I want to tell her I'm a boy who knows nothing about Warhammer 40k, but I'm afraid that a boy will hear and try to teach me about Warhammer 40k
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I think she might be misunderstanding the problem. The problem is if he asks if she knows about it and asks if she'd like to talk out hear about it. And TBH if you're not (both) able to half-listen to the other ramble, and not cool with the other doing that, you've got some skills to master before you're ready to commit to a long term relationship. Because I guarantee you, there will always be stuff each of you likes that the other does not. Listening without going crazy is a skill. Just make sure you listen enough to know if they're ranting like a maniac, or you might wake up one day married to a Trump supporter or something.
If I am ever heald captive I am going to recite 40k lore, I will either spread the infection and make a friend or I wilk get my ass beat and they have to find out how much more annoying I am while concussed.
Kissing girls doesn’t spare you
What army / faction do you play / prefer? I have an old bet to settle.
(You can probably guess the subject, but I don't want to prime your answer)
I’ve never played but I have an ex who was looking at necrons and idk what my old fwb played. I always thought Orks were neat
I learned something cool about orkz this past week. I previously knew that orkz paint vehicles red to make them faster, but I learned they have other colors they use. Purple is my favorite, love the "logic".
Green is best because Orks are green.
Blue is lucky.
Black is dead 'ard.
White is deadly.
Purple is sneaky because you've never seen a purple ork.
Yellow is flashy, both with explosions and with fancy gubbins.
It's been years since I played but don't orcs have the worst armor of all units in the game? So you end up having to have lots of them to be able to win matches you basically overwhelm your enemy with numbers and that gets really expensive.
I'm sure games workshop intended it like that.
Thank you for your contribution.
Orks are neat for sure.
(The context of the bet was an acquaintance claiming girls only cared about the Sisters of Battle. I told him he's full of shit, he prompted me for counterexamples and I've been annoying him ever since.)
I know a decent sized cadre of women in the hobby and not a one is into the Sisters. Tyranids seemed to be most popular for awhile and then Adeptus Mechanicus and Eldar. Some chaos forces round everything out.
I think lore wise just the fact that "girls can play too" in the Emporer's legions isn't enough to make the army popular. Rather it calls attention to the design that makes them seem suplimentry to the lore rather than essential. That they are accompanied by cherublike things - basically battle babies- seems to strike a dischord... Like the narrow space afforded them is big enough to remind them that women have wombs.
I imagine there's women out there who play Sisters... But I don't really know one.
That they are accompanied by cherublike things - basically battle babies- seems to strike a dischord... Like the narrow space afforded them is big enough to remind them that women have wombs.
Oh damn, I didn't even notice that! Yeah, I can see how that would be reductive. Crazy nuns with babies... hmm. I was mostly asking for material to annoy someone with but this thread actually got me thinking deeply about things.
What a bizarre take. Like yeah, in a setting where women of significance are rare yeah we sure are more likely to gravitate to the few examples of women. But also I don’t remember much about the sisters of battle, but I don’t recall thinking “oh cool women,” I remember thinking “oh of course that’s where the women show up and how the toxic portion of the player base acts about them”.
Part of what I like about Orks is that an all male species is very different from a wildly misogynistic faction. In fact my guess is that the imperium is probably played way less by women (proportionally to overall player preference) than non-humanoids and non-gendered factions. The imperium feels far more like real and uncomfortable threats than a fungus of war or an invading swarm.
What a bizarre take.
I didn't push the point, but the impression I got was a watered down version of the "pandering" argument. Like "female characters are pandering to female fans" but instead of complaining about the pandering it was more "I think it's neat they get to have someone to play with too". Not strictly misogynistic, more misguided, does that make sense?
Then again, I can't really speak for how that would actually come across with women.
I remember thinking “oh of course that’s where the women show up and how the toxic portion of the player base acts about them”.
There are also the Banshees! Female-only Eldar warriors, highly mobile, lethal in Melee and with a piercing warcry inducing fear, heralds of doom and grief... I don't quite know how to feel about the fact that the second prominent all-female force is defined by screeching, but like I said, I can't comment on the female PoV.
Part of what I like about Orks is that an all male species is very different from a wildly misogynistic faction.
No gender roles, only Dakka, and if they stare at your chest it's because they're admiring the gun strapped across it.
I can see the appeal.
In fact my guess is that the imperium is probably played way less by women (proportionally to overall player preference) than non-humanoids and non-gendered factions. The imperium feels far more like real and uncomfortable threats than a fungus of war or an invading swarm.
I never really had to think about that, but it makes sense. Personally, I like the Mechanicus where your biology is mostly irrelevant anyway.
Was going to inquire. Thanks for answering that, Cap.
Glad to help lol
That's a lot of lore.
What if he doesn't try to teach you about 40k?
I'm not 100% on the lore but, it may be a sign that they are a heretic.
I thought I was safe because none of the boys I dated even knew what 40k was, then I dated a girl and SHE taught me about 40k. You're NEVER safe.
She says that like it's a bad thing...
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