I don’t believe there is any in-MCU reason other than because the actor is.
Awesome, isn’t it? And now I ship them. 
And Valkyrie.
The Thor 3 Valkyrie is canonically named Brunnhilde.
wait… which ‘them’ ?
Shuri… and Bucky?
not a chance. Shuri is going to meet Banner for the first time and be IN HEAVEN. A sweet nerdy brainiac AND a science project!!
If you’re going to break up the Sacred Threesome (Cap, Bucky, & Widow) it’ll be because Bucky falls for The General (Okoye) cause she kicks his pale sunburnt ass straight sideways without breaking a sweat.
My understanding is that in the Marvel Universe the Asgardians came into contact with the ancient Norse and became worshiped by them as gods. So yes, in the Marvel Universe the Asgardians actually are the Norse gods (although they are really aliens whose characteristics and technology make them appear to be divine). And AFAIK the Norse regarded their gods as looking pretty much like them.
Yeah, that’s what I figured. I was just wondering if there was anything more to it than that.
Besides Loki, Hogun the Grim, as non-Aesir, has an in-Universe reason to be depicted as racially different, as he is.
The one whose butt I want to see kicked is Tony Stark’s, when Shuri shows him what a real tech nerd looks like.
He’s also nearly three times her age.
No, we all know that Peter Parker is the boy for her.
Women can’t fight ghosts! :rolleyes:
I’m beginning to think that the big thing about representation isn’t about being able to see yourself in the role of hero - its about being able to see someone else in the role of hero.
concur - an iron suit? how quaint.
Besides, Bucky’s true love is Cap and Cap’s true love in Bucky - aren’t you guys up on your’shipping?
It is a titanium gold alloy.
yeah - but he can’t (yet) wear it as bling around his neck.
As I recall (it’s been a long damn while) his was tucked into a hoverbot and summoned by a couple of blingy bracelets, or alternatively, key sections were built into a rolex and his designer aviators.
I had exactly the same thought. She could easily upgrade all his tech, if it weren’t for the fact that he’s kind of a dick.
In Tony’s defense, he doesn’t have access to a supply of vibranium, which apparently can do anything and everything.
Vibranium is the Applied Phlebotinum of the MCU. Once they combine that with the Pym particle and a little Kree genetic engineering for magic superpowers, it’ll make Infinity Stones look like party favors in comparison. Dr. Strange will be relegated to appearances at children’s birthday celebrations to show his ‘tricks’. Well, Asgardian children, anyway.
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Oh, and the actress who plays Shuri is cute as hell, and I’ve love seeing her match wits with Tony Stark. “You made a gram of vibranium in your basement and ised it to make a microfusion reactor? We mine vibranium by the ton and use it to produce limitless energy and fantastical indestructible technology that makes your ‘suits’ look sick, Tin Man.”
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To be fair, creating an element is more work than mining it.
Tony: I want one
Pepper: No.
Has it been said that the new element powering his reactor is vibranium? Remember, Howard Stark had access to a shield’s worth of vibranium, but couldn’t get his improved reactor to work. You’d think that he would have made the shield a few grams smaller, if that’s all it took.
And I think that Shuri and Stark would probably both have a lot to learn from each other. Two supertech geniuses, who up until now have been working completely independently from each other? Combining them is going to be multiplicative, not additive. Bring Pym in on it, too, and who knows what they could accomplish? The only limiting factor is that Stark is too much of a dick to work with anyone else.
Back to the OP, I finally remembered what this thread reminds me of: Back during the Bush administration, Fox News was complaining that Star Wars was too unAmerican, because the Evil Empire was portrayed as the bad guys, and of course anywhere you have an Evil Empire, it must represent the Republicans.
When politicians are comparing themselves to comic-book villains in order to try to justify themselves, you’ve got a problem.