Yondu's Boys
Headcanons for an AU where both T'Challa and Peter are abducted by Yondu, and become part of the Ravager crew.
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-After getting mistakenly abducted, T'Challa chooses to stay with the Ravagers, eager to see all the beauties and wonders that exist outside of Wakanda, a galaxy that his father refused to let him experience. His thirst for adventure and calm demeanor at meeting aliens impresses Yondu, and he agrees to take the boy with them. He continues on with the plan of abducting Peter Quill, taking on the mission himself this time. Peter, in comparison to T'Challa, is terrified, and tries to fight off any Ravager that comes near him. T'Challa begs Yondu to let Peter go, but Yondu refuses. When T'Challa tries to argue, Yondu warns him that there are consequences for going against the captain, and that taking Peter is for the boy's own good.
-T'Challa was taught from a very young age to be respectful and polite to his elders, especially other leaders. He doesn't backtalk when Yondu does something he thinks is wrong or unfair. He appeals to Yondu with sound logic and solid debate, illustrating all the better, more beneficial courses of action Yondu can take. His diplomacy skills cause Yondu to realize T'Challa is royalty before the child confesses his lineage.
-Yondu is a lot tougher with Peter than he is with T'Challa, which causes a lot of friction in their relationship. T'Challa tries to step in before things get too far, but sometimes he isn't around when the sparks fly. Yondu finds Peter's stubborn, feisty and rebellious nature equally infuriating and endearing. To curb his angry outbursts, he threatened his crew would eat Peter if he didn't behave. It worked, but Yondu quickly ceased such tactics when T'Challa told him, with heavy disappointment in his voice, that it gave Peter bad nightmares.
-Peter is convinced that T'Challa is Yondu's favourite, and it's a thought that makes him bitter. If Yondu didn't want him on the ship, why did he take him in the first place? He tries not to take it out on T'Challa, because he knows that he didn't do anything wrong, but sometimes he lashes out. T'Challa is very patient, and tries to get Peter to see that Yondu likes him very much, he just has a different way of showing it. Peter makes him promise not to tell Yondu his insecurities, but eventually their captain/adoptive father finds out, and it's a very awkward talk for him, an amusing one for T'Challa, and a relieving one for Peter.
-Peter is a very bad influence. T'Challa shares his need for adventure and freedom, and so the pair often get into misadventures whenever the ship docks.
-Peter and T'Challa share a room. Peter's side is always a disaster zone, and T'Challa's is always neat and tidy. So long as Peter's mess stays on his side, T'Challa doesn't mind.
-As they get older, T'Challa becomes the soul of the ship, with his desire for the Ravagers to use their abilities for good. Peter is the spirit, fearlessly driving them to new and greater heights.
-T'Challa and Peter are attached at the hip. Peter takes a while to adjust to life on the Eclector, and T'Challa comforts him as he grieves the loss of his mother. He keeps Peter from getting into too much trouble, and Peter shows T'Challa that, sometimes, you have to break the rules and get sassy in order to get what you really want.
-T'Challa is the only person who is allowed to touch Peter's Walkman.
-Yondu loves his boys. They become his, and anyone who tries to harm them is either killed or severely beaten. When T'Challa gets homesick and wants to return to Wakanda, Yondu tells him it was decimated in war. When Peter demands to know why he was abducted, Yondu gets harsh in order to shut down his questions. He doesn't want T'Challa to know his home, and his family, are as healthy as when he left it. He doesn't want Peter to know his biological father is out there in the universe, for fear that he'll escape to try and find him. Yondu has lived a long, violent life, but his greatest loss would be losing his boys, and he's selfish enough to keep that from happening at any cost.
So I saw this and really liked it and I'm going to try and expand upon it because I couldn't find any follow ups.
Time line
- When Peter really starts going through his rebellious phase to T'challa is there to act as a piece maker between him and the other ravagers and the relationship doesn't deteriorate nearly as much as it does in canon.
- They do eventually get their own ship and this leads to a whole bunch of shenanigans that that eventually lead them to more or less follow the movie timeline rather than the what if timeline.
- They end up in prison and meet the other guardians.
- The 1st movie basically happens the exact same as it does in cannon except the ravenders are trying to help Peter and to T'challa throughout the movie and Nebula and T'challa flirt.
- At the end of the movie the guardians of the Galaxy are officially part of that chapter of the ravenders, because like in the what if episode they become more robinhood type of criminals did T'challa's influence. Though not the extent that they were in the what if episode.
- At this point yonder is really debating on whether or not to reveal Peter's true heritage to him, as the question of why Yondu took him was a much greater point of contention in this time line due to T'challa presence.
- He ends up not telling Peter directly but does telling T'challa that if they do run into anyone claiming to be peter's biological father it was probably a trap.
- 2nd movie starts out as it dozen cannon with the addition of T'challa.
- When Ego shows up, T'challa is very wary of him and warns Peter not to go with him. Him and Peter get into a big argument over it, and it ends with T'challa staying with the ship while Peter goes off with Ego.
- T'challa ends up contacting Yandu and he flips out. He tells T'challa that they need to go after Peter now and get him away from Ego as fast as he can. He doesn't explain the entire situation but he says that hes on his way and that Ego is very dangerous.
- Yondu arrives at the planet where T'achala Rocket and Groot are and pick them up instead of attacking them.
- Now I'm not entirely sure how I want to handle the mutiny. I think that it will still happen but with different motivations and with a smaller group of mutineers.
- I'd imagine some of the more old school Crew members were pretty fed up with a new way that yandew was running the crew, and the way he favored his boys.
- The meeting wouldn't be as successful as the movie but would still result in a large amount of the crew dead, with only those loyal to yandu still alive at the end.
- To chala yandu and the others raised to egos planet to try and rescue Peter and the others.
- Ending of the movie is basically the same. Yonder dies saving Peter and then Peter and tachala mourn over the death of their adoptive father.
- Nebula joins the guardians and While Peter has definitely picked up some good habits from the chala the chala has also picked up some flirting technique from his adoptive brother.
- Everything's smooth sailing till Thor headbutts the morano.
-Things proceed as they do in the movie with tachalla joining Thor, Rocket and Groot in going to forge Thor's new weapon.
- This ends with tachala Getting teleported to akanda In the middle of the battle and having a total wtf moment.
- This doesn't last for too long as they're in the middle of a battle but if yonder was still alive he would have many questions for.
- Note for how the MCU was affected by the chaos absence.
His father still dies in Civil War with his mother taking up his role in that movie, at least politically. Black panther the movie is instead focused on Shuri and how she deals with becoming Queen and the whole Kilmonger crisis.
- In this au at the end of the battle he is not dusted and neither is Shuir. Him and his mother have a very tearful and emotional Reunion.
- Him and Shuri but head a little bit, At 1st due to Shuri not really knowing what to make of her long lost brother suddenly jumping out of the stars.
- When captain Marvel returns with nebula and Tony, He is informed of Peter and the other guardian's deaths. He's an emotional wreck at the loss of his adoptive brother and teammates.
- The next 5 years he struggles with his identity as both a ravenger and the Prince of wakanda. He doesn't want to take the throne away from Shuri, as she is a good Queen and he feels he doesn't have the right to be king of a nation he hasn't lived in since he was a kid. But he does want to get in touch with his culture and heritage and his biological family.
- He feels that his talents would be more useful helping captain Marvel and Rocket and the other surviving ravagers out in space.
- He splits his time between the ravenger fleet and wakanda. Grieving over the loss of his family members both those he did and didn't know.
- When the whole time travel plan is being discussed, It is decided that he not time travel but act as a backup in case things go South.
- Things happen as they do in normal time, And those who were dusted get brought back and the final battle happens. T'challa and Peter kick ass beside each other on the battlefield, and after it's all over to T'challa introduces his adoptive brother to his biological family.
I don't have much more in the way of timeline or details planned out and I might add to this later down-the-line. If you want to add something go right on ahead.
