[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by #-3

Spoiler!

Agree Jordan was great again.

My read was that Shuri essentially abdicated in favor of him. I also definitely did not get a betrayal impression, but I do think they are going to need important people in leadership positions that they can dispose of this spring (skrulls), and M'Baku would be a top candidate but for the fact that I thing they love the character and the actor and want to use him more.

Yeah it seemed to me that for both in universe and filmmaking purposes, they didn’t want Shuri to be queen. Gives Mbaku more screen time and opens up Shuri to focus on BP duties. Allows her to play superhero instead of politician. Plus Letitia Wright doesn’t have the acting chops to be queen.

Plus, if she’s as crazy as people say, maybe Disney wants an out if they want a new BP.


Regarding colonialism, I think portraying both villains as being hypocritical and racial superiority zealots was definitely intentional.