That and the scene where he gets mad at Namor for doing what he himself refused to do are some of T'Challa's lowest points as a character. I wouldn't be mad if they recreated it with the roles reversed but we all know Marvel won't write T'Challa with that level of bass in his voice anymore. It would "tarnish his nobility" to tell Storm to stay out of his life lol.
Yup. Aaron's lost a lot of his prestige the last few years and certainly has a dedicated group of fans who hate everything about him. But there's no denying he has a strong capture on T'Challa's voice and commands the eyes of readers if the property is high-profile enough. He'd bring the creative freedom and editorial protection that T'Challa needs atm to get him out the rut Coates has left him in.
That's the X-office in a nutshell. They thrive on portraying, Black society, Black women and Black mean in the most damaging and unflattering ways.
Wakanda -mutant racists.
Synch, Prodigy, Bishop, Bedlams, Cecilia Reyes, Bedlam Bros, Threnody, Gentle -wallpaper and non factors.
T'Challa -abusive
Storm - token, Don't use her when they have her and when they don't have her want her back. Even raised questions about her ethnicity.
Pretty obvious how they view Black characters.
Agree with all of this. However if he does get announced as the new BP writer, don’t be surprised if woke Twitter raises hell about it and tries to bully him off the solo like how they did with that writer that was supposed to write a Blade solo about him teaming up with his long lost daughter.
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As much as I agree that the situation with that white writer and Blade sets an alarming precedent, I'm happy we never got that story lol. I vehemently dislike the idea of Blade having a daughter and don't trust Marvel (as I don't trust them now w/ T'Challa) to not push her at his expense. But you're 100% right that there'll be fake outrage if a white writer takes on Black Panther.
People are idiots and we've entered an era where creators are forced into boxes about what they can and can't write about for arbitrary social reasons. But to be frank, T'Challa isn't a teenaged black girl like Blade's daughter was envisioned to be so I don't think Marvel will get as much criticism.
Not for people on Twitter he doesn't, and that's who Marvel increasingly is getting their narrative cues from. That's why we're far more likely to get a Roxane Gay or Vita Ayala on the next solo than Jason Aaron or Redjack.
The types of BP writers that journalists and social media are going to heap Marvel with praise for generally see T'Challa as more of a vehicle for their politics and female side characters than a solo franchise unto himself. So my concern going forward is if Marvel will continue to put "literary" black writers like Coates on the BP books or are they gonna go with seasoned professionals of any race.
One would think Narcisse's Rise mini would go to show what strong T'Challa-centric storytelling can do commercially but then again WoW did well on digital and received more acclaim from the press. We'll see what happens but like I've said I think we're gonna see a trend of BP writers who don't truly like the character getting their shot at his books. They just won't get runs as long as Coates lol.