Originally Posted by
chief12d
Pretty much, one of the many things I liked about Coogler’s take was he gave every side character a strong, well defined role to supplement T’Challa. I know you think the cast was a bit too large (I personally go back and forth on the matter) but everyone had a purpose and did it well. So in terms of quality, we really only need about 5-7 side characters, roughly equal in gender all doing something cool, we have Shuri as the scientist, Okoye as the general, and a love interest. Let’s flesh out other elements of BP lore with characters who happen to be male so it’s organic. That’s how I’d do it at least and rotate the side characters as needed for the comic.
I agree, hero vs hero conflict is nearly always bad but stories need tension and drama to be compelling. If everyone gets along perfectly all the time things get boring, since these are people working in a high stress field (they’re superheroes lol) differences in opinion and lashing out are to be expected. There being a subplot where T’Challa’s insistence on getting Klaw causes him to have a strained relationship with Cap, which he needs to get over by accepting the aid of his friends would be fun IMO.