#like...there are NO queer slaaneshi characters. at least not in fantasy
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The reason individual Slaaneshi characters are so straight despite Slaaneshi as a whole reading as very clearly queer is because Slaanesh is also associated with depravity and degeneracy of the worst kind. Even Slaanesh himself is a freak among the gods, different from them intrinsically and to the point of fear, hatred, and discomfort from everyone. The most overtly masculine of the gods, Khorne, just straight up openly hates him for reasons that aren't even super clear at first, even though Tzeentch would make better sense as a rival since Warriors and Wizards often are pitted as rivals/opposites in fantasy. But no, big masculine Khorne hates on feminine Slaanesh instead.
GW most likely isn't going to strongly code Slaanesh/Slaaneshi as being queer because they've also pretty irrevocably and clearly said he's a fucking freak and in fact the worst kind of freak on top of being artsy-fartsy. Trying to marry that with Queerness, a group of people historically and currently labelled as freaks and predators, is a PR nightmare waiting to happen. ESPECIALLY nowadays.
#warhammer fantasy#slaanesh#warhammer 40k#warhammer 40000#ooc#the slaaneshi are vaguely queer but individual characters are aggressively straight#they have at most a WHISPER of queerness about them#Azazel was married to Sigmar's sister#Sigvald also has a wife#Strykaar was laid up in bed with two wives#there was some lore that specifically said male slaaneshi champions were popular with women and often sired many kids. nothing on men#locephax was chasing after valkia a woman#dechala and samael were married#like...there are NO queer slaaneshi characters. at least not in fantasy#i think there was ONE Slaangor and he was killed in the same chapter he was introduced in after trying to SA Archaon's GF and stepdad so#:/
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