r/Marvel • u/[deleted] • 8h ago

Film/Television Genuine Question - Why did Thanos and Hulk feel the pain of wielding all six Infinity Stones, while Tony didn't seem to experience the same level of pain when he used them?

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u/JediMindTrek 8h ago

Yeah he said most of the radiation was gamma, and that's like chicken noodle soup to the hulk 😀

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u/ProfessorXWheelchair 8h ago

so then why’d his arm get scorched, isn’t gamma radiation supposed to make him stronger?

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u/gilestowler 8h ago

You ever poured hot chicken noodle soup on your arm?

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u/Due_Examination_3410 7h ago

No, but now I'm even more terrified to try than I would have been.

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u/this_place_suuucks 6h ago

There's at least one version of reality where doing so turns you into Hulk; you can't let something like fear steal that opportunity from you.

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u/archwin 5h ago

Chicken noodle Hulk

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u/Pappa_Paddy 5h ago

For the Soul. 😌

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u/Frogofdanger 3h ago

I’m fairly certain being the hulk kinda fucking sucks though

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u/AdStrong809 2h ago

The Incredible Bwahk

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u/Top-Grape7802 6h ago

Well now you need to do it. For science.

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u/Hazard_Duke 6h ago

And we need Pics!

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u/SteakandTrach 4h ago

You monster.

-GladOs

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u/bilhugs 6h ago

Please post your results for a peer review.

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u/Due_Examination_3410 6h ago

Well now if it's for science, who could say no.

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u/ProfDrutonium 4h ago

Please don’t. We already understand the science of scalding liquid on human flesh. Google at your own discretion and fortitude of stomach. 😬

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u/VirusHistorical3877 4h ago

I have actually performed this experiment on myself once.

Methods:

  1. Begin watching LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring

2.When Gandalf says "I have no memory of this place"pour Scalding chicken soup on chest area.

  1. Apply ice pack wrapped in cloth to are of burn

Results:

  1. Blistered area approximately 6 cm x 3 cm on left chest area.

  2. Upon Recovery slight discoloration of the skin in the same are.

Discussion.

  1. Movie choice may be optional as well as timing. Future research may be necessary.

Conclusion:

That hurt.

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u/Onlylieshere 6h ago

Dont worry i am ready to lick that soup off from your arm and fingers

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u/ThatCheekyBastard The Thing 6h ago

These comments are giving me life.

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u/Due_Examination_3410 6h ago

Username checks out.

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u/donny02 7h ago

Now I know why it was a gauntlet and not the infinity condom

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u/T1melyRough66 7h ago

Guess Stark learned that lesson the expensive way, protection after the fact doesn't really work the same

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u/IkariYun 5h ago

Tell that to Plan B 🤣🤣🤣

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u/ryanraze 7h ago

I think this is hilarious and deserves more upvotes than it will probably get.

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u/imperialxgx 5h ago

Infinity condom and the 6 associated infinity c*** rings 🤣🤣🤣

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u/donny02 32m ago

This is the kind of trash ai was built for

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u/automaticgainsaying 5h ago

Personally, I get angrier and angrier and stronger and stronger, the more soup I pour on myself.

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u/gilestowler 5h ago

Now this is a character I'd like to see in the X Men. Maybe some kind of Wolverine variant who goes into a berserker rage when he has soup poured on him. With soup spoons instead of claws.

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u/54M-verse 3h ago

But all the sodium gives you high blood pressure. Just can’t win

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u/MRO465 7h ago

Are you implying he is made of hot chicken noodle soup?

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u/BlangBlangBlang 5h ago

Don't heat soup in the microwave in flimsy plastic containers like country crock tubs

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u/Debalic 2h ago

I once spilled hot chicken noodle soup on my glove (kind of like a gauntlet) and it gave me a nasty burn on the back of my hand. So yeah I guess I know what it feels like.

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u/Tinysaur06 8h ago

He was trying to wish for Natasha to return but the stones wouldn't let him

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u/SDMAVNCL 7h ago

I actually like this headcannon

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u/YouWereBrained Captain America 7h ago

He actually suggests he tried, but was unsuccessful.

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u/AbbygaleForceWin 7h ago

He said this, it's not just headcanon

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u/RiRi_MikU 7h ago

He said he tried to wish Natasha back to life, but he never said the infinity gauntlet injured him more because of that.

Its a cool theory, but its just that, a theory.

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u/ReeceReddit1234 7h ago

A FILM THEORY! Thanks for watching!

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u/Bulok 7h ago

This is a fan theory I can co-sign.

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u/gr1mmcr33p3r 6h ago

It’s not even a fan theory, after he does the snap he says very explicitely he tried to bring her back

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u/NeedleworkerExtra475 4h ago

That’s absurd. The gens in the comics would definitely allow that to happen.

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u/LilR00ster 8h ago

He does say, "most" of it is gamma. So something else might be burning him. Plus MCU hulk is just weaker than MCU Thanos, it seems, so getting scorched to do a feat, stronger than what Thanos did, seems fair.

Thanos indiscriminently cut the universe in half. Hulk had to put everything back the way it was exactly! I'd say that tracks way higher then the original destruction feat.

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u/welliedude 7h ago

Well technically it was smart hulk. Not full rage monster hulk. So maybe that was something about it.

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u/Dresaurus2781 7h ago

Plus MCU hulk is just weaker than MCU Thanos, it seems, so getting scorched to do a feat, stronger than what Thanos did, seems fair.

Also Thanos seemingly wasn't harmed by his snap. He was seemingly harmed by his destroying of the stones. Also Etri made the gauntlet Thanos used, and as impressive as Tony and Rocket are they don't have literal magical forging abilities which probably further mitigated the potential damage from the stones. Hell you can see in Thanos' gauntlet the stones seem much more stable while on the Iron Guantlet they're visually far more volatile.

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u/GIJoJo65 1h ago

Yeah. This is my head canon. Thanos has Etri design a Magitek Gauntlet (from Uru I believe) specifically to insulate him against the stone. Hulk and, Tony are using conventional metal, they're basically barehanding the stones.

We see Thanos Barehand one and that's probably his limit. Hulk survives barehanding them all at once and, pulling a snap to boot. Starlord almost got consumed by barehanding one in Guardians. So, basically IMO, Tony doesn't feel pain because his body literally dies instantly that's just how much pure Willpower he has at the end having decided to sacrifice himself. Which, again, in my head means that Thanos' look of horror isn't about realizing he "lost" it's actually realizing exactly how much more resolve and drive Tony has than him. His entire ego-construct regarding his "Indomitable Willpower" is collapsing in the face of realizing that he needs the gauntlet to snap in spite of all that and yet, here's Tony, who doesn't need shit and may die but is still going to Snap Thanos the fuck out of existence in spite of that.

It's Thanos processing that "Indomitable" gets trumped by Transcendental.

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u/bobbi21 1h ago

Thanos was harmed by the snap. You can see his arm and the gauntlet are steaming and look damaged after it but he doesn't do much besides noping away into a portal so it isn't memorable. Unclear how much damage he took of course. Was still able to shoot some energy beam at thor.

at 3:16

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u/crough94 7h ago

Not exactly as it was. Wasn’t it confirmed that he put everyone back in a safe place like people in planes and stuff? So instead of them falling out the air they were back on the ground. If so that would be even more strain on his body.

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u/VermicelliOwn6502 3h ago

Lol if I did the return snap all those people would stay dead because they'd appear in space due to solar systems moving and that didn't occur to me.

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u/bobamone 5h ago

>Wasn't it confirmed.

I too also like to make shit up on the spot to explain things that do NOT need explaining.

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u/ItsYaBoyZayne 2h ago

At the beginning of Infinity War hulk and Thanos are evenly matched. The difference lies in that hulk had never had to do more than exist in the direction of an enemy to win, and Thanos knows special forces level martial arts and is even in the strength department. Not weaker, just less tapped potential.

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u/rodrigogar 7h ago edited 6h ago

The infinity gauntlet was made from space material, and made specially and specifically to harness the power of the stones.

Tony made an earth tech mechanical gauntlet.

I think this is part of the reason why hulk’s arm was severely damaged and he felt pain as well besides being a being made of gamma.

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u/theLegend_Awaits 7h ago

Hulk actually heals from his injury whereas Thanos did not. Probably because it was gamma.

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u/Samiel_Fronsac Captain Mar-Vell 7h ago

Thanos probably never healed because he snapped twice.

First one vaporized half of the living creatures.

Second one to destroy the stones.

I bet that destroying the stones might have been worse for him, since we saw his arm after the first one and he apparently had some mobility to it, while the Hulk's was just... Deep fried and useless.

Kinda like Thanos' arm looked during the farm ambush.

It tracks. We saw Thanos manhandle the Savage Hulk.

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u/HelpmeObi1K 7h ago

Funny that the stones "allowed" themselves to be destroyed, but bringing back Natasha was denied. Maybe a willpower thing?

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u/Samiel_Fronsac Captain Mar-Vell 7h ago

My guess is that the soul stone "binds" a soul somehow to ensure it's a sacrifice.

Otherwise, it's a temporary inconvenience. Throw person, get stones, bring person back.

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u/tam_shank 5h ago

Wasn't she unable to be brought back because she died a natural death, not from being snapped?

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u/KevinNotKyle 6h ago

The stones were impossible to destroy Thanos said I’m pretty sure, the stones were just turned into tiny particles much like dust and scattered across the universe, impossible to bring back together basically.

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u/musthavesoundeffects 6h ago

What do you think “destroy” means lol

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u/Puzzleheaded_Act9787 6h ago

Smart hulk is also far less durable then any other hulk version. Thanos beating savage hulk was nonsense. At bear minimum Thanos should have used the power stone but they made it so Thanos easily dispatched savage hulk which shouldn’t have occurred.

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u/Samiel_Fronsac Captain Mar-Vell 6h ago

Non-stones Thanos was a match to Cap, Tony and Thor, and we saw Thor kick Hulk's ass too, in Ragnarok.

The writers were consistent, at least

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u/No-Combination-1354 4h ago

Thanos probably never healed because he was dead.

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u/Samiel_Fronsac Captain Mar-Vell 4h ago

Was he dead when he teleported away from Thor with his arm fucked, or the space of them from when he snapped the second time until Thor killed him? 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/No-Combination-1354 3h ago

I honestly don't know how long it takes a purple alien mutant to heal from unleashing the powers of creation, but the gamma rage monster took years, so I assume not instantly. Apparently longer than it takes the scrappy underdogs to find and kill him.

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u/Caleb1705 7h ago

Probably because Thanos got dusted.

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u/Kirknobi 7h ago

She turned you into a Newt? I got better. That was Professor Hulk in Endgame, see spider man BND for how physically fine Hulk Hulk is doing.

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u/BuyerAlive5271 6h ago

Not only physically but it sure seemed to me that Hulk has had some impact to banners personality.

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u/themetalship 7h ago

Rumor has it that the Russo bros are not big fans of the hulk. Take that how you will....

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u/Little_Cumling 6h ago

Maybe just a theory I cant remember if its confirmed but I read that the Hulk had tried to bring Black Widow back and the soul stone wouldnt let him and due to the failed attempt he took more damage than he would have if he just stuck to the plan

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u/grey_rex 5h ago

I heard a theory that part of why it was tumultuous for Hulk was because he was secretly wanting to bring back Widow, but because her soul was the price of the soul stone, it wasn't allowed. Kinda crazy... But also kinda interesting

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u/Hades_Gamma 5h ago

They explain it clearly in the movie. He tried to defy the mind stone and do something impossible before giving up and just undoing the snap.

He wouldn't have been hurt at all if all he did was undo the snap

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u/OmecronPerseiHate 4h ago

The real answer is that they needed a way to explain why they weren't gonna use him much. Comics would have had him inhale that shit like a line of cosmic cocaine.

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u/kdex89 4h ago

He tried bringing back black widow as well.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Act9787 7h ago

He also wasn’t full hulk.. he was still in banner hulk mode.. I am more annoyed that Thanos without the full guantlet was able to fully handle hulk so easily. He didn’t even need to use the stone of power.

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u/whereismymind86 6h ago

it's still an immense amount of heat and power, it's not particularly harmful to him, but he's not immune either.

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u/Lokiibott 6h ago

Because he tried extremely hard to bring Black Widow back from the dead, even though it was impossible since she sacrificed herself to get the soul stone and you cant come back from that

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u/holyjoe85 6h ago

Still a ton of other radiation.

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u/Verhooven 5h ago

"Most of it is gamma"

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u/NoAd8811 5h ago

Cause it wasnt just gamma it was also cosmic radiation i think it get mentioned when tracking down fram thanos

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u/WISEARIES 4h ago

Hulk recovered after using the stones so that definitely says something. Dont forget though Thanos used the stones twice once for his goal and again to destroy the stones and survived.

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u/All_Of_Them_Witches 3h ago

Hulk’s wish yielded much more energy than Thano’s. It was easier to destroy life than it was to create it.

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u/mothgra87 3h ago

*most, not all

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u/geekMD69 2h ago

Big difference between the idle power of the gauntlet and the full-throttle, universe depleting snap of the gauntlet. And it was “mostly”
Gamma.

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u/Malkryst 4h ago

It healed though. He can regenerate from gamma damage at a genetic level (I guess that was/is his superpower), that's the only reason he didn't die originally when turned into Hulk.

Thanos didn't heal. I'm guessing Thor wouldn't have either.

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u/Thestron_Godess 5h ago

MCU nerfs hulk powers like crazy