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Cross-posting my Day 3 entry for

snowflake_challenge. The prompt was to talk about your favourite piece of canon, and, well, I just had a lot of squee and feeeeelings for my son:

Do you sometimes think about how it's most probably Erik Killmonger's first ever time in Wakanda, and it's such an idyllic moment: the countryside mellowed by the afternoon sun, and all around him for metres just Wakandan grass gently swaying (maybe a hello, maybe something else), and he's dragging a body, and he's Almost There. If I had to choose between this scene and another favourite scene where he walks up to the throne whilst the camera tilted, I'm going with his landing on Wakanda. The first touch, so to speak. The first whiff, the first breath, the first sight. So tranquil, so idyllic. Juxtaposed with a body being dragged and Erik's single-minded expression. SO PERFECT. I love it so much.

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A true problematique fave. :')

What about you? What are your favourite scenes or just scenes you enjoyed from the movie?

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I always tear up as I remember the line "Can you imagine, a kid from Oakland, walking around and believing in fairy tales?". Also, I loved the symbolism of the weapons in the apartment being hidden behind the political posters. A literal veneer of good intentions and empowerment hiding a plan to impose their will through violence without even coordinating with American Black Militants.

YES THAT LINE OMG MY FAVE. I think so far THIS is my favourite Erik graphic. That line with my fave scene with a bonus quote. :')

Also, I haven't noticed that they're posters, wow great eye! Do you know what N'Jobu and co were planning in that scene? It's been almost a year, I'm due a rewatch. :D

Wow I love that graphic, trying to remember if the lighting was that perfect in the scene. As to your question: I mostly just remember them in a hurry to get to the weapons. I think N'Jobu wanted them distributed to his hand picked leaders. My little white mind was being blown at the direct discussion of colonialism and the duty of a wealthy nation to the world, so I probably missed a lot. Especially after it dawned on me that my 'aliens built the pyramids' Dad who took me to see an action movie might actually learn something.

Yeah, it was great that Disney touched on colonialism and some issues of the African-American community. It's not as nuanced and in-depth as plenty of us would have liked, but I appreciate that they put it out there.

I started thinking and...there's just so many. Erik's museum robbery was excellent, the Korea sequence, Nakia hiding with the women in the start, T'Challa's rejection of his ancestors' choices in the dreamworld, Erik in the throne room with all his insolence while everyone else is varied levels of disgusted/terrified, Shuri, the final battle, most of everything with M'Baku.

I think my favorite scene is T'Challa taking Shuri to Oakland in the end, and the most devastating scene is Erik's death, I am still torn up about it. He made terrible choices, but he barely had a chance at all as so many people failed him.

Omg yes, so many great scenes!!

Nakia's and Erik's intro moments are amazing. Each scene captures their respective characters imo. RIP Erik, you had so much potential.

That Oakland scene with T'Challa and Shuri, tho :') The soundtrack in that scene :') It's so...hopeful? And a perfect track for the last scene.

Also, what do you think about how T'Challa doesn't answer on-screen the kid's question on who he is? I remember reading a take on how it circles back to Iron Man 1, being the 10-year anniv and all, and how it signals that at this point in time MCU has come a long way and will come a long way further and has much more to give. /feels

Edited 2019-01-08 16:25 (UTC)