#but every little thing wakanda does that isn't perfect angel behavior

[blackgirlsuperherorants]

I kinda agree with the takes about Wakanda not being the victim. Not to say the Talocans are the victims or blameless. I think it's not good vs bad or Black vs white, it's grey vs grey. Namor was being peaceful until his friends were killed. Threatening but peaceful. Wakandans would have reacted the same way if it had been the other way around and one of their own had been killed.

But see how your take is reasonable and based on the actual plot of the movie? lol. I don't think anyone was a victim, exactly, in this movie. I mean, it's WAKANDA and the MCU version of ATLANTIS (Talokan). They are the two most powerful nations and peoples on the face of the MCU Earth. (And America stands no chance against either of them, tbh.)

I still maintain that holding a princess for ransom is an act of war. If I was writing a similar plot line in my worldbuilding, that would be enough for the other kingdom to strike. It's enough in most stories. Even Mario is about Mario going to fight King Koopa to rescue Princess Peach (Not exactly war because it's a children's video game, but you know what I mean.)

But that doesn't mean Wakanda is a victim. It means that they were not the aggressor. Namor was NOT afraid of Wakanda and had no reason to believe he wouldn't win should they go to war. Especially with Wakanda having no Black Panther at that point. He knew what he was doing. He was not playing nice. My boy doesn't play nice lol, let's not pretend he thought he was playing nice. He knew what he was doing.

#this is just me defending wakanda from the inevitable antiblack bs #like we're not going to pretend wakanda is some stand in for the US ew #it's a movie about two powerful kingdoms #the battle is the point #and seriously namor is my mannnnn #like i was rooting for him #but not because wakanda was ... being imperialist??? #but because i love him #but i knew he was on his usual bullshit because again he's just Like That #he gonna fuck shit up when he wants to #but every little thing wakanda does that isn't perfect angel behavior #i always see takes like this as if they're the woooorst #they aren't even the worst in the MCU #honestly even in the MCU the United States is the worst #have we forgotten they destroyed Sokovia completely? #even before the city dropped they funded the assault on sokovia #wakanda just minds its business #so does talokan actually until now