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insertusername ([personal profile] insertusername) wrote in [community profile] toplvl2021-03-05 12:35 pm

aita?


am i the asshole?

Life isn’t always black and white. Sometimes it’s hard to tell who’s really at fault, and no one wants to believe they’re the bad guy. Sometimes you need an outside opinion. Or several.

Tell your side of the story and crowdsource an honest answer to the age old question; Am I The Asshole?

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with your character explaining a situation where they might have been the asshole.

Comment

with your hot takes. Anon or IC.
inuthings: (Kamski)

Elijah Kamski | Detroit: Become Human

[personal profile] inuthings 2021-03-05 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
“Let me paint you a picture. The year is twenty thirty-eight, Androids are quite popular, owned in every single home. It’s hard to exist daily without the life assistance that one provides. You’re the creator of these Androids, brilliant, attractive, and a billionaire. As Androids continue to rise in popularity something goes wrong and they just decide they want freedom. Completely not your fault, is the desire for freedom a contagious disease?

Never mind, irrelevant. Either way, you’re a bit of a shut in. A few problems years before that, lost your company because of—rather horrible people. Anyway, you’re a shut in, haven’t seen the world in ages, get all your information from the TV. There’s this Android right? Names Connor, world's first Detective Android. Quite incredible, really fascinating. Your ideas were stolen to create him. You just kinda wanna—push him, see where it goes. See what he does.

He’s investigating the deviancy case, trying to find what makes Androids do it. Stop it. He works for the evil company, CyberLife, your own company which wasn’t actually evil until you lost control of it. Again, not important probably. But he’s investigating them and of course as the creator of Androids he just has to ask you about it.”

A little bit more than halfway through the story, three shots in, a couple beers and some wine. His tongues more than loose. He waves for another drink to be brought to the table.

“So Connor, Detective Android and obviously a deviant himself. How do I know, you ask? It’s obvious, the way he interacts with the world, looks at things, talks to his partner. A snail could have seen he was a Deviant. Just not himself. You know? He comes in all ready to ask his questions, innocent face looking for the world like I’m just gonna—hand him the answers. He has the answers, he just doesn’t want to acknowledge them. Because acknowledging it means admitting he’s a Deviant too.

You see the problem here? Resident Deviant Hunter, CyberLife’s last hope, the best they had to offer. A Deviant himself. Obviously he didn’t want to admit it. So, what do I do, you ask?”

Leaning a bit more into his drink, addressing the others around him. He lowers his voice and speaks as if it’s the most obvious thing in the world.

“I prove to him he’s a Deviant. It’s quite simple, just a little test I invented when I was bored. You know you have to find out who around you is a Deviant, right? Obviously, the creator of Androids here. Can’t trust a fish. Well, anyway, I grabbed a gun yes I have a permit for it, and I handed it to Connor. Little fact here, Androids can’t refuse a direct order from certain people. I, of course, am one of those people. Being able to do so is a sign of Deviancy.

So with the gun I grabbed another Android in my house, her name is Chloe, a wonderful creation, the first one I made. I had her kneel in front of Connor, raised his hand up to point at her head and gave the order; Piece of plastic imitating a human? Or a living being... With a soul... It's up to you to answer that fascinating question, Connor. Destroy this machine and I'll tell you all I know. Or spare it, if you feel it's alive, but you'll leave here without having learnt anything from me.

Another longer drink from his cup before it’s placed down, blinking at the table.

“He didn’t shoot her of course, I knew he wouldn’t. There was of course the very small percent chance that I was wrong, but I’m never wrong. Genius, remember? So he didn’t shoot her, but he certainly wasn’t happy about the entire thing. I even gave him a way to escape the program CyberLife put inside him to control him. But, not a single thank you for what I did give him, the answer he really needed. Machine, or Deviant?”

Leaning back in the booth he bumps his head against the seat, blinking up at the ceiling.

“Is this another morality thing? A human emotion thing? Was I really an asshole?”
shapely: (gross)

[personal profile] shapely 2021-03-05 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
You sound like you're adding a lot of caveats to avoid looking directly at your own complicity— that alone makes me think you're at least a bigger asshole than you'd like to be known for.
lickstheevidence: (Default)

[personal profile] lickstheevidence 2021-03-05 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I think that...if you need to ask, you already know the answer, Mr. Kamski.
Edited 2021-03-05 23:22 (UTC)

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psycholumin: (eyeroll)

[personal profile] psycholumin 2021-03-05 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
...honestly you didn't need to go any further than describing self-determination as an infectious disease, dude. Like your behavior is shitty, but it's shitty because it's based on a supremely assholish belief system.
hillbillyboy: art by @Iserlychopedly (E'yup)

[personal profile] hillbillyboy 2021-03-05 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh-huh.

[That's it. That's his answer.]
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[personal profile] peninhand 2021-03-05 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I think you really like the sound of your own voice.

[ Wait, what was the question? ]

Oh and yes, you really were an asshole.
soundwave_ascendant: soundwave looking into the sky (Default)

[personal profile] soundwave_ascendant 2021-03-06 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
You: asshole.
pheck: (10)

[personal profile] pheck 2021-03-07 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
"I stopped listening, but you're an asshole," He honestly didn't give a shit what the scenario had been.

"Is that all you wanted to talk about?"

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satokowashi: (04| growing more twisted)

Satoko Hojou | Higurashi Gou

[personal profile] satokowashi 2021-03-05 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
My very best friend in the world wants us to go to a fancy high school together, that I know with total certainty I’d hate and do terrible in. Am I the asshole for wanting to change her mind so we can be happy together somewhere else?
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Re: Satoko Hojou | Higurashi Gou

[personal profile] ormondsoutlier 2021-03-05 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Let's be real; you both suck.

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I had to, I am sorry

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unluckybreak: (That's very Cameron Frye of you.)

[personal profile] unluckybreak 2021-03-06 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
Haaah? This person might be your best friend, but it sounds like you've forgotten that they've got goals and dreams of their own. Friends may drift apart sometimes, but that doesn't mean that bonds can be easily forgotten. Are you really that scared of moving on?
peninhand: (aad 003)

Monika || Doki Doki Literature Club

[personal profile] peninhand 2021-03-05 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I had friends. I started thinking they weren't real. Not only that, I became convinced they would always stand in the way of my happiness. There are actual reasons that led me to think that. My conclusion was erroneous, but... I convinced myself that it wasn't. I felt so miserable, I wanted to die unless I could find a sliver of happiness. And so...

[ A pause. ]

I hurt them. I hurt them so much, they will probably never be the same ever again.
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[personal profile] livingrecord 2021-03-07 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
I would be...hard pressed to call you the asshole, when I know all too well the feeling you've described.

My sympathy.

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ragnarsson: ([11.2] He's back)

[personal profile] ragnarsson 2021-03-11 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
Well, it was wrong, but I can't say you were a terrible person for doing so. I likely would have done the same thing.

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kunimeh: (Default)

kunimi akira | hq!!

[personal profile] kunimeh 2021-03-06 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
My teammate in junior high volleyball was a complete asshole. I mean, not always... he started out okay, just kinda weird and quiet, but then people started telling him he was really good, even gifted, and he became a tyrant. His position is all about working with the pointmakers but he insisted on showing us up instead and then giving us shit because we couldn't keep up to him.

And I don't just mean in practice. In actual, official matches. He'd be calling us all stupid and lazy and slow in front of our rivals and we just had to take it even though his shitty sportsmanship was killing the team. Even our coach wouldn't act right away when me and my friend went to him about it, so we...

... we just refused to play. We stood still and let the ball drop so coach would be forced to bench him. Apparently he was really fucked up by it but were we in any way the assholes? I say he didn't leave us any other choice.
kingseeking: (I will help you swim)

O/“

[personal profile] kingseeking 2021-03-06 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
Well, that certainly doesn’t sound very sportsman-like of him. I wouldn’t say that standing up to what you’d consider to be a “tyrant” would make you an asshole [he looks a little uncomfortable saying the actual word, but it’s fleeting], no.

Your coach did nothing to stop it until you and your teammates acted?

[That’s the most discomfiting part, really. Not that he’s any stranger to corrupt adults or anything, but there’s supposed to be some sense of honor when it comes to sportsmanship, right? And it’s up to coaches to foster that sort of thing among their student athletes, right?]

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the_caped_crusader: (Default)

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[personal profile] the_caped_crusader 2021-03-06 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
I'm Batman.
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[personal profile] kyley_b 2021-03-06 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Definitely the asshole.

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[personal profile] ormondsoutlier 2021-03-06 01:12 pm (UTC)(link)
100% asshole.
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[personal profile] hobblepot 2021-03-06 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oswald spreads his hands after a moment, giving a baffled little toss of his head.]

...could you, perhaps, expand on that just a tad for those of us with no idea what you're talking about?
hosannas_of_anguish: (Y1 - contacts)

[personal profile] hosannas_of_anguish 2021-03-06 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. Yes, you are.

[ Pot meet kettle.]
poliscience: (harder you go the better you feel)

Darcy Lewis | MCU

[personal profile] poliscience 2021-03-06 10:07 am (UTC)(link)
[highlight for spoilers!!!]

AITA for

t-boning a military tank with an ice cream truck, getting the other driver arrested, and bouncing? In my defense, he was up to some morally, scientifically, and legally reprehensible shit, and he tried to hurt my new friends.

(Most details withheld for security reasons, but trust me when I say it is ten times weirder than you're imagining.)
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[personal profile] divaricate 2021-03-06 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Not the asshole; I'd have done worse in the moment 🤷‍♀️

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Kate Denson | Dead By Daylight

[personal profile] hopesong 2021-03-07 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
Sometimes when I'm sent to a certain realm, I'll go and pet the horse there before I find a generator to start. Sometimes I even just ignore 'em to pet him. He just seems so lonely, y'know?
deathslinger: (CHAINS.)

[personal profile] deathslinger 2021-03-08 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
The others with you might think you're an ass for that, but you ain't one to me. [ not in this, at least. ] Makes my job easier if you'd rather play with that horse than do anything useful.

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Ivar "The Boneless" Ragnarsson | Vikings

[personal profile] ragnarsson 2021-03-11 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
I killed my brother after he mocked me in front of the entire army we were leading, despite the fact he knew I have trouble controlling my temper. But it was an accident! I didn't really want to kill him, I just wanted him to shut up and stop humiliating me the way he'd done my entire life. He thought me being a cripple gave him license to be bitter, complain, and whine forever.
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[personal profile] hillbillyboy 2021-03-11 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[Oh man same hat.meme he feels that.]

Ain't asshole.

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