[ SECRET POST #4167 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4167 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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04. [SPOILERS for Travelers]



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05. [SPOILERS for Black Panther]



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06. [WARNING for possible discussion of rape]
















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Comments

[fscom]

05. [SPOILERS for Black Panther]
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[morieris]

IA

I get that.

[(Anonymous)]

I think it would have been a good thing for both of them. But, given the timeline, I can kind of understand if T'Challa hadn't fully wrapped his head around it. It really wasn't that long between T'Challa finding out and then battling to the (almost) death, civil war, and battling to the death, again.

[(Anonymous)]

you're not wrong but it works fine in the movie

[nightscale]

Yeah I get that, I'm not sure the movie really had time for it given everything going on by that point but I agree that something along those lines would have been a good inclusion.

[(Anonymous)]

But...why? He didn't do anything to him personally and didn't owe him shit. And Killmonger's ritual spirit trip or whatever it is didn't really indicate that he would accept guidance or was seeking forgiveness either. Dude had a vicious grudge and he'd already made up his mind what he deserved as compensation, and that thing was not understanding.

[(Anonymous)]

Being compassionate to your enemies when you've defeated them is a sign of a great-hearted person and costs nothing. It doesn't have to depend upon their reform.

[(Anonymous)]

But hopefully it would be good for something other than showing us how perfect the MC is. At the end of the day T'Challa is human and good and Killmonger would still kill anyone on a whim.

[(Anonymous)]

It's also good for closure, and to bring things full circle. T'Chaka made a serious error in judgment all those years ago because he didn't anticipate the outcome. T'Challa and Wakanda had to pay for this mistake, and learning about what his father had unknowingly done was a very human moment of growth for him. He learned that the father he loved and respected was not infallible, something most people can relate to. Acknowledging and making peace with that is character growth. Acknowledging it to the person who was wronged is closure.

It isn't about showing the MC to be perfect, it's far more complicated and nuanced than that. It's about T'Challa's development as a character and about the narrative. Yes, he's still the good guy, Killmonger's still the bad guy. This is not about altering those roles.

[(Anonymous)]

"when you've defeated them" frames the situation more specifically than the secret.

[(Anonymous)]

How so? Isn't that scene the shot where Killmonger is dying because T'Challa beat him in a fight? It is literally a shot of Killmonger defeated.

[(Anonymous)]

This movie definitely needed better writers. It had potential to be good but ended up just another mediocre Marvel movie.

[(Anonymous)]

Eh. It had the potential to be better, but you can say that about most things. I think it was definitely a cut or three above AoU and CW.