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

  A month in review: Of miniatures, and mental health I am not a massive Stormcast fan, but man I have painted a few       It is july 29th, and I am sitting in a doctor's waiting room as I pretend to read a white dwarf until my name is called. I am about to ask for a month of mental health leave. The doctor calls me in and I explain the events that have led me to this. He is understanding, and goes through some questions with me. He asks me what I plan to do with my month off, and what I hope to achieve. For my part I tell him that I plan to go walking, spend time with my son, and paint some miniatures. To engage in my hobbies, try to see some mates, and try to build myself up again. He nods and smiles saying that it was the right answer. He tells me not to just sit around the house all day.  I was meant to enter this in the monthly painting comp     It is the 4th of August and my first day to myself. With no real agenda or plans. My walks had been goi...

       Community. It is a universal concept. Fundamental to the human desire to belong. In all areas of life we see the almost natural formation of communities, often grouping around shared appreciations or beliefs. As a nerd I have seen communities spring up around every single fandom, or hobby that I engage with. In 2019 I attended PAX AUS. An event that arguably was created to celebrate all the different aspects and communities of gaming. Whilst I was there you could see each of the different communities. A short walk took you through the bright lights of the videogaming section, and even within that there was the various indie game producers.The next hall over saw the various stalls peddling their tabletop offerings. All of these different tribes all forming one PAX AUS community. The conversations I had with other attendees revealing the differences in opinion, attitude, and tastes. All from different communities. Recently in my interaction with various online s...

  Female space marines There is no way that anyone that has both an Internet connection, and an interest in Warhammer 40,000 can say they have not seen the discourse surrounding female Space Marines. Before I begin I want to make a few things clear. I am writing on many of these points from often a cold business stand point, and there is a risk I may be misunderstood therefore I need to state a few things before we begin. Firstly, some of the people I will mention in this article are people I both follow and interact with on Twitter. Secondly, I in fact have no issue with female marines from a lore perspective in a universe of Cawl's double dipped space marines aka Primaris. Finally I cannot ignore the practicalities required of Games workshop making female Space Marines. Please trust me as we read ahead I might surprise you. REPRESENTATION ON TAXATION There was once in the misty days of 1988 in humble White Dwarf issue 99 there was a collection of 'adventurers'. From...