#shurifold

Me writing a 3-part piece on Princess Shuri and Eden Fesi (Manifold) because someone had to (they're sorely underrated your honor, yet they match each other so well — spiritually, culturally, personality-wise... Not to mention, they're smarty pants and semi-canon. I am serious, they literally arranged a date.):

They even say the same things. They are soulmates to the highest, deepest degree, I'm tired of pretending that they aren't!

— Maggott, Storm #10

Manifold being so in love with Princess Shuri that she is his well-known trigger word. He loses all senses of wit and composure. 😭

Eden mouth spraying like he isn't in outerspace, in a suit. He got it bad, I fear.

He's been this lost in the sauce and on his knees since 2016-2018. 🤭

Shuri and Eden being each other's safe space in a world that has been very unsafe for and unkind to them... Just feels canon. 🥹

I'll write a more in-depth post about it and how deeply they relate (featuring panel proof), but for now, I just wanted to touch a little on it:

They are extremely loyal, ride or die characters in general. So it's no surprise that they have risked their lives for one other. Eden had put his life on the line before even officially meeting Shuri, saving her from a living death she experienced for nearly a year. Shuri made herself into a human (err, rock) shield to protect him after he got injured (then proceeded to stay by his side for the rest of the issue).

Something about the way Shuri wraps her arms around Manifold and clings for the rest of the comic. She literally never once leaves Manifold post his injury and acts as his support. Even when she could've left him (who is still in pain but safe — he is still holding his side) during the after party, she chooses to stay with him.

It's made abundantly clear she cares deeply for Eden the more we see them together, in a way I can't help but say is love.

Eden being one of Shuri's few peaces in a life usually tumultuous (as Princess of Wakanda) feels so right. Half because of how Eden is characterized (laid back, kind, caring. He is a good man as said by T'Challa — his name literally means paradise and he was called Wakanda's "miracle" by M'Baku), half because of how she is around him (e.g., blushing, wanting to spend time with him, and lowering her walls).

Her stare out the window with a small blush as she thinks about how much she'll miss Eden. Eden being the one to linger behind a bit more and wave-smile goodbye... That could have easily been T'Challa instead, who is instead walking ahead.

I feel further vindicated in this given how Eden is canonically described to have a naturally calming nature. 🧡

No wonder why Shuri really likes him.

That's a good man, Savanah (just a few examples).

Eden having a special regard and unapologetically transparent love-admiration for Shuri was already confirmed (conveyed in multiple books; Black Panther Volume 6-7, Storm, Annihilation: Wakanda...). He even hints that she is the reason why he stayed in Wakanda in Shuri issue 1.

The fact that even after suffering a special hell (and still not being in the clear), Manifold thinks about Shuri who is light-years away. He isn't even at his best, but wants to give Shuri his best.

He loves her so much.