aita?

[insertusername]

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?

Top Level

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

Comment

with your hot takes. Anon or IC.

Comments

[coldsong]

All by yourself, or did you have a twin to assist?

[littlesapphire]

Weeeeeell... [Jester's form shimmers, and an illusory copy of her emerges.] I do technically have a duplicate, technically, but I didn't actually use her for this. Technically.

[coldsong]

[Aha! Loki can't help but smile at the sight of a trick he often uses, himself, particularly when it's well-executed.] Oh, nicely done! Very smooth work!

[Of course, now he has to show off, too, so there's a flicker of greenish-gold light that slides over his form, and then there's two of him, as well. Both bow gallantly, though only one speaks.] Well met to you both.

So what exactly did you do to entrap your parents, if not switch places with a twin? [Don't even ask how he's aware of this bit of pop culture in the first place. It's better not to know, with him.]

[littlesapphire]

[Jester claps her hands, delighted, and she and her duplicate attempt a polite curtsey. Jester's duplicate is also silent, though she is mouthing Jester's words along with her.] Oh thank you, good sir!

It's, um, it's kind of a long story? But it basically comes down to, we needed someplace safe for her to hide from bad guys, and my dad's place is really secure, so I asked him to let her stay there, and he said yes. And I've - I've never actually seen him leave the bar? And Mama doesn't like to go outside, either, so - they're spending a lot of time with each other.

[coldsong]

[It does not escape Loki that illusionist and trickster are professions that often go hand in hand, and therefore this charming young woman is likely more trouble than she seems. Still, the only thing he gets called less often than 'sir' is 'good sir', and he is not immune to either charm or ego-petting.]

Well, that sounds like a perfectly practical decision when it comes right down to it, so if you were attempting to entrap them, you've got plausible deniability. So, I would say Not-the-Asshole, or at least No-One-Can-Prove-You're-the-Asshole!

[littlesapphire]

[Maybe it's the green-tinted magic or maybe it's the sharpness of his smile, she's not sure, but something about Loki is reminding Jester powerfully of her best and oldest friend, and it puts her very much at ease.]

That's true, that's very very true, the proving thing. That's important. I do have some pretty good plausible deniability, because we really are trying to hide from evil wizards who do horrible things to people, that part is totally true.