As you may know, last month during the Nebula Awards banquet, I accepted the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation on behalf of Guardians of the Galaxy. And in doing so, I used only three words.

Though I was allowed to hang on to the beautiful (and extremely heavy) trophy during the evening to pose for post-ceremony photos, I eventually had to relinquish the thing so it could be sent on to the folks who’d actually created the film. Which is a shame, because it’s one of more beautiful trophies I’ve had the privilege to accept on behalf of others.

Which is why, when I saw director James Gunn announce yesterday that he’d received the award from SFWA, I couldn’t resist cobbling together this …

Sometimes, being Groot just has to be its own reward …