Warhammer 40k Fluff Discussion XVII: Call Necrosius, The Old Thread Is Dead!

[Artanis]

and stays there. Replacing Stillwell with 'I R WOMAN I WANNA BABBI GIEF BABBI' turned S1 to trash, then bringing in Stormfront as 'empowered generic female #2143' ruined S2.

I more meant the general concept of "these super-powered protectors that everybody loves turn out to be evil and some normal people are trying to take them down" than any actual specifics.

But Space Marines-as-Fascists is already written into the setting. That's why for normies, you have to take that out, and make Space Marines...Well...Halo's Spartans.
Generic, genetic super soldiers.

If you told Timmy's Mum that those Space Marines she buys her son; Gun down civilian populations that carry a virus, follow the wrong religion or have the wrong genetics, 'for their own good'...Timmy's Mum might not buy him Space Marines anymore.

So make the Space Marines in question Alpha Legion.

"OMG! SPACE MARINES ARE HERE TO PROTECT US!"
"...are you sure? They're acting kinda suss for good guys."
"SPACE MA-RINES! SPACE MA-RINES! SPACE MA-RINES!"
"Welp, guess we're on our own with this."