Needed Interactions: Bruce Banner
They say Hulk and Rocket will be friends in “Endgame”...
...and by fuck they better deliver now! And it better not just be Hulk, but Bruce Banner as well! Don’t you dare tell me it would be too “weird” for Bruce Banner (and Tony Stark, and Shuri, and god willing a resurrected Hank Pym) to do science stuffs with a raccoon. You’re the ones who made an MCU movie with a talking raccoon. If he’s good enough for Chris Pratt, he’s good enough for Ruffalo, RDJ, and the rest.
Bruce should’ve been the one to give her that pep-talk at the end of “Ultron.”
In fact, having Hawkeye be the one of the Original Six most defending her looks really bad, since Hawkeye is the only one she didn’t manage to mind-fuck. It would mean a lot more if Brcue Banner--the one she mind-fucked the worst (to make an understatement) had that role. If you want to convince the viewers not to hate Wanda, I think most will be a lot more responsive to Bruce Banner’s opinion than Hakweye’s.
He should also “adopt” Shuri.
Since the “he” here isn’t Tony Stark, I assume I won’t have a chorus of voices screaming, “But Shuri still has a mom and a brother! Stop trying to erase her family!”
Anyway, Tony has a nerd “son” who makes him feel old with pop-culture references, so Bruce may as well have a nerd “daughter” who makes him feel old with her advanced tech.
At the same time, Shuri kind of needs to....um.....not be the literal best at everything. I worship the ground she walks on, but outdoing every other character at everything is the sort of thing that can only last for a couple movies. I fear if she doens’t start struggling with something in the next movie she’s in... that won’t be good for how the fandom perceives her. How about if she’s superior to Bruce in the lab, but the Hulk is something she has not had to ever deal with before. It would be a lot like Bruce and Nat’s relationship but platonic.
I know Bruce and Betty aren’t dating anymore, but you don’t just forget the first person who stood by you against her army general father when you first became the Hulk
I really like to head-canon that Betty works at a lab with Jane Foster now, and still speaks out against her jackass father. What would Betty have to say to or about the Avengers, or her father? Does she still want to help Bruce? Has she moved on romantically? Was she wiped out in the Snap?
MORE!
MOOOOORE
“Duuude... Thanos does kinda’ look like a grape Bruce Willis!”
What’s this scene from? I don’t remember Bruce and Tony getting high together. But I’d love to see it. And any other continued Lab Bros interactions. Valkyrie! You know, the woman who worked for the guy that kept Bruce “trapped in a monster for two years.”
“So Stark really is this obnoxious most of the time then?”
It’s usually procedure to meet your finance’s brother or best friend before announcing your engagement Because Strange and Tony have such an interesting work-relationship, that’s professional, and absolutely not romantic or sexual, it would make sense for Strange to also team up with Bruce some more as well.
Valkyrie! You know, the woman who worked for the guy that kept Bruce “trapped in a monster for two years.”
Is Bruce mad at her? Or does he just not have the energy to care anymore? Could she be a potential love interest, if things don’t work out with Nat? Especially since it would be a lot harder for the Hulk to hurt her than most people?
...and don’t forget this bastard
Just to remind us of the original reason we hate every follicle of hair in his putrid mustache, before he finally meets his long overdue demise in the final epic adventure.
