Scary Monsters Must Die

[liralen]

This morning, while I was making my breakfast and Jet was semi-avoiding eating his breakfast of toast and jam, he started making crash bang sounds... and the running commentary went something like this...

"Rar! He scaring people! Monster must die! Ksh ksh!! He wants to die, so scare people. Heroman come kill him! Scary monsters have to die. Rar!" Much crashing and bashing sounds.

I interrupt, "Poor monster. Why does he have to die?"

Jet replies promptly, "He wants to die. That's why he scare people. Scary monsters have to be killed."

Aiee. Scary three-year-old, already getting the concept of ulterior motives?

Comments

[archangelbeth]

"..."

That sounds like something Iolanthe would say!!

[space-parasite.livejournal.com]

Poor monster!

[liralen.livejournal.com]

*grin* Not just your child!

[liralen.livejournal.com]

I agree!

But there was something I think Frank Miller once said about child-soldiers Or was it Card? Anyway... as a kid, there's Good and Evil and it's obvious that Evil Must Die...

And it's so true with Jet it's nearly breathtaking.

Tonight he said, "I *like* hitting scary things." And it just amazes me how confident he is about that.

[space-parasite.livejournal.com]

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good Rostyki do nothing"?

But yah. I would be worried, except that if anyone can teach a growing kid to have a sane notion of what's actually evil vs what's only strange or upsetting or a mistake, it's you.