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3 years ago
Had this in my head a while, feel free to ignore.
So there is a debate going about online for female space marines, people arguing there should be female space marines and GW should go back and change the lore to make it so there has always been female space marines.
In my opinion, GW shouldn't, but I would like to explain why. Mainly the Emperor (Big E) is a bit of a bastard and not in touch with emotions at all. He wanted to make something which would walk besides mankind and guide them through the darkness of the unknown. But if he made a new species all together, whats to stop them from turning on humans? To stop space marines from turning on humanity, he made them so they had to be made out of humans. That way they couldn't wipe out humans without dooming themselves.
So, Cawl, who is seen often stealing other's work, comes across an earlier type of space marine designed by Big E, one where the gender didn't matter as they were grown in vats. The space marines were closer to the Primarchs than current space marines and as such were bigger, stronger, more resilient. He names them Primaris marines and says he made them, not understanding why Big E didn't settle on this design.
So I would prefer canonical firstborn space marines are male only while Primaris can be any gender.
I love this as it it fits current lore easily, parodies "old boys only" clubs which are dying out (just like how firstborn are being phased out) and allows female space marines.
I am not saying you can't have female firstborns, I love any kind of conversion work and I love custom chapters and lore, I just think GW missed an opportunity to make Space marines gender neutral while not upsetting those who love the current lore.
So there is a debate going about online for female space marines, people arguing there should be female space marines and GW should go back and change the lore to make it so there has always been female space marines.
In my opinion, GW shouldn't, but I would like to explain why. Mainly the Emperor (Big E) is a bit of a bastard and not in touch with emotions at all. He wanted to make something which would walk besides mankind and guide them through the darkness of the unknown. But if he made a new species all together, whats to stop them from turning on humans? To stop space marines from turning on humanity, he made them so they had to be made out of humans. That way they couldn't wipe out humans without dooming themselves.
So, Cawl, who is seen often stealing other's work, comes across an earlier type of space marine designed by Big E, one where the gender didn't matter as they were grown in vats. The space marines were closer to the Primarchs than current space marines and as such were bigger, stronger, more resilient. He names them Primaris marines and says he made them, not understanding why Big E didn't settle on this design.
So I would prefer canonical firstborn space marines are male only while Primaris can be any gender.
I love this as it it fits current lore easily, parodies "old boys only" clubs which are dying out (just like how firstborn are being phased out) and allows female space marines.
I am not saying you can't have female firstborns, I love any kind of conversion work and I love custom chapters and lore, I just think GW missed an opportunity to make Space marines gender neutral while not upsetting those who love the current lore.
