well I just had to spoil basically the entire infinity saga to a 5 year old, how was your Thanksgiving

I am comforted by the fact that he isn't likely to remember it.

basically we were looking at pictures on my phone to keep him entertained while his parents cleaned up, and he kept seeing pics of me-as-Carol "punching" Thanos and he needed to know what that was all about.

I thought for sure "he's a bad guy" would suffice but we are at the "why" stage of things, and I didn't even think to make something up or find a way to soften it. "why does he have that glove"

well all those different stones on it give him a different power, and when he gets all of them he can do whatever he wants. "what does he want?"

dear friends, I could have said anything at this point. anything. Thanos wants to take your toys away. Thanos wants to end Christmas. Thanos wants ... anything. but no. I told him that Thanos wanted to kill half of everybody in the galaxy. and his face told me instantly that was the worst thing to say.

and he whispers, "did that really happen?"

it was in a movie, I said. it was just pretend. that ... didn't seem to satisfy him. I told him Iron Man got all the stones and fixed everything, and everything was okay, and he just wanted to know where the stones came from and how Thanos got them and how Tony got them and I'm just like ... trust me, kid. in a couple years we're gonna do this.

so, I mean, not the entire saga, I guess; I was saved by the fact that it was so very bedtime for the kidlet. but soon, kiddo. soon.

oh thats so precious though