke post on here not to long ago and it was received well.
My point is, while there are actual fascists attracted to 40K lore, I think the phenomenon is overplayed more than a little. Fuck there are fascists in the My Little Pony fandom, fash dorks will latch onto anything. I think most 40K fans these days are fully aware it’s tongue-and-cheek nature. I really don’t think people who like painting goofy miniatures of armored dudes wielding chainsaw guns are any more predisposed to fascism than anyone else.
what actual benefit is there to trying to downplay the issue? fascists aren’t a target we should “lay off of”. even when a space is devoid of them we should be vigilant and intolerant of their ideology and presence.
I’m all for chasing fash out of 40k, any My Little Pony, and the planet. I’m just saying I don’t think there’s anything inherent to 40k that makes it more attractive to fash than any other fandom. Fash are consumerist nerds, they’ll glom onto anything. There are fash in the fucking Trek fandom for Christ sakes.
disagree, it’s their blood libel genocide fantasy made universal
Then what are they getting out of My Little Pony?
no, you have a point about My Little Pony, but My Little Pony also can’t be used for making “get the flamer, the HEAVY flamer” memes so it’s different at a base level
True but I’ve honestly seen more explicitly Nazi MLP memes than explicitly Nazi 40k memes, surprisingly.
weird