We know Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has been out for quite a while (and is now streaming on Disney+), but on the off chance that some of you still haven't had the chance to watch, we're being careful about spoiling any major plot details.
Wakanda Forever ends with the new Black Panther, Shuri (Letitia Wright), making her way to a beach in Haiti to burn her funeral garb and finally allow herself to make peace with her brother's death. Then, in the mid-credits scene, we see Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o) join her with a young boy (Divine Love Konadu-Sun) by her side.
The lad is introduced as Toussaint, and we soon learn that he is the son of T’Challa and Nakia. As Shuri chats with her nephew, he tells her that his real name is T'Challa. This obviously suggests that the boy will eventually grow to take on the mantle of Black Panther, and possibly even rule Wakanda as king.
When we last saw M'Baku (Winston Duke), he was about to challenge for the throne, suggesting that he will rule as King while Shuri serves as Wakanda's protector.
It'll obviously be a while before T'Challa II comes of age, but when he does, Nyong'o believes he is the right person to succeed his late father.
"Nakia is uniquely placed to show him the ways, because she is his link to his father, and they've chosen to raise their son in the outside world," she said during an interview with IGN. "And so, that vision of a Wakanda that is open to the outside world is what he's uniquely poised to assume -- you know, the Wakanda of tomorrow, not the Wakanda of yesterday."
We assume Shuri will carry the mantle of Black Panther for the foreseeable future, but do you agree that the son of T'Challa and Nakia should eventually take over? Drop us a comment down below.