Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33690333-20171119230642/@comment-25179360-20180105081044

Cool. I also wanted to run by a new name for M'Baku's villain persona, since as you mentioned, "Man-Ape" isn't the most politically correct title for an african character.

His name should instead be White Gorilla and I have three reasons to back this up.

1: In his original backstory which I'll likely adapt M'baku joins the cult of Gheke by killing and skinning a sacred White Gorilla and wearing its hide. Having a name which reflects this action, in my opinion, just makes sense.

2: It's a good "dark parallel" name to Black Panther. With the color literally being the reverse of Black, and having the Gorilla suffix too signifies his loyalty towards the Gorilla God as opposed to T'Challa who's loyalty is to the Panther. It also creates an interesting dynamic that the white, gentle inspired character Gorilla is the villain but the dark, dangerous Panther inspired one is the hero.

3: It's a nod to M'baku borrowing elements the other BP villain, White Wolf. Since having him run around in literal ape fur isn't too politically correct either, I was thinking the fur could end up being fashioned in some sort of ceremonial armor to represent his desire to have the "White Gorilla" be Wakanda's new dynasty. The design could end up being inspired from how White Wolf's costume looks. It's pretty cool looking.