Enter: The Scorpion
"Daddy?"
"Yes, son?"
"Mommy told me that I needed to make up more woman superheros."
"She's right. You do. Not every strong person is a man."
"Well, I made them up."
"You did?"
"Yes. One of them is Lizard Woman. She has swords and light savers and stuff and she fights the bad guys."
"Why is she called Lizard Woman?"
"Because she's made out of lizards!"
"Of course she is. Well, she sounds cool."
"She's pretty cool. But she's not the coolest."
"Oh."
"Do you want to know who the coolest is?"
"Sure."
"Scorpion Woman!"
"OK. Tell me about Scorpion Woman."
"She's a bad guy. She's from Jupiter. She can shoot light out of her hands so it's hard for good guys to see. She has electricity power, which makes her very dangerous. Also, she's super-strong, super-fast, and she can fly. And she can walk through walls, and she has the power of camouflage."
"It sounds like Scorpion Woman is very hard to defeat."
"Oh, she is. Sometimes Bhotman can defeat her."
"Of course."
"Scorpion Woman was once married to Dr. Boney."
"Really? That's juicy."
"But her left her because she got too powerful."
"Some men have trouble dealing with powerful women."
"Do you have trouble, daddy?"
"No, son. I just let them boss me around. Because I think it's hot."
"Like Bhotman!"
"Yes. Just like Bhotman."
Comments
Sounds like one powerful woman. My husband used to play this game called heroclix where grown men move tiny superheros around on maps. Now they are the domain of our four year old. There is one called Ashley (I think she's indie) and my son is continually comparing me to her. "Momma you don't have red hair like my hero" , "My hero has a gun, you don't have a gun Momma, guns are bad." and so on. His favorites include Gray Hulk, Wolverine, and Bishop. And it's not that he's not a DC boy but Daddy wont let him play with Superman and General Zodd.
Posted by: Ashley | March 19, 2007 8:40 PM
My favorite conversations with my daughter are always the ones where we are completely talking about different things, and she has no idea...
Posted by: david | March 20, 2007 5:41 AM
Your son is AWESOME!!!
Posted by: Traci | March 20, 2007 10:36 AM
Some should be chronicling
his super heroes and villians.
It's like Marvel Comics headquarters at the Pollack residence!
Cheers.
Dave
Posted by: Dave Boob | March 20, 2007 11:54 AM
Neal, that's seriously awesome. Too bad about the biting and stuff. (He over that yet?)
Posted by: rebecca | March 21, 2007 12:04 PM
Yes. For several years now. He was two.
Posted by: Neal Pollack | March 21, 2007 12:31 PM