I'm extremely fond of Bruce/Hulk so I'm loving the switch-up.
I may have said this before but your conceptualization of Hulk as a separate plural identity makes so much sense. It particularly struck me today in the toddler-esque way Hulk speaks and (sometimes) interacts. It's Extremely common when people experience childhood trauma, especially in very early childhood, for a part of themselves to essentially be "stuck" in that time. Bruce very likely began to conceptualize Hulk, his protector, as a very young child in the midst of severe abuse so it makes perfect sense that Hulk is still in some ways that "toddler-self."
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dancing_serpent
Bruce/Hulk
Date: 2014-02-10 03:05 pm (UTC)I may have said this before but your conceptualization of Hulk as a separate plural identity makes so much sense. It particularly struck me today in the toddler-esque way Hulk speaks and (sometimes) interacts. It's Extremely common when people experience childhood trauma, especially in very early childhood, for a part of themselves to essentially be "stuck" in that time. Bruce very likely began to conceptualize Hulk, his protector, as a very young child in the midst of severe abuse so it makes perfect sense that Hulk is still in some ways that "toddler-self."