WakandaForever isn't just a sequel to a hit Marvel blockbuster, says 'Rise of the Black Panther' writer EvNarc. It's a complete reset of the MCU's geo-political landscape that turns Black and brown nations into superpowers, and shifts the axis entirely.
’s conceptual recipe. In 1804, Haiti became the world’s first free Black republic after decades of war against French colonizers. But freedom didn’t stop the assault on Haiti’s people. For decades, HaitiWakanda Forever] its mid-credits scene reveals that the next heir to the Wakandan throne is being hidden on the island. This move embeds the anticolonialist subtext of the Black Panther mythos into its onscreen iteration.
The MCU version of Namor’s homeland was birthed by people escaping the encroachment of Spanish conquistadors. In the 16th Century, the first Talokans ingested a mutated plant that let them breathe underwater and established an offshoot of the Aztec and Mayan societies that the Spaniards were wiping out on the surface. If Wakanda symbolizes a what-if alternate history of uninterrupted Black progress, Talokan embodies the resilience of indigenous peoples who are stubbornly resisting erasure.
Some of what we know about upcoming Marvel movies and shows hints that geopolitics will continue to be a going concern for the MCU. The next Captain America film will have “New World Order” as a subtitle, and is allegedly supposed to introduce the Israeli superheroine Sabra to the world stage. Another movie is being developed around the Thunderbolts, a team of enhanced agents who engage in deniable military operations.
And the new Panther/Feathered Serpent alliance means that foreign powers looking to get the extraterrestrial metal won’t just be facing Wakanda alone. They’ll possibly be facing off against Talokan’s underwater warriors as well. The international relations with Wakanda and Talokan might mean that different governments will team up against them, setting the stage for characters like Captain Britain or the Canadian tech-hero Guardian to make their debut.
It’s a heady thing to imagine. Black and brown nations don’t get portrayed as being this powerful and their lack of power is, more often than not, linked to colonization. Growing up as the child of Haitian immigrants, I always heard about the financial, emotional, and psychological cost that Haiti continued to pay for daring to throw off the yoke of colonization.
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