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There are three easy ways to explain why Bast does not actively get involved in Wakandan affairs.
1) Bast cannot directly intervene, due to mystical vows & treaties. Empower and advise champions, yes, but not intervene, There is actually a precedent for this in canon, involving the Third Host of the Celestials.
2) Bast does not want to intervene, because (s)he believes that it is better for Wakandans to stand for themselves. The Panther mantle is meant to inspire others to surpass their limits, not be a cure-all for every single problem.
3) Bast has no desire to intervene, because worshipers are supposed to serve, not dictate terms. You might call this the "a-hole" solution. ;)
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[QUOTE=Beware Of Geek;3748156]There are three easy ways to explain why Bast does not actively get involved in Wakandan affairs.
1) Bast cannot directly intervene, due to mystical vows & treaties. Empower and advise champions, yes, but not intervene, There is actually a precedent for this in canon, involving the Third Host of the Celestials.
2) Bast does not want to intervene, because (s)he believes that it is better for Wakandans to stand for themselves. The Panther mantle is meant to inspire others to surpass their limits, not be a cure-all for every single problem.
3) Bast has no desire to intervene, because worshipers are supposed to serve, not dictate terms. You might call this the "a-hole" solution. ;)[/QUOTE]
For the most part you can't really complain too much about Bast not intervening, because for whatever reason she doesn't. I think the ONLY time I personally felt that made her look bad was with Hickmans Time Runs Out stuff. That was a scenario where the whole multiverse, not just Wakanda was in danger and she knew about it ahead of time. Plus, you had Thanos essentially walking around in her living room.
Other than that one time, I think at this point most people (be it readers or actual characters in the story) really don't expect Bast to get involved. And really now that T'Challa is on the Avengers, in a really big emergency there's not much Bast can do that the Avengers couldn't anyways. So T'Challa pretty much has all the back up he needs if he even needs back up.
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[QUOTE=XPac;3748126]Since he's in Avengers, he can't really be missing on earth for that long. So assuming this is the real T'Challa (and the visions of Storm make that likely), then all this stuff has to occur in the blink of an eye as far as the rest of the MU is concerned. In other books he's still around.[/QUOTE]
so you thinking the most possible rationale is time travel?
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[QUOTE=butterflykyss;3748243]so you thinking the most possible rationale is time travel?[/QUOTE]
Time travel or alternate reality, or something like that. Obviously the real T'Challa can't be gone for 2 years. He's right there in the Avengers. If this is really him, something ensures that he's not gone that long as far as the rest of he MU are concerned.
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[QUOTE=Beware Of Geek;3748156]There are three easy ways to explain why Bast does not actively get involved in Wakandan affairs.
1) Bast cannot directly intervene, due to mystical vows & treaties. Empower and advise champions, yes, but not intervene, There is actually a precedent for this in canon, involving the Third Host of the Celestials.
2) Bast does not want to intervene, because (s)he believes that it is better for Wakandans to stand for themselves. The Panther mantle is meant to inspire others to surpass their limits, not be a cure-all for every single problem.
3) Bast has no desire to intervene, because worshipers are supposed to serve, not dictate terms. You might call this the "a-hole" solution. ;)[/QUOTE]
I usually go with 2...
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[QUOTE=XPac;3748247]Time travel or alternate reality, or something like that. Obviously the real T'Challa can't be gone for 2 years. He's right there in the Avengers. If this is really him, something ensures that he's not gone that long as far as the rest of he MU are concerned.[/QUOTE]
gotcha. yea I need answers. I hope it's not a thing with editorial not doing their jobs. the xoffices have let writers do.different stories even when it didnt align with other stories being told.
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Bast in the movie showed the ancient Wakandans where the heart shaped herb was... Stop right there!
Does that make the vibranium meteor an act of god or a random act of chance if Bast figured that out because then that has intergalactic implications as well as earthly!
Was bast waiting for the vibranium meteor because Odin was busy having Thor's hammer Mjolnir fashioned himself by Eitri the dwarf king!
If bast engages in active warfare he would just be like He-man's Battle Cat which allows him to whip @$$ or get his @$$ whipped like Thor versus Thanos!
If I'm getting my Braveheart on during a bloody battle and Jesus shows up and gets taken out I'm really considering not going to church next Sunday because I couldn't shake that visual out of my head of him not overcoming death!
Bast: "WAKANDA FOREVER!!!"
BAMMMMM...
King T'challa: "Bast get up we need you!"
Princess Shuri: "Is she dead?"
Bast: "No, it's just a flesh wound pull the sword out slowly... ARRGH!"
General Okoye: "That's a lot of blood do gods bleed... MEDIC over here!"
Nakia: "My faith is shaken... I quit!"
[video=youtube;cODC3XtYsRs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cODC3XtYsRs[/video]
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[QUOTE=FLEX HECTIC;3748370]Bast in the movie showed the ancient Wakandans where the heart shaped herb was... Stop right there!
Does that make the vibranium meteor an act of god or a random act of chance if Bast figured that out because then that has intergalactic implications as well as earthly!
Was bast waiting for the vibranium meteor because Odin was busy having Thor's hammer Mjolnir fashioned himself by Eitri the dwarf king!
If bast engages in active warfare he would just be like He-man's Battle Cat which allows him to whip @$$ or get his @$$ whipped like Thor versus Thanos!
If I'm getting my Braveheart on during a bloody battle and Jesus shows up and gets taken out I'm really considering not going to church next Sunday because I couldn't shake that visual out of my head of him not overcoming death!
Bast: "WAKANDA FOREVER!!!"
BAMMMMM...
King T'challa: "Bast get up we need you!"
Princess Shuri: "Is she dead?"
Bast: "No, it's just a flesh wound pull the sword out slowly... ARRGH!"
General Okoye: "That's a lot of blood do gods bleed... MEDIC over here!"
Nakia: "My faith is shaken... I quit!"
[video=youtube;cODC3XtYsRs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cODC3XtYsRs[/video][/QUOTE]
Ghost Panther rides a battle cat. Maybe it's Bast. Probably not though.
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This just in...
Bast tests positive for midichlorians loses Olympic gold medals and Nike contract! :cool:
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Black Panther won best movie at the BET Awards over A Wrinkle in Time, Girls Trip, Mudbound, and Detroit.
Chadwick Boseman won Best Actor over Denzel Washington, Sterling K. Brown, Michael B. Jordan, and Daniel Kaluuya.
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Are there still peeps that watch BET? :cool:
After that Black Panther cartoon debacle there needs to be some shaking of collective heads!
BTW who won for most ratchet video?
Was there a Twerking or most Gangsta award?
Remember way back when a long time ago in a galaxy far far away this was actually funny...
[video=youtube;Y3rRUsX96Yw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3rRUsX96Yw[/video]
After the Black Panther movie this type of stuff is hard to watch anymore...
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[QUOTE=robreedwrites;3748546]Black Panther won best movie at the BET Awards over A Wrinkle in Time, Girls Trip, Mudbound, and Detroit.
Chadwick Boseman won Best Actor over Denzel Washington, Sterling K. Brown, Michael B. Jordan, and Daniel Kaluuya.[/QUOTE]
Fake news.
I was told Chadwick's performance was weak and T'challa was a bitch.
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Battle Cat? Nah...
"Heart-Shaped Herb... give me swag BEYOND swag!"
"Panther. Panther! PANTHER! [B]PANTHER GOD! HOOO!!![/B]"
[img]https://i.imgur.com/FhkYNiH.jpg[/img]
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[QUOTE=Beware Of Geek;3748156]There are three easy ways to explain why Bast does not actively get involved in Wakandan affairs.
1) Bast cannot directly intervene, due to mystical vows & treaties. Empower and advise champions, yes, but not intervene, There is actually a precedent for this in canon, involving the Third Host of the Celestials.
2) Bast does not want to intervene, because (s)he believes that it is better for Wakandans to stand for themselves. The Panther mantle is meant to inspire others to surpass their limits, not be a cure-all for every single problem.
3) Bast has no desire to intervene, because worshipers are supposed to serve, not dictate terms. You might call this the "a-hole" solution. ;)[/QUOTE]
Bast is like Crom.
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[QUOTE=Marvell2100;3748814]Bast is like Crom.[/QUOTE]
lol "If you do not listen, then to hell with you!"
[video=youtube;RBMY3VV5AMA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBMY3VV5AMA[/video]