daxsymbiont:revolucionprusiana:#to all those who claim that only tony treated bruce as a human being
daxsymbiont:revolucionprusiana:#to all those who claim that only tony treated bruce as a human being and not as a monsterOKAY LISTEN THE FUCK UPyes. steve approaches bruce as a human being and not a monster. steve ignores the hulk.tony’s first meeting with bruce directly parallels this scene and then diverges from it.“dr. banner, your work is unparalleled.” is that the only word on him? no. “and i’m a huge fan of the way you lose control and turn into an enormous green ragemonster.”the point is that TONY ACKNOWLEDGES THE HULK, AND THE HULK IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF BRUCE’S HUMANITY. if you avoid the issue of the monster — as steve does — then you’re only accepting half of bruce as a human being. bruce and the hulk are one person and they both deserve respect.steve’s message here is equivalent to “but i don’t see you as disabled. i don’t think of you that way. you’re just human to me!”do you see the problem?the fucking POINT is that tony treats bruce as a human being AND a monster, because THE MONSTER IS FUCKING THERE. and no, he’s not as monstrous as some may think he is, but he’s big and green and scary and there’s no getting around that.you can’t suppress the hulk, ignore the hulk, dismiss the hulk. you have to look him full in the eye and acknowledge that he has as much a right to exist as bruce does. because they are inseparable and equally valuable. -- source link