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10 Things I Liked About Black Panther #9
1. The scene where Changamire is building a bridge, and T'Challa is talking about how they've studied him and discovered his secret. "He is a general at war with his own army. An exhorter of radical beliefs, shrinking from their obvious conclusions. It was so much easier in the lecture hall, the salon, the seminar. When theory need not be demonstrated in blood."
2. Shuri's pure sadness and devastation when she sees Ramonda in her hospital bed. No words are included in these panels, and none are necessary.
3. Shuri being a smart and capable leader not interested in revenge and willing to use her enemy's weakness against them. No offense, T'Challa, but this is the leader that Wakanda needs.
4. Aneka and Ayo not willing to compromise the safety of the women they are protecting just to secure an alliance with Tetu and the People. This is so important, and I love it so much.
5. Ayo's complete and utter shutdown of Tetu's mansplaining of suffering. "Can fearsome Ayo, who is herself a warrior, not understand their suffering? Can she not see what fire and inundation have done to the Wakadan heart?" "Tetu, I am a woman . I saw more suffering, more of the human heart, in my first five years than you will see in five lifetimes."
6. Ayo being 100% unwilling to compromise her values and the ideals the Midnight Angels set off to accomplish just to ally with a man with a big army and being 110% unwilling to let Aneka do so.
7. The Midnight Angel's mentor (because I sadly don't know her name) keeping them in check and reminding them that they do not want to turn into the thing they are fighting. "We are warriors." "And yet a moment ago, you were women." "Mother, I swear it, I am doing all I can." "And I am sorry, daughter, but you are going to have to do more."
8. Zenzi understanding what Tetu doesn't: that hope is a more powerful weapon than rage. "But rage alone is aimless, untamed, inept. When what we need is hope ."
9. Aneka's badass speech to the Wakanda people in which she returns their captured soldiers because they are not their enemies. The Midnight Angels, she reminds them, are daughters of Wakanda with the nation's best interest at heart.
10. Aneka breaking down after her speech and running off because she's dedicated her life to her king and the royal family, and it's all gone. She's left it all behind, and she has no clue what's going on next.
1. The scene where Changamire is building a bridge, and T'Challa is talking about how they've studied him and discovered his secret. "He is a general at war with his own army. An exhorter of radical beliefs, shrinking from their obvious conclusions. It was so much easier in the lecture hall, the salon, the seminar. When theory need not be demonstrated in blood."
2. Shuri's pure sadness and devastation when she sees Ramonda in her hospital bed. No words are included in these panels, and none are necessary.
3. Shuri being a smart and capable leader not interested in revenge and willing to use her enemy's weakness against them. No offense, T'Challa, but this is the leader that Wakanda needs.
4. Aneka and Ayo not willing to compromise the safety of the women they are protecting just to secure an alliance with Tetu and the People. This is so important, and I love it so much.
5. Ayo's complete and utter shutdown of Tetu's mansplaining of suffering. "Can fearsome Ayo, who is herself a warrior, not understand their suffering? Can she not see what fire and inundation have done to the Wakadan heart?" "Tetu, I am a woman . I saw more suffering, more of the human heart, in my first five years than you will see in five lifetimes."
6. Ayo being 100% unwilling to compromise her values and the ideals the Midnight Angels set off to accomplish just to ally with a man with a big army and being 110% unwilling to let Aneka do so.
7. The Midnight Angel's mentor (because I sadly don't know her name) keeping them in check and reminding them that they do not want to turn into the thing they are fighting. "We are warriors." "And yet a moment ago, you were women." "Mother, I swear it, I am doing all I can." "And I am sorry, daughter, but you are going to have to do more."
8. Zenzi understanding what Tetu doesn't: that hope is a more powerful weapon than rage. "But rage alone is aimless, untamed, inept. When what we need is hope ."
9. Aneka's badass speech to the Wakanda people in which she returns their captured soldiers because they are not their enemies. The Midnight Angels, she reminds them, are daughters of Wakanda with the nation's best interest at heart.
10. Aneka breaking down after her speech and running off because she's dedicated her life to her king and the royal family, and it's all gone. She's left it all behind, and she has no clue what's going on next.
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