History Fanfic / OrIsHeBoth

** Motoyasu, Ren, and Itsuki believe that they are in a standard TrappedInAnotherWorld story where each of them are the protagonists and Bruce is basically the semi-useless tag-along side-character.

''...Or Is He Both?'' is a ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk''/''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' CrossOver fanfic written by Creator/TheInfamousMan of ''FanFic/AmazingFantasy'' and ''FanFic/JustAnUnorthodoxThief'' fame. It can be read [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/or-is-he-both-the-rising-of-the-shield-hero-the-immortal-hulk.840944/#post-66393314 here]] on Website/SpaceBattles and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13551789/1/Or-Is-He-Both here]] on Website/FanfictionDotNet.

** Myne/Malty is a lot nicer to Bruce and even calls him by his first name when asked. Though, this is thoroughly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] later on when she plainly tells him her hatred of him before cruelly speeding along with his death.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Because the world that Melromarc resides in is close to medieval times development-wise, there is no modern sewage system or toilets. Because of this, Bruce is forced to go to the bathroom in a chamber pot.
** Due to lacking the gaming knowledge necessary to grasp his Legendary Shield, Bruce's first mission against the low-level Balloons goes incredibly poorly.
** Rather than try to take the lead due to his experience, Bruce defers most of his decisions to Malty/Myne because she's supposedly more familiar with adventuring and unlike him can actually read the local language.
** While Bruce does pick up a children's book to learn the local language, learning a whole new language takes time and Bruce finds himself struggling with it during the hour he has reading it.
** Bruce finds that the morning after the Hulk's rampage that the village he's residing in is just getting news of his death. Because there's no way to instantaneously update or check information like through telegrams or telephones, there's an information lag that relies wholly on the speed of messengers.
** Due to the transformation into the Hulk shredding his clothes, Bruce is forced to steal them from local residences. He even admits that he's broken into a few houses for money and clothes out of desperation.
** Bruce ruminates that maps of the land are not widely available and are expensive, which he cannot get because he has no money. As such he needs to wholly rely on the Hulk for a sense of direction.

[[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Doctor Robert "Bruce" Banner]] was supposed to be dead. He had been several times. But he has come to the startling truth that the Hulk will not let him die. And with this new relationship, he's been summoned by the Kingdom of Melromarc to fight as the Shield Hero. But they may have summoned something worse. What is the Immortal Hulk? And what was brought from beyond the Green Door?

''...Or Is He Both?'' is a ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk''/''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' CrossOver fanfic written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2328776/The-Infamous-Man The Infamous Man]] of ''FanFic/AmazingFantasy'' and ''FanFic/JustAnUnorthodoxThief'' fame. It can be read [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/or-is-he-both-the-rising-of-the-shield-hero-the-immortal-hulk.840944/#post-66393314 here]] on Website/SpaceBattles and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13551789/1/Or-Is-He-Both here]] on Website/FanfictionDotNet.

* RealityEnsues:

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Hulk ''loves'' dishing these out, but takes the time to dissect Malty’s reasoning for killing Bruce and exposing her as a self-centered brat who sees everyone as expendable but somehow never sees her actions coming back to bite her.

** King Aultcray displays interest in Bruce the moment he mentions he's a doctor, though that's likely due to self-interest and wanting to wring as much knowledge form the Shield Hero before the rape accusation.
** Myne/Malty is a lot nicer to Bruce and even calls him by his first name when asked. Though, this is thoroughly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] later on when she plainly tells him her hatred of him before cruelly speeding along his death.

* EntertaininglyWrong: Bruce thinks that King Aultcray purposefully summoned him because he's the Hulk and that the other heroes are there to put him down if the Hulk gets out of hand. What he doesn't know is that Aultcray has no idea who he is and is mistreating him solely for his hatred towards the Shield Hero and Demihumans.

** Bruce's alias during his arrival in Melromarc is Robert Banner, which is his lesser used full name.

** Motoyasu, Ren, and Itsuki believe that they are in a standard TrappedInAnotherWorld story where each of them are the protagonists and Bruce is basically the semi-useless tag-along side-character.

** Bruce mentions to his fellow heroes that he has only really played ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' on pacifist.

** Bruce, due to not being a gamer, is completely at a loss with the mechanics of his status menu and the Legendary Shield. Needless to say, his mist mission ends badly and he barely kills any Balloon monsters.

* CurbStompBattle: Motoyasu, Ren, and Itsuki attempt to stop Hulk's warpath towards Malty. Predictably the "battle" turns into a one-sided MookHorrorShow as not only is the Hulk immortal, but massively outstats them in every category along with having access to the [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Curse Series:]] [[ThePowerOfHate Wrath]] from the get-go.

** In a darkly comedic sense, Bruce thinks that he's trapped in a standard superhero crossover plot a-la ''ComicBook/SecretWars''. As such, he makes assumptions about the narrative solely revolving around him and how the kingdom wants the Hulk's strength despite their complete lack of knowledge about it.

** Bruce mentions to his fellow heroes that he has only really played ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' on pacifist.

''...Or Is He Both?'' is a ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk''/''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' CrossOver fanfic written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2328776/The-Infamous-Man The Infamous Man]] of ''FanFic/AmazingFantasy'' and ''FanFic/JustAnUnorthodoxThief'' fame. It can be read [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/or-is-he-both-the-rising-of-the-shield-hero-the-immortal-hulk.840944/#post-66393314 here] on Website/SpaceBattles and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13551789/1/Or-Is-He-Both here]] on Website/FanfictionDotNet.