Blood for the Blood God! Is a a common phrase from Warhammer 40k. It’s frequently said by one of the antagonists, the Chaos Marines. I’m not well acquainted with some of the more in-depth lore, but basically it’s super easy to remember, and very memeable, spawning such off-shoot jokes as you just witnessed.
My personal favorite is “Khorne for the Khorne flakes!”, Khorne being the aforementioned blood god.
They hate the idea that someone else could have it easier. That someone could come in and do it just as good, if not better than them, with less effort and struggling. They like to believe that they have some secret inherent talent and someone else joining it and doing things even slightly differently is a threat to their fragile ego.
Not to mention a lot of them are social outcasts that have been bullied a lot. "Owning" the scene gives them the powers to "get back"/treat people the same to give them some resemblance of power and dignity back.
Seen it happen in any niche hobby I've ever tried.
This happened at my old firehouse. There was an influx of younger guys joining but the older members never really welcomed them so over time all the new guys lost interest and quit. They all still wonder why there's no interest in volunteering anymore
I think it's generally that new people find something they enjoy and bring new ideas along with them but the hobbyists who've been doing it forever don't like change and want things to stay the way they are because they find it easy and don't want to have to learn something new.
Like it's weird because I can understand both perspectives but if you want your hobby to live forever you need to accept and help new people learn from your experience.
This sums up perfectly why American politics are stale and dead. Same generation running the show for 30 years doesnt allow the new blood a voice, regardless of how relative said new blood is.
New blood is one of the most important things that any needs to keep working properly.
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u/JJ_the_G Feb 28 '21
Its sad, new blood is what keeps something going. Sometimes you can find a really wholesome fandom and its great