me, days after seeing black panther, still thinking about the brilliance of having Erik criticize the British museum because all the artifacts were stolen during imperial conquests AND THEN later in the movie having Erik say “the sun will never set on the Wakandan empire”, echoing a phrase commonly used by the British Empire, demonstrating how it’s not only the tragedy of being left behind that has made him into Killmonger, but also how growing up in a world that was shaped by and is STILL controlled by imperialism and colonial legacies has affected his whole worldview and the contrast of those two lines being so genius:
