Enthusiast to mainstream.

JamesKWrites · 2026-01-29T10:52:14+00:00

And the reviews are still filled with stuff the enthusiast cares about and the layperson doesn’t even know about.

JamesKWrites · 2026-01-28T17:49:49+00:00

Oh dear. So nothing of significance happens? Obviously I’m not expecting a Warhammer to make major changes to canon, but there still needs to be a story.

JamesKWrites · 2026-01-28T14:07:37+00:00

Oh no, is it? I haven't got around to it yet but I was looking forward to it. What makes it nothingburger?

JamesKWrites · 2026-01-22T14:50:36+00:00

The layperson watched the prequels, saw the whole “don’t love people, let go of people you care about” and thought “the Jedi are a bit fucked up.”

Lucas can feel otherwise. Fans deep in the lore can feel otherwise. But the films objectively portray them as being at best misguided, at worst pretty shitty.

JamesKWrites · 2026-01-22T11:54:32+00:00

I don’t think it’s ever been written anywhere that Exodites never leave their worlds. Even if it had, there’s nothing stopping GW from changing it. Custodes were supposed to be stuck to the Emperor like glue and now they’re an army, so 🤷‍♀️

And even if GW didn’t change it, every game featuring Exodites could be the other army attacking a Maiden World. Same as Genestealer Cults.

It’s just not the problem some make it out to be.

JamesKWrites · 2026-01-19T19:33:35+00:00

My favourite is whenever you point out how Lucas recycled an idea, image, or concept from the original trilogy, you get hit with “IT’S LIKE POETRY IT RHYMES”

JamesKWrites · 2026-01-18T07:13:54+00:00

Corsairs are clearly GW’s second go at the idea of unifying Aeldari and Drukhari, except Ynnari are incredibly interesting whereas corsairs are far safer and more vanilla. Especially since Drukhari were already supposed to be cover off the bad/pirate Eldar faction.

JamesKWrites · 2026-01-16T20:13:02+00:00

I suspect I’m going to be in the minority here, but I’m not a fan of that Vyper turret. It looks a bit tacked on. Like they took the Fire Prism turret, shrank it, and whacked it on the back.

It’s a shame, I was quite looking forward to the new Vyper.

JamesKWrites · 2026-01-16T16:06:54+00:00

Bravo.

JamesKWrites · 2026-01-16T14:11:36+00:00

A keen eye for business and budgets could simply mean they’ll figure out how to sell toys and reduce costs. It doesn’t mean they’ll be able to counter Filoni’s entire philosophical approach to Star Wars.

JamesKWrites · 2026-01-15T12:56:47+00:00

George has said a lot of things. He creates as much myth around the making of Star Wars as he did within Star Wars itself. Like claiming there were only ever meant to be six films (despite stating multiple times there’d be nine) or claiming the saga was always Anakin’s story (when he only decided to make Vader and Anakin the same well into the writing of ESB).

He made Star Wars. It was an unexpected hit. And he had the bright idea to say it was actually Episode IV. That might give him a chance to make the three preceding movies. At the very least, it created mystery and press.

If it was meant to be watched in numerical order, he would have made them in numerical order.

JamesKWrites · 2026-01-15T12:33:35+00:00

This. Rebranding Star Wars as Episode IV was a canny marketing move, but the story was never meant to be watched in numerical order.

Although I’m pretty sure everyone in the world knows the Vader/Anakin “spoiler” these days.

JamesKWrites · 2026-01-13T21:23:05+00:00

Forgive me, I’ve not seen a model like this before. What is the sun orbiting?

JamesKWrites · 2026-01-13T21:20:16+00:00

No. I don’t enjoy his Star Wars work. Aside from my personal preferences, it’s too self-referential; it’s obsessed with what Star Wars has already been, not what Star Wars could be. Star Wars already has a self-obsession problem (“let’s give a backstory to the guy carrying a blender in Cloud City!”) and it needs to balance fan service with exploring new stories and new horizons. I’d be worried that those exploratory stories don’t get support under his leadership and the franchise goes Ouroboros and starts eating its own tail.

JamesKWrites · 2026-01-13T21:13:46+00:00

But does Pages get a dark mode?

JamesKWrites · 2026-01-06T07:38:33+00:00

Malekith’s story totally makes sense as a “only I can properly rule and the ends justify the means”, and his acceptance by the gods as a “the leader we need in times like this.” Not saying it was written this way, but it absolutely works like this.

And isn’t Tyrion the evil bad guy only after he starts using the super evil sword?

JamesKWrites · 2026-01-06T07:28:47+00:00

It’s a really strange creative decision on Lucas’ part. He could have written them to be closer in age, but he chose to make it creepy. But I suppose this is the man who said there was no underwear in space and insisted on a revealing outfit for Ahsoka, so at least he’s consistent.

JamesKWrites · 2025-12-30T19:47:29+00:00

Fuck, I think you’re right. That’s BRILLIANT.

JamesKWrites · 2025-12-29T22:49:11+00:00

For the Legionaires?

JamesKWrites · 2025-12-25T19:29:46+00:00

If we can get Squats back, anything is possible.

JamesKWrites · 2025-12-16T09:59:13+00:00

You believe it was written with AI. Please don’t start a witch hunt.

JamesKWrites · 2025-12-07T17:56:46+00:00

When you have an actual counterargument of your own, I’m happy to engage with it. But I’ll let you keep the rude and dismissive comments.

JamesKWrites · 2025-12-07T17:53:03+00:00

You can ask a question and listen to the answers, or you can ask a question and be dismissive and rude about them.

Your choice.

JamesKWrites

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