I'm not the biggest MCU fan, but my family and I more or less enjoy what the Infinity Saga (Iron Man through Endgame) had to offer. I kinda fell off of the MCU after Endgame, it felt to me that the series had reached its conclusion, all (or at least most) of the characters and connections built up over so many years come to mostly satisfying climaxes. Honestly I didn't feel anything after that had much to offer. Even so, I decided to give these new Marvel shows a watch.

Boy what a mistake that was.

I'll spare you my thoughts on Loki, Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Wandavision, and solely speak about the series this sub is based around. Specifically, Episode 2. What if T'Challa was Starlord? Long story short, I thought it was horrid. I'll cut to the chase and list my grievances in chronological order.

1. The opening minutes where T'Challa is approaching the Power Stone is dull. In Guardians of The Galaxy, both the mood and Peter Quill's personality are established by Peter dancing to fun, energetic music while avoiding alien dangers. The movie conveys to us, non-verbally, that not only does Peter have a fun-loving attitude, but that he is a fairly-skilled individual. Meanwhile, in this cartoon, T'Challa's approach to the temple is almost completely glossed over. We get nothing in regards to his characterization, just a simple bland walk towards the temple. No weapons drawn to perhaps signify he's cautious, no head on a constant swivel to shoe he's alert... nothing. Honestly looks like it could be a stock animation cycle by how stiff and characterless it is.
2. T'Challa has claimed Peter's moniker "Star-Lord," for himself. This was a term of endearment Peter's mother gave to him, possibly referencing the fact that Peter is of Ego's progeny. Along with his music player, this nickname was one of the last tokens of both his mother's affection and his earthly beginnings. This nickname is the basis for Peter's entire emotional journey. So much does it matter to him that he makes it his hero name, most likely in honor of his mother. So why does T'Challa have his hero name? It isn't some rank or official title, as T'Challa confirms, and it is never addressed in the show where, when or why he receives this nickname. . All that needed to be done was to have T'Challas father or mother call him "my little Star-Lord" or something similar, and there would be basis for his ownership of the title. In an ADR line, at the very least. It would be contrived, but it wouldn't be such an insultingly blatant continuity error.
3. Why is Korath (the cyborg dude who worked for Ronan in Guardians) such a simp now? He has never shown this degree of admiration for anyone before, but suddenly he's salivating over the sight of T'Challa? Korath was a kree warrior during the events of the malignant retcon that was Captain Marvel, and then became a loyal soldier for Ronan the Accuser. He's a soldier for a religious extremist, why is he fawning so hard over T'Challas heroic exploits? Shouldn't this guy be a battle-hardened cyber-murder-fiend? He even asks T'Challa to hire him, like he's some mercenary and not the militant pawn of a Kree terrorist.
4. T'Challa claims that he is uncomfortable being addressed as a 'Lord.' Why? Again, we get absolutely ZERO justification for why he has poached Peter's hero-name, so this really just comes off as an opportunity for Korath to quite literally worship him for his humbleness, and prop up T'Challa as this infallible saintly character.
5. Why is young T'Challa so non-chalant about being abducted by aliens? He's what... maybe a pre-teen at this point, and he's not even wide-eyed and stammering. Granted, we never saw Peter seconds after being abducted and he was already in a vulnerable emotional state, but he was most likely terrified by that experience. Not only by the fact he was abducted in the first place, but that he was abducted by beings who weren't human... or at least the show says weren't human. Meanwhile T'Challa barely gives a frick about his current situation, like he's playing along with some strange cosplayers.
6. "All humans look alike to me." Said by a being who's only separating traits from humanity are sharp teeth and some weird facial marks. Admittedly this is a problem from the original MCU films (and sci-fi media in general) where aliens are way too similar to humans, but at least in Yondu or Thanos' cases, their skin color is different (and Thanos is like... eight or nine feet tall or something). Unless these two character's have vision based solely on heat or movement, there's no way they could mistake T'Challa for Peter. Blatant disregard of your story and character mechanics for a bad joke.
7. "If there's anything not from that planet, on that planet; it's there." So they didn't get ANY other extraterrestrial signatures? Nothing from Ego's planet seed? "Black Panther (The Movie)" states that the vibranium meteorite landed on earth aprox 2.5 million years ago, while Ego's seed was placed in America not even half a century prior to the Ravager's abduction. Wouldn't the tectonic activity of the earth have naturally shifted and blended the vibranium into the earth's crust, and... I guess Earth-ify it? It would help to know how they detected it, like by radiation signature or something. If that's the case, then that vibranium is insanely radioactive (which would make some sense considering it was able to be absorbed by Wakandan plants and produce the magic Panther Power Juice.
8. Why is T'Challa treated so well by the Ravagers? We can assume Peter Quill was subject to a harsh working environment, as Yondu claims in Guardians: "Yondu: When I picked you up as a kid, these boys wanted to eat you. They ain’t never tasted Terran before. I saved your life!
   Peter Quill: Oh, will you shut up about that? God! Twenty years, you been throwing that in my face, like it’s some great thing, not eating me. Normal people don’t even think about eating someone else! Much less that person having to be grateful for it! You abducted me, man. You stole me from my home and from my family."
9. At the bar scene, we're treated further exploits that are only mentioned, never shown. Yes, I know this is ~30 minute episodic show, but we could at least have some cutaways or some sort of souvenirs or SOMETHING to show for these exploits that make them more than just patting for time.
10. This is probably the second most egregious point for me. T'Challa single-handedly convinces Thanos to give up his plan. How the heck did he do that? Again, this is an event that is merely referenced, never explained or elaborated on. T'Challa just... delete's Thanos' character motivation, the drive and willpower to exact one of the most lethal event of mass genocide the galaxy and beyond will ever know. Half of the UNIVERSE (which for all we know is infinite) will be eradicated from existence, if it means that the remainder will live a bit longer. An extensive plot formulated from a blend of sorrow, regret, vengeance and cold calculated math. Poof. T'Challa just tells him not to. A mere earthling, tells a mass-murdering grief-stricken mad-man to not do it.
11. Additionally, when did T'Challa interrupt Thanos' plan? Because if he prevented it before Thanos started culling populations, T'Challa must have precognition or something. He gives no indication on when, how, where, why or who he mightve gotten this little scoop. Nebula could've slipped him the info, but not so much as throwaway line like "He's lucky I call him big guy, and lucky I cared enough to tattle on him" or something to that effect. On the other hand, if T'Challa found out during Thanos' crusade and talked him out of it; Thanos shouldn't be hanging out, downgraded from an intimidating, competent and villainous mastermind to a Ravager groupie. He should be incarcerated at the very least, and executed at most. There's no way this potential mass-murderer would be allowed outside of... whatever galactic peace-keeping force would be powerful enough to hold him.
12. How does the Collector have Hella's hat? Can she create hats that miraculously give people the power to manifest blades? If so, why didn't she give the bald dude in Thor: Ragnarok a hat that can apperate blades from thin air instead of just a single axe? Why didn't she give her un-dead army hats so they can toss blades too?
13. When Thanos, Nebula and the other Ravagers are running from the Black Order, they're being attacked by the Sakaraans (those grey zombie-looking soldiers who accompany Korath in the beginning). Aren't those Ronan's soldiers? Why are they chasing down the Collector's enemies? Did the creators just not feel like creating new assets for the collector's henchmen?

Yeah, I had a bit of a bone to pick with this episode.