“They trust each other,” Boseman says of Panther and Cap. The actor points to his gift of claw shields from Shuri (Letitia Wright,) forged from Wakanda’s sacred natural resource. “His shield was already made from vibranium anyway. So it’s just an extension of what he already had. This time, actually giving it to him, as opposed to…” Boseman shrugs. The materials for the old shield were likely taken, not offered. “Me actually giving it to him is a testament to our relationship and trust.” – Entertainment Weekly
Well…damn. I have a very real and very emotional connection to the Captain America shield. But this is important and this is the context that should have always been there and I’m so grateful that the MCU isn’t shying away from it.
Shuri shouting out the floor is lava and recording the confusion among the avengers wondering why tchalla king of Wakanda hopped up on a counter cause goddammit his little sister pulls this shit all the time and peter is stuck on the wall because he’s also a child of the internet and understands the meme life and now his fate is sealed there will never not be a time Shuri isn’t camera ready and yelling out the floor is lava to see the wackiest places she could get peter to stick on
T’Challa ignored her once so she developed synthetic deployable lava and the next time she yelled the floor is lava it actually was. T’Challa lives in fear now because he knows if he doesn’t pretend the floor is dangerous, it will be.
Once she got peter to stick onto T’Challa.
Her everything background is a picture of T’Challa desperately clinging to a Peter who’s stuck to the ceiling
(T’Challa finally sits down with Erik to figure out anime)
T’Challa: So where is this Piccolo that you’re were talking about? You said he was black?
Erik (not paying attention to TChalla): There he go right there.
T’Challa (looks at the screen): I don’t… I don’t see..?
Erik: Man he right there! How can you not see it?
T’Challa (confusion mounts): Is he invisible right now???
Erik (annoyed, he gets up and points): Right here Nigga! Damn!
T’Challa: B-but he’s green? Cousin, I don’t understand.
Erik: He’s green but he black. How is that so hard?
T’Challa: ???????
(It was that moment T’Challa knew he would never understand anime)
OK I don’t know what’s going on here but I’m just sad that Erik had to die so we’ll never get any bonding and mutual education moments like this. They didn’t grow up together, but Erik could have been the Loki to T’Challa’s Thor (and no, I don’t ship them at this point, so ignore those implications): angry, troubled, in need of rehabilitation and a LOT of serious family discussions, but with his heart mostly in the right place and the possibility of making a positive difference. In fact, he could have been a recurring anti-villain like Loki. It could have taken a while for T’Challa to bring him into the fold. They could have spent a lot of time exploring the complexities of his story. It just really feels like a wasted opportunity.
You know, that occurred to me last night after writing this comment. That would be a very Loki-esque move on Marvel’s part. I don’t know whether we should take the fact that they’ve done it before as evidence that they might do it again or as decreasing the likelihood (because they don’t want to become predictable).
(T’Challa finally sits down with Erik to figure out anime)
T’Challa: So where is this Piccolo that you’re were talking about? You said he was black?
Erik (not paying attention to TChalla): There he go right there.
T’Challa (looks at the screen): I don’t… I don’t see..?
Erik: Man he right there! How can you not see it?
T’Challa (confusion mounts): Is he invisible right now???
Erik (annoyed, he gets up and points): Right here Nigga! Damn!
T’Challa: B-but he’s green? Cousin, I don’t understand.
Erik: He’s green but he black. How is that so hard?
T’Challa: ???????
(It was that moment T’Challa knew he would never understand anime)
OK I don’t know what’s going on here but I’m just sad that Erik had to die so we’ll never get any bonding and mutual education moments like this. They didn’t grow up together, but Erik could have been the Loki to T’Challa’s Thor (and no, I don’t ship them at this point, so ignore those implications): angry, troubled, in need of rehabilitation and a LOT of serious family discussions, but with his heart mostly in the right place and the possibility of making a positive difference. In fact, he could have been a recurring anti-villain like Loki. It could have taken a while for T’Challa to bring him into the fold. They could have spent a lot of time exploring the complexities of his story. It just really feels like a wasted opportunity.
Loki is the Philosopher King 