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[QUOTE=Cville;3605327]How? He found out his people are colonizers, his parton god is missing and has not gotten one clue where in 13 months of comics. Where his his wins for this story? Only winner at the conclusion of this story is Storm.[/QUOTE]
A writer who actually championed the main character would have had the title character, the one who was blessed by Bast, the one who's entire blood line has been blessed by Gods... the Wakandans would have prayed to HIM.
Or you know, he could have found the Gods, brought them back, and fought along side them to take down the Adversary. You could have had the Orisha and the prayers of the Wakandans power him up to almost Godhood. Just like how original orisha were created.
There are dozens of ways this story could have ended but Coates loves Storm. Which in itself isn't a big deal. Hell, this ending isn't the biggest deal in the world... if T'challa got similar feats anywhere in the last two years. Shuri has better moments than him.
Hell, I don't even really care that Storm got the shining moment. I'm more pissed that a year long question got shoved to the side with a shrug.
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[QUOTE=MindofShadow;3605385]A writer who actually championed the main character would have had the title character, the one who was blessed by Bast, the one who's entire blood line has been blessed by Gods... the Wakandans would have prayed to HIM.
Or you know, he could have found the Gods, brought them back, and fought along side them to take down the Adversary. You could have had the Orisha and the prayers of the Wakandans power him up to almost Godhood. Just like how original orisha were created.
There are dozens of ways this story could have ended but Coates loves Storm. Which in itself isn't a big deal. Hell, this ending isn't the biggest deal in the world... if T'challa got similar feats anywhere in the last two years. Shuri has better moments than him.
Hell, I don't even really care that Storm got the shining moment. I'm more pissed that a year long question got shoved to the side with a shrug.[/QUOTE]
YOu don't necessarily want to give the main character that sort of power boost. If T'CHalla can power up to levels where he can slap around the adversary, then Killmonger and Man Ape might as well pack up and move to NY to bug Spider-Man or something. Because bother T'Challa becomes a waist of all their time.
But yes, the obvious resolution to this could have been to bring back the Wakandan gods. The fact that he didn't I would presume means that aspect of the story isn't over yet. Adversary took advantage of the situation.. but he didn't cause it. So he's not the legit main event. Something else is going on, and we don't know what that is yet.
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There is no reason to do 13 issues for a side story. This deserved Three or four at most.
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I think best issue was 171.
Best break out character. Mamadou Fall from issue 14
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[QUOTE=Cville;3605423]There is no reason to do 13 issues for a side story. This deserved Three or four at most.[/QUOTE]
This wasn't a side story. It just wasn't the whole story. Point being you don't necessarily get all the answers in the middle of a writers run. If he's got at least a year left (and theoretically as much as 3 years left), it's no unheard of to plant a few seeds which don't develop immediately.
Course, I'm just speculating... for all I know everything will be answered in the next issue. But the point being he's not done yet. Anything not resolved now has plenty of time and space to be resolved down the road.
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Nah, they spent on much time building it up. They didn't sell it a a subplot.
It could've been aliens from another dimension with no mention of the gods, and the story would have been the same
He sold the idea of the gods because that was the only thing that would have made it intriguing. Otherwise it's just a spin-off X-Men book.
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[QUOTE=Jabare;3605459][B][SIZE=5]at least a year?!
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That was a lot of hang time. Lol
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Forget about storm for a moment. The actual writing and storytelling in this arc was not good. That's the biggest offender.
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[QUOTE=Pulp Fiction;3605477]Forget about storm for a moment. The actual writing and storytelling in this arc was not good. That's the biggest offender.[/QUOTE]
Storytelling telling terrible. Writing not as bad. He knows how to put a good sentence together.
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Just for comparison, this is issue 25.
Issue 26 for Priest started Sturm und Drang.
Issue 26 for Hudlin starts the new F4
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It is ok. I am sure the god plot turned subplot will get picked up in season 3...
[QUOTE]A bold new direction for the Black Panther! For years, T’Challa has fought off invaders from his homeland, protecting Wakanda from everything from meddling governments to long-lost gods. Now, he will discover that Wakanda is much bigger than he ever dreamed…
Across the vast Multiverse lies an empire founded in T’Challa’s name. Readers caught a glimpse of it in MARVEL LEGACY #1. Now find out the truth behind the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda![/QUOTE]
ummmm
[QUOTE]T’Challa is a stranger in a strange land. With no memory of his past, there is only the suffering of the present – in the Vibranium mines of an unfamiliar empire. But all hope is not lost. A rebellion is growing -- and they have a plan. But who will lead these lost citizens? Where is the Black Panther?[/QUOTE]
hmmmm
[QUOTE]The rebels make their move! On the verge of liberating the Nameless, T’Challa, M’Baku and Nakia hunt for mysterious artifact that promises to turn the tide. What is the M’Kraan Shard? And will T’Challa find its acquisition worth the cost?[/QUOTE]
Well, shoot.
Maybe Aaron will do us a solid. T'challa can just ask Odin, "oh before I go, have you seen Bast? Can you ask Heimdell to take a look for me. K thanks"
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[QUOTE=Cville;3605455]Nah, they spent on much time building it up. They didn't sell it a a subplot.
It could've been aliens from another dimension with no mention of the gods, and the story would have been the same
He sold the idea of the gods because that was the only thing that would have made it intriguing. Otherwise it's just a spin-off X-Men book.[/QUOTE]
The mystery of the missing God's clearly isn't a sob plot if it's spanning multiple seasons on the book. That's the point of not resolving everything now. There is a larger narrative being built.
The sub plot was Klaw. He was the red herring.
Adversary was built up as the big bad of this season ... but clearly something else is at work here behind the scenes.
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[QUOTE=Cville;3605497]Just for comparison, this is issue 25.
Issue 26 for Priest started Sturm und Drang.
Issue 26 for Hudlin starts the new F4[/QUOTE]
And That's a fair complaint. He writers story arcs 12 issues at a time. There's no wrong or right way to write a comic, but certainly to some that's too decompressed.
Not unlike say a Net Flicks marvel show in the eyes of some. 13 episodes can be too long.
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So....
[spoil] Did the portal disintegrate Adversary/trap adversary and Storm simply pushed him in there or did the portal hold Adversary in place and Storm disintegrated him?
One of those things is a legit feat and the other is, well..... not [/spoil]