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The Avengers : Endgameis throw Marvel ’s hero another shot at takingThanosdown for good , but nobody is hurt for a rematch likeHulk . If their second scrap goes the way we expect , it might affirm once and for all that Bruce Banner ’s trip across blank was no accident – it was Thanos attempting to remove the most unnerving Avenger from the biz .
Some might gibe at our speculation , since Hulk was n’t even a factor in theInfinity Warbattles . But just because Bruce Banner and Hulk failed to work together in time to preventthe Thanos Snap , that does n’t mean there was never achanceto pull it off . And if Thanos is as smart as he claim to be , the events of the MCU leading toInfinity Warwould be all the grounds he needed to decide on his full-grown terror . pop with the fact that when it comes to the gamma - power Avenger , it is n’t theHulkhalf that Thanos actually needed to vex about at all .
Banner is The TRUE Threat To Thanos
When rooter stop and call up about it , it ’s painfully obvious thatHulk never stood a opportunity against Thanoswhen they press in Infinity War , and that the Mad Titan already make love that going into it . Hulk may even be physically stronger than Thanos on a given day , but flip the Power Stone into his Gauntlet and the " strongest Avenger " poses no scourge whatsoever . But Dr. Bruce Banner ? Nowthatis a threat a tactician like Thanos would recognize as a problem to be dealt with .
Tony Stark may also be a genius stage intellect , but if Thanos was watch the Avengers from their first squad - up on through theAge of Ultron , Tony displayed every insecurity , every willingness to lay on the line everything , and collapse beneath guilty conscience and paranoia that would finally defeat him . Bruce Banner on the other hand practise circumspection at every footfall , all the while questioning his other one-half on a path towards better realise the green wolf residing inside of him . ByUltron , the Avengers almost had Hulk figured out , thanks to Nat ’s cradlesong .
Either way you cut it , leaving Hulk on Earth was speculative news for Thanos . If Banner and Hulk ever found a elbow room to fuse their abilities , formingthe MCU ’s version of Professor Hulk , with Banner ’s mind and Hulk ’s muscle ? That ’s an enemy closer to Thanos , and far smart than Thanos , that the villain could n’t admit to be born . Which have in mind he postulate to act .
If Thanos Can’t Kill Banner… Let Hulk
This result , if it really is the one that will eventually be confirm , is actually fairly brilliant . It ’s hard to conceive Hulk would"randomly " entree a wormhole sending him straight to Sakaar , a satellite upon which Bruce Banner would have no chance of ever surviving . drip him into Grandmaster ’s yard , and Hulk would be push to take controller , and find no reason to ever give up it . Perhaps Thanos partake more than just strength with Hulk , and knewthousands of old age inThor : Ragnarok ’s prizefighter arenawould be the perfect beguilement for a titan with a warrior ’s bosom .
The plan would have worked too , if Thor had n’t been knocked out of Bifrost and onto Sakaar , as well . Should fans see it as coincidence that once Hulk boarded a ship with Thor , presumably to someday fall to Earth , that Thanos chose that very time to strickle ? Or did he realize that Banner had rejoin to the original itinerary that could end in Earth ’s inviolable defender being its smartest , as well ?
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Our theory will gain some believability ifAvengers : Endgamesets the stage fora true synthesis of Banner and Hulk , which has been hinted at over the preceding several film . And if such a Professor Hulk ends up playing a polar role in kill Thanos – either through his metier , smarts , or both – don’t be surprised if Marvel ’s architects afterward confirm that very consequence was the one Thanos trust to avoid .
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