#Anyway at least i saw tenoch huerta in those green boxers 🥺

[ghostlyauroras]

Just watched Wakanda Forever and while I enjoyed the movie I just feel very dissapointed by the Namor/Talokani plot in general.

It seems most other indiginous cultures have gained some modicum of respect in mainstream media rep but to see the Mayan inspired people portrayed as the bad guys through most of the movie in this the year of our lord 2022 is just exhausting.

Evidently oppressed indiginous groups will always be in the wrong for taking violent action against their oppressors, because the oppressed can only take back their freedom peacefully to have a rightful claim to it.

But here's the kicker: am I saying Wakanda was their oppressor? Hell no! Wakanda is over there minding their own business! It's the good ol' US of A that's threatening their peace searching for their resources!

So why then, is the plot of the movie not Namor asking Wakanda for their help in attacking the US? Uniting to defeat the real enemy, the "colonizers"?

Instead they have a stupid vendetta against the scientist that invented the technology that can find vibranium. What for? The machines have already been built and are in use, why waste your time eliminating a scientist when the navy are already at their doorstep searching for the vibranium? This isn't terminator they're not going back in time to avoid the technology being invented.

Why threaten Wakanda with war if they don't deliver them the scientist? In this universe Wakanda has better technology and resources than even the US, so why threaten a potential ally that's more powerful than your enemy INSTEAD OF YOUR ACTUAL ENEMY? If they're so convinced they can take on Wakanda in a war, why not go straight for the ones actually threatening them???

I'll tell you why. Because for all those stupid "a colonizer in chains" woke jokes, the reality is that they'll never show the US as the real monster that it is. They'll skirt around it but you'll never have an indiginous culture waging war on the US and BEING IN THE RIGHT AND MAYBE EVEN ACTUALLY WINNING!

Because the US represents the status quo of the world that must be preserved at all costs and anything that threatens it is evil, even if they are completely in the right.

So instead have an almost 3 hour movie about an indiginous people waging a misguided war on the heroes only to in the end come to their senses and form an alliance... to... be protected? To go back underwater and have their secrets kept?

I don't get it, is the US just magically gonna forget that they were looking for vibranium in the middle of the ocean? Are they just going to peacefully back down because Wakanda told them not to keep searching? *laughs in history of the entire fucking world*

I'm sorry but this movie is very carefully crafted propaganda. Look we're so inclusive we make movies about other cultures! We call out colonization! While also piting indiginous cultures to fight against each other and completely forget who the real enemy is! Oh but don't worry they make peace at the end! And agree to help each other keep world peace by not challenging the US! Happy endings for everyone!

Idek how to end this, I just feel like it was a waste of really cool worldbuilding they had in the beginning, I wanted to see them flourish together with Wakanda, not go at each other's throats over a senseless plot point :/

#I'm mexican so that's why i feel so strongly about this #Anyway at least i saw tenoch huerta in those green boxers 🥺 #That alone was worth watching this whole mess #black panther #wakanda forever #Namor #tenoch huerta #marvel