Honestly I may be exaggerating it a bit, and ultimately it was mild but more so playing into the revisionist history.
I can see if I can find the podcast but basically I'll just give the cliffy notes. Essentially the whole group is going on some revisions about how Shuri is smarter than T'Challa and Hudlin said basically that his Shuri was always smarter than T'Challa (though the comic disproves this multiple times)
It's pretty mild but Still he got sucked into the revisionist T'Challa smear fest
This whole "smarter" thing? Depends on what kinds of intelligences you're measuring, as some intelligences are NOT apples-to-apples comparisons. For example? It's canon for longer and pretty obvious on paper that T'Challa is smarter than Shuri in the IQ areas. But Shuri is likely more capable than T'Challa in some of the EQ areas. Not only is Shuri...and Ramonda, and Storm and maybe even Zanda...likely to score higher than T'Challa in the EQ areas? Women in general score higher than men in general in the EQ areas. So...that's not something to be surprised about, imo.
Which means? That R to the H might be referring to Shuri's EQ superiority. Not IQ or SQ [ read further to find out what SQ is ] superiority. I'm still a bit salty about that distinction not being clearly made, and a bit more salty if R to the H didn't even know about such distinctions. And I'm triple salty at all them other bruthas not making the distinction.
Looking at the IQ category? I triple dog dare some fool to tell me with a straight face that Shuri has a highter Kinesthetic Intelligence than T'Challa does. I will slap said fool with the stacks and decades of comic book feats that decidedly defecate on such notions. I triple dog dare some fool to tell me that they truly think that Shuri outscores T'Challa in Spatial Intelligence. Stop. It. Slappage facial specifics with stacks of and decades of comic book feats to defeat such buffoonery. I triple dog dare some fool to tell me they truly think that Shuri OUTSCORES T'Challa in the Logical/Mathematical IQ category of IQ. Actually OUTSCORES T'Challa. Ties with T'Challa? Ehhhhh...MAYBE.
OUTSCORES T'Challa? I call shenanigans, bullpuckey and buffoonery. Then commence rigorous slappage of yon foolish facial specifics with stacks of and decades of comic book feats to defeat such buffoonery.
With that being said?
If you average the OVERALL ALL abilities that T'Challa AND ANYONE IN THE 616 SUPERCAPE COMMUNITY has in the IQ, EQ, SQ [ Spiritual Quotient ] areas? T'Challa should cook them. Because? That's T'Challa's main and most secret thing. It's also what definitively separates him from Batman, The Midnighter, Doctor Manhattan, Doctor Strange, Doctor Doom, Reed Richards, Tony Starks, Shuri, Storm, Valeria Richards, Lunella Lafayette, Peter Parker, Thanos, The Blue Marvel, etc.
This is the big secret he keeps hidden from everyone. Even in Wakanda. And the things he does to maintain this advantage? Could even potentially set him as an adversary to everyone else, because he literally doesn't trust anyone else to know and do the TOTALITY of what he knows and does. This great burden, this great responsibility, is also his great tragedy. He doesn't trust anyone else because he can't trust anyone else with this knowledge because doing so saddles them with the responsibilities and consequences that only he can shoulder. For only he is THE KING OF THE DEAD. Notice that even the other T'Challas in other realities ARE NOT Kings of The Dead in their Wakandas? I did.
This knowledge and secrecy is also what propels him into the orbit of such pinnacle extraordinary women as Storm at full power, The Celestial Madonna, full powered Moondragon, and why in my fanfic Kismet/Paragon/Her sought him to mate with, seeing T'Challa as an equal or superior to Him/Adam Warlock. It's why the various Godesses of Evil and Neutral dimensions also see him and attempt to court him as a suitable mate.
The only reason I'm bringing up this whole SQ thing is because most people here grasp this kind of discussion through the narrowed and truncated primarily Euro perspective...when we should be looking at this from the MAAT perspective. I say MAAT because of Bast, Bastet, etc. who are primary in the spiritual lives of T'Challa and Wakanda. Not doing so skips the overwhelming and fundamental role of the components of the soul in this discussion, and we need that from the Alkebulan perspective ONLY for this discussion.
But since the Alkebulan perspective has long encompassed and far exceeds the Euro, Asian, etc perspective? Let's start there.
The term spiritual intelligence and spiritual quotient is mostly attributed to Danah Zohar and Ian Marshall based on their...to Euro psychology, at any rate..."pioneering" book, SQ: Connecting with Our Spiritual Intelligence.
https://www.amazon.com/SQ-Connecting-Our-Spiritual-Intelligence/dp/1582341311They describe SQ as ‘our most fundamental intelligence. It is what we use to develop our capacity for meaning, vision and value. It allows us to dream and to strive. It underlies the things we believe in and the role our beliefs and values play in the actions that we take. Spiritual intelligence explores how accessing our SQ helps us to live up to our potential for better, more satisfying lives.’
As KING OF THE DEAD, nobody in Wakanda can see T'Challa's SQ. Imo, at any rate. And since Wakanda is the pinnacle Earth civilization and The Black Panther is the pinnacle expression of the pinnacle Earth civilization? I'm finding it hard to see how anybody else can see T'Challa spiritually, either.
And please don't start with Dr. Strange. SPIRITUALLY is NOT the same as SORCEROUSLY, MAGICALLY or MYSTICALLY. Strange might be able to out hocus-pocus T'Challa, but Strange got possessed by Dormammu AND killed by Doom. T'Challa outmaneuvered both of these fell foes. Laughing in their face after he did so.
So how would the above inform the difference between tech designed by Shuri and T'Challa? Shuri would run/conceive of PsiKaTech and experiment with it just to see what happens when she pushes boundaries. T'Challa would conceive of PsiKaTech and experiment with it BECAUSE HE ALREADY KNOWS THE RESULT. HE WOULDN'T PUSH THE BOUNDARIES BECAUSE IF HE HAD TO PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF A CONCEPT TO ACHIEVE HIS GOAL, THEN HE WOULD LIKELY CONSIDER THE CONCEPT ITSELF INSUFFICIENTLY EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE FOR HIS CONSIDERED USE. Both of them are incredibly creative and extemely difficult to either outwit or predict what they'll do next. Don't bother to try to BOTH outwit AND predict what they'll do next...not even they can do that to each other.
However. Shuri imo is a bit more reckless. A bit wilder. At some point? Shuri will essentially do the Princess Panther version of: "Eff it, I'm going for it." T'Challa will not, because he's already entrapped and defeated his opponent...they just don't know it, yet. When the rubber meets the road? Shuri will go TOMB RAIDER on you. T'Challa will not even bother to sniff in derisive condescension as you belatedly discover that right when you thought you got him beat he's long gone SHERLOCK HOLMES "Elementary my dear Watson" on you.
This has both strengths and drawbacks. Both of these siblings can and will do anything. However? Shuri will do it on the spot. T'Challa will think about it first. It's hard to determine if either one of them is being favored by this comparison.
Now. With that being said? T'Challa will whoop off on Shuri h2h. And T'Challa will whoop off on every non-cosmic head in 616 h2h. T'Challa>Shang-Chi h2h, but Shang-Chi>T'Challa in pure gungfu. T'Challa can hotbox with Terrax, Thanos, Thor, Hercules, The Blue Marvel etc h2h and HE'S NOT SUPERHUMAN. NOT. SUPERHUMAN. I said what I said, I wrote what I wrote. And you read what you read.
At least, that's my take on it...without delving into deeper matters of separation between the two, as found in MAAT and other places.
Thoughts?
