Are there women space marines?

[Hazen]

If not, I'm not buying. Asking for a friend.

[Coldhands]

^Why?

[Captain Apollo Diomedes]

Originally posted by Baklavah:

Originally posted by California DMV Gaming:

There aren't female Space Marines, but.... there ARE Female Custodes, which are way more powerful than Space Marines.... They recently retconned the lore in 10th Edition 40k (June of 2023) to say that there have ALWAYS been female custodes, since the Unification Wars. If you don't believe me, just google "Female Custodes 40k".

Yeah no. This retcon is some BS to appease people who don't even care that this franchise exists. I discount it from existence on the basis that their opinions matter about as much as the log I flushed down the toilet this morning. I refuse to acknowledge this, and neither should anyone else.

It's like the newest Star Wars movies, they say it is canon because "Uh WE HaVE dEm RiGhTS, We Doo WaT We WaNT!!" but people not buying their crap, since it is just a bad fan fiction from activists.

[astgdzfgdsg]

Originally posted by Marlon Brandolorian:

Space Marines are not male or female. They are sterile, likely do not have their genitals, pumped full of chemicals, have organs that don't exist, and cybernetic augmentations, that make them the ultimate weapons of war.

They're about as human or gendered as a servo skull.

They do have their genitals, there has been reference to it with a character saddened that they have low or no sex drive when she saw a space marine hanging dong in the shower😂. GW as a rule doesnt really talk about it though, or sex, or romance. Aside from the Emperors children there has been speculation that the Space Wolves be bangin' based on some bits hinted at here and there, which wouldnt really surprise me if it were true considering what they are like.

[Googledebunker]

Originally posted by Thadeus:

Originally posted by Esports Ready:

Sisters of battle

Not space marines, just regular people with light power armors.

Space marines and Custodians require very complicated gene therapy that CANONICALLY only works on male humans.

Ah yes, that nasty word "CANON" that wokies really hate when it comes up, as it prevents them from vandalizing and bastardizing existing lore in order to suit their own views and morals.

So you're saying the Emporer of man isn't capable of making female space marines? Didn't realize estrogen was so powerful.

[PocketYoda]

Originally posted by Wee Foofi:

Originally posted by PocketYoda:

The thing that gets me there are heaps of cooler women factions in war 40k why add them to Custodes a faction that was over looked and very few gave a damn about till about 6-7 years ago..

Seems an odd hill for GW to die on imo..

From what I'm seeing nobody seems to mind having female custodes? It's only a vocal minority that's complaining and they seem to be extremists anyway, so not the target audience anymore.

Even Henry Cavil was against them..

Originally posted by Marlon Brandolorian:

Originally posted by Thadeus:

Not space marines, just regular people with light power armors.

Space marines and Custodians require very complicated gene therapy that CANONICALLY only works on male humans.

Ah yes, that nasty word "CANON" that wokies really hate when it comes up, as it prevents them from vandalizing and bastardizing existing lore in order to suit their own views and morals.

So you're saying the Emporer of man isn't capable of making female space marines? Didn't realize estrogen was so powerful.

No they tried early on but they had 100% fatalities..

[Turbo Thorsten]

Originally posted by PocketYoda:

Originally posted by Wee Foofi:

From what I'm seeing nobody seems to mind having female custodes? It's only a vocal minority that's complaining and they seem to be extremists anyway, so not the target audience anymore.

Even Henry Cavil was against them..

in your dreams maybe. that came from someone whose dad works at nintendo

[Coldhands]

Originally posted by PocketYoda:

Originally posted by Wee Foofi:

From what I'm seeing nobody seems to mind having female custodes? It's only a vocal minority that's complaining and they seem to be extremists anyway, so not the target audience anymore.

Even Henry Cavil was against them..

Can you post a link to his feelings on the matter?

[PocketYoda]

Originally posted by Coldhands:

Originally posted by PocketYoda:

Even Henry Cavil was against them..

Can you post a link to his feelings on the matter?

https://thatparkplace.com/rumor-henry-cavill-not-happy-with-warhammers-introduction-of-female-custodes-amazon-wanted-female-space-marines/

Those responses are hilarious
https://www.indy100.com/gaming/warhammer-40k-female-custodians-controversy

[astgdzfgdsg]

Originally posted by PocketYoda:

Originally posted by Coldhands:

Can you post a link to his feelings on the matter?

https://thatparkplace.com/rumor-henry-cavill-not-happy-with-warhammers-introduction-of-female-custodes-amazon-wanted-female-space-marines/

That's from the 4chan """leak""".

There are legit leaks on 4chan very rarely, but this GW insider leak isn't one of them. If they were legit they would never have spelt 'Armour' as 'Armor' lol.

[220g Protein]

Originally posted by Wee Foofi:

Originally posted by PocketYoda:

The thing that gets me there are heaps of cooler women factions in war 40k why add them to Custodes a faction that was over looked and very few gave a damn about till about 6-7 years ago..

Seems an odd hill for GW to die on imo..

From what I'm seeing nobody seems to mind having female custodes? It's only a vocal minority that's complaining and they seem to be extremists anyway, so not the target audience anymore.

everyone who is not a gender queer communist is an EXTREMIST

lmao

[Coldhands]

Originally posted by PocketYoda:

Originally posted by Coldhands:

Can you post a link to his feelings on the matter?

https://thatparkplace.com/rumor-henry-cavill-not-happy-with-warhammers-introduction-of-female-custodes-amazon-wanted-female-space-marines/

Those responses are hilarious
https://www.indy100.com/gaming/warhammer-40k-female-custodians-controversy

I mean, that's an article about a rumor that was posted on 4Chan, it's not actually Henry Cavill saying he's against the change to Custodies lore.
From the interviews I've seen with Henry Cavill around both Warhammer and The Witcher show, I can believe he'd want a 40kshow to be pretty faithful to the IP, that seems important to him. The addition of the possibility for female custodies (an addition made by GW) seems like a pretty inconsequential thing for a reasonable person to get mad about though. If Henry Cavill was threatening to walk away from a potential 40k show, I'd expect it to be over something more/bigger than that.

[Fenris]

So Female Custodes Makes no sense, and here is Why, Custodes are Bound to there Traditions, and there where never any Female Custodes Mentioned, The 8th and 9th Codex Stated that only Noble Sons From Terra Are chosen to become Custodes, and yes there is no Line that says Female Cant Become Custodes, true, BUT there Traditions say so, it makes no sense Changing 10k and more years of Traditions inside the Custodes there is no need to do so, there are many Noble Houses on terra that can give sons to the Custodes. so no need, and it is the Imperium i dont think that they have ESG Programms, The Imperium Would hold on old and Silly Traditions no matter how nonsensical, and those who dit read the Custodes books knows that they binde them self to Traditions. So and it is DEI nonsense, Proof is simple A Blackrock and Vanguard are the Biggest shareholders Both Push DEI nonsense, then all the sudden adding Female custode? why after 40 years of lore? sorry that smells like DEI nonsense, the Custodes Since the first Books where they get Mentioned they where shown as Male Only and modern Rulebooks also stated Males only. and Vocal minority sure, most People hate it, thing about Custodes gets Downvoted like hell, and the Only Reason why lets say Redit does not talk about it or complain about it is because it got Moderated, and Threads deleted. Normaly with a Good Story attached to female Custodes i would Say Hmm ok maby, but they dit not it is DEI nonsense so it has to Go

[Resist]

Originally posted by California DMV Gaming:

There aren't female Space Marines, but.... there ARE Female Custodes, which are way more powerful than Space Marines.... They recently retconned the lore in 10th Edition 40k (June of 2023) to say that there have ALWAYS been female custodes, since the Unification Wars. If you don't believe me, just google "Female Custodes 40k".

There are no female Custodes.

[Coldhands]

Originally posted by Resist:

Originally posted by California DMV Gaming:

There aren't female Space Marines, but.... there ARE Female Custodes, which are way more powerful than Space Marines.... They recently retconned the lore in 10th Edition 40k (June of 2023) to say that there have ALWAYS been female custodes, since the Unification Wars. If you don't believe me, just google "Female Custodes 40k".

There are no female Custodes.

There are according to Games Workshop. Apparently, there always have been.
Whether anything is ever done with female Custodies (minis, novels, shows, games, whatever), who knows. But female Custodies are officially a thing.

Somehow 40K doesn't really feel any different for it.

[Alucard]

I am always against woke, DEI and other mentally ill bs that came to video games (fortunetely it's now starting to go away since it doesn't make money at all). HOWEVER - I am moderate 40k fan (I like it, but I am not crazy about it) and honestly I wouldn't mind at all female Space Marines or female Custodes. Especially if they had nice (wink wink) models with nice boob armor like Sisters of Battle. I don't care, it's just a fictional setting that doesn't make sense, its meant to be cool and over the top.

However, I don't like how GW handled it, saying that they were always female Custodes. Treating their fanbase like idiots.

They could have just say that someone discovered/improved a process of making Space Marines/Custodes by some magical/pseudo-technology/genetic/Buullshit as everything in WH40k that allows making SM and Custodes now from females and slowly and steady introduce new female characters + releasing some new models with big boobs which would shut up all sweaty WH40k players since who doesn't like a model with huge knockers.

instead they did it in most lame, lazy, offensive and idiotic way possible. I love Sisters of Battle so I wouldn't mind also female SM/Custodes. But they absolutely botched their chance of making it right.

There is always one entity who handles WH40k lore in worst way possible and that's always GW...