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.

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[adarkergray]

Somehow, I'm not surprised that his obsession with control extends to something that petty.

[Of course, not everything goes according to the Emperor's plans - the fact that Jacob is still alive, and the bond he's forged with Lord Vader, are more than proof enough of that. Sidious' apprentice is supposed to be completely isolated; he's not supposed to have anyone who cares for him, or someone who's dumb enough to take his side no matter what.]

[nouskaiananki]

Given I was the very first to plan to remove him from his throne and replace him with another? I'm not.

[ Having Jacob was a jealously guarded secret Vader was willing to kill to protect. And it's almost entirely because of the loyalty Jacob had shown him, with a little bit of one up manship with Palpatine. ]

[adarkergray]

I can't even begin to tell you how much I'm looking forward to helping you finally succeed. He's done enough.

[Unlike most dark side users, Jacob's ambition doesn't manifest in the form of seeking power or glory for himself. He only cares about recognition from those he's closest to, and he's made his peace with the fact that his strength in the Force will always be limited. However, if he's cunning enough in how he uses it, he can still be everything that Vader needs from him.]

[nouskaiananki]

Unfortunately, there does need to be someone ready to take the helm and we don't have anyone yet.

[ It's a problem he is actively working to rectify. He doesn't want it - he's content to be the enforcer behind the power, if that. ]

[adarkergray]

That's true.

[It's too bad it can't be Grand Admiral Thrawn - as much as they both admire him - but they both know why. He's a good man, and he has an unfortunate habit of assuming others are good like him - that his values are more universal than they actually are, and that there's more overlap between his concept of virtue and others' than there actually is. And while he's been right often enough to have gained some powerful allies, they wouldn't be able to keep him from being shredded by the vornskr pack that are the Moffs, and to a slightly lesser degree the rest of the bureaucracy, if he was actually running things.]

[nouskaiananki]

It's a separate, but parallel, project.

[ Vader himself would handle the Moffs, no problem. Vader also questions whether or not the Chiss even would want to. ]