I forgot another part I liked. When he was giving John advice and listed off his current credentials. Imagine having all that stuff on a bushiness cards. Only someone with high level competency can handle all of that at once.
With Cates taking over Thor next month, Im not sure if he'll bring up Tchallas role in that franchise, but I hope he does.
when T'Challa throws out all his title's it makes you wonder why he seems so lame I his Solo but fully capable and badass everywhere else. It's weird it used to be his Solo he was a badass while everywhere else didn't do him favors but now currently it's reversed.
Has anyone else checked out AoW? What were your thoughts
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Coates is the sole reason why T'Challa is "lame" within his own solo whilst being depicted in a consistently competent protagonist, by other writers who understand the central importance of a core protagonist to the overarching core of solid writing.
I just got done reading the current issue of AoW and found it interesting in a hand me down Ultimates type of way.
Nothing spectacular, but still light years ahead of the thematically challenged material Coates is generating.
I think Agents somewhat gets a pass in this regard, since the writer of the book isn't exactly the one who came up with the team and line up. Aaron made the group in Avengers, and basically just used a bunch of C list characters he liked. The actual Agents book is sort of just trying to use what's there.
The book of course could try harder to be more of a spy espionage book... but honestly this group really doesn't fit that mold. It's a weird mix of bears and apes and werewolves and Sumo wrestlers. If anything, they're likely to stick out like a sore thumb in almost any context short of a comic book convention. So the group is being used pretty much how one might expect this group to be used.
So what would you to re-establish Wakanda as a badass place not to be F'ed with? After recent showings (tro getting destroyed by Thanos, though it did take 3 tries, his full force, all his generals and Thanos himself to show up) and secret empire didn't do any favors either, as well as his Solo not highlighting Wakandas military might, how would you go about it? It was something I was hoping to see in panther quest
Basically.
If you are going to have a team of randoms, their needs to be a reason the randoms exist. Otherwise it is just a bunch of character doing stuff. Which is fine for a little bit but then you gotta provide something other than "fun" unless the art is god tier. Because there is no back history between them. Their are no relationships to continue.
You can throw say... T'challa together with Cap, Stark, Strange, Namor, ect because their are past relationships there. So each conversation is continuing the relationship. So you can get away with more "basic" comics plot wise.
AoW is so random you can't do that. So instead, this should have been building to something that shows WHY T'challa chose such a random ass team. There should have been a distant threat he and okoye knew about, and each member of this team was an essential cog to defeat the threat. And, as a reader, it doesn't start out crystal clear to WHY he needs each one until later in the series. And at the same time, this group should be questioning why T'challa needs them as well. Is he using them? Are they expendable? Can they actually trust him? Basically, the book should be using T'challa's tactical brain combined with his poker face.
You also need to explain why he can't simply call in Thor or other Avengers to take care of it lol. Or why he can't just have Wakanda take care of it.
Basically, you need to have a reason for the book to exist lol. Which should be the basic start with any book....
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Because it was actually Aaron which put together this particular group, I think it'll likely be in his book where we find out exactly why this particular group was put together (assuming of course there is a reason beyond Aaron simply liking these characters and wanting to use them). I think AoW is actually more a side thing... Aarons Avengers book is where whatever master plan T'Challa has will be unveiled.
Most logical writers interested in genuinely dynamic storytelling where T'Challa is concerned, see the proven potential inherent in his character and unique background.
Coates ludicrously offensive take on the BP mythos remains a masterclass in low frequency projection coupled with prejudiced mendacity.