#because I think that Betty must have actually loved Bruce to stay loyal to him for as long as she did

[daydreamerdrew]

The Incredible Hulk (1968) #277

#I like seeing actual conflict between Rick and Betty- Rick didn’t react at all when Bareet slapped Betty at the end of the last issue #I don’t think I agree with that Betty ‘never loved Bruce Banner for what he was- only for the safe secure life you hoped he’d give you’ #because I think that Betty must have actually loved Bruce to stay loyal to him for as long as she did #when the fact that he was transformed into the Hulk and continued to not be cured and to rampage made in increasingly unlikely #that he would ever be able to provide security for her #I think that a lot of her initial attraction to Bruce came down to that he was so different from her father #the kind of man her father would degrade as a ‘lily-livered milksop’ #that he wasn’t a soldier #but she also had a lot of admiration for his intelligence and faith in his good character #I think it would be reasonable for her to be just done after all this #but dismissing Bruce was just a ‘monster’ now and saying that the world would be better off without him is really extreme #actually Rick’s loyalty to Bruce has the basis that Bruce was a stranger who risked his life for Rick #whereas Betty actually knew Bruce as a person before he got transformed #marvel #betty ross #rick jones #my posts #comic panels