Tchalla: yield man! Don’t make me kill you
Mbaku: I would rather die!
Tchalla: you have fought with honor! Now yield! Your people need you!
^ this seemingly throwaway sentence is tchalla’s real first kingly act
Mbaku: I would rather die!
Tchalla: you have fought with honor! Now yield! Your people need you!
^ this seemingly throwaway sentence is tchalla’s real first kingly act
consider how tempting/easy it would have been to kill a rival who had just stabbed you in the chest
but it would have left the Jabari leaderless, humiliated, resentful, and the next leader would likely have been vengeful
but it would have left the Jabari leaderless, humiliated, resentful, and the next leader would likely have been vengeful
a king is a conduit for the honor of his people
a tyrant or weakling tries to hoard it personally, continually demands more adoration, dries it up with his neediness and impulsivity
a good king honors others in turn, artfully, and in so doing, keeps the “honor economy” flowing
a tyrant or weakling tries to hoard it personally, continually demands more adoration, dries it up with his neediness and impulsivity
a good king honors others in turn, artfully, and in so doing, keeps the “honor economy” flowing
Pericles’ funeral oration another great eg of allocating honor, articulating a societal/cultural framework for others to participate in
https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1441713004534321152
“He killed his own brother and left a child behind with nothing. What kind of king– what kind of man– does that? my uncle N’Jobu may have betrayed us but my father may have created something worse.” – T’challa, anticipating N’jadaka / Killmonger, confirming the earlier theme
only on my 4th(?) rewatch did I really notice that, when N’Jadaka dies (after saying “bury me in the sea with my ancestors who jumped from the ships because they knew death was better than bondage), T’Challa crosses the arms of his corpse– embracing him as a Wakandan till the end
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