tender hulk is not only stigmatized as a fan creation, but also flat out ignored when in canon. the hulk is a separate entity with his own thoughts, feelings, and ideas, which are separate yet intrinsically connected to bruce banner. the hulk is a protective, caring, emotionally intelligent being who is constantly overlooked and reduced to a big, dumb strongman due to his often impulsive nature and simplistic speech pattern, an act of which is routed in ableism. in this essay i will
just gonna leave these here #gentlehulkiscanon
110% true, gentle Hulk is so important to me. I’ve read a HELL of a lot of Hulk comics and especially in the early ones Hulk never ONCE attacked first. People see him (mostly military) and go omg giant scary monster! And attack him and Hulk OFTEN wonders WHY he is being attacked. He’s stated he doesn’t know why they are doing it and also stated that he WASN’T DOING ANYTHING but of course he will defend himself.
Hulk has also canonly stated “hulk is tired of the guns and the noise and the fighting”
And the few people that approach him nicely he defends the hell out of.
That’s why I love him so much. Hulk is so much more and I could rant for hours. I love this post for being this up
I HONESTLY THOUGHT HULK WAS JUST “RAAAR SMASH” THANK YOU FOR WIPING AWAY MY HORRIBLE PRECONCEPTIONS
Also, surprisingly civic minded at times
Hulk is also not stupid. Banner’s brain is still in there; Hulk is just focused on different things.
Also depending on the universe, Hulk isn’t always out enough to grow and express himself (like, MCU, until Sakar he was just out for fights, suddenly he’s in control for two years or more and really gets his character going and gets real lines).
That was what made Earth’s Mightiest Heroes unique, Hulk made a deal with Banner to be the one out more of the time and you really got to see his character develop. He had an amazing friendship with Hawkeye (who he called Cupid) that was contrasted with how Banner and Hawkeye didn’t get along at all.
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