obviously, everybody who signs up for dr. banner's class whispers about the hulk. but these are also science nerds—this generation grew up with pictures of him in their high school science labs. half of his students fan over the hulk, but the other half fan over the legendary dr. banner.
still, syllabus week devolves into a hulk q&a.
don't worry, he accounted for that in his lesson plan.
by week three, joking about the hulk becomes cliche. the kids start coming for bruce's bad jokes.
bruce's rate-my-professor score is pretty inaccurate. 30% are hulk fanboys, 30% are avengers haters, and 30% are bots. but that slim 10% in the middle have helpful reviews. "tons of classroom discussion. don't do the readings, he says everything in the lectures. but for the love of god start your papers early, you're going to have to talk through the prompts in office hours. they're so niche."
he runs a background check on every one of his TAs—paranoid that they're trying to get close to him for nefarious reasons. in a few instances, he's been right. but for the most part, they're just bright, passionate nerds. bruce is a nervous mentor. his TAs would all die for him.
there's always one student who comes up to bruce during office hours quiet. nervous. asking advice about "a friend of theirs" who got powers. bruce always plays along. but then he slides them the number of a superpower support group. you know. for "their friend."
his classes always have a wait list.
(almost) none of his students believe he just "snapped." the rest of the student body, maybe. but not them.
in the mental hospital, when he gets the first "get well soon" cards from them, he cries.
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