#autistic rant

This is what people mean when they say "scale-creep" in 40k.

I know right; that looks like a serious problem.

Getting updated models in every edition of 40k must suck!

Boy howdy it must be a massive pain in the neck having to deal with such terrible inconsistency with scale.

Games Workshop should be ashamed of such shoddy craftsmanship.

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Real Talk

Y'know, I'm sorry you invested so much money in a single faction that has been the incorrect scale/anatomy for years.

Makes me wonder why Space Marines took off as much as they did; when you really look at them, the old Space Marine models are some of the worst proportioned models in the range, compared to others from the same era.

I think Space Marine players need to be quiet about scale-creep; they have had the privilege of consistent support and updates for over a decade.

Whilst Space Marine players were opening the newest starter set, eager to add the new Space Marine models they are guaranteed to get in every edition, and then bemoaning that the models were a few millimeters bigger than the older ones, a lot of other players/collectors had to live with the uncertainty of whether or not their non-Space Marine army would even get a Codex that Edition.

And A LOT of Space Marine players were dicks about it too.

"Space Marines deserve all the updates cos they're the most popular"

"40k should just be Space Marines vs Space Marines anyway - that way the game will be easier to balance and we wouldn't have these minor factions to worry about"

"Only weeb assholes play Tau"

"Tyranids are an NPC army"

"Dark Eldar are going to be squatted in this Edition, so they don't need updates"

"Who cares about Necrons"

"Sisters of Battle are too unpopular to ever get an update; they're only good for armour paint ha ha"

And I'm sure other Grognards in the community have heard similar BS.

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Despite what Games Workshop share-holders tried to do in the 2000's and early 2010's, 40k is a game with a diverse roster of factions. And now, thankfully, armies other than Space Marines are getting regular support as well...

Though, Chaos Daemons didn't get a codex in 10th Edition - which is a bit rude.

Scale-Creep only affected one faction, and it was only noticeable because that one faction got regular updates every edition and multiple sculpts for the same character And individual Codexes and model ranges for each sub-faction AND limited edition models...

we've noticed that above all else, people treat being socially awkward and missing social cues as the very worst thing a human being can do, without exaggeration. like, being socially awkward is worse than being a genuinely vindictive and spiteful person.

we're autistic. i think back on all the opportunities we've had to befriend people who were alike to us throughout our life, we like to think of ourselves as extroverts but we've always been quiet, not out of shyness but out of defensiveness. all because we've been ostracised and othered for the horrible, horrible sin of being awkward at times.

and you might think "well, you just need friends who are also autistic," and the people who bullied and othered us for our autism were also autistic. they were better at masking than us, they caught onto social cues easier, so they thought themselves better than us; because remember, even if two people are technically "high functioning," it's still a spectrum disorder, and one can still be higher functioning than the other.

none of my subsystem even holds the autism, technically. when our autism holder did front, he was made fun of, told flatly that other alters were preferred over him, and made to be a joke. we never thought any of it was ableism, because they were all autistic as well. it took several years to undo the harm done to him, all of the social anxiety and self hatred he still has to deal with.

you'd think you could confide in people who've experienced the same as you, but you can never be so sure, i still see people with autism make remarks about others with autism missing social cues or being awkward in conversation, as if it were some horrific misdeed that actually harmed people.

You aren’t cool for fighting children over sparkly stress balls.

You’re taking resources many autistic people or just anyone in general who uses stress toys to function oj a daily basis.

It’s not funny anymore.