History TearJerker / BlackPanther2018

*** Another possible reason for child Erik's response: given that he would've grown up alone during both the aftermath of the 1992 Rodney King case verdict and during a time Oakland was still known for having high crime rates, there's the FridgeHorror that Erik experienced and/or witnessed so much crime, beatings and police brutality, and/or death growing up that he became desensitized and it all became a normal occurrence for him.

*** Alternatively, N'Jobu cried because he's considered an UnPerson on his own country. But it's either because his own people shunned him for what he believe was the right thing to do, or adding to above he only blames himself for it.

** It gets even HarsherInHindsight when it was Chadwick Boseman who ended up dying instead in real life, which left Michael B.Jordan heartbroken. So basically, Erik lost T'Challa.

* Erik Killmonger has been praised by critics for being a genuinely sympathetic and compelling villain, and rightly so. Knowing his backstory, we know that Erik became who he is today because of growing up in poverty alone and knowing that his father was murdered by his own kin. As extreme as his methods are, he genuinely wants to free the oppressed African people around the world from being abused and lead Wakanda to a more prosperous future where they no longer have to hide in fear of the outside world. Or at least that is what he paints himself as, since his words and actions later in the movie cast some doubt as to how truly noble his intentions are.

-->-- '''Erik "Killmonger" Stevens'''

''Black Panther'' is a somber tragedy spanning two generations of Wakandan royalty. Heart-wrenching moments are unavoidable.

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** When Okoye tells W'Kabi she won't hesitate to kill him for Wakanda's sake, he soberly looks around at the battlefield, as though [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone wondering to himself]] if ''this'' is what he intended when he sided with Erik: Wakandans fighting one another as though they were mortal enemies.
** The deleted scene of Okoye and W'Kabi talking about the future reveals that they were considering starting a family together, something that's almost certainly not going to happen now. In the scene itself, it's clear that Okoye and W'Kabi are thinking of their future children when it comes to the decisions they make, with Okoye not wanting them to grow up as bloodthirsty imperialists, while W'Kabi does not want them grow up hiding away.

* Practically every scene in the ancestral plane has something emotionally heavy to it. T'Challa sees his father and breaks down the first time, and the second time, he is enraged to see him after learning that T'Chaka hid Killmonger's existence from him. Then there is Killmonger in the ancestral plane, seeing himself as a child discovering his father's body and holding him while crying. [[NotSoDifferent In the same exact way T'Challa held T'Chaka's body]] in ''Civil War''.

** It gets even HarsherInHindsight when it was Chadwick Boseman who ended up dying instead in real life, which left Michael B.Jordan heartbroken. So basically, Killmonger lost T'Challa.

** In a more heartbreaking meta twist, it is Chadwick Boseman who ended up dying instead in real life, which left Michael B.Jordan heartbroken. So basically, Killmonger lost T'Challa.

*** Another possible reason for child Erik's response: given that he would've grown up alone both during the aftermath of the 1992 Rodney King case verdict and during a time Oakland was still known for having high crime rates, there's the FridgeHorror that Erik experienced and/or witnessed so much crime, beatings and police brutality, and/or death growing up that he became desensitized and it all became a normal occurrence for him.

* Everyone's reaction to T'Challa's supposed death. T'Challa was brutally beaten to an inch of his life by Erik. When Zuri tries to stop the fight, he was killed instead. A furious T'Challa tries to fight back, but the wounds suffered and the blind rage make him an easy target for Erik, who then throws T'Challa off the waterfall while Ramonda, Shuri, Nakia and the rest of Dora Milaje could only look on in horror. [[OutlivingOnesOffspring Ramonda]] has to be ''physically dragged away'' by Shuri and Nakia as the Wakandan Council reluctantly makes Erik the new king.

* In the scene that reveals it all, T'Challa goes to Zuri and demands answers. Zuri replies that he can't say, that he promised the king (T'Chaka) that he wouldn't tell anyone. T'Challa has to '''bellow'' "I AM YOUR KING NOW!" to get him to open up. Not as - as is so often a case - a petulant tantrum or evil bit of bluster, but as what is evidently almost a ''plea'' for ''someone'' to please tell him what on earth is going on.

** Not necessarily, many plants release their seeds when they are burnt. The Heart Shaped herbs have a good chance of growing back in the same soil. She ashes from the previous herbs will fertilize the land so the herbs could be revived.