banishedquasiroyal:

oh god yeah with mixed results

• when mayhem is like, a baby, she is essentially watched 24/7 bc mothergrubs are like, a CLOSE but not quite troll equivalent. like…an elf to a human. same basic genetic structure but WILD variables, so mayhem starts out as a cute (hairless, glowing, etc) grub
• calliope & roxy get to sit for her first, bc “well calliope is intertwined with the fabric of space and is also p great with kids, and roxy is….tolerable”. they actually know what they’re doing most of the time and understand that MGs mainly communicate through flashing telepathic images/empathy, and they can DEAL with that (not as well as kanaya and rose but they try!)
• dave tried once and threw up because mayhem started flashing his brain and he wasn’t prepared for like, that
• john is more of a rare babysitter but he makes soft and gentle breezes for her to spread her wings in (so like. she loves him obvs)
• jade got her a telescope that she can use with her weird clicking claw hand things! love jade

most trolls don’t like interacting with mothergrubs bc they emit constant psychic energy. they’re basically like, giant fuzzy chatterboxes who like to learn things! and sometimes it’s better for them to not interact with trolls who they could accidentally influence to do something stupid