Not disputing the expense of T'Challla but
I don't recollect her benefitting much under Hudlin...a few really good moments but nothing character defining.
Being captured, imprisoned and used as leverage by Doom against T'Challa was certainly not beneficial to her.
Being left behind while T'Challa played Black Devil of Hell's Kitchen wasn't beneficial.
AvsX.
But then Coates made her a Wakandan Goddess to banish an X-Men villain...Yay! Superbeneficialness!!!
Lord Ewing *Praise His name! Uplift Him in song!* Your divine works will be remembered and glorified in worship for all eternity. Amen!
The reality is that Storm isn't the issue. Marvel will not allow a BP solo writer to put T'Challa in a relationship to keep that door open. They keep hinting a some future relationship where T'Challa and Storm have kids and grandkids. Meanwhile the X-office is under no restriction when it comes to having Storm in a relationship with other characters.
I don't have any problem with that. I have an issue with Marvel constantly undercutting and undermining T'Challa at every turn. Can't be king, can't be in a relationship, can't have solid wins. I don't understand why they that think this is a sustainable model for BP.
Ridley's Tchalla didnt do anything I wouldn't think Coates T'Challa was capable of. His was just a version of Coates twisted version. Coates version is not any type of version of Hudlin's, Priests, or Kirbys. There's a lack of respect there with his direct attack of even widely popular character history moments like changing the nature of T'Challa joining the Avengers to Spy (for his countries sake) into a less responsible and selfish reason like 'wanting to do cool things with white ppl an running from his responsibilities at home'
This is the modern take on the character so it's what people read after that movie btw. Which in my opinion played a part in whose voices we saw championing the removal of the character from the franchise.. people in the same literary circle as Coates.
Comics writers generally try to respect what came before them and coats came in thinking he was above it. Then left all but admitting that he never even understood it when he said he was surprised how personally people took the character (i.e. superheros as a concept).
Spoiler alert for the next nonfiction writer hired. Fans build personal connections with superheroes they like.
Last edited by Ekie; 02-28-2024 at 08:11 PM.
Odd, it almost seems to suggest an aversion to see a Black hero win, which is what all heroes are designed to do at some point. Joking aside, are we seeing a display of a lack of cultural awareness to the point of not adding the right amount of nuance for writing an African warrior king, with superior intelligence and highly capable hero. Do we feeling leadership on guiding the main BP book just perpetual victim of a lazy kind of racism?
I don't get what Marvel is trying to accomplish. They have writers that create major social issues in Wakanda where none have existed, declare that the monarchy is all wrong yet we've seen more crime in Wakanda since they became a democracy. All the while, T'Challa is chumped in favor of new characters that no one cares about or will see again. What has T'Challa or any BP fan gained out of this. Nothing.
Honestly? I really hope not. The ceremonial marriage is unique that T'Challa outright rejected it in the 616, but here we see he went through with it. It could lead to some interesting developments such as duty vs wants. Tradition vs progression. And I don't hate the idea at all of them developing a relationship that maybe started at a political maneuver, that turns into actual feelings. I don't want T'Challa to be sneaking around or being disloyal, it's not a good look and I don't think it would benefit him at all by doing that. Especially with Storm around