u/JoshTheBard

The Pixar movie Inside out is a wonderful movie for understanding our feelings. The entire point of the first movie is that Sadness isn't something to be suppressed but an important part of helping us deal with bad things that happen to us.

I also really liked when Joy was introducing the other emotions Anger was described as being about fairness. When things aren't fair Anger comes out to fix the issue.

Even before Bruce was born his life was unfair. Everyone is supposed to have two parents who love them, protect them, care for them, and provide for them. But not Bruce. He knew unfairness from his very conception and he knew it long before he was introduced to the idea of fairness.

He knew such unfairness at such a young age that he had to hack it apart into manageable sized chunks and wall them away from the rest of his mind just to survive.

Obviously that isn't healthy long term, having the Hulk around never is, but it's wat he needed to survive, just as the world needs Hulk to protect it. There are things whose very existence is an unfairness and these things DO need to be smashed.

I haven't met all the Hulk alters yet so this may fall apart but all the versions I have encountered seem to represent different flavours of Rage.

Savage Hulk is the immediate, emotional rage of a child. The first rage at the first unfairness. Are things fair? No? SMASH! BELLOW! Hulk has to be the strongest because otherwise he'll be hurt or taken advantage of.

Mindless Hulk is always raging because all her knows is that as long as two people exist there will be inequality between them and that's unfair so he has to destroy everything until there is only Hulk.

Jo Fixit is the rage at not getting what you deserve. He's not reacting to an attack but to a lack. It's unfair he doesn't get what he wants. That's why he's the first to build a life for himself completely independently of Bruce. This is one of the main types of rage Bruce regularly experiences himself, usually directed at the Hulk. Maybe that's why he gets stuck in Banner's body in Immortal. He's the most like Bruce.

Merged Hulk or Professor or Smart Hulk (IDK) the Hulk that existed on Jarilla's World and after his adventures in Space with Rocket through Secret Wars. This one doesn't feel like an exceptional Rage but it's the same anger that drives all heroes. Looking at the unfairness (aka injustice) of the world and wanting to set it right. Rage turned to noble purpose. He helps protect and restore Jarilla's world to the best of his ability every time he goes there. On Earth it's less clear but he does seem to be working on ways science can help improve the world, rectifying the unfairness of famine and sickness.) rage against abstract concepts is harder to understand but I think it still counts.

Devil Hulk is the rage of a protector. Defiance against the unfairness done to others.

It's very telling that when Hulk gets to ask a question of God, his creator, he asks why he's always hurting. He knows life isn't supposed to hurt this much, that the pain is an unfairness that he's never free of no matter how strong his rage, no matter how hard he smashes.

Maybe I'm just looking for meaning that isn't there and the point is just smashing things and body horror is cool.

Like being an atheist in a world where multiple divine beings have mailing addresses is the opposite of rational.

And what makes her better or worse than others?

I know she has led teams before but do you think that's a role she is suited to? Why or why not?