M’baku is 100% in it for the drama. Examples:

This thread!!!! Yes!!!!

NAKIA WAS RIGHT

Random things I learned from Black Panther (spoilers)

-Even Kings (or soon to be Kings) freeze and turn into 12-year-old boys when they see the girl they like.

-Riding on top of speeding cars through busy streets while being shot at should be Wakanda’s Olympic sport, cuz they’d take home that fucking GOLD every damn time.

-Nakia rollin’ up in what was left of that car after Okoye went all Grand Theft Auto on Klaue and his men is my life aesthetic.

-Shuri fixes up white boys on the side in between being a technological badass and all around genius queen.

-M’baku was a dick. Then he wasn’t a dick.

-Erik’s backstory ripped my fucking heart out.

-”Hey, Auntie.”

-Jabaris are vegetarians.

-Okoye is the Rhino whisperer.

-You can kill T’challa, take his throne, and turn his own warriors against him, but Do. Not. fuck with his little sister.

-WAKANDA FOREVER!

Ok seriously we’re not appreciating M'Baku enough?? Boy challenged T'challa, lost, accepted it and left. Then like 3 days later the king washed up on his shore and he’s like “aye I could use this to become king but nah let’s save the guy until he gets better” so now he has an unconscious, barely-clinging-to-life king in his living room, but he does everything to save him. Then the servants of that king show up, offer him the throne and the Black Panther serum which would pretty much make him invincible, and what does he do? Does he go “Mhm ok niiice” and accept it, thus becoming rightful king? Nope! He shows them the dying T'challa, who they bring back to life with the serum and leave. They ask for his army, but he doesn’t want to risk his people, but in the end realises they should stick together so he barges into the battle like the fucking Icon™ he is ok I just love M'Baku let’s give him the appreciation he deserves