I don't get what's so weeb about Tau is it the mechs? Everyone uses them aside from Tyranids so that's a fucking stupid argument.
>>46656208
It's the style of mech, not the fact that they've got mechs.
>>46656208
I always thought it was kinda hilarious, given that the Eldar are like, full blown "Japanese guy telling you 'Whoa, slow down dude'" level Weeb.
>>46656208
People do not like Tau because Tau players make threads every day asking why people who do not like Tau do not like Tau. Although the initial condition of not liking Tau was a subjective disagreement people people who do like Tau and people who do not like Tau, the dislike of people who do not like Tau has now been justified and normalized by annoying cunts who like Tau complaining about people who do not like Tau.
So that's why people don't like Tau.
>>46656395
Yeah, I mean, shuriken guns? Seriously? What kinda crazy-ass Naruto shit is this?
>>46656414
Just post blueberry pussi already
>>46656208
>what's so weeb about Tau
The fact that the designers made them with animu in mind.
>>46656395
>>46656441
Hope you got those deflectors nova charged.
>>46656447
I feel like gw is missing out on nerdbucks by not turning Tau into the "hot alien waifus in giant mechs" faction. A few boob chest plates, and more feminine hero faces would get that cash flowing.
>>46656491
Wow, Eldar are just all over the goddamn place.
>>46656208
If you think about it the Imperium is the most weeb faction there is.
>fanatical devotion to an emperor deemed their god by the populace
>views suicidal martyrdom as the utmost display of their faith and service to their empire, as well as the only way to redeem oneself of dishonor
>huge emphasis on honor in general
>already established emphasis on mechs in combat
>>46656491
To be fair, everyone wants to look like David Bowie.
>>46656208
Mecha and Katanas.
>>46656208
because everyone thinks they're communists
>>46656208
Greater Good = communism = China = weeb because Asians are all the same.
>>46656622
You mean Greater good= Confucian caste system= China= Japan
>>46656582
You're damn right I do.
>>46656556
>>fanatical devotion to an emperor deemed their god by the populace
>>views suicidal martyrdom as the utmost display of their faith and service to their empire, as well as the only way to redeem oneself of dishonor
>>huge emphasis on honor in general
>all this is unique to japan.
>>46656679
Never said it was, but if you wanna look at it objectively, all the shit that encompasses what a weeaboo is or is fascinated with, the Imperium has or does while all the Tau really does that's weeby is have a few obviously Asian-inspired mechs and overall visual design.
>>46656532
It would play into the marketing to weeb audience angle pretty well too.
>>46656414
Gesundheit.
>>46656535
But, apart from the hair metal scene, spot a common theme? Ancient civilizations, archaic styles, foreign cultures. Everything that can be labeled under ancient and mysticism. Bronze age, Egypt, Far East, etc. Eldar are all of those things.
>>46656716
To be fair weebs are pretty superficial in their fascination with Japan.
>>46656825
True. Weebs are pretty superficial in general. If they looked past their anime into the actual culture of Japan they'd be shocked.
>>46656679
Anon forgot to mention the rest:
>Massivly xenophobic national policy
>Book of war strategy that is applied to multiple aspects of life
>Precious Nippon Chainsword/Unique Sword that fans think are actually good or better than other swords
>Mastercrafted 1000 year old swords that are better than modern contemporary guns
>Belief that one soldier with good equipment can defeat thousands of soldiers with slightly less-good equipment
>Appropriation of Anglo-Christian imagery, symbolism, and obscure references which is then applied to fluff to make it seem deep
>Trust in the Heart of the cards/machine spirit of the bolter
>Rule-of-cool warriors who move so quickly around the battlefield that they teleport
>Remarkably few slant-eyed heroes
>Literal magical sword-wielding ninjas and disguise ninjutsu girls in tight body suits
>Catgirls
Now, a weird thing I've noticed. I play tau and I watch plenty of anime, but I swear imperialfags here on /tg/ know more about all the skeevy, shit-plot, harem and hentai animes than I do. Maybe it's just that TG is a repository of animefags, and the majority of TG's population simply players Imperials, but otherwise I couldn't explain that phenomenon without concluding that the Imperium is actually the most weaboo.
>>46656911
Kind of like how most Tau-haters only look superficially at Tau fluff before dismissing it as complete shit, despite some of the best writing in the series being in Tau novels. There's plenty of terrible shit all over the place, though.
>>46657184
>Like IG
>Hate almost everything about the Imperium
I basically want to play Tau, but without being a blue alien with a vagina face.
>>46657331
Paint your IG in Tau colors and model them with Tau Bits. You now have a Tau-aligned Gue'vesa force that counts-as IG for playing.
>>46656582
Does this mean 40kverse Bowie based his whole look off of a chance encounter with an Eldar ages before the Emperor came to power?
>>46657331
Play Lost and the Damned with IG rules. All the cool shit of the Guard, but with more Chaos.
>>46657376
40kverse Bowie simply was an Eldar.
>>46657376
It means Bowie IS an Eldar, anon.
>>46656556
But they don't wear kimonos or rice people hats and no-one's a little girl.
I don't think you really understand the whole weeaboo thing.
I hate Tau because ochre is a shitty colour for a uniform.
>>46657462
You can paint em' however you want, anon.
>>46657499
Of course I can. It doesn't change the mental association, though.
>>46657376
No Anon. The Eldar based themselves off of him.
>>46656441
Pic related
>>46656208
They were specifically designed with mecha anime in mind. Says so right in there pre-release designer notes in WD.
Most people didn't have a problem with that, but many did. Not like they were any more annoying of an addition than Dark Eldar and Necrons.
>>46657688
See, though - the Nips love the English. So by emulating the English, the Tau are actually emulating the Nips (emulating the English).
>>46657688
>The Tau are very obviously based on early Chinese infantry
not to mention the spheres and mentality taken straight from japanese imperialism
anon is glossing over many things in that image
>>46657427
>But they don't wear kimonos or rice people hats and no-one's a little girl.
Neither do Tau?
>>46656208
I tend to think the reason most people hate the Tau is because of Tau players.
>>46658110
False water caste dress reminiscent of that. Also Farsight has a young Fire Caste Commander among his elite Crisis Suit squad called Torch Star
>>46656556
>What is the Holy Roman Empire
It disturbs me how little people know about medieval catholic kingdoms and empires. Shit, space marines are just Imperial Knights in SPEEES.
>>46656414
/thread.
>>46656556
So Donald Trumps America?
Phil Kelly and CS Goto are the main reasons Tau action fluff is such shit. The actual details of their empire are interesting.
>>46658775
I'm pretty sure there's a 40k faction called "Imperial Knights" and they're not space marines, they're ordinary human knights in space who use mecha instead of horses.
What's wrong with weebs? I have always seen the Tau more like China anyway. If anything, Farsight is the weeb faction. Farsight even has the 7 Samurais.
>>46656582
Not these days
>>46661820
Not those Imperial Knights you pleb. THESE Imperial Knights. The direct vassals of the Holy Emperor of the Romans who were bound to no lesser Overlord, but answered to the Emperor himself. They owned and managed their own fiefs and greater counties and in exchange for their land, would serve the Emperor directly in war when needed.
>>46662680
stop
>>46662186
Farsight could either be honorabruh samurai or the young kung fu master striking out on his own opposing the old guard because he's cool like that.
>>46657931
Or that vast majority of Eldar weapons are not anything like katanas, but big sabers and what ever those bronze age ones with the bulbous shape were.
>>46656716
>all the shit that encompasses what a weeaboo is or is fascinated with
I wouldn't agree. Most weebs just really like anime.
