Realizing that the ur-text for the seductive villain whose defeat is not quite a repudiation is Paradise Lost and that's why it's so easy for me to say Killmonger's defeat is not a repudiation of his ideas.
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There's actually a lot of the Satan problem in Black Panther, although T'Challa is still pretty compelling (unlike Milton's God.)
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Killmonger's defeat is formal, not ethical.
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What is the Satan problem? I tried googling and come up empty. That people are not allowed to disagree with God?
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It's a reference to Paradise Lost. Satan is technically the villain, but he's also the most compelling, heroic character, so the reader tends to empathize/identify the most with him. Killmonger is sort of like that, so is Ursula in the Little Mermaid, etc.
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