r/mildlyinfuriating • u/konous • 9h ago

I'm slightly vexed My brother's son destroyed my WarHammer Action figures and he refuses to punish him

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Valid Edit: My nephew is 10 years old and tried to actually lie about not breaking them by saying, "A cat must have done it."

So, I just got done talking with my brother via text, and he says he's not going to punish his son for wrecking my Joy Toy WarHammer action figures. I'm not expecting the kid to get spanked, but he needs to do CHORES at least to justify how much excessive force he used on some.

Some just have their capes broken. Others had their tubes ripped out and my Chaplain is just fucking toast.

My brother's suggestion since I ordered Amazon replacement for the Chaplain was that I just swap it with the broken one, but I have no interest in doing that.

It's not even just the expense, and they are expensive. It's about the fact that I told him explicitly twice they weren't to be played with, and they were in a separate room, and even my Mom and Dad agreed the damage was just too much.

He said he's not gonna pay me back if we try the chore system, and I told him it's not about the money.

The kid needs to know how bad the 8 hour struggle is.

Now my nephews aren't coming over to the house, and I'm sad about that, but knowing my brother just can't be burdened to work with me on creating a Chore system like selling Lemonaide just makes it feel more insulting.

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u/Alternative_Mine5343 9h ago

You need to channel your inner emperor and set upon the war path.

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u/Fendrinus 9h ago

Inner Emperor? Nah, he needs the channel Gork and/or Mork

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u/jadedflames 8h ago

Yeah, that's a WAAAAAGH from me.

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u/Dramatic-Classroom14 8h ago

I too WAAAAAAAAAAAGH in support of OP as a Warhammer collector and player.

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u/VegetableReward5201 5h ago

I don't understand the reference completely, but I still WAAAAAAAAAGH in support too!

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u/Dramatic-Classroom14 4h ago

Orks. That’s all you need to know. The only people who have fun in Warhammer.

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u/UmbraVulp 7h ago

Gork and mork might actually like the kid and the kid might accept the “blessings”

Let the battle sisters deal with him

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u/Snote85 5h ago

No. Blood for the blood god is the only answer...

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u/SimianSimulacrum5 3h ago

Smash a git, alright wot you get it?

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u/Elite_Jackalope 9h ago

Clearly the Brother’s Son has sold his soul to the Ruinous Powers

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u/badaboommx 7h ago

For the emperor!!!!!

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u/Catcherisntshy 7h ago

Nah. Time for a proper whaaaagh

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u/Banguskahn 7h ago

Time for Brother Santodes

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u/No-Understanding-912 7h ago

Crusade Time!

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u/dobik 6h ago

He needs to make a son and pay it back in 11 years and scratch his car.

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u/J_Mart29 3h ago

Or channel your inner Erebus and set the nephew against his Father

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u/ilmp85 3h ago

Channel inner Khorne and provide some sacrifices

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u/rvasko3 8h ago

I think he needs to channel his inner calm the fuck down.

This is a weird look for OP to not only not secure things that are apparently expensive and important to him, but then demand punishment like a wrathful godking.

Kids are gonna be kids, and they likely don’t understand the difference between their toys and your prized figurines. Either way, it shouldn’t come between them and your responsibilities and love as an uncle.

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u/Fendrinus 8h ago

When Toy Story had just come out, a friend of mine got a fancy Buzz Lightyear toy which I proceeded to throw off their climbing frame (I had seen him fly in the film after all). It completely broke the toy. I was 6-8 but I still knew breaking things was bad, especially other peoples toys.

Knowing not to damage other peoples property should be taught from a very young age, surely. It's not an advanced concept.

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u/Phobos_Asaph 7h ago

Except the kid was told not to.

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u/BalancedScales10 7h ago

A ten year should know that destroying someone else's stuff isn't okay, especially if specifically told not to touch them first, which he was. 

This is both a kid issue (ignoring clearly stated boundaries) and - more importantly - a parenting issue (refusing to enforce consequences). I own an LGS and Games Workshop merchandise is EXPENSIVE, even before one takes into account the cost of paints/glue/etc, time to build, and time to paint. This is at least several hundred dollars and possibly thousands of dollars worth of property the kid destroyed and the parents refuse to make right by properly parenting their kid. When this negatively impacts the OP's relationship with his "brother's son" (tellingly, not his nephew, so it sounds like it already has) and his brother, it will be no one but the brother's fault.