#bpwf script mention

[talkingparrotkee]

I think it's funny how Riri writes about Xavier in her diary (or how Iron-Man remarks how Xavier took "notice" of her before Iron-dading, vetting him out like he's a potential match for her or something — seriously what was that Tony?), and we just kind of gloss over that.

Matter of fact, their relationship is extremely cute. It reached the point that I thought Xavier was being set up as her love interest or kind of ship-teased several times. And honestly? After debating with myself (aka me gaslighting myself saying how characters can just be friends) and friends who are fellow comic readers (some who knocked on my skull with the obvious point that there is clearly something that was being brewed between them at times), I'd argue, he is. There have been a few too many scenes that suggested a budding foundation.

I wouldn't be surprised if they continue or maybe even double down and advance whatever this is in MCU's Ironheart. A character named Xavier will be in it, and in Black Panther Wakanda Forever's script, Natalie (Riri's other best, closest, and first friend) was also named dropped. Although, his surname isn't King. Curiously, it's apparently Washington, like Natalie's. I wonder why?

Anyway, Xavier and him with her in general aren't talked about, even though he is a core support she absolutely needed in her Iron-Heart Volume 1 series. He is her other best friend and ride-or-die (even when they disagreed, he was always right there in her corner. He knew what she needed or meant without her having to speak it with her emotionally constipated self, lol). A crying shame.

I could maybe write a piece on their relationship because I'm breaking my silence. It's so vital to Riri's character development and beautiful. It ticks all the boxes. He was so funny in the Wakanda part of the volume, too, on face call talking about their food. Xavier please 😭.

[riotpanther]

i’m well aware of riri’s age in the ironheart comics. when i read her solo comics, i was under the impression that the version of shuri in them was based off her mcu counterpart. i’ve also read the scripts for both black panther films. while the og script said that shuri was 18 years old, nate moore (one of the producers) stated that she was 16 years old in the first film. this is the first i’m hearing of letitia wright also stating she was 18, so it’s a little hard to pinpoint exactly what her age was in the first film. me personally, i concluded that she was 16 years old since the script had been adapted from the one released and a producer from the film said so (and like i mentioned i wasn’t aware of letitia also stating she was 18). so based on timelines/events in the mcu shuri would have been either 20 or 22 years old in bpwf while riri is canonically 19 which is a very harmless age gap.

also just saying, i don’t really see the sister panel as proof or a valid reason to be against the ship (age debacle aside) when you include the context. a terrified little girl was trapped in a crumbling building with her unconscious mother. she asked shuri a question and shuri said what she needed to say in order for riri to get the girl and her mother to safety. if shuri was the one who initially said that riri was her sister than i could understand that but that’s not what happened. i’d also just like to add that none of the texts i used on the ironheart comic panels have any kind of sexual connotations or even (sans the 2nd to last one) outright romantic implications (though i understand how that may not make them less bothersome to you).

anyway, i can’t speak for everyone since there are gross weirdos out there who like pedophilia, but when i read the comics, i believed that shuri was still 18. i wasn’t aware that they take place in the same universe as the original older version of her character. if i was mistaken about their age difference in the ironheart comics then i’m sorry this post was offensive or harmful to you. clearly you’ve got a passionate displeasure for romantic shuriri and i wasn’t trying to trigger that. but since i post a lot of content for the pairing that you’ll likely find displeasing, my account probably isn’t the best place for you.

shuriri + text posts ♡