Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!newsfeed.bofh.team!paganini.bofh.team!not-for-mail From: Leper Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Black Fans Lose Their Minds Over Revelation That the New Black Panther is White Followup-To: alt.atheism Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 01:15:01 -0000 (UTC) Organization: To protect and to server Message-ID: <101tfek$e2or$2@paganini.bofh.team> References: <101ssqi$1o4o7$1@dont-email.me> <101t8fr$1kb6a$2@dont-email.me> Injection-Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 01:15:01 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: paganini.bofh.team; logging-data="461595"; posting-host="NHjW7QNFI2FOMWOcYaG46Q.user.paganini.bofh.team"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@bofh.team"; posting-account="9dIQLXBM7WM9KzA+yjdR4A"; User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.9.3 Rhino wrote: >On 2025-06-05 3:57 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >> The "relax, it's just a fictional character" crowd is on life support >> right now. >> >> All these people running for the fainting couch over a race-swapped >> Black Panther... I bet none of them have had any problems with >> Hollywood's race-swapping crusade to turn popular white characters >> black. >> >> ------------------------ >> Marvel fans are in uproar after the debut of a controversial new >> storyline that reimagines Black Panther's legacy-- with a shocking >> twist: the latest heir appears to be white. >> >> The premiere issue of MARVEL KNIGHTS: THE WORLD TO COME dropped >> Wednesday and introduced a new character named Ketema, whom T'Challa, >> prince of the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda and the original >> Black Panther, refers to as his son. >> >> The comic reveals that T'Challa fathered Ketema with his early love >> interest Monica Lynne, a character pulled from earlier comic arcs. >> >> In a major shakeup, Ketema grows to resent his father and ultimately >> challenges him for the throne. After defeating T'Challa in battle, >> Ketema removes his mask-- only to reveal blond hair, blue eyes, and >> distinctly Caucasian features. >> >> The reveal sent social media into meltdown. >> >> "They looked at this and thought it was a good idea?" one user fumed. >> >> Another quipped, "Life is a horror movie in 2025." >> >> The character of T'Challa was famously portrayed by the late Chadwick >> Boseman in Marvel's BLACK PANTHER films, celebrated for honoring >> African culture and representation. Fans are questioning whether the >> latest storyline undermines that legacy. >> >> "Black Panther having a white son would be ridiculous," one person >> posted, while another raged, "Black Panther is white! Marvel actually >> did the unthinkable and it's insane!" >> >> Some even speculated about which actor might play the character in a >> future film. >> >> "I guess he looks a little like Ryan Gosling," one fan wrote. >> >> Others were quick to clarify that the writer behind the new comic is >> black. >> >> Christopher Priest-- who co-created MARVEL KNIGHTS: THE WORLD TO COME >> alongside Joe Quesada, Richard Isanove, and Richard Starkings-- is >> widely recognized as the first black writer-editor in mainstream >> comics. He previously served as editor of Spider-Man in the mid-1980s >> and later penned major titles at DC, including Green Lantern. >> >> Still, one disgruntled fan claimed: "If there would be any writer who >> would try to give the Black Panther mantle to a white person, of course >> it would be Christopher Priest-- the man who made it his job to shove >> white characters into Wakanda's mythos." >> >> The premiere issue kicks off with T'Challa’s death but the real twist >> comes as the story rewinds to reveal how he got there. After the death >> of his wife (X-Men's Storm), T'Challa attempts to preserve his legacy >> by fathering a child with Lynne, one of his earliest love interests in >> the comics. That child, a son named Ketema-- whose name means >> "fortified encampment"-- grows up to challenge his father for the >> throne of Wakanda. >> >> Wearing the full Black Panther suit, Ketema defeats T'Challa in combat >> but spares his life. Then comes the jaw-dropping reveal: he removes his >> mask to show that he is, in fact, white. The big question lingering for >> fans is how T'Challa could possibly have a white son. Some readers are >> now speculating that Monica Lynne might not be the boy's mother after >> all. Instead, attention has turned to Nicole Adams-- a character who >> seems to appear on the cover of Issue #3-- as a more likely candidate. >> Although Nicole was believed to have died back in 2000, long-time comic >> fans know that death is rarely permanent in the Marvel universe. >> >> Regardless of how the lineage shakes out, one thing has stunned readers >> across the board: the Black Panther mantle now appears to belong to >> someone who presents as white. >> >> . >> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14780975/Marvel-Black-Pant >> her-white-revealed.html >> >> >Wait, I'm confused! Isn't it supposed to be true among "progressives" >that anyone can "identify" as anything they like, meaning that the son >of a black man and a white woman *could* identify as black, regardless >of his skin colour or even ethnic heritage? In fact, did Obama do >exactly that? The only difference here is that this hypothetical son of >a black man and a white woman is being imagined as somewhat >lighter-skinned than his father, which is entirely possible given what >we know about genetics and history. > > Righists only watch pedophile porn, why would they care about a movie?