For Ruin Shall be its Purpose and Accursed be the Work

Mors. Obitus. Decessus.

[cursed-40k-thoughts]

I've been out of the loop, what happened around the fandom in the last year and a half?

Perturabo is back, is a sick giant mecha monster and wants to unleash a plan called the Infinite Citadel, which is neat. Guilliman and Yvraine had a baby. He actually carried it, the Yncarne did an immaculate conception thing, there was a Gav Thorpe novel about it. Gav also did a Votann novel which was generally well received. Everyone is looking forwards to Total War 40k, but are kinda cynical of Creative Assembly’s ability to do a smooth launch. Games Workshop sent a Pinkerton to Alfabusa’s residence, trying to do some WotC shit. The guy broke in and it turns out Alfa is like 7’2” and threw him out a second story window. Swedish court ruled it was self defence. Darktide is getting a Skitarii DLC, which is very exciting. Everyone is keen for that. Games Workshop fucked up one of their promotional renders and made people think it was maybe AI, but it wasn’t AI and they apologised, taking a strong anti-AI stance. Good to see, honestly. Dan Abnett released a new novel called Hive which is very good, but very Abnett-y. Everyone is watching 11th edition arrive with the usual cautious weariness, hoping the game isn’t too ballsed up. The opening narrative stuff for it is based around Armageddon and the return of Yarrick. PancreasNoWork got caught at a LotR LARP day (in Kuwait) fucking a Legolas cosplayer in an inflatable hobbit hole. Oculus Imperia is still releasing consistent, good quality lore videos. Go watch his stuff. TWW3 is preparing for a bunch of End Times DLC. Oh, and GW is getting rid of their Black Library site for some reason. Pushing their shit app or whatever. You can watch Astartes II on it when that comes out, I guess. Or the new Aeronautica animation where Aeldari pilots actually style all over the Imperium.

I think that’s all the most prevalent stuff. Some of it may be inaccurate.

[cursed-40k-thoughts]

the Arbytes

This has a malign and threatening aura, thank you

[musteilss]

Five hundred cigarettes

[sacred-portal]

[sacred-portal]

[flipchild]

puppy cut flan 🍮🔪

[flipchild]

incredible puppy cut the flan technique

[flipchild]

badass flan slice performed by small type dogy

[stupidpetface]

[cursed-40k-thoughts]

Do you think 40k fans are the worst for media literacy as far as modern IPs go?

Is 40k a modern IP? S'like 40 years old nearly. Anyway, eh. Elements of the fanbase can be quite bad about that stuff. And loud. I don't think it's unique to 40k, though. Every fanbase has loud idiots. I mean, holy fuck, have you seen the Helldivers fanbase? Or the people who watch the Invincible series? Or basically any fanbase attached to an indie IP or anime?

Not to sound like a total asshole, but a lot of people are really, really shit with objectivity and and media literacy and general comprehension, especially if it's around a thing they're fans of. It's partially an issue with the way education systems approach these things, partially an issue with the way people interact with media and social media.

[everyday-cutephoto]

[innerchildabortionclinic]

sweetiepie OFFICIAL meeting

[fyeahcmat]

CMAT at the Ivor Novello Awards 2026, accepting the Best Album award for EURO-COUNTRY.

[buckpussy]

via faroutmag

[rhinco]

i understand that it's unreasonable to expect a band on world tour to play in every country in the world but i do think they should only be allowed to call it a world tour if they play in every continent. we need to make it embarrassing to say world tour and then not even step foot in africa

[eebie]

i named them cruelty of the heart and sickness of the mind

[troublepunk-ldn]

the assisted dying debate is so crazy

because i do fundamentally believe everyone should have the right to die when they want.

BUT if they legalise assisted suicide in the UK right now i don't trust our ableist fucking government to not just start coercing disabled people into suicide to save money. they already won't give them enough money to live.

[troublepunk-ldn]

you can't make a free, genuine choice about the time and manner of your death until you have the right to live, as independently as possible and with all your needs met.

this is also true of people who commit regular old unassisted suicide because they can't transition, because of harassment or discrimination, because they can't keep a job or don't make enough money to live. it's government murder by proxy.

[idratherhavefreedom]

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

[victusinveritas]

[everyday-cutephoto]

[ailithnight]

This is a worm? Or perhaps some sort of slug?

[marlynnofmany]

And it's gonna getcha

[magicfriend1000000000000000]

[3liza]

i gotta be real with you guys im just sort of stunned tumblr has been running an open-front ZenDesk form for tumblr TOS reporting this whole time that doesnt require any kind of validation except a fucking email address. this one fact alone explains every single "why did so and so get banned for no reason" event of the past X years. however it is equally baffling that i didnt notice it before now. i would say it is baffling they implemented it in the first place but like i said, the management of their website is verifiably not well

[oldschoolfrp]

Legendary fantasy artist John Blanche has died. He is known mostly for his long association with Games Workshop, where he served as art director and created many of the iconic images that shaped the Warhammer and 40K worlds. He was capable of working in diverse styles, but much of his art and his own creative miniature conversions made his name synonymous with the "grimdark" aesthetic, mixing elements of moody gothic architecture and body horror with a limited color palette.

He also contributed to GW's UK edition of Dungeons & Dragons, Fighting Fantasy and Sorcery! books, and other books and album covers. Wombat Games recently published an authorised biography, Blanche: The Rise of Grimdark. A skirmish game, John Blanche's En Garde, is in development with a setting and visual style based on his art.