The Literary Khan: fiction, wisdom, and writings of The Khan

             In the grim darkness of the 41st millennium, there is only war. This tagline carried me through a great deal of my early Warhammer gaming years. I remember reading that opening crawl so many times. It was bleak, it was so much darker than anything I had read previously. Works from authors such as Tolkien, or the various Star Wars EU authors (may they get justice) it was my first experience with a dystopian universe. There were no plucky Skywalkers, and there certainly was not a defined good guy and bad guy. Everyone was horrible in their own way. However, lately I am seeing a growing trend in the online conversation to create a different lore setting, and potentially purge elements of the original lore to not only update the setting. But, to additionally try to give a face lift to certain elements of the setting that people are beginning to question. Yet, as I continue to watch the discussion online all I keep thinking is are we trying to build a Utopia in a Dystopia?    

      Fanfiction is often a dirty word depending on who you talk to. There is also no denying there is an enormous spectrum that encapsulates works from Sherlock holmes, all the way through to the 'Samus is Praegnant' masterpiece of bad fanfiction ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70Pkai4IyWs enjoy). However, from the spine damaging cringe self inserts, to the genuinely enjoyable I have always had a soft spot for the genre of writing, and hopefully by the end of this I can make a case for you as well.      Enter the movie Serenity. I had already been a fan of Firefly having picked up the DVD boxed set. I loved that show so much, and still do. I will duck for cover but it has been the old Whedon I have liked. I watched it on repeat. I had already had danced with the idea of writing some fanfiction and until that point. It would also mark the first time I had put any of my writing up for public consumption. recently my wife knowing full well my love of Firefly told me a show she

      We are all busy these days, and whilst Papa Nurgle himself reached out to gift most of the world with a chance to stay home and paint with his generous pandemic. The struggle to find time to paint is still one that faces many in this hobby today. I know for a fact that I was chief amongst them, especially with addition of my son. Working full time, and being a new father has taught me the value of finding any spare moment. My hobbying usually takes the bottom rung in the priority ladder of late. This is what led me to create my #LunchHammer initiative.      There is a famous quote from the US Marine Corps that goes 'don't stand when you can sit, don't sit when you can lay down, and don't lay down when you can sleep' . Well for our purposes let us adapt that to our own hobby needs. I took a look at my daily schedule and realised I had one glorious thirty minutes every day to potentially paint. Now thirty minutes does not sound that impressive, however over a we