That sounds so bats*** insane it crosses the line over into sheer awesome.Yup Ahmed is my top choice next to Redjack and David Walker. I’m really tempted to say Jason Aaron too but IDK man he’s a bit too imaginative for my taste sometimes lol. He’ll **** around and have Vibraxas become BP. Or have T’Challa fight the Phoenix Force while possessed by Bast. Too many variables with him, but I think Ahmed, Redjack, and Walker got the skills.
I’m actually more convinced that Ridley can do a solid T’Challa based of his Other History than I am his Batman, even though they’re vastly different in form and function. The way he can really dig into the psychology of his characters and shed new light on their beliefs, fears, and motivations tells me that he’s gonna do a deep dive into what makes T’Challa tick, which I think we’ve been missing.
So much of the discourse surrounding the character is about how he just loves Storm and wants to protect Wakanda, but I think Ridley’s more interested in exploring how T’Challa wrestles with his relationship to his people and the friends he’s made and lost through the years. What it means to be one of the most powerful men on Earth and how he’s often been pretty underrated and forgotten in the wider consciousness of the MU.
Priest was a master of exploring T’Challa in relation to questions of power and history, Ridley looks like he’s gonna follow that example. I don’t think we’re gonna get a guy who’s unconfident in who he is or trapped by the mistakes he’s made. At least that’s the hope lol.