#Traders Talk

[rosykims]

i genuinely love love love the iconoclast path in rogue trader SO MUCH. its one of the things that ultimately enamors me to the warhammer franchise as a whole despite empathy being so antithetical to its world and genre. its not just because iconoclast is the Nice Person route or because it subverts the foundational principle that In The Grim Dark Universe There Is Only War............ but mostly i love it because its the best way to actually engage w the morality system presented in 40k and explore it the way it deserves to be explored. its so unique parsing through the choices of the game and navigating how one might actually ACHIEVE goodness through - or more accurately without - the lens of liberal modern morality. because adhering to what we presently would call morality is arguably crueler than some of the dogmatic choices - or at least the game wants you to reflect on that and decide if that kind of morality still has value or not. and i like that they give you the opportunity to do that. youre rarely rewarded for kindness in this game and in fact your oftentimes actively punished for it (void shadows was a TRIAL for my iconoclast rt) which presents another question: are you being good because of a reward you believe you'lll be entitled to, or are you being good for the sake of goodness itself??? in saying that i do LOVE how there IS payoff in the iconoclast route eventually - when youve bleed and suffered for it enough. but theres a quality to it thats so..... so BITTERSWEET, because yippee you Empathed your way to the top - but also what IS the top?? congratulations, you are the kindest autocrat in the most bloodthirsty fascist regime in human history, sitting on your throne on a voidship run by all your slaves and serfs who die by the hundreds every time you make a warpjump for some dumbass sidequest. what the fuck. can you actually call that goodness ????? is whatever goodness-adjacent thing youve achieved worth it even if you cant change the system in the ways that matter ??? lastly - the iconoclast ending is both so wildly universe-altering to the point of feeling like a heretical ending - but also kind of. not mattering really lol. because even though its hopeful, the "good" ending still feels soooo tentative with the likelihood that its very likely not going to last. but that in itself is my favorite take away from playing this game as The Last Good Guy in the Galaxy: because the love DIDNT change anything. and it DOESNT save anyone. but ohhhhhhhhh my fucking god does it absolutely matter that it was there.

[housecow]

y’all will never see me as an actual bbw model or making scenario/stuffing content of any sort because i am a TERRIBLE actor.

no i cant do a cute little moan and rub my belly after a funnel session, im literally about to pass out and need to be tucked into bed

[pierkyn]

WH40K: Rogue Trader (Void Shadows DLC) - Astropathic Choir

[maggotknight]

the girlies playing cards on the lower decks 🃏💕

[hivemire]

serpent's counsel

[revivisection]

my boyfriend who i hate and my bffsie who has never done anything wrong ever

[gowns]

my lyft driver was egyptian and we talked about palestine ❤️ 🖤 💚 he was playing arabic music; i told him about my lebanese stepdad and then he trusted me. he told me how he has never cried at a funeral but this past month he has been crying watching videos from gaza. i told him, me too. we talked about it for the whole 20 minute ride. it was a good connection

[felsicveins]

otto

[juneiper-art]

pasqal reminds me of that kind of mean girl friend who commits unmitigated hate crimes in front of your eyes, like says the most toxic out of pocket shit imaginable with little to no provocation, and then turns around and is like ride or die bestie❤️🥰💅 to you

do you know what im saying do you see the vision

[psalacanthea]

Cracking up over Heinrix rejecting Jae's flirting attempts to buy info off of him like, sir, sir. I am just as awful as her if not worse. I mean I'm flattered you only hate charming pirates when they're not me but come on man. You literally watch me do heresy like 10 times a day while you stand there pinching your nose and we both know you're still down bad.

[aduckwithears]

Aziraphale's rigorously alphabetized, smudgily typewritten list.

Little things to love about Good Omens S2 (33/?) - Masterpost

Also - which shop is the Lucky Snake??

[saturnniidae]

Ngl the more I rewatch race to the edge the more I fall out of love with it.

Trader Johann is just a blatant antisemitic stereotype, Astrid has literally no episodes that aren't also centered around Hiccup in some way (misogynistic writing), the Wing Maidens being a cannibalistic tribe that are referred to as 'native women' more than once, that episode where Dagur literally says a slur (esk*mo), which I've never seen anyone talk about??? And more honestly.

It's really disheartening considering httyd is my special interest and rtte offers some really great worldbuilding and development, but then again it's to be expected. After all if you're not white you can't ever fully enjoy anything without looking the other way on racist some kind aspects whether it be the story's harmful writing or actions of people involved in its making, there's always something.

[lizzieandersoncore]

crazy how my lifelong childhood dream has been to go to a target and all you americans out there are taking it for granted.

[rosieofcorona]

sigh….do I need to play rogue trader

[rats-and-robots]

[neonhellscape]

stupid emotionally repressed bastard and his half dead cyborg twink secretary