Oh, d'arvit

Emh magpie is babie and also cat and also bird.

Emh hank is best hank and I stand by that I think he deserves some funny lil scars from se2e17 <3333

Also magpie again

I think out of all the Avengers, I would have liked to have seen more of Hank’s dynamic with the Hulk during season one of A:EMH. Similarly, the only Avenger in the show that Bruce ever talks to is Hawkeye, and if I could pick one more for Bruce to have interacted with then I would want to have seen him talk to Hank.

I think that the Hulk and Hank have a couple of different interesting points that we could have seen elaborated on more between them:

prior to the start of the show, Hank had created the Big House prison for SHIELD with the intention to help people whose genetics had been altered, believing that they need cures and rehabilitation, rather than punishment, and in his introduction episode was frustrated with Nick Fury over no one having yet been discharged from the Big House.

the Hulk was once imprisoned in one of the supervillain prisons and could be seen as an example of a “rehabilitated villain” but he does not want to be cured and does not want to stop fighting. the Hulk finding his place in the world doesn’t include his renouncing violence, instead the Hulk finds a way to use his skill in violence to help people.

prior to the main show, while Hank was working with SHIELD, he was not and refused to become an agent, as he did not fully trust Fury and recognized his ulterior motive of an interest in super soldiers (that also relates to his concern for the treatment of imprisoned supervillains).

prior to the main show, Bruce Banner (while himself on the run) was actively searching for gamma supervillains who had been to the Cube prison to ask them about their experiences there because he was concerned that the prisoners were being experimented on in order to create gamma super soldiers for SHIELD. he was motivated not just out of concern for what the consequences of those experiments succeeding but also by genuine concern for the well-being of the supervillains. he risked going entering a populated area, something he had avoided for years, for the opportunity to talk the Absorbing Man.

Hank is a pacifist whose uncomfortable with his role on the Avengers and sees it as participating in a system of violence rather than a legitimate way of helping people. he has consistently tried to talk down supervillains and resolve conflicts peacefully and is frustrated with his teammates’ belief that there is no value in this approach and that there is no reasoning with supervillains.

whereas the Hulk both enjoys fighting and benefits from being a part of the Avengers as it is what has allowed him to be a public hero rather than a monster that is actively hunted by the authorities. he is also always the one to rush ahead and attack villains first. but at the same time, he himself was once considered a supervillain that no one would give a chance to.

when Ultron turns evil and attacks the Avengers, he is shockingly able to force the Hulk to turn into Bruce, which suggests that either Hank or Tony had been working on the technology to do that. it would have been nice to have seen that brought up later and see Bruce or the Hulk react in some way to that.

Hank and Bruce both have experience with their scientific work being used in ways that they did not intend. about 5 years prior to the events of the show, Tony and Hank worked together on Ultron, a partnership that fell apart when Hank learned that Tony had modified Ultron with weapons and had been shopping him around to the military behind his back (this is before Tony’s change of heart). and Bruce alludes to Samson that he has personal experience with his work being twisted (it’s suggested that they’re using the 2008 movie backstory for him).

there’s also the obvious mental health connection. while Hank doesn’t have his big Yellowjacket breakdown until season 2, throughout season 1 he’s both a staunch pacifist and has multiple (increasing as the season goes on) moments in fights where he seems to lose control on a villain prompted by seeing Janet get hurt. he’s clearly negatively affected by the fights he participates in as a part of the Avengers. there’s one scene where he just stares in horror at all of the fighting, even when others need help, and doesn’t move at all until Janet needs help.

it’s very much not the same situation, but Bruce has had his own issues with violence. while by the beginning of the show he’s made peace with the Hulk and believes that there’s a place in the world for him, he was of course once horrified by the Hulk and the destruction that he could cause. and even though that’s no longer the case, it’s not as though letting the Hulk stay in control all the time is always easy for him. the Hulk is a very extreme person. in season 2 he talks about that and wants to spend his day in control fishing, wanting peace and quiet for once. I think that this is something that could have sparked real interesting conversations between Hank and Bruce.

tag yourself: avengers emh edition, i’m handkerchief and brooce

*strums guitar* ive been standing on my own but now i’m not aloneeeee

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righting the wrongs of 2021 me by finally making an avengers earth’s mightiest heroes post! god damn. took me far too long to do some kind of aemh related doodles given the absolute Grip this show has on me……..

fun fact this show is the Entire reason i simp so hard for mr barton! i consumed absolutely no other hawkeye media up until very recently, this awful little man just had such an affect on me.

Avengers Earth’s Mightiest Heroes #4:

Hank: I think we have a few notes.

Janet: But was pretty good! But a bit different to what happened here.

Vision: We should watch Winter Solider again.