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I did these character designs a few years back for a story that has always been in the back of my mind. It is one of those stories I always imagine being told best as an animated series rather than a comic. I’m making some current artwork of them now and I just realize I never posted this. These aren’t the final designs for them.

Those who want more background information on these characters, please continue reading below.

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the rage of princess shuri

very few character arcs have been as substantive and transformative as the arc given to shuri in wakanda forever. and what makes it so powerful is her undeniable rage.

shuri angry. at herself, at the ancestors, at the world. and there’s so much range in her anger. it’s cold and dismissive to her mother’s faith in the spiritual. it’s painful and untethering to herself and her beliefs. it’s hot and all consuming towards namor and the harm he causes.

and then with how mythical and fairytale-esque wakanda forever is in general. shuri plays with the princess archetype and instead almost becomes a vengeful goddess. eternal war was one death away. it just happens that the person she longed to kill was her mirror image.

a black heroine having the space to transform, rebirth by fire and fury, was an experience. i don’t really know how to put it into words.

“Is my mother’s life not worth eternal war?”

that might be one of the most heartbreaking, and relatable lines in the mcu. grief and anger crystallised into one question.

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¡QUE VIVA K'uk'ulkan, QUE VIVA Tlālōcān! By Roberto Venegas (x).

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“My brother is dead but it doesn’t mean the Black Panther is gone.” — Shuri, Wakanda Forever

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So like, I'm seeing such posts like "Namor this, Namor that but I was looking at [x person]. The straights are so annoying," (hi, I'm bi. We exist and also find Tenoch to be hot).

While I normally would be on board with this kind of sentiment and I get it, (cause again, hi, I'm bi), I would just like to remind yall that José Tenoch Huerta Mejía is a 41-year-old Mexican actor of Indigenous descent. Indigenous inclusion in both Hollywood and Latin television/ cinema is rare to come by, as is seeing them getting their flowers.

I would also like to point y'all to this tweet:

Darker-skinned Mexicans have a notoriously harder time getting on screen because of such concepts like Latinidad & Latin America's constant reach towards Spain (and by extension, whiteness).

All I'm saying is, let him have this. Our peoples rarely ever get this.

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M’baku was an absolute gem as usual during this film

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images that make you burst into tears 

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Made in Kenya | Visuals for Ichyulu, an online African Fashion Concept Store

Photography by Brian Siambi, Creative Direction & Styling by Eve Mungwe, Modelling by Lizzy Nyajuok and Make Up by Sally Shadeya

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The Lebu are an ethnic group of Senegal, West Africa, living on the peninsula of Cap-Vert. Lebu Wolof is a Senegambian language of the Atlantic–Congo language family. Lebu families include not only living people but also associated ancestral spirits. The Lebu are noted for their public exorcism dances and rituals, often attended by tourists. More like this

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Get the vaccine

1 in 8 had/have Covid.

1 in 60 have died of Covid.

1 in 13,402 had breakthru case with vaccine.

1 in 86,500 have died of Covid with the vaccine.

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