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jamtwin1 OP t1_iuj0k7j wrote

Reply to comment by HerbertWigglesworth in how is there no really good Warhammer 40k tv show? by jamtwin1

the appeal of the game is how dark and gritty the universe is.

every faction in the game is evil to morally grey. the humans in the game all worship an evil demi-god who they sacrifice thousands of souls too every day keep him alive and in order to conduct space travel. they destroy, pillage, and dominate anyone that also doesn't worship him and consider them to be heritics if they also don't worship him. they're evil

it doesn't matter which faction you chose to play as you're always the bad guy on some level but that can be inherently fun. Everyone gets to be the bad guy!!! it's really niche and nerdy but i really like it. i think the universe, lore and aesthetic are also pretty cool

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HerbertWigglesworth t1_iuj1uxe wrote

Thanks for the response.

I suppose support for the ‘anti-hero’ as a viewer could be interesting, would make good viewing if the audience were all split on whose ‘side’ they took so to speak, or were routing for throughout.

Would be curious to see how they balanced this on screen.

Are there factions within the universe that are either majorly loved or hated by fans, to the extent the producers would want to consider where the fan bases allegiance currently sits?

I suppose favouring the current fan bases story arcs could make it more ‘elitist’ and less open to outsider viewers if they feel there are under/over represented factions. Equally if popular factions are underrepresented, do you think this would piss off the ‘original’/current fans, and receive criticism?

Depends what you are looking for… allegiance to the current client base or adoption by the masses. Sure there is a middle ground, Rings of Power is a recent example, some die hard fans think it’s awful, I am a Lord of the Rings fan but not a lore nerd, so I am not dissecting it as much.

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Archamasse t1_iuj5mku wrote

He believed that the end justified the means.

The lore leaves just enough room for the jury to stay out on whether that was really true.

Earlier stuff was more overt about it, but don't forget how much of the fluff is meant to be in universe propaganda and mythology, from unreliable or compromised narrators.

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