Just a couple observations after I watched the film for the third time (help I can't stop 😭😭),
He definitely looks at her when she says he's covered in vibranium
He's down bad from then on
In the very last scene in the Talokan journey, I see him reach for her hand
He listens to her and tries to reason with her, which I haven't seen him do with anyone else before.
He never reasons with Ramonda. When she asks him what she could give him in exchange for Shuri, he says 'Nothing' with a damn smile.
He tells Ramonda that he'll kill Shuri if his request isn't met, but he says it in the most unconvincing manner possible, this man who dressed her up with the finest clothes is not going to do that when he had so many opportunities to do so before.
He jives his spear into the hull of the ship when he could have easily killed her there, it's like he didn't want her to interfere.
He's reevaluating his choices as he sees her break when Ramonda dies, but true to his character being 'a kid without love' he moves on in the way he knows, by following duty.
He's stroking the little sea shell telephone before their war like a miserable longing ex boyfriend 🤣 was he waiting for her to ring him up and call it off?
He looks up at her when she leads the ship and then reluctantly starts fighting?
He's alone in the ship with her and he's probably thinking things were about to go differently.
"It could have been different", is etched in my mind the way he says it.
The score "Con la brisa", "it could have been different" and "Vengeance has consumed us" are for scenes with only Namor and Shuri. Tell me why its like it has been taken out of an enemies to lovers booktok playlist? (LUDWIG does his research impeccably well, I will trust this man's music like it's the absolute truth, the strings in that section is romantic)
Also in Shuri's recollection of events, she sees Namor smiling. You don't think of your villains like that.
He yields. And yes people may think he's waiting to exact his revenge but I interpret that scene as someone having met their equal.
He goes home to heal him self, draw fan art of him and Shuri and then fangirl about the black panther. His cousin's like bruh what are you on about.
Sidenote: when books exist with vampires, faes, elves, Greek gods, other immortal beings and Game of thrones couples, Shuri is an adult in the movie. The age gap doesn't matter in a fictional world but, Shuri's got it under control guys.
So anyway, I love this man
