Thread by @studio_erstwood, I want women in Warhammer, I want black, brown & people of [...]

Studio Erstwood

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I want women in Warhammer, I want black, brown & people of colour in Warhammer. I want gay people, trans people & disabled people in Warhammer. In fact, unless you& #39;re misogynistic, racist, homephobic, transphobic, ableist or generally bigoted, I want you in Warhammer 1/6

Warhammer is a weird & wonderful hobby for weird & wonderful people. The only prerequisite for playing, painting or otherwise taking part, should be that you are a weird & wonderful person. There aren& #39;t enough of us in the world & those of us that are SHOULD STICK TOGETHER. 2/6

I am not alone in this, in fact, the silent majority feel the same as I do. Even Games Workshop feel the same as we do. I am sick of bad actors hijacking our space and discourse. #YOUWILLNOTBEMISSED. GW gave us this gift in the summer and it& #39;s about time we weaponised it... 3/6

So what I propose is that we find a hashtag, the one above or something else, or perhaps a Follow Friday equivalent, something we can use to weed out & silence the abhorrent voices on the fringes of our community. To take back our hobby space by BLOCKING THEM AND MOVING ON. 4/6

Obviously, it would have to be something that we use responsibly, so you couldn& #39;t just use it to cAnCeL someone who rolled 3 6s for 3 6+ saves in their last game, for instance. I just think it& #39;s time we stopped giving our energy over to hate when we could be painting instead. 5/6

This isn& #39;t about my ego or about getting likes or followers (if I wanted to do that I& #39;d just post pictures of my painting, as I& #39;m quite good at it). So, I ask you, do you think this is a good idea, could it be something we implement & use responsibly to curate our space? 6/6

For clarity, I do say "I propose". It& #39;s a proposition. I don& #39;t know whether it is a good idea myself, which is why I am asking. This is not a call to arms. So far responses have been quite divided & division is not the intention so already starting to think it& #39;s not a good idea.

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