Popular Twitch streamer Zack "Asmongold" criticized the way Games Workshop has handled retconning the lore about female Adeptus Custodes in Warhammer 40K. The Custodes, or just Custodians, in the fantasy table-top storyline, are some of the most elite units in the human faction and a recent controversy has rocked the community after the newly launched 10th edition of the Codex: Adeptus Custodes mentioned a female Custodian for the first time.
A sizeable fraction of the fan community is in uproar after a recent post on X by the official Warhammer account about there being women Custodes went viral garnering millions of views. Asmongold, known for his hot takes, gave his opinion on the matter while speaking on his Twitch stream, and claimed that the retconning was likely "political" in nature:
The streamer went on to say that Games Workshop should have done something else and owned up to changing Warhammer 40K lore instead of saying there were female Custodes from the beginning:
Asmongold claimed that blatantly revising the lore and not owning up to the mere fact that they were adding women as Custodians is insulting to the fans who love the Warhammer franchise:
He specifically addressed the post on X by the Warhammer account that has angered many fans by stating "there have always been female Custodians" and claimed that it was insulting:
Asmongold further stated that "woke people" cheering this move by Games Workshop are pathetic because they are being "farmed", insinuating that they are being taken advantage of:
The Twitch streamer went on to say that Games Workshop's treatment of retconning female Custodes into the lore is one of the "best examples" of "the word woke":
He continued saying that it was revisionist and that
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