maglag wrote:It's also amusing when somebody accuses the Tau of being too weaboo for 40k. Consider the following:
-Which faction worships a golden god-emperor?
-Which faction is all rooted in ancient tradition and rituals?
-Which nation is tying banners to the back of their elite troops?
-Which faction is obsessed with swords, including ancient relic holy swords? And also loves to pull ancient cursed daemonic blades now and then?
-Which faction deploys the biggest robots? That also have swords?
What in the sweet fuck do any of those except the last have to do with being a weeaboo?
Imperial cults are not an anime trope. They are not a cultural phenomenon specifically associated with Japan/East Asia.
Adherence to ancient tradition and rituals is not an anime trope. It is not a cultural phenomenon specifically associated with Japan/East Asia. We call it fundamentalism, and fundamentalism is everywhere, even in our not-anime fictional settings.
Banner fappery is not an anime trope. It is not a cultural phenomenon specifically associated with Japan/East Asia. For fuck's sake, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. Banner fappery is associated with nationalism, and nationalism is everywhere.
An obsession with swords is not an anime trope. It is not a cultural phenomenon specifically associated with Japan/East Asia. Comic book characters have been using absurdly archaic european weaponry (including swords) since the 60's. An obsession with
katanas, sure - that's the mark of a weeb. But that is not at all the same thing. You don't look at a dude with an Carolingian sword and say "what a fucking weeb design."
I actually don't know who deploys the biggest robots in WH40K, but dreadnoughts look like hulking piles of industrial machinery, wraithknights look like the slenderman with guns bolted on, and Tau battlesuits look like
mecha. It's really not at all weird that people made the connection. It's weird that people bitched about the connection, because mecha are awesome. I assume everyone was just upset that dreadnoughts look absolutely stupid in comparison.
Koumei wrote:But let's be honest, a real weeb would play Eldar. It's an army of graceful pretty people with a variety of special martial art styles with their own outfits, the guns fire shuriken, and you have plenty of opportunities for katanas. Also all those magical psychics. If only they had (graceful looking) giant robots as well.
Shurikens and katana aside, a pointy-eared race of graceful superhumans who are just all around better than you and also totes have magic/psychic powers beyond your mortal comprehension is an elf fappery thing. I'd expect that to appeal more to a player with a very particular kind of D&D background than someone looking to throw a bunch of gundams down on the table or conquer the galaxy in the name of Team Rocket or whatever.