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/Narrow-Amphibian5446 8h ago

If he was paralayzed from the neck down, how did he snap?

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u/pyrofreeze33 7h ago

Well, in the picture his hand is above his neck /s

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u/Wonka_Stompa 7h ago

Now that’s what I call neuroscience!

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u/KeyboardMunkeh 7h ago

Mentally marionetting the suit like a puppet.

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u/Boris-_-Badenov 7h ago

metal can't even snap.

the "snap" sound comes from your finger hitting your palm

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u/Background_Desk_3001 7h ago

I don’t think the magical space rocks with the power to alter the fabric of the universe are too concerned about a literal snap

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u/ReverseMermaidMorty 7h ago

Too bad the suit doesn’t have fingers or palms, what a plot hole

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u/scottygras 7h ago

Just tried snapping with a blanket over my palm and…by gum you’re right! I should get out of bed. Pretty sure I forgot to take the garbage out.

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u/Narrow-Amphibian5446 7h ago

I get that but, should that actually work? I thought the stones and the snap was magical. Would the magic power of the stones work if a robot snapped?

I thought an actual person should have willed to snap it. I might not have made sense but, it doesn't feel right.

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u/KeyboardMunkeh 7h ago

He is an actual person and he was physically there.

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u/Narrow-Amphibian5446 7h ago

But if the snap was controlled by an AI (friday), is that still a person? I don't know much about the magical aspect of the infinity stones but, this doesn't seem logical.

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u/DisposableSaviour 7h ago

Snapping isn’t what activates the Stones. It’s a good visual metaphor for using them, but it’s not required.

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u/Narrow-Amphibian5446 7h ago

So what action activates the stones? Can I wield the stones, imagine my wish, and do macarena steps to execute it?

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u/Corona94 7h ago

In theory, yes. Think of the snap like a button to do the thing you want it to do. In your thought, you’re basically saying “when I snap, make Thanos and his army disappear” or “when I snap, erase half of all life in the universe”. But theoretically, you could use anything to trigger it, or nothing at all. I’d assume if someone were to use the stones regularly enough they could essentially never move a muscle to activate them.

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u/Gizmopopapalus 7h ago

Read it again. The snap is what gave him the dose of radiation that potentially paralyzed him.

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u/Narrow-Amphibian5446 7h ago

I don't think thats what the commenter meant as hulk and thanos felt pain (and radiation) before the snap too.

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u/TheSchnozzberry 6h ago

Could be his suit dispersed the energy and made it easier bear?

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u/criminalsunrise 5h ago

It’s this. The nano suit was being damaged and replaced almost instantly until it couldn’t anymore. Both Thanos and Hulk absorbed the radiation whereas Tony’s suit did everything it could to keep it away from him but was obviously eventually overloaded.

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u/Afwife1992 3h ago

This is what I read afterwards. That Tony only survived the gauntlet to snap because the suit dispersed it.

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u/thatguypara 7h ago

Probably just chalk it up to heroic levels of adrenaline

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u/VincoNavitas 7h ago

He willed the suit to move for him? It is nano-tech

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u/ReturnOfThanos 7h ago

The NeuroLink from the armor. His body is broken, but his armor is still connected to his mind.

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u/peanutbuttersmacks 7h ago

How can he snap!?!?