[ at that, bucky actually does laugh. it's not a mean thing; hell, it's such an odd sound to come from him that it almost forces its way out like a breath of fresh air. two good men, the only genuinely good men in the world as far as he's concerned, and they're so goddamn alike in their own ways. bucky thinks of a scrawny little punk crumpled on the ground, still muttering 'i can do this all day' with blood on his face.
he's seen enough bad things to know the good ones when they're presented to him. t'challa is honest, forthright, noble without naivety. it's hard to have ideals like that in a world that doesn't bend so easily, but ... maybe that's the point of holding on to them.
at least, he knows that's what steve would say. ]
You're a good man, T'Challa. Can't say I know a whole lot of kings - [ although he may have killed one or two; he sighs a little and nods his head towards the city. ] - but you'll probably be pretty good at that too.
[ he thinks so. he hopes so. for one so thoroughly rooted in the darkness, he wants to have faith that someone will be able to carry the light for everyone else. it's why he followed steve into every dumb fight, why he wouldn't mind following t'challa into the next one. ]
[ indeed, t'challa has really only known one king intimately well, and t'chaka was a good king. in his own way. but t'challa is different, and he wants to be different, but: ]
My father once told me that it is hard, for a good man to be king.
[ he doesn't acknowledge the compliment yet, though t'challa does hear it, and accepts it. he believes he is a good man, though he desperately wants to be better. he's made mistakes, but he likes to think that overall, t'challa is good. everyone else seems to think so; he will gauge their opinions over his own.
he glances over at bucky, a slight smile on his lips. ]
It has been a rough beginning to my reign, but I like to think it can only go up from here.
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Date: 2018-02-22 10:01 pm (UTC)he's seen enough bad things to know the good ones when they're presented to him. t'challa is honest, forthright, noble without naivety. it's hard to have ideals like that in a world that doesn't bend so easily, but ... maybe that's the point of holding on to them.
at least, he knows that's what steve would say. ]
You're a good man, T'Challa. Can't say I know a whole lot of kings - [ although he may have killed one or two; he sighs a little and nods his head towards the city. ] - but you'll probably be pretty good at that too.
[ he thinks so. he hopes so. for one so thoroughly rooted in the darkness, he wants to have faith that someone will be able to carry the light for everyone else. it's why he followed steve into every dumb fight, why he wouldn't mind following t'challa into the next one. ]
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Date: 2018-02-22 11:18 pm (UTC)My father once told me that it is hard, for a good man to be king.
[ he doesn't acknowledge the compliment yet, though t'challa does hear it, and accepts it. he believes he is a good man, though he desperately wants to be better. he's made mistakes, but he likes to think that overall, t'challa is good. everyone else seems to think so; he will gauge their opinions over his own.
he glances over at bucky, a slight smile on his lips. ]
It has been a rough beginning to my reign, but I like to think it can only go up from here.