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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The framing suggests they're meant to be the good guys?

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Not really. Unlike the Marvel movies, Wakanda in the comics is not a perfect utopia and has a lot of its own prejudice.

Well... To put it differently, unlike the movies, Wakanda's prejudice isn't depicted as a fine and perfectly acceptable utopia.

Keep in mind, in the comics, Storm from The X-Men is Wakandan royalty. She should be queen. But she got exiled from her homeland at a rather young age for being a mutant.

[–] the_artic_one@programming.dev 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Nah, they're morally grey/bad in Eyes of Wakanda. The point of the show is to explore how messed up their isolationism was. That's why the last episode is about

spoilera time Traveller making sure that Killmonger spurs T'challa to finally end their isolationist policy so they don't doom themselves and the world.