Me: Hey the new Black Panther was amazing! I wonder what other people are saying about it?

*logs into Tumblr* *sees a bunch of people shipping Shuri and Namor*

and this is what y'all are failing to understand!!!!!!

4 Shuris, Time Travel.

I can't accept this remaining UNWRITTEN.

If you’re anti-ship and you go into the pro tag just to cause trouble, you’re fucking annoying. If you’re pro-ship and you go into the anti tag, same thing. Yes technically you can do whatever you want but there’s also such a thing called ‘decency’.

So Tenoch finally addressed the Shuri x Namor thing and he said there wasn't anything romantic between them.

disclaimer: no hate to anyone literally just writing this is cuz every time i’m on the shuri x reader tag i keep seeing anti namor x shuri debates and posts and i just peacefully wanna read my reader insert fics, to the point where i’m just blocking blogs at this point as a way to clear up the tag (cuz the only ship that needs to be talked about in the reader insert tags are reader x fictional character imo).

edit: the only reason i’m tagging the shuri x reader tag here is cuz i’m talking about it in this post and i need the antis tagging this tag to see it too

no cuz i’m tired of all the discourse surrounding the namor x shuri ship. i get why people have their issues with it, like him killing her mom and plotting against shuri and being 500 y/o etc. but at the end of the day it’s a fictional ship with fictional characters. i used to get annoyed about fictional ships that had similar issues (especially the age thing) but like ultimately as long as you aren’t going around irl approaching relationships with the same ideas (although idk where you’ll find a 500 y/o to date but i digress) then idk what all the hate is about. i mean, AUs exist so maybe he didn’t kill her mom in this AU since that seems to bother people a lot and 500 y/o people don’t exist plus shuri isn’t a minor so this isn’t the same as edward and bella or whatever i’ve seen people comparing it with + thor and jane literally exist. also enemies to lovers!!!! let people enjoy their tropes smh

also again, it’s fictional and i understand if y’all wanna draw boundaries at certain things like i literally do the same but just block the tag and go about your day instead of spamming said tag with hate. there’s just so much holier than thou stuff going around from antis like okay cool you don’t ship them? great! let people who do live (this applies to antis in general).

to summarize: let people ship whoever they want and if you have an issue with said ship then either block the tag or talk about it in the anti tag instead of ruining the pro tags for pro shippers + as a fanfic reader i’m BEGGING that y’all stop tagging the reader insert tags cuz i just wanna read my fluff and angst and smut in peace 😭😭

This is for the Namor x Shuri shippers (or just Tenoch and Letitia appreciators): A Continuation

Namor: I have no love for the surface world.

Also Namor: Here, princess, take this jade dress and listen to my tragic backstory. And since you asked for it, I’m gonna throw in a free tour of Talokan. I’ll also give you my mom’s bracelet as a “token of our gratitude”. Don’t wanna burn down the world with me? It’s ok, Imma let you stay here til you change your mind.

Shuri: How can you be this generous to someone you just met?

Namor: As I’ve told you, how is never as important as why.

Ryan Coogler: *gives us a compelling, if imperfect story featuring black and brown people in situations and dynamics you rarely see them in*

The fun police: have you actually considered you’re a bad person for noticing the romantic undertones the director intentionally put there

Can I just say how much I love that the whole foundation for Namor and Shuri's relationship is based on them connecting about being two people of color from uncolonized nations?

Let me break this down for you since ur having trouble understanding 😊.

It’s called ENEMIES-to-lovers for a reason. They begin as ENEMIES. Circumstances arise to which characters are forced to work together and in doing so they begin to talk, understand, learn more about each other, etc. Through this they find common ground and develop a STRONGER, DEEPER CONNECTION. And yes, eventually fall in love. This is a typical trope of etl.

I’m not even sure if it’s in the movie that Namor gives a kill order to the guards or if the guards themselves decide it best to kill Shuri. The point is IT DOESNT MATTER BC NAMOR AND SHURI ARE NOT ANYTHING TO EACH OTHER YET.

They only had a short amount of time to learn about each other. Yes, he gave her a dress. Yes, he gave her his mother’s bracelet. That was when he hoped for her trust. For her alliance. (he kinda did wanna go to war with the surface world and he had his reasons but you know how his methods are not very diplomatic. and she tried to reason with him 🤷‍♀️)

Namor is the one who fell hard I think. And the killing of his children was really an unfortunate catalyst for this conflict between Talokan and Wakanda.

But ppl like this ^^ on twitter are just ignorant of what they can’t understand 😙

“Aw Namor is drawing fanart of Shuri kicking his ass”— he is literally recording history.

also: tenoch huerta trying to beat the simp!namor allegations

love that tenoch’s focus was on the intimacy and shared background between the characters. he’s keeping it open ended to not to disrupt any future plans for the characters, but I am curious on why he views romantic love as poison (like is that a general statement or just between the two characters??)

to the namor/shuri shippers: ryan coogler’s writing and directing and their acting already gave us all the material to work with, so I wouldn’t fret on the creator’s opinions afterward. plus - the ambiguity - and the will they/won’t they is the best part!!

English is not my first language so correct me if I'm wrong

I know those antis are in the tags somewhere those clowns really need to touch grass

I posted this on my twitter link is below if yall are interested

That post telling me to ship Sh*r*r* instead of Namuri because "omfg why not ship a healthy duo how could you" needs to learn the first rule of fandom:

1. Fuck off if you don't like it.

“It wasn’t really Namor’s fault that Ramonda died” IT WAS. IT WAS. WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO TAKE THIS AWAY? I’M SORRY IF YOU CAN’T STOMACH NAMOR NOT BEING PERFECT BUT PLEASE STOP. For fucks sake, it was by HIS HAND the queen died! Yeah there were outside factors pushing Wakanda and Talokan towards conflict but stop trying to erase the fact he has and would kill people!