COMICS: Tom Brevoort Explains The End Of A Marriage In AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #9

I think it was handled well. It was one of those "I've had enough of this" moments, T'challa felt betrayed when his wife chose the wrong side for the wrong reasons

What!? BP and Storm breaking up? How sad...:(

The marriage was forced but I like them together. We dont have many high profile black characters in comics and it was nice to see them as a power couple but they werent used right.

THEY'LL GET BACK TOGETHER ONE DAY..BUT UNTIL THEN..THERES ALOT OF COOL TWISTS YOU COULD DO WITH STORM.

If it was too difficult to keep them together, why marry them in the first place?

I don't like the split, but in hindsight I do dislike that Marvel really felt Storm living in the US had to marry a black man from Africa. Honestly she should have married some guy locally. Basically I have an issue with writers going out of their way to maintain the racial status quo.

They should never have been married to begin with!!!

It seems like the only married couples left in comics is Aquaman and Mera and Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman, and I think the last two are just keepin it together until the kids grow up. Sue can't wait to get out of that marriage.

@dirtygymsocks - 8/5/2012, 6:52 AM

"The marriage was forced but I like them together. We dont have many high profile black characters in comics and it was nice to see them as a power couple but they werent used right."

This times a million. Yeah, it was forced, but they were a force unto themselves really. The writers that put them together should have also found the time to keep them together. Their wedding ceremony was one of the greatest moments I'd ever read. The cast alone was excellent.

@storyteller - 8/5/2012, 9:48 AM

"Basically I have an issue with writers going out of their way to maintain the racial status quo."

I don't think that was the case really. As a black dude who is quite fond of multiracial relationships (and currently in one), I think that the pairing of Storm and Black Panther was an attempt at bringing the Marvel U closer, rather than a "stick to your own kind" sort of thing. When you think about it, Marvel does really well with mixed couplings, so a black union was more than fine for me.

Two African characters that are considered royalty would have common ground, and at the very least know one another. X Men stories for the longest time were very far away from the rest of the Marvel U, so flashback stories with Storm and Tchalla were pretty well handled.

If anything, the writers missed the opportunity to have these two as the backdrop to all of the madness in the AvX fighting. They could have been the reflection of the fallout and strained relations of both worlds. Alas, we have this.

This actually makes me kind of happy. They're finally fixing one of their f*ck ups.

Storm's always been one of my favorite characters so I was obviously less than pleased when they gave her such an incredibly sudden retcon marriage instead of bothering to build a relationship like with other Marvel couples.

It was like they were thinking, hey they're both black and royal, let's hook them up! Yeah, because relationships are all about logic. Who cares about genuine feeling? Or that the logistics of maintaining this relationship are a nightmare? Storm is so much more than the color of her skin but it just felt like that was the *only* reason for this little stunt. Maybe if they'd handled it better I would've cared :P.

So the assault on Wakanda caused Panther to look seriously at his relationship and realise he couldn't afford to play married couple any longer at the cost of his homeland. He chose responsibilty over romance.