TRANSlating Wakanda Forever: The MCU’s Greatest Transition (Yet)
Queer And Trans Connections In Black Panther And Wakanda Forever
The plot of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever begins with T’Challa suddenly taken by an inexplicable illness.
There are easy explanations. Since the introduction of Black Panther/T’Challa in Captain America: Civil War, the man has literally died and been resurrected at least twice. One of those times, he was erased from existence.
How much did it cost T’Challa each time he faced death and reclaimed life?
It’s all-too-easy to imagine his body being enhanced by the Heart-Shaped Herb and yet simply unable to sustain itself after that much repeated trauma. He was the Black Panther, but he was also only human.
But what if there were another explanation for why T’Challa fell ill?
An explanation that honored the intentions of the filmmaker while positing a different answer?
