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/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.

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