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"And I do the friendship thing now. Sorta-kinda. I'm not a pro or anything, but I have Xavier, and that's a big deal for me." - Riri Williams, 2022

Xavier King and Riri Williams 🥺. They're so cute, and I love their friendship. It's so important to Riri's character.

They're so funny.

Source: Who is...? ironheart infinity comic (2022)

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Still cooking up that Princess Shuri and Eden Fesi archive + blog, but in the meantime:

"This is ridiculous. Stultifying.

Those were the only adjectives Shuri could fathom to describe the contents of the American periodicals Ms. Marvel had proudly spread out on her countertops the last time the Princess visited her."

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I made a footnote of comic books to check out to learn more about these characters! To get their characterizations or references, I highly recommend checking them out! A little other media trivia is there, too. 😊

Shuri's relationship with Ms. Marvel:

Manifold being the key needed to reach Shuri on the Djalia plane/Shureden's library talk about it:

Examples of shureden parallelism in story and personality (their akin personalities, aspirations, and traumas):

These aren't everything (at all), but just a few images. The rest is for the masterpost. 🤭

I finally braved freeing a one-shot from my Google Docs draft jail because A) they're worth it, B) they give me brain rot, C) it's how I cope with Marvel slow burning me with them to death since 2016, D) if Marvel or others won't explore them more, I will!

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She asked if you were my sister. I told her yes.

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Eden Fesi x Shuri Udaku

“So, Shuri…our first date is stopping a magical being from conquering the universe?”

“A date? Nuh-uh. I’m still waiting for you to teleport me somewhere nice.”

For @pxntherprxncess 🖤

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This turned into me just making a separate blog archive for them because it's enough to type a manifesto, and they're worth it. I'm an overachiever.

No one:

Me writing a 3-part piece on Princess Shuri and Eden Fesi (Manifold) because someone had to (they're sorely underrated your honor, yet they match each other so well — spiritually, culturally, personality-wise... Not to mention, they're smarty pants and semi-canon. I am serious, they literally arranged a date.):

They even say the same things. They are soulmates to the highest, deepest degree, I'm tired of pretending that they aren't!

There's so much delicious food with these two as respective characters and as a ship that yes, I had to break it up into 3-parts.

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Eden Fesi x Shuri Udaku

“So, Shuri…our first date is stopping a magical being from conquering the universe?”

“A date? Nuh-uh. I’m still waiting for you to teleport me somewhere nice.”

For @pxntherprxncess 🖤

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My first time drawing Eden Fesi AKA Manifold

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King in Black: Black Panther (2021) #1

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King in Black: Black Panther (2021) #1

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Princess Shuri is finally in Fortnite (about time, she was in the crossover 2 years prior)! Her suit and movement style is so good!

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Ironheart Trailer

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No one:

Me writing a 3-part piece on Princess Shuri and Eden Fesi (Manifold) because someone had to (they're sorely underrated your honor, yet they match each other so well — spiritually, culturally, personality-wise... Not to mention, they're smarty pants and semi-canon. I am serious, they literally arranged a date.):

They even say the same things. They are soulmates to the highest, deepest degree, I'm tired of pretending that they aren't!

There's so much delicious food with these two as respective characters and as a ship that yes, I had to break it up into 3-parts.

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I think it's funny how Riri writes about Xavier in her diary (or how Iron-Man remarks how Xavier took "notice" of her before Iron-dading, vetting him out like he's a potential match for her or something — seriously what was that Tony?), and we just kind of gloss over that.

Matter of fact, their relationship is extremely cute. It reached the point that I thought Xavier was being set up as her love interest or kind of ship-teased several times. And honestly? After debating with myself (aka me gaslighting myself saying how characters can just be friends) and friends who are fellow comic readers (some who knocked on my skull with the obvious point that there is clearly something that was being brewed between them at times), I'd argue, he is. There have been a few too many scenes that suggested a budding foundation.

I wouldn't be surprised if they continue or maybe even double down and advance whatever this is in MCU's Ironheart. A character named Xavier will be in it, and in Black Panther Wakanda Forever's script, Natalie (Riri's other best, closest, and first friend) was also named dropped. Although, his surname isn't King. Curiously, it's apparently Washington, like Natalie's. I wonder why?

Anyway, Xavier and him with her in general aren't talked about, even though he is a core support she absolutely needed in her Iron-Heart Volume 1 series. He is her other best friend and ride-or-die (even when they disagreed, he was always right there in her corner. He knew what she needed or meant without her having to speak it with her emotionally constipated self, lol). A crying shame.

I could maybe write a piece on their relationship because I'm breaking my silence. It's so vital to Riri's character development and beautiful. It ticks all the boxes. He was so funny in the Wakanda part of the volume, too, on face call talking about their food. Xavier please 😭.

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Who is she? The future.

Tony Stark in Iron Man (2008)  |  Riri Williams in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

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Ironheart (2018) | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

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craving shureden content hours 🥲

please reunite them marvel pleasepleaseplease-