Editing Laurie Goulding (section)

==Goulding's Problems==
TL;DR - The classic nerd syndrome. As soon as he got a whiff of power and influence, he used that to bully other fans. 

Unfortunately, Goulding tends to embody and reaffirm a lot of the problems that people have with Games Workshop. While he does honestly try to have contact with fans, he doesn't seem to listen to what they have to say - instead preferring to say that the fans are foolish for interpreting a novel a certain way and say how good the novels have been and how they're getting even better. This is a problem, because it suggests that instead of seeing why fans are interpreting things incorrectly and looking to correct it in future novels, he just openly mocks people and keeps assuming he's doing it right (a true Daemon Prince of GW, indeed).

He has said that he does make changes when fans correctly guess twists. This also suggests that having a twist was so important to him that he would rather change the plot so it's harder to guess. This last minute change has fucked up more than one book, and Laurie has admitted that he's done it for petty reasons (possibly because he thinks that most 40k lore isn't very predictable and is mad when he's wrong). 

The last big problem some have had with Goulding [[Skub|(aside from people's normal complaints)]] is his take on canon. Much like many people's complaints with [[Matt Ward|an infamous Games Workshop employee]], he has a bit of a ''these are my ideas and this is how it is'' take with the canon. While other authors and employees may allow wiggle room for [[Your Dudes|your own ideas and theories to unfold]], Laurie Goulding tends to have an idea in mind and for that idea to be the only one. This is fine with [[Writefag|fan works]] who are interpreting cryptic or completely untold lore, but for someone official to say that your idea for your beloved chapter is completely wrong (probably followed by "''and you should feel bad for it''" if it's coming from Goulding), then it's a bit disheartening.

Goulding is also adamant that [[Blood Ravens]] are not [[Thousand Sons]] [http://z13.invisionfree.com/The_First_Expedition/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=1124&view=getnewpost (or any other loyalist Chaos chapter)], and that only ''current edition'' codices are canon (<s>RIP</s>Rejoice! [[Malice]]). This has since been contradicted by other GW staffers, so who the fuck knows.