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<blockquote data-quote="The Fighter-Cricket" data-source="post: 7747577" data-attributes="member: 32852"><p>Oh boy, I've seen very strange discussions online about the planned Warhammer novels. What I really don't understand is how some people think that catering to a young audience spoils their own involvement in 40k, WHFB or even AoS. It's as if they forget that WH has always been focused on kids and YA. WH is not grown-up stuff. It's not serious or adult. It's rather plain silly and so over-the-top that it baffles me how some people could think that opening it further up to a young audience will destroy the franchise. The whole 40k universe looks like something that a 12-year old came up who wanted to make something "adult" and "edgy". Don't misunderstand me: I love it! But it's still silly.</p><p>And on the other side I think that it's hillarious to write friendship-is-magic style novels for the 40k universe. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> How will the authors possibly find the right tone? You have to have a true good side that fights for the right cause in order to let the young readers identify with that. But there are no good heroes in the WH fiction (or 40k at least). Even the remotely good guys are a terrible, inhumane bunch of faux-Nazis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Fighter-Cricket, post: 7747577, member: 32852"] Oh boy, I've seen very strange discussions online about the planned Warhammer novels. What I really don't understand is how some people think that catering to a young audience spoils their own involvement in 40k, WHFB or even AoS. It's as if they forget that WH has always been focused on kids and YA. WH is not grown-up stuff. It's not serious or adult. It's rather plain silly and so over-the-top that it baffles me how some people could think that opening it further up to a young audience will destroy the franchise. The whole 40k universe looks like something that a 12-year old came up who wanted to make something "adult" and "edgy". Don't misunderstand me: I love it! But it's still silly. And on the other side I think that it's hillarious to write friendship-is-magic style novels for the 40k universe. :D How will the authors possibly find the right tone? You have to have a true good side that fights for the right cause in order to let the young readers identify with that. But there are no good heroes in the WH fiction (or 40k at least). Even the remotely good guys are a terrible, inhumane bunch of faux-Nazis. [/QUOTE]
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