TL;DR Vibranium originates from a meteorite that crashed into Wakanda, forming the vibranium mound. This extraterrestrial metal became the backbone of Wakandan civilization.
Meteorite Impact
The origin of vibranium is tied to a meteorite impact in ancient times. The vibranium asteroid crash-landed in Wakanda, creating the vibranium mound [2]. This event not only provided Wakanda with a unique and powerful resource but also set the stage for its technological advancement and isolation from the rest of the world.
Mining and Usage
Initially, the people of Wakanda mined vibranium in its raw ore form, similar to how iron ore is extracted and refined into steel [1:2]
[1:4]. Despite vibranium being one of the hardest materials known, the Wakandans developed methods over time to harness its properties, eventually using it to forge weapons and advance their technology
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Cultural and Technological Significance
Vibranium has been central to Wakanda's development, allowing them to become a highly advanced society while remaining hidden from external threats. It has enabled technological innovations such as energy weapons and protective gear [5:4]
[5:9]. Vibranium's scarcity and value have led Wakanda to be cautious about its usage, opting for more sustainable applications rather than expendable ones like bullets
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Comparisons with Other Metals
In the Marvel universe, vibranium is often compared to other fictional metals like adamantium. While adamantium is considered harder, vibranium offers unique advantages in technology and medicine due to its ability to absorb kinetic energy [4:8]. The discovery of adamantium has raised questions about its potential impact on Wakanda's geopolitical standing, though vibranium's diverse applications ensure its continued relevance
[4:6].
They mined ore, not the refined metal. It's like using hard rocks to mine iron ore to make steel.
I think you mean making iron ingots
Actually, I meant what I said.
By using my dick
The ancient dong of Tor-ax
It’s also in its raw ore form it’s not be treated into a metal yet.
You're missing the bigger picture: Why the fuck would anyone farm Rhinos?
Thats gonna be my next rimworld playthrough
Other chunks of vibranium
The meteor that gave Vandal Savage his immortality had a twin in the form of the the vibranium asteroid that formed the vibranium Mound. The meteor is something Vandal has sought for centuries when he learned of it existence. All in hopes of uniting his piece of the meteorite legends has it with the power combine he will be far more powerful. So he and his army of prehistoric meta humans waged war on Wakanda, but to King Bashenga wisdom the wakandans turn the ore from the Mound the into a weapons. Pushing Vandal back.
And thus for centuries Vandal sought to conquer Wakanda but failed so he took his mind off until he had the necessary preparation to wage war with Wakanda again which in this case is now in the modern era.
He would never be able to. Wakanda is too extensively advanced with all the preparations. I feel like he'd need to get his hands on someone like Killmonger in order for that to work.
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Who says they did it under water? They show that they have access to hidden caves closer to the surface that are outside the water.
But they couldn’t breathe outside of water until they got their technology based on Vibranium
The masks they use to breath is just a mask with water in it. They've been underwater for thousands of years I'm sure they had some primitive versions of the masks we see in the movie before hand.
I am guessing in their underwater caves.
But they couldn’t breathe outside until they got their technology!
Science magic.
Because it's not real and the movie needed it to happen that way ; )
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I’m gonna need you to get all the way off my back about this
Mmkay let me get off of that thing!
Recently, a new study came out highlighting that the newly discovered metal known as “Adamantium” that was found at Celestial Island is stronger than Vibranium, dethroning it as the strongest metal on Earth. With Vibranium being basically the backbone of Wakandan civilization, I assumed that they would have something to say about this. But as far as I know, there’s been no comment from King M’Baku or any other Wakandan official and they’re not a part of the treaty between President Ross and other major nations. I don’t know if Wakanda chose not to be a part of it or if they were intentionally left out. If anyone has any information on this it would be helpful. Thank you.🙏
What if they like replaced black panther's bones with it and gave them claws?
At the moment, Celestial Island is the only known deposit of adamantium in the world, just like Wakanda is for vibranium. I’m no expert in metallurgy, but I’m fairly certain that adamantium has different properties compared to vibranium, so it’s possible that while Wakanda’s trade influence might lessen somewhat, vibranium isn’t going off the market anytime soon.
Well, that implies that it was ever on the market. All the viburnum, the rest of the world had came from a terrorist. Wakanda was not giving that stuff away.
From what I’d gathered, there were talks of limited vibranium distribution and possible sharing of Wakandan technology prior to the Blip and the Wakandan succession debacle.
Vibraniam also grows in taloken territory as well, thus why we’re getting namor in doomsday.
Same reason why metals found all around the world still have use, even if they seem to have the same practical use stuff like rarity and chemical properties can make them very different
Adamantium is harder, sure, but the practical applications in technology and even medicine for vibranium still heavily outweigh those of adamantium. like sure maybe if i had like metal claws sticking out of my hands or something id want them to be adamantium but other than that id probably want vibranium every time.
If Adamantium is being used for combat purposes than Wakanda should be a bit worried. Tensions between Wakanda and many other nations have flared in recent years ever since the knowledge of Vibranium became public. They could use this Adamantium to make new weapons and steal Vibranium from Wakanda.
Oh? What if the stuff is toxic? Who knows what adamantium poisoning could do to a person,you’d have to have a freakishly strong healing factor to survive having that stuff bonded with your skeleton
Do we know of any enhanced individuals with healing factors? I'm pretty sure Bruce Banner has one, and I think Steve Rogers has a lite one. Let's convince Banner to put adamantium in his body to see its effects! …For uh, science obviously.
God, that metal sounds familiar. I swear I remember reading about it while working for the Canadian "X" program. Are we sure this is the first deposit that was found?
That's the one where they were trying to make another Cap, right? I know that doesn't specify because everyone and their mom wanted a super soldier
Wakanda is super advanced on the technological aspect but sometimes the old fashion way would get the job done too. Especially during infinity war!
Seems inferior in just about every way to their energy-blasting-projectile spears.
Also, imagine having to scrounge the battlefield to recollect all of the bullets because it's an insanely valuable, finite resource.
Hell, it'd be worth it to get shot by one just to bring a sample back.
Also wouldn't a vibranium bullet absorb the kinetic energy of the impact, rendering it harmless?
I've now got the Chris Rock segment in my head "He got shot with a vibranium bullet! You know that fucker deserved it!
Yeah. And I imagine those projectile spears have some sort of automated targeting systems linked to a HUD of some sort, they don’t have sights
Even unbreakable bullet is only as good as the gun that fires it - and wakandans have energy blasters by this point.
Why would you waste thousands of dollars worth of room-temperature superconductor turning it into a single bullet when you can turn it into the power cell for an equally effective, basically limitless energy weapon?
They have more vibranium but still only an asteroid's worth. Once they've used up that asteroid, it's gone.
Maybe best not to use it as bullets.
Well in the movie, Klaue said that they'd been mining from the meteor for thousands of years and have barely scratched the surface, so it's safe to say that they hopefully won't be running out anytime soon. It could be tens of thousands of years before they make any kind of a significant dent.
They're too old fashioned for bullets, skipped from spears to zaps.
In any case, reminds me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZrFVtmRXrw
I was just watching the "Everything Wrong With: Black Panther and I just realized something... is it a stupid question to think that VIBRANIUM with a MASS of a METEORITE would absolutely destroy the earth with its capabilities of redirecting the impact ONTO the earth? I mean, Captain America's shield could survive from as much as a bomb explosion as we'veseen on screen, Shouldn't it be reasonable to believe that it should've probably destroyed the earth? Or does this work as the meteor that "killed the dinosaurs"? A
I could be wrong here but if memory serves one of the properties of vibranium is it absorbs kinetic energy. (Things like caps shield can hit people because it's not pure vibranium) so the meteor wouldn't have actually hit the earth with much force because it's pure vibranium. It presumably couldn't absorb 100% of the energy in time though cause it ended up pretty far underground.
The Wakandan variety of Vibranium does indeed absorb kinetic energy, storing it in the chemical bonds between Vibranium atoms and releasing it in a controlled manner. This would allow the meteor to reduce, or, depending on its "storage capacity," even eliminate the damage caused by its own impact.
Cap's shield is an alloy of Adamantium and Vibranium in the comics, and some unnamed alloy in the MCU.
I think the only thing more ridiculous than believing that life on Earth would survive the impact of the meteor type described in the movie are those people that attempt to criticize a super hero movie - premised almost entirely on the impossible - for an implausible origin story.
Basically this. Who says the material vibranium doesn't have special properties that makes its impact less of a catastrophe than meteors made of other materials? No one.
It's almost like it's a fictional movie about people with magical powers - how dare it contradict the known laws of physics! Phooey I tell you!
Except that while all Iron is metal, not all metal is iron.
He says himself in iron man 1 that the name is not accurate and it’s actually made of blah blah blah.
Gold-titanium alloy
To be fair, Iron Man’s suit isn’t iron, either.
“It’s nanotech you like it?”
He can’t fly or shoot stuff tho
Iron Manther*
It didn’t set off the metal detectors in BP casino scene in Korea.
Vibranium man
Think about how much electricity going on those things to stun a super soldier (assuming heart shaped herb gives them similar buffs)
Especially considering the suit is infused with it, and I don't really feel like they would have any reason to bother insulating it considering wakanda is pretty insulated and its threats are usually internal to my knowledge. And those motherfuckers use spears, on the rare occasion it is a physical conflict.
Honestly I don't think it should be much although still decent bit yeah
Super Solider or heck even Spider-Man aren't bulletproof.
I know Vibranium makes BP bulletproof but considering it has no resistance to electricity, I don't think it matters here
I imagine vibranium to be a conductor, without any prior knowledge of its lore that is.
Fr. Why is this controversial? Super Soldier vs Peak Human is close in SOME regards but far apart in others. And BP is in his vibranium suit.
I've personally always believed that black panther wasn't really interested in stopping the electricity by dodging or something like that he was far more interested in trying to get Bucky before he escaped
Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Black Panther still under the impression she was on their side still.
And Black Panther thought she was a friendly so the attack caught him off guard.
Exactly. She was fighting WITH Black Panther here. Be like Steve knocking Bucky the fuck out in the same scene.
>Now I'm not saying she CAN'T beat him
BP, Cap or Bucky would stomp her (MCU verson) to paste in hand to hand combat. She is extremely skilled / intelligent but there is a threshold at which skill cannot do anything against strength and brute force....and they are super soldiers.
The only way she has a chance against Cap/ Bucky is using stabby things or bullety shooting things but in the case of BP his suit probably tanks anything she has (except zappy electric things apparently)
The way I think of Black Widow's power level in the comics is that the kind of moves and tricks Capt, Iron Man and BP would use on a daily basis would just be obstacles she has to John Wick through. The way they win in the end is just long term tanking, like you said--she'd eventually lose because she's human and doesn't have infinite energy. But she is infinitely capable--she's never static or held down. She will escape, she will overcome, it's just a matter of applying herself. Even Taskmaster isn't as innately adaptable in and outside of combat.
I also think of it this way: What if she had an iron armor, or mjilnor? Well she wouldn't have either very long because they're expendable tools she'd use to overcome a given situation, not a thing she'd maintain and keep, that'd just weigh her down.
Stark fiend?
So you are seriously trying to hate on a character through every means possible like how is that related or even makes sense
I recently updated myself on ultimate black panther and if vibranium is a living entity does that mean the captain's shield is also alive? Unless it was made from another material?
I don't think it's the vibranium. They have another substance, besides the vibranium, opposite to it
It's both substances. They seem to both have a consciousness of some kind, the vibranium is more of a plot point right now because of its closer ties to Wakanda and the fact that the city is literally built with it in every sense
In the comics isn’t the shield a mix of Adamantium and Vibranium?
T’Challa: The vibranium is turning on us! Who knows what this means for the world?!
Meanwhile, elsewhere…
Cap: Ultimates assemb- (shield suddenly flies away, dragging him with it) What the fu-AGH!!
The Black Panther franchise and the Iron Man Franchise are incredibly similar. Here’s why:
First Movie:
Both feature an advanced being with a high powered suit of a technology only they possess. They get into a fight with someone with ties to their parents who calls themselves a Monger (Killmonger was the son of a Wakandan killed by T’Challa’s dad, Obadiah Stane was the business partner of Howard Stark who referred to himself as an Iron Monger) The evil one wants to use their technology for malicious purposes and nearly kills the good one by taking their technology away (Obadiah ripped out Tony’s reactor, T’Challa lost his serum for the challenge). They then come back with their suit and fight their rival also wearing a suit, where they then kill their rival by exploiting a lack of knowledge about the technology (T’Challa cornered Killmonger by the trains that stripped away the vibranium, Iron Man exploited the Icing Problem). Both films end with the hero revealing themselves to the world.
Second Movie:
In both movies, the hero assures the public that their technology is safe because they are the only one who has it. But lo and behold someone else comes out of hiding guided by pure rage from the death of their parent who has the exact same technology (Namor and Ivan Vanko). The government is angry and wants to punish our hero and force them to hand over their technology for the good of the world. Our heroes are not in the best state (Iron Man was dying from poisoning, Shuri lost her brother and mom), but end up pulling it together to recreate their power supply (Tony makes a new arc reactor that heals him, Shuri makes a new heart shaped herb that works as the old one). The hero ends up getting help from an outsider also in a similar suit without all the bells and whistles (Rhodey and Riri, coincidentally also both MIT people). It ends in a battle where the hero dons a new suit and the villain gets blown up.
But wait, there’s more:
Shuri recruits Riri Williams, a young genius, to fight in a war outside her home country in a new suit with Shuri’s resources, they become friends and then Shuri sends Riri back home.
And what happens in Civil War?
Iron Man recruits Peter Parker to fight in a war (Civil) outside his home country in a new suit with his resources, they become friends and then Tony sends him home.
I think this link can set up Black Panther 3’s plot, drawing from Iron Man 3’s plot- in it Iron Man has to reconcile with who he is without his suit. In the next movie, Wakanda should be threatened by the overwhelming precense of Adamantium which could stand to be way more powerful than Vibranium and threaten their title as the strongest country on Earth, ie they have to reconcile with who they are without the attachment to vibranium as its only resource.
Edit: AND ONE LAST CONNECTION I REALIZED:
Both had parents die at the hands of (presumably) Bucky Barnes as the Winter Soldier (T'Chaka in Civil War, Howard and Maria Stark also in Civil War). Bucky was just blamed for the killing but it was Zemo.
Maybe it'll focus on mbaku protecting wakanda without powers since iron man 3 was mostly tony without the suit, bp3 would then be the panther without powers.
Nah Shuri will still be Panther and thus the main focus, they wouldn’t have 3 diff panthers in 3 movies that’d be insane
Shuri being BP is already insane. She's annoying and tiny. BP had an awesome cast and they chose the lamest character to take the mantle
>Nah Shuri will still be Panther and thus the main focus
Nope.
They already had to change 2s plot to focus on shuri, now mbaku is king of wakanda, maybe they'll alter it and have 2 panthers since she's planning on traveling around the world now.
Nah, I prefer continuing Shuri’s story as the Black Panther. So that the trilogy will be coherent. Like the other commenter said, having three different panthers in three movies would be odd. Maybe after the trilogy ends can we get a new Black Panther if they don’t want to do more stories with Shuri anymore.
There's nothing similar about them superhero movies have the same story beats take that out and Black panther is a unique story about grief, colonization,Black Americans and Africans being separated by slavery they basically became strangers, social commentary is why Black panther was nominated for best picture,take out the superhero element in ironman and it's just a bad movie
This is great never noticed this before.
What the fuck why is this spot on 😭
>In the next movie, Wakanda should be threatened by the overwhelming precense of Adamantium
Nothing about Adamantium threatens Wakanda. They never wanted to trade their Vibranium to begin with, so they're happy to let the world fight over Adamantium. In any case, Vibranium is still far more useful in terms of Wakandan tech and the Black Panther suit.
What is the origin of Vibranium in Black Panther
Key Considerations about Vibranium's Origin in Black Panther:
Meteorite Impact: Vibranium is said to have originated from a meteorite that crashed into Wakanda thousands of years ago. This meteorite contained the rare metal, which has unique properties.
Wakandan Culture: The discovery of Vibranium significantly influenced Wakandan society, leading to advancements in technology and culture. It became a central element of their identity and prosperity.
Properties of Vibranium: The metal is known for its ability to absorb, store, and release kinetic energy, making it incredibly valuable for both weaponry and technology, including Black Panther's suit.
Isolationist Policies: Wakanda's isolationist policies allowed them to protect their Vibranium resources from the outside world, contributing to their advanced civilization while remaining hidden from global powers.
Conflict and Legacy: The presence of Vibranium also serves as a catalyst for conflict within the story, particularly with characters like Erik Killmonger, who seeks to use Vibranium to empower oppressed people globally.
Takeaway: Vibranium is not just a fictional element; it symbolizes themes of power, responsibility, and the impact of resources on society, making it a crucial part of the Black Panther narrative.
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