read-what-i-read:

you know what i think about a lot

is the line of familial succession from the first black panther unbroken, or has it changed throughout history as various tribes challenged and succeeded at coronation days throughout the centuries? is t’challa a direct descendant of the first black panther, through either t’chaka or ramonda? if not, which of the tribes did either parent come from? does he have merchant tribe lineage? border tribe? river or mining? when a king is defeated on challenge day, what happens to the current members of the royal family? the king’s siblings, parents, even children depending on the age they take the throne? do they return to their parents’ tribe of origin?

have the jabari been completely genetically separated from the other tribes since the first black panther united wakanda or has there been cases of jabari tribesman deserting? or members of other wakandan tribes defecting to jabariland?

what are the marital traditions in wakanda? each tribe has gotta have their own, and there’s probably even more fancy/detailed ones for marrying into the ruling family. every character has only been shown with a first name, and introducing themselves as ‘son of __’ (but only the male characters introduced themselves as such). are there no surnames at all?

did the ancient egyptians of the mcu learn of bast via wakanda, or did the wakandans learn of bast from the egyptians to the north? if bast exists and the heart-shaped herb isn’t just a byproduct of the vibranium-infused land, then do the other deities in the pantheon of egyptian gods exist as well? we know the norse pantheon exists but as a separate species entirely. could others like anubis, isis, osiris, and so on also make changes to the world of humanity? do they exist as a separate species, in a separate realm like the aesir? hanuman is a hindu deity, so what about that set of gods?

does the vibranium-infused land have something to do with the creation of the ancestral plane? if it’s made of the memories of all wakandan people, do they count if they died outside the country as a war dog? are n’jobu and n’jadaka permanently exiled to the ancestral apartment, and are they exiled there for ‘betraying’ wakanda or is it simply because they were/became outsiders? can one only meet past kings on the ancestral plane or is there more to it?

i think about this stuff a lot