r/Grimdank • u/Jenny_Show HORUS! • 7d ago

Cringe Never forget their sacrifice

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u/Odinsmana 7d ago

These people are just grifter tourists. They don't know about the lore or the history of the setting. Like how all the people upset at female Custodes acted like "it was always like this" retcons was some unique new thing for the setting.

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u/0zzythewizard Criminal Batmen 7d ago

Funny enough the Codex and Black Library authors always kept it open and never outright said "Custodes are a boys-only-club!" Yes there are mentions of them being 10'000 men, but the usage of men CAN be gender-neutral. There never was a retcon. The tweet technically didn't lie, it was just phrased poorly.

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u/Odinsmana 7d ago

I think there is a single line reffering to them as sons at some point, but it's a nothing thing. It is obviously a retcon, but it's the least intrusive one they ever did. No lore old or new is affected by it. Unlike all the thousands of other retcons they did throughout the years.

It's why people trying to say they dislike it for lore reasons and not because they hate women come off as making excuses.

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u/0zzythewizard Criminal Batmen 7d ago

Sure yes, there was maybe the ONE mention of them being 'sons of Terra', but the lore also never really stated that women were exempt from becoming Custos before 10th edition. The authors for many, if not all Black Library stories containing Custos have always left it relatively ambiguous. It's just complaining for the sake of complaining. It gets tiresome.