LOS ANGELES — Several “Marvel Rivals” players have reported the overuse of the “Wakanda Forever” emote by a white Black Panther main during a recent match, sources confirmed earlier this week.
“I’ve been a fan of the character for as long as I can remember, we don’t get many heroes in the mainstream who look like him,” said Eli Wilson, a fellow Black Panther main.“Don’t get me wrong, I have plenty of other favorites, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t get a little annoyed when someone beats me to him. But, yeah, this guy was really hogging him. Like, it was cool or whatever, but after every kill he was hitting that shit. The emotes are cool and everything, but it kind of weirded me out when he said he was creating a ‘safe space for intergalactic Black voices’ as a ‘melanin-deficient individual.’ Let me just play my favorite hero, man.”
Other players expressed irritation with the white Black Panther player, citing disruption to the flow of combat and unreliability as a team player.
“I think we all hit emotes in that pre-game lobby, it’s pretty much human nature at this point,” said Jerrod Benson, a Venom main. “But it’s like, damn! The whole match he was up on the payload, ‘Wakanda forever!’ ‘Wakanda forever!’ getting sniped, punched, you name it. Even Wolverine landed a kill. Everybody in chat was on his ass about it, too. The only time he’d take a break was to tell us ‘nonviolence was the answer,’ and how MLK taught him that peace is the only way to stop the oppressor, which he said was the only reason he didn’t ‘lay his cracker uncle out at Thanksgiving.’ His words, not mine, by the way.”
Alternatively, another player was disgusted by his opponent’s attempted show of solidarity.
“You’re white, pal. Don’t get the whole woke charade, have some freakin’ pride in yourself and your own country, not goddamn Wakanda,” said Captain America main, Chuck Winter. “Bunch of these kids are brainwashed. I’m a Steve Rogers guy through and through, none of that anti-white crap. Let’s see Marvel do a White Panther skin, bet they won’t. I’m just waiting for them to add Sabra and Whitewash Jones.”
Several outlets attempted to reach out to the elusive Black Panther player, but were promptly killed by a Punisher turret.
