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I didn't mean "what would they do" as "I don't see any possible way to continue the story," more of a general "what story are they going to go for?" I should have been more specific, I apologize.
The whole "Wakandans pissed at not being isolationist" thing just strikes me as too similar to M'Baku's subplot—though that definitely has room to be expanded upon, and there's no way all the objections stopped once M'Baku got on board.
I don't know that much about Black Panther besides the basics (my most in-depth experience was probably the Marvel Knights animation, which apparently isn't a well-liked storyline), so I don't know how integral the isolationist bit is to the setting (looking back over the enemies page... kind of a lot, now that I think about it). I should probably read up more on his storylines.
Edited by EmeraldEmperor on Nov 13th 2020 at 11:36:02 AM
This was brought up on I think the diversity and representation thread, but I feel if you Race Lift Magneto into being Rwanadan that would make him an excellent villain for Black Panther II. You could even have him be half-Ethiopian if you wanted to retain his Jewish roots.
You can only write so much in your forum signature. It's not fair that I want to write a piece of writing yet it will cut me off in the midEh, he'd have to be super old to be a Holocaust survivor, and while they could still make it work I doubt it would... you know, work. Especially with covid, which hopefully won't but probably will still be around by the time they start filming for the X-Men.
Whatever they do (and yeah, making him black probably isn't the greatest idea, it could work with a few adjustments and toning down the supremacy but still isn't the best idea), they definitely need to revamp his backstory in some way.
If they do tone down the supremacy and make him black, though, making him Rwandan is probably the perfect decision.
Edited by EmeraldEmperor on Nov 13th 2020 at 11:56:22 AM
I could see it working. A Magneto who is half-rwandan half-ethiopian jewish and a mutant is a combination of a lot of oppressed peoples. So you make him a revolutionary in vain of communists. I've read that while Killmonger is compelling it's possible to read him more as a right-wing revolutionary who just happens to be black. I'd see Magneto more as "he doesn't like kings" and is specifically bitter towards Wakanda for not interfering in his countries genocide, and at the end of the movie whatever happens, the new Black Panther (say Shuri) recognizes again the villain has a point and dissolves the Wakandan Monarchy into a constitutional/ceremonial one. That's a hypothetical.
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I doubt the X-Men will stay on the shelf for long, though some of them (maybe Magneto, definitely Wolverine) should be held back.
Making him a Black Panther villain seems... iffy. And while the motive is different, the general scheme (outside revolutionary trying to overthrow the current ruler, who admits maybe he has a point and tries to enforce a less murder-y version of that change) is too much of a copy-and-paste of Killmonger, in my opinion.
Edited by EmeraldEmperor on Nov 13th 2020 at 12:13:19 PM
I am always curious about the fascination with using characters from everyone except BP. Let Kraven and Magneto in their own franchises, explore T'challa's own rogues.
I literally just mentioned a good arc.
Edited by Gaon on Nov 13th 2020 at 12:12:03 PM
"All you Fascists bound to lose."Part of it is I like the idea of Magneto going up against a country/superhero that is almost entirely dependent on an exotic metal.
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I do feel you could add enough differences that it wouldn't simply be a copy-paste. For one thing my hypothetical wouldn't end with Magneto dying, but at this point they're probably not gonna go with my pitch.
Edited by jjjj2 on Nov 13th 2020 at 3:22:16 PM
You can only write so much in your forum signature. It's not fair that I want to write a piece of writing yet it will cut me off in the mid... Okay, you just made the idea 1000x better, though it would be too much of a curb-stomp to last a full movie. Save it for either a minor subplot in an X-Men film or whatever Avengers movie they're on by the time the X-Men are really prominent.
Edited by EmeraldEmperor on Nov 13th 2020 at 12:18:47 PM
Black Panther doesn't exactly have the best, most varied Rogues Gallery ever, so choices are kind of limited.
Wake me up at your own risk.Killmonger was a middle of the road villain before the first movie. That's what adaptations are for.
You have Achebe, Moses Magnum and M'baku variations (i.e either our M'baku ends up antagonistic or another Jabari takes up his villainous role) still to use.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."
The "A Nation Under Our Feet" thing is easily the best idea I've heard so far (maybe add in a bit about the isolationism, because again, that can't have magically disappeared).
And then make the third movie with Namor! Because everyone will bitch about it if that doesn't happen.
(Though if I have to be honest, I would totally watch that.)
Edited by EmeraldEmperor on Nov 13th 2020 at 12:33:45 PM
If I had to pick a Marvel villain out of the BP sandbox to act as the villain for a BP sequel, I'd actually pick... Nighthawk.
Both are sort of Marvel parallels to Batman, so they can play that off each other. Nighthawk can be either used to bring the Sinister/Supreme Squadron in and/or to redeem him later, so there's a lot of paths to be opened there. Nighthawk has been reimagined as Afroamerican before, if you want to go there.
You can even use him along the way to help set the Defenders up, too.

My first preference would be that they at least attempt a recast, I really do think T'Challa and this franchise deserve better than to have whatever plans were already laid out get derailed like this. But if they don't want to or it doesn't work out, I honestly think Shuri's like my... third pick to become Black Panther?
That's not meant to be a dig at Shuri. I like Shuri, I think Shuri is great. But I also think one of the things that helps set Black Panther apart from other superheroes in the setting is a certain level of dignity. T'Challa isn't missing a sense of humor or anything, but he clearly treats the mantle and his position as king with respect and dignity. Shuri is way more flippant, and I think it would do both her and the Black Panther title a disservice to try reworking either her character or the mantle to make a square peg fit a round hole.
And yeah, I know, Shuri was Black Panther in the comics, but Shuri is a much different character in the comics (to wit, comics!Shuri always wanted to be Black Panther, while movie!Shuri has shown no such inclination), so adopting such a change would only make it "truer" to the comics on a most basic surface level.
So if they do decide they want to pass the mantle on to someone else... honestly, I'd rather it go to Okoye. I feel like how she'd treat having the role of Black Panther passed on to her would be much more in line with how T'Challa treated it (and I know some might think you'd want to go different from T'Challa if you're going to hand down the mantle anyways, but I also feel like in this instance that would mean detracting from what makes Black Panther unique). You don't even have to have her be leading the country, you could always treat separation of the Black Panther and the acting ruler as another instance of moving away from Wakanda's longstanding traditions while still honoring them.