Originally Posted by
Redjack
Thanks for that. I don't know if it's "flawless" but I'll take it.
On BPQ the way we worked it was, T'Challa and Shuri were relatively equal, intelligence-wise but SHE isn't the ruler. She has more time to play and invent while he does a lot of world saving and ruling she never has to think about. She actually thinks of most of the adventures as FUN. And we play her as the lighter, less serious of the two. She carried around a bag of prototype devices which they used a lot but there are things people overlook.
He was INSIDE all of Stark's upgrades, having anticipated them and created countermeasures PRIOR to Stark even showing he had the thing.
He built the IRON PANTHER suit. He built the THOR trap. His workout area had him fighting MULTIPLE iron man androids which could only have been designed and built by him. There are probably more examples in the series but we NEVER played down T'Challa's brain in favor of Shuri and I certainly didn't do it in KiB.
Because it's not necessary. All they need is clearly defined areas of interest and expertise.
I've never been a fan of piling on super-powers to "upgrade" a character. Not needed either with T'Challa or Shuri.
Either of them, naked on a beach with zero weapons, could pretty much mop the floor with most of the non-powered characters in the MU. T'Challa is an enhanced human so he can take Captain America, as we've seen.
If Tony Stark wasn't a jerk, had Cap's body and morality, he'd be an American T'Challa.