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the rage of princess shuri

very few character arcs have been as substantive and transformative as the arc given to shuri in wakanda forever. and what makes it so powerful is her undeniable rage.

shuri angry. at herself, at the ancestors, at the world. and there’s so much range in her anger. it’s cold and dismissive to her mother’s faith in the spiritual. it’s painful and untethering to herself and her beliefs. it’s hot and all consuming towards namor and the harm he causes.

and then with how mythical and fairytale-esque wakanda forever is in general. shuri plays with the princess archetype and instead almost becomes a vengeful goddess. eternal war was one death away. it just happens that the person she longed to kill was her mirror image.

a black heroine having the space to transform, rebirth by fire and fury, was an experience. i don’t really know how to put it into words.

“Is my mother’s life not worth eternal war?”

that might be one of the most heartbreaking, and relatable lines in the mcu. grief and anger crystallised into one question.

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KAREENA KAPOOR AS POO Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) dir. Karan Johar

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So I went to see the new Black Panther movie today…

I cried.

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I just love how Phase 4 was about grief, literally every project was about a different type of grief.

Whether it’s loss of loved ones, innocence, of what could’ve been, of what has been taken from you, loss of home and community. Loss of something being stolen from you before you even knew what it was, the loss of time, or generational loss.

Phase 4 has been about the pain that grief leaves behind. There’s so many different forms of grief, so many stages and it’s so hard to keep your head above it, and sometimes you just want to drown in it all.

But we must learn how to live with it, we must learn how to cope, and mourn that version of yourself you’ll never see again even when all you want to do is hide away.

Because grief births new beginnings, even when we don’t want it to at times. It leads us to a open future where we don’t know what’s possible and the world seems so small and so wide at the same time.

We keep that love with us, and I know it’s cheesy to mention but “what is grief, if not love preserving” because it’s really true. We love our past, our people and our memories, and we mourn with our love.

This phase started and ended with grief, the goodbyes, openings and acceptance that come with it and it’s been the message since the beginning.

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2023 still sounds like one of those made up distant years someone would accidentally end up in on a time travel mission gone wrong

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any room can be a panic room if you just give me a fucking second

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“Sometimes having a conversation with yourself is the best medicine.”

— Unknown

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LILY JAMES as Elizabeth Bennet in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES (2016) dir. Burr Steers

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“The time of hot chocolaty mornings and toasty marshmallow evenings.”

Pooh’s Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) dir. Karl Geurs

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“I’ve always liked quiet people: You never know if they’re dancing in a daydream or if they’re carrying the weight of the world.”

— John Green, Looking for Alaska

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“Sometimes we get sad about things and we don’t like to tell other people that we are sad about them. We like to keep it a secret. Or sometimes, we are sad but we really don’t know why we are sad, so we say we aren’t sad but we really are.”

— Mark Haddon

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real jess mariano stans recognize he was a shitty boyfriend when he was teenager, but also recognize he was just a kid who needed help.

real jess mariano stans cry over the fact that literati is right person wrong time, and that when they were both ready logan had come into the picture.