It's 2018, and Black Panther is amazing. Critics are calling it the best superhero movie Marvel has ever made, and fans are quick to agree. This movie is on track to have a debut of more than $165 million at the US box office and has fans everywhere pledging their allegiance to Wakanda. Among other aspects, viewers have been praising Marvel for portraying a valid villain.

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD

Eric Killmonger was motivated by ideals of vengeance, domination, and liberation. He strove to show this through his overthrow of T'Challa from the throne, intending to send aid to black people around the world in the form of vibranium weapons. He planned to start an overthrow of current society through whatever means necessary.

This concept, on its own, is admirable. Killmonger sees injustice in the world and does what he thinks he should to correct it. However, his road to the throne leads us to believe that while he is valid, he is also very much the villain. He is willing to kill whoever stands between him and his goals, from random citizens to soldiers to his girlfriend. Killmonger strives to defeat his enemies and forgets to watch what it turns him into.

A valid moral dilemma and a knack for wanting to take action always make a great hero...or a great villain.

If you want to praise Killmonger, let's look slightly to his left and find the real underappreciated and valid hero of the movie: Nakia.

Let us not forget that Nakia's very introduction is her pounding the pavement and taking action against terrible things she sees happening in the world outside Wakanda. She clearly disagrees with how the Wakanda royalty holds the vabranium, but instead of going on a life-long killing spree, she gives her view and then does what she can without their explicit backup. She's a spy and an activist - a damn good one at that.

Not only does Nakia hold similar beliefs to Killmonger on sharing the wealth of vibranium, but she wishes to share these resources through education and enlightenment rather than through war. Nakia and Killmonger arguably had the same philosophies on sharing Wakanda's wealth with those who they saw oppressed in the rest of the world. In fact, they both have almost identical conversations with T'Challa about it when they're stating what they would do in power. The main difference between them is their plan for sharing this power. Nakia's plan fosters education and Killmonger's plan fosters violence.

So, if you think Killmonger had a point, just try to remember that Nakia had a better one.