Shuri improved the Black Panther suit so T’Challa would be safe, making it invulnerable to explosions and strong blasts. Safe against what killed their father.
Do you know what Tony added to Peter’s improved suit? A parachute that opens with voice command, safe against what almost killed Rhodey.
Who wanna bet as soon as the Wakandan boarders are open Tony Stark is first in line asking for a visa and T’Challa is all well this is awkward because he’s hiding Team Cap and stuff but he can’t really give the international community an excuse to not let Tony in when he was, like, on his side during the whole Civil War debate in the UN. So he just sighs heavily and makes sure he can hide Team Cap before agreeing to let him in.
But the whole Cap thing turns out to be like the least of his worries because Tony’s far more interested in the Wakandan technology. And, of course, for the media Tony’s putting up an unimpressed facade, trying to keep his arrogant public image alive but then he gets there and he really could care less about the media because oh my god look at this and he’s not jealous or competitive he’s just like a little kid in Disneyland walking around with awe and having the freaking time of his life.
And when he finally gets to visit Shuri’s lab, she’s totally expecting him to be a dick about it but he’s actually half-way through adopting her in his head (though thank you very much but nope she’s good), he asks if he can bring up a list of talented students who he’s founding in MIT to see her advancements and learn from her and ‘have you ever thought about teaching because you can teach this kids more than anyone I know’ and then starts by introducing his ‘intern’ who happens to be a scrawny white boy who stutters a lot at first but then they hit it off like so well to the point where he shares his identity because the boy sucks at keeping secrets and she’s too damn smart and would’ve figured it out anyway and she takes one look at his spidey suit and starts ugly-laughing and ‘no, Peter, no you can’t wear this’ so she promises when he comes back to visit she’ll put something much better for him ‘but don’t tell Stark’ and he promises to bring MJ along next time because she’s going to love her
I forgot where this post was going but basically at some point Tony’s sitting in the middle of the city almost to the brink of tears because this is the first glimpse he’s gotten of a wonderful, peaceful and technological future world he’s dreamed of time and time again and who freaking cares if he’s not the one that designed it? It’s finally here and he will protect it with his life if he has to. Meanwhile, T’Challa’s standing behind him and pinching the bridge of his nose like: “jeez, man, you promised to be cool, just try to keep it together.”