The outcome is only uncertain for those who disbelieve.

i feel like t'challa and tony were mirror images of each other. it’s like they knew they were putting t'challa in a situation similar to tony but t'challa was the one who took the moral high ground and decided to not kill the man who murdered his father. t'challa was inches away from the man who killed his father, a man who wasn’t controlled to do it or brainwashed to do it but did it because he wanted revenge and t'challa’s father was in the middle of the crossfire. and t'challa knew this and not only did he spare his life, but he prevented him from killing himself. he said it himself that he’s not gonna let vengeance control his life. compare that to tony who basically did the complete opposite and one could argue that t'challa had it worse off in the sense that he actually cradled his father’s dead body in his arms. it’s like marvel showed us two opposite sides of a coin of when someone decides to not let revenge control their life and when someone does decide to let it get the best of them. and they showed t'challa’s first and then tony’s almost like they mean to show you the difference. it’s like “this is what t'challa could’ve been, but wasn’t”

“Even if he wasn’t a superhero, he would be interesting to me—as an African king and warrior, ruling the most technologically advanced nation in the world.” - Chadwick Boseman

okay but?? t'challa is actually such a good person like holy shit?? he realizes he made a mistake and immediately does everything he can to make it right?? like the whole movie he was being a prince/king, busy trying to seek justice for his father and then he just turns around, has like the best epiphany is the world, and harbors bucky in wakanda??? like what kind of selflessness???? what kind of grace???????

So, I agree with most of this. T’Challa is the actual best, he’s one of my all-time comic faves, I’m so glad people are seeing how amazing he is. But! Especially given the entire history of how mcu fandom treats black characters, I think we need to be extremely careful about describing his actions helping Bucky and Steve as ‘selfless’. (Important note: I’m not calling out OP whatsoever, but this post is popular, I’ve seen it like 3 times on my dash already, and I think this idea needs to be spread.) Like hell yeah he is honorable, he is noble, he is made of freaking grace. But he’s not ‘selflessly’ helping the fugitive ex-Avengers, these are the actions of a King. He is trying to negotiate a clusterfuck powder keg of an international situation and do what is best for Wakanda and if he is anything like T’Challa in the comics, steer this thing towards peace, but on his own terms.

Judging by the comics, I’m sure T’Chaka’s decision to start opening up Wakanda to the rest of the world was very controversial. I’m sure many Wakandans took his death as a sign that this was a Bad Ida and they should back out. T’Challa could have brought Zemo to be tried in Wakanda, and I’m sure that’s what the Wakandan people would have preferred. Instead he hands Zemo over to the international community for trial. It’s a sign he’s still willing to try to make the international cooperation work. Helping Bucky and Steve is a sign he’s willing to try to work with them as well.

Someone else in the notes called him out for supporting the Accords on the one hand and breaking them on the other, saying he’s like Steve and he thinks the rules don’t apply to him. But we have to remember T’Challa offering to help Bucky is not just the actions of a good person (and he is a very good person) it’s also the actions of a newly minted King and a nation. We see this beautifully in his character arc in Civil War; he starts out acting from a place of his grief and pain but by the end of the movie he chooses to move beyond his personal feelings and start acting from a place of statecraft. Is he compassionate, is it statecraft that values honor and justice? Of course. But at the end of the movie he is definitely doing what he thinks is right for Wakanda’s long term peace and security.