i thought too hard about why hulk was afraid to fight thanos and now i’m sobbing
like thanos is very clearly an abusive shit dad - if you can call him a dad anyway - and hulk fights thanos who is one of the very few people that can push back against hulk (to where it looks like an actual fight) and this frightens hulk because his whole purpose is protecting bruce from shit people like thanos. hulk is supposed to be stronger than monsters like thanos to protect ‘puny bruce’. and now bruce (probably unknowingly) is protecting hulk from having to fight thanos.