Mom 1, Boy 0

Okay, so I was giving the Boy a writing diagnostic yesterday in preparation for purchasing curricula for this 'school year'. He wasn't happy at all about writing and was having quite the snit fit, so I decided I'd try to reason with him on his level:

Me: Listen, my friend, you have to be able to write to take over the world. How will you be able to issue commands to your minions if you can't write?
Him: I will have a scribe!!!!!! (emphasis his)

(Luckily, I was able to think of a quick comeback:)
Me: What if your scribe steals your ideas and takes over the world himself?
Him: (pausing for just a beat) I will keep him in a prison!!!
Me: (heroically keeping a poker face) Dude, then you'll have to spend time feeding him and taking him to the bathroom and making sure that he won't escape. You won't have time for your evil plans. It'd be simpler to learn to write.

He didn't have a comeback for this, only because he was trying to keep from smiling. I don't think he was converted to the light side, but he did finish the diagnostic without another tantrum.

I so rule.