Bruce's Case Against Exceptionalism In New York City

Exceptionalism? Now there was a confident outlook on New York City. Had there been an award given to the city that sustained the most destruction, but the tenacity to rebuild, NYC would be one of its leading competitors. When your home has been ravaged by multiple, potent forces you have either a tendency to grow a thicker skin or fall prey to vulnerability. Bruce has seen what helplessness looked like. He felt it every day. Children digging through garbage in order to survive was what dragged him out of his obsession for a cure; if he couldn’t control his own infirmity, he’s sure as hell do his best to help those that needed him – as Dr. Banner. But New York? It didn’t need a doctor to diagnose or remedy a disease. It needed the Other Guy,
It supported heroes to be accountable for their conduct, but more than that, it was in favor for their control. Bruce has worked for the army, and in a sense, understood how they thought. No longer would it be about survival, even if it might be misconceived as such. It’d be about authority, and not just within America but among many nations. Who would govern those signed under the Sokovia Accords? The idea of someone holding that much power over the Hulk, or worse, him realizing of his influence, terrified Bruce. Power did one of two things to people: either provoked them to rise up to face it or follow it, which neither bode well for the Hulk where he had so much of
Any closer, she’d hit a perfect bullseye and would be the Hawkeye of twenty questions. He was impressed with her observation skills. Prior to the beginning of their conversation just moments ago, he had guessed her to be an undocumented foreigner trafficking drugs – No one could say Bruce Banner’s paranoia was unmerited when he’s seen worse offenses in periphery countries; by any means to survive—but since then, he has evolved his hypothesis. In a way, guessing Sif’s identity became like a game. Instead of him asking the questions, however, his companion did it for him and the physicist found the dynamics to be leisurely; no stumbling on his part to force redundant small talk and no sideward glances from Sif to determine his mental state. Oh, he still contemplated her to be a non-US citizen but discarded his earlier theory about illegal