I think Serpion has a solid point. I used to pick apart every piece of fluff I read and compare it to what I knew. Like it was a chemical reaction I had to piece together. So many mols of Space Marine power armor technology mixed with the correct amount of reverence a typical Imperial citizen should have for an Inquisitor...
It didn't work. It made me very unhappy with the (natural) inconsistencies of the universe. Now I read with a more open-mind, and I'm happier for it, generally.
I take these little hiccups in stride. Maybe the universe is a bit different from my own idea (or even its past).
Others have some serious nasty mistakes, but rather than sit on those mistakes I just ignore them and move on. No point in wasting time and energy fuming about something I can't change.
The really bad cases of authors trampling the fluff I just completely avoid nowadays. I'm happier for it, and I can still enjoy the rest of the WH40k universe.
I think it's sorta like stepping up to my "adult" fluff-hood from my adolescence. Where being "right" all the time takes the backseat to being happy, ya know?
It didn't work. It made me very unhappy with the (natural) inconsistencies of the universe. Now I read with a more open-mind, and I'm happier for it, generally.
I take these little hiccups in stride. Maybe the universe is a bit different from my own idea (or even its past).
Others have some serious nasty mistakes, but rather than sit on those mistakes I just ignore them and move on. No point in wasting time and energy fuming about something I can't change.
The really bad cases of authors trampling the fluff I just completely avoid nowadays. I'm happier for it, and I can still enjoy the rest of the WH40k universe.
I think it's sorta like stepping up to my "adult" fluff-hood from my adolescence. Where being "right" all the time takes the backseat to being happy, ya know?