But the character who has the most dynamic journey of navigating her grief isShuri(Letitia Wright).
Shuri has always looked up to her brother,TChalla(Chadwick Boseman).
After TChalla dies, Shuri loses faith in every aspect of her life.
Shuri loses faith in her abilities.
In the year since TChalla died, the sadness she feels hardens into anger.
Shes mad at the world, but even deeper shes mad at herself that she couldnt save her brother.
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He saw how the world did him dirty and channels his grief into revenge.
However, she doesnt connect that desire with her cousin until later.
When she loses her mother, Shuri becomes an orphan, alone in the world just like Killmonger.
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Namors attack on Wakanda is the reason her mother is dead, and shes out for blood.
Shuri successfully recreates the Heart-Shaped Herb to take on the powers of the Black Panther.
Her anger separates her from connecting with her family and drives her closer to her cousin.
His reunion with NJobu is stunted because Killmonger buried his grief under his anger for so long.
He couldnt connect with his own fatherhis motivation for wanting to dethrone his cousin in the first place.
When Shuri finally takes the mantle of Black Panther, her strategy and decision-making are just like Killmonger’s.
Shuri uses her new abilities for attack, not knowledge or defense.
TChalla realizes that he doesnt want that anger to consume him like it has for them.
They let their anger inform their fighting styles and blind them from seeing a peaceful solution.
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