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?

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

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with your hot takes. Anon or IC.

Comments

Re: Darth Vader | Star Wars (He is and he's not even sorry.)

[forcechanic]

I'm almost impressed.

You had so many options available and you managed to pick the one where you were an asshole to the absolute maximum number of people.

[nouskaiananki]

Which do you believe I should have further pursued?

[ He'll play asking for a bit. ]

[forcechanic]

The one where no planets explode comes to mind.

[nouskaiananki]

If you'll recall, that was Tarkin not myself. Alderaan's destruction was a profane tragedy as well as a gross tactical error.

Tarkin was backed by Emperor Palpatine and such a direct order I could not disobey.

[forcechanic]

You had so many options to stop it before it ever got there. You picked the one where planets explode and a bunch of your own people explode. The maximum possible bodycount where both sides think you're an asshole.

[nouskaiananki]

I repeatedly told Palpatine it was a foolish, conceited plan. I repeatedly told him and others it was completely profane. Erso repeatedly told Krennic about the very issue the Rebellion exploited to destroy it and I followed up on the messages with a high importance bang and demanded answers and investigation. I pitched Grand Admiral Thrawn's plan for enhanced TIE fighters to the point of literal bodily harm. The only thing I could have done more to stop the Death Star's construction would be to literally hold Krennic's hand and walk him through the issues. And probably kill Tarkin - which was I expressly forbidden from doing.

Do you honestly think I couldn't have snatched that data file from the hands of the soldiers who had it before they passed it to the Princess' ship?

It is not my responsibility to idiot-proof them.