It comes down to what people want out of a love interest for T'Challa and the dynamic they want for him. Monica Lynne won't offer the power couple vibe but with the right adjustments a writer could establish a different romantic dynamic that still gives T'Challa levity and humanization.
The same could go for any love interest given the investment, especially Zanda who could easily stand up to T'Challa with the correct upgrades. I see power couple potential there even if she'll never be as popular as Storm. Though I think it's a mistake to only consider a relationship on the basis of who's subservient to who anyway. Both people in a couple don't have to have Type-A personalities, but once again it comes down to reader preferences.
Either way the key factor there is "investment". Malaika might seem hard to work with but for some characters all it takes is one arc to revamp their entire character, but that won't come if there's a push for the same old thing. Storm has caused a lot of animosity to be generated to BP and one could argue her consistent usage in BP has led her office to grow lazy with using her. It's not a bad idea to shake up a relationship that's roughly 3 years old with a new love interest.
At this point I don't know if the whole "power couple" even matters, Storm has waned in popularity as well and really only she benefits for being around T'Challa since he is the biggest Black super hero of all. Hell of he got together with Monica rambeau they would be considered a power couple because I think Monica is more powerful than Storm, just not as well known. It doesn't even matter now Just let him move on
That Avengers game is bombing
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultas.../#3d8ee0753a8f
by the time BP is released, ain't no one gonna be playing it.
Main roster >>> DLC. Always. T'challa needs to be on main rosters. Everytime.
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Man I hope that this is the end of Storm appearing in a BP book and the X-verse needs to stay out of Wakandan business. I didn't realize that there were so many people interested in writing a dysfunctional black couple.
At this point they could put him with Maria Hill and it would be an improvement.
He's technically not DLC in the traditional sense since it's a GaaS and he's a free character being added, but yea he's not part of the base roster.
Like I had said before, I'm not playing the game right now because it's not a good game. It's painfully average. And I'm only looking forward to BP's appearance for just content that could potentially inspire other stuff.
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I agree with you, I’d only add positive Black on Black love was more prevalent back then. Don M did it the best, but BP, Cage, Falcon & to a lesser level Doc Voodoo all were in overall positive (it’s comics so there’s always some drama). I’m not sure about Blade ( maybe someone more knowledgeable can speak on that & Spectrum had a Kind of sorta Blk love but didn’t really go anywhere in 616 but Resulted in atl reality children. Comepare now BP/On toxic
Rship Falcon- Misty off & on rship that doesn’t get the development it needs (B4 that Sam & Misty we’re in pair in non health rships/dating/hooking up with white characters Iron Fist, DD, Zola Daughter & Jane Thor) , Spectrum/BM & Shuri/Eden barely developed off panel dating, PM/WT might still be dating but who another one of those undeveloped BM/BM rships see the theme? Doc Voodoo, Cage & Blade pair with white women ( married or off/on dating). I’d take back then over now in a heart beat when it comes to Black love mainstream comicwise..
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Being in a power couple is absolutely irrelevant lol. It's just a preference, one that I've grown tired of and am willing to see done away with. Just because T'Challa is a king doesn't mean he needs to be paired with a Type-A personality like himself. His love interest don't need to be omega-level or be insanely rich to "keep up".
These are artificial indicators of how any woman that enters his life can actually affect him, when there's more that goes into a romantic dynamic than who makes the most money (both in fiction and the real world). T'Challa doesn't need a Mera or Medusa imo. He needs a competent woman able to defend herself that can devote herself to Wakanda and him with a good bit of cosmopolitanism on the side.
And Monica would beat the breaks off Storm and in hindsight Hudlin should've gone with her if he wanted a super-powerful black woman at T'Challa's side. She was a C-lister so no one would miss her much, longtime Avenger like T'Challa, and unlike Storm, wasn't regal from the get go so I think there'd be more room for her to grow into the role.
You're right on saying being a power couple isn't important. It was kinda cool in that it was basically the only one in comics apart from the brief period Superman dated Wonder Woman ... but given it would be impossible to replicate with any other woman anyways, I suppose that aspect needs to be put aside.
If you're literally just looking to check off the "love interest" box then it really doesn't matter I suppose. The next writer can just invent some woman he happens to like, and that can be that.
As for Monica Rambeau (we probably need to use last names to avoid confusion here), she would have worked with BP well enough. But I think she probably needs to stick with Adam. She already went from Voodoo to Blue Marvel (with Rhodney thirsting for her back in the day). Passing her around the black super hero community probably would start looking kinda weird after a point.
I guess that's showing us we need more black female super heroes in circulation. Monica can only date so many guys at once.
Narcisse was a writer before he was a comic writer.
Point being marvel doesn't just pick up any random comic book fan off the street to handle their titles. There might be an exception or two if you're some sort of celebrity, but generally speaking you probably need some sort of writing or entertainment back ground or body of work to even get your foot in the door.
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