the thing i love about t’challa wasn’t just that he took killmonger to see the sunset, it was that he was in tears as he listened to killmonger’s story – that he was arguing that killmonger wouldn’t exist if t’chaka had simply shown compassion, that he understood the black panthers of the past had maybe been wrong. you can feel his empathy for people, and why it makes him the black panther whose story is being told; the most special thing about him isn’t his powers, or his suit, because there were black panthers generations before him. his fighting skill isn’t revolutionary – he gets beaten. the thing that made him special was that he has a big heart. t’challa is a good person. genuinely, a great one.
and that he listens and can change his mind.
He did the same thing in the end of Civil War, when he talked to Zemo and realized he was wrong about Bucky. T’Challa will be the first to admit when he, as an individual or as the throne he represents, is wrong, and when he realizes he is wrong or a mistake has been made he actively works to correct it as best he can. He shows compassion for his enemies – that’s clear even when he was challenged by M’Baku. And that compassion is his greatest strength, because it allows him to turn his potential enemies into allies.
god black panther was such a good movie!!!!!t’challa as a character is so good ughthis is what healthy positive masculinity looks like y’all
Loki is the Philosopher King 