Annual Fictional Baes For The BNP Staff: 2016 Edition

[divider type=”space_thin”] The Oxford Dictionary [Black Twitter Edition] defines the word Bae as a significant other in which you would eventually inform of how much stronger your bond could be i.e. “This could be us but you playing” or a person so skilled in their field that their ranking of “Bawse” places them on a pedestal of awe and tremendous amounts of admiration. We here at Black Nerd Problems strive to celebrate all shapes and forms of baes across multiple genres. That being said, we present (in no particular order) the people currently killing the game and our hearts with the greatest of ease. Check out last year’s Bae list too. The Dora Milaje “My emancipation don’t meet your equation…” Izetta: Freedom is sexy. Freedom from heteronormative standards while kicking ass and taking names is even sexier. Freedom from heteronormative standards, kicking ass, taking names and defining your Beloved for yourself is hella sexy and that’s why these women are BAE! The Adored Ones or the Dora Milaje have most notably been seen in their role as the personal bodyguards of Black Panther, the king of Wakanda. What I know is this, once you try to define me, to stick me in a box and tell me who I belong to, how to fight ,and what to fight for is the moment that you lost your natural Black mind and CLEARLY these sistahs have felt the same. Favorite Bar: “…let us act as dead women should.”

Breaking away from the throne to take back their Wakanda, hand in hand and need I say- lip to…

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