Wakanda Forever: Black PantherWe have just one week before we see the new MCU story. The movie hits theaters November 11th. But we don’t need to know the full Black Panther 2We have a story to tell Wakanda ForeverThere is already a plot hole. Thankfully, it’s something that can be easily explained along the way.
Be aware Below are some spoilers.
In the vast weave of MCU stories Wakanda ForeverIt will not be just the next chapter. It’ll also be a memorial to Chadwick Boseman and his T’Challa/Black Panther character. This story is about grief and how to deal with the loss. That’s a crucial detail about Wakanda ForeverOne that the audience must be aware of. And that’s actually where the plot hole comes from.
Wakanda will be mourning its protector, and T’Challa’s death will be especially hard on the ones closest to him. Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), and Okoye (Danai Gurira) are the characters that were closest to T’Challa. Even M’Baku (Winston Duke), who once was a rival.
We know from that first emotional trailer that Marvel showed at Comic-Con, that we’ll witness T’Challa’s burial early in the movie. And we’re looking at a massive procession that will feature the main characters.
The big Wakanda ForeverPlan hole
This brings us to the movie’s obvious plot hole, although it’s a detail that might seem inconsequential at first. This wouldn’t be T’Challa’s first funeral in Wakanda.
The end of the movie saw Black Panther turn to dust. Infinity WarThis meant that Wakanda had lost their superhero. In the days and months that followed, it’s very likely that the Wakandan people organized a similar celebration and put in place a succession plan.
It wasn’t just the King that died at the time. Wakanda must be feeling immense grief because half of all living creatures were killed. Many Wakandans died without a second thought.
It means that characters like Okoye or Ramonda will attend this heartbreaking ceremony twice. T’Challa died in 2018, Wakanda buried and celebrated him. He moved on. He was able to return from the dead, but he died again within a year or so. Endgame.
This is a plot hole. Wakanda Forever? Well, in a way, many Wakandans have already been through this grief process, especially those closest to T’Challa. Wakanda needs to have a clear transition in power, as it did before. The country shouldn’t be in such a state of grief that it cannot move forward without its King.
We, however, did not experience that loss.
Chadwick Boseman’s death in real life also dictates that this movie take on the events. T’Challa’s death might seem like deja-vu to MCU people, but we’ve never experienced that grief in earnest after Endgame. The funeral scene will not only honor the actor’s memorable character, but also the actor himself.
Simple explanations
Honoring Boseman and T’Challa is a priority for Wakanda Forever. That’s why we need Wakanda to repeat a massive funeral ceremony for the fallen Black Panther. That’s how we can explain this plot hole right away. You can’t have Wakanda ForeverThis funeral is not possible without it.
But let’s also remember that not all Wakandans had time to mourn the people who died in Infinity War. That’s because half of them were already dead. Characters like Shuri (Letitia Wright), T’Challa’s sister, is one of them. Leaks say she will be devastated after her brother’s death. But for her, this will be the first and only time she’ll witness his passing.
Not that it’s easier for Ramonda or Okoye to face T’Challa’s death a second time around just because they had already done it at least five years earlier.
T’Challa’s death will very much impact Shuri’s behavior in the movie, especially because she had never had to deal with it before. Also, this time T’Challa’s death is different. There’s no sliver of hope that it can be undone.
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