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[godslay]

[ Hey, you know who hasn't graced the network in a while?

This tiny monster.

You know who understands how the network works and thinks it's neat?

That same tiny monster.

When the camera clicks on, Groot is standing way too close to the screen, and all that can be seen are his gigantic, black eyes. There's a muffled, "I am Groot?" and then he's setting the communicator down and taking a few steps back until he's mostly visible from the waist up. He waves cheerfully at the camera, and then reaches offscreen to produce...

This bad boy.

He waves it around effortlessly; even if it's already extended, it's clearly near weightless. An excellent blade, all around.

Not excellent for children, however.

Offscreen, Gamora's voice sounds distant:

"Peter, have you seen my—"

Her feet appear in the camera's view, followed by a sharp, reprimanding, ]

Groot! Give that back! You're going to hurt yourself!

[ And she's stomping over to snatch away her sword.

Groot whines when Gamora takes Godslayer, and after a brief pause, the sapling is bursting into immediate, earsplitting bawling.

Sorry to anyone next door or on the adjacent floors. ]

Ugh.

[ She scoops up her communicator, too. It takes a second for her to notice that Groot turned it on, but then she clicks off the feed. ]



[ Following after that disaster: ]

Who has experience dealing with tantrums?

Comments

action;

[nostalgiabomb]

[ So. That was a thing.

And you know what's also a thing?

Groot, screaming and flailing on the floor, while Peter kneels beside him. ]

Dude. Come on, you've gotta—

[ "calm down," is how Peter intended to finish that sentence, except Groot just shouts, ]

I! Am! Groot!

What? No, you can't—

[ —"play with the sword." But the instant Peter says, "no," the kid just starts wailing again.

Peter takes a deep breath and pinches the bridge of his nose. ]

un: TheStrandInstitute

[nobasisinfact]

I do.

I assume this is about the tree?

text.

[madeupnames]

Oh, I don't!

[Peter that's not helpful.]

I could try tho, me and Groot are buddies.
Is that what that high-pitch noise is from up there? It's killing my ears.

[It should by all accounts shouldn't, but it's like a dog whistle to his sensitive spider-senses.]

@the.tetherer

[tetherer]

[Oh, it's this little guy again! Different username on the network, though. Maybe Peter's girlfriend?]

groot seems like he likes to regularly be a handful.
i don't have experience with children per se but perhaps you could calmly explain why you took it from him.
if he knows you did it out of concern for his wellbeing, he may see your point and calm down.

text; @falcon

[wingedman]

That tree was a lot bigger the last time I saw him.

[you know, ignoring the request for parenting advice.]

text; un: hawke

[indigobird]

it's been quite awhile but i had twin siblings that were several years younger than me. enough that i remember their tantrums. try distracting tree-child with another toy or something else. if he really won't budge? let him cry and scream. yes it means a headache but he has to learn that he won't get his way by throwing a fit.

and maybe keep the sharp pointy objects locked away from now on. little children can and will get into every damn thing

text; un: j.calhoun

[bardish]

In my experience if you can make them laugh they'll forget about why they're tantruming (sp??) in the first place

it also works for scraped knees!

[ Though he doesn't know if your tree/son can scrape his knee, because he seems to be made of bark........ ]