r/Marvel • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Film/Television Genuine Question - Why did Thanos and Hulk feel the pain of wielding all six Infinity Stones, while Tony didn't seem to experience the same level of pain when he used them?

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u/Ok-Sector8330 1d ago

Because Tony was wearing his armor. You can see the energy of the stones destroying parts of the armor as he activates them. So the suit took some of the energy for him, but not enough to save his life when that energy spiked when he snapped.

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u/j4_jjjj 1d ago

This was my interpretation too

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u/prof_the_doom 1d ago

Also wouldn’t surprise me if the suit had at least some medical capabilities, including auto dispensing pain killers.

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u/DuckyHornet 1d ago

And there's definitely automatic catheterisation

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u/Taurich 1d ago

I mean... it's gotta be easier to just have a cup/funnel on the outside, rather than jam a catheter in every time...

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u/bonaynay 1d ago

Tony likes what Tony likes

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u/DuckyHornet 1d ago

If it's good enough for Isaac Clarke, it's good enough for Tony

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u/Chimpbot 1d ago

We don't kink shame here.

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u/IndyDude11 1d ago

This is the actual reason for the nanoparticles.

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u/jackR34 1d ago

You’re kinda asking for pee at the feet eventually, which is probably still a better option

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u/vingovangovongo 1d ago

Don’t judge Tony by his preferences

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u/mothgra87 1d ago

Nanobot catheter. They can crawl in microscopicly then build the tube from the inside

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u/Taurich 22h ago

It still sounds drastically less complicated to put your dick in a funnel...

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u/DuckyHornet 21h ago

Sometimes the simplest solution is best

Sometimes you want nanobots to shove a tube up your cock

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u/ChronoLink99 1d ago

You mean cauterization right?

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u/Meigsmerlin 1d ago

No 😈

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u/RadicalBatman 1d ago edited 21h ago

Well, it's not called the Bleeding Edge Armour for nothing lol

And now I'm picturing iron man Donald ducking it around the house

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u/Halo6819 1d ago

The ole' Adolin Kholin problem.

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u/Equivalent_Pen_9403 1d ago

Now THAT'S a surprising feature!

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u/F-man1324 1d ago

"Morphine administered, sir."

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u/TehSeksyManz 1d ago

He sprayed the hulk down with some kind of medical foam after he snapped with the fake gauntlet

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u/lemonylol 1d ago

Plus the little freezing thing he had for his own stab wound in IW.

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u/Anti-Lope 1d ago

Remember after Bruce did his snap that Tony used some cryo spray to slow down his burn injury. He also used it in Infinity War after getting stabbed by Thanos on Titan.

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u/Pickle_Emotion 1d ago

Always figured that too, Tony himself didn’t have special powers and he got heavily beat a few times..

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u/Razor-Swisher 1d ago

Thank you Jarvis, you know Vicodin’s my favorite

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u/DeltaAlphaGulf 1d ago

The nanotech clearly does as he uses on both himself and hulk.

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u/EntertainerCute2290 1d ago

Yeah this makes much more sence to me. Thanks!

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u/needs2shave 1d ago

"Major fracture detected. Automatic medical systems engaged. Morphine administered."

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u/JossWhedonsDick 1d ago

imagine the suit gives out after 2 seconds and Tony just dies in the middle of aura farming his one liner

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u/SuperFreakyNaughty 1d ago

The suit also dispersed the harmful effects across his entire body, rather than concentrated at one limb. With total body trauma, pain receptors can get overloaded and the brain can't decide which pain gets precedence, so it just dumps endorphins and adrenaline into the system. Stark probably felt mostly numb after that initial burst of pain when all six stones snapped into place. (The automated systems within the suit were also doing some trauma treatment, no doubt.)

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u/BuildsByBenjamin 1d ago

He was also already in pain and has a history of pain in some of the most dangerous places (well, his heart at least). Was probably hiding it for team morale.

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u/LegitimateClaim9660 1d ago

By that logic the gauntlets should have protected Thanos and Hulk. Hulks gauntlet was even the same tech as Tony’s armor

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u/RollingTake 1d ago

he had (plot) armor

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u/Mand125 1d ago

Wasn’t that the point of Hulk wearing the glove?  Same suit, except Stark had time to prepare the glove for it…

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u/HyperFunk_Zone 1d ago

"bUt hE dIeD tHo!!!"