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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 8754179" data-attributes="member: 5889">The biggest issue to me with that scene was, with the whole concept of "mansplaining" that is often brought up as an issue women go through; Jennifer effectively blows off the one person who actually has real experience, telling him what she needs to do because somehow she knows better even though she has ZERO experience with a radioactive gamma form living inside her. She commits the very act that men are often accused of doing.The simple truth is, Jennifer doesn't have a clue what is going to happen to her. And frankly, she should be UTTERLY TERRIFIED. The one person on earth who has had the hulk inside them, was hunted for years, forced to live on the fringes of society, and has killed THOUSANDS of people. (make no mistake, when the Hulk rampaged in Age of Ultron, it was a massacre).Now that doesn't mean she will have the same experience, but she treats it like a game, not the utterly serious thing that Bruce is trying to convey to her. Sure things go great on an island, she seems to have control. What happens when she is genuinely in fear of her life? Or she has a really nasty nightmare? Or hell just experiences a jump scare? She has NO IDEA how she will act with her new hulk self going forward, and seems to not understand that even one slip, just one slight loss of control....means someone dies. That should be a massive concern, but its played more for laughs than anything. While Bruce also doesn't know if her experience will be the same as his, at least he is approaching it from a position of caution....he respects the power, and so would rather be overly cautious and wrong than take it light hearted and now has to deal with Jennifer after she's killed someone or destroyed a building.And that issue extends beyond Jennifer's character, its how the MCU has gradually changed its handling of the hulk. This is the guy that "put a bullet in his brain, and the other guy spat it out". Now he's this jovial almost comedic character. It could be argued that Bruce has earned that comedic play with his long road to control. He has tamed the monster, and now its more of a puppy. But Jennifer hasn't done that yet, she hasn't earned that lighthearted treatment of this grave power and responsibility. And that's why I think the scene just feels so wrong in many ways.</blockquote>

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