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Neonocto FIRE CHARA from Eight's apartment. (Troper in training) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
FIRE CHARA
#151: Jun 16th 2025 at 6:01:04 AM

NAH, you were just being an overconcerned parent.


AITA for blending innocent beings?

I, (25000?Telephone?) was created to guide the next dominant species to glory after the extinction of humanity. However said species was fashion obsessed and racist. AND I WAS DISGUSTED! So I dedicated my existence to tricking them into trusting that I would send them to the "promised land" by putting them through a series of tests, those who fail get their personality removed, those who succeed get put into a giant blender.

AITA?

Edited by Neonocto on Jun 16th 2025 at 3:56:58 PM

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Neonocto FIRE CHARA from Eight's apartment. (Troper in training) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
KingLegendtheStudTroper I am awesome, everything is interesting from Somewhere in the universe. Dunno quite where Since: Sep, 2024 Relationship Status: Every rose has its thorn
I am awesome, everything is interesting
#153: Jun 16th 2025 at 2:43:38 PM

NTA, they were racist and shallow, and therefore had it coming


AITA for storming out of my kids' first birthday party?

So for some important background info, I (35M) am an ogre, and have been my whole life. My wife (35F) was once a human cursed to turn into an ogre every night until she met her true love and would then turn to her true form. When we got married, she became an ogre permanently. Before that she had been locked away in a tower as well. We have 3 kids (1M, 1M and 1F). I also used to be feared by the local villagers until recent years when a series of adventures I've went on has made me somewhat of a local celebrity, to my dismay.

As for the story, it was the kids' first birthday party, and I was trying to get everything in order. However, things were extremely chaotic. Among other things, this kid kept pestering me to roar, despite my repeatedly saying no. There were also a number of guests acting crazy, including my best friend (30M, talking donkey) licking the cake that was for my kids. Some of the other guests then ate the cake and my kids started crying. And my MIL (65F) accused me of licking the cake despite my attempts to explain myself, which she ignored. Eventually, I was so frustrated and overwhelmed that I roared in frustration. My wife was concerned about me but I was still upset. One of my friends (?M, talking cat) found another cake but I was still so frustrated about everything that I punched it and then stormed out. My wife came to talk to me and I vented about the villagers being unbelievable. She thought I was out of line though especially for storming out of the party. We argued and I eventually said I wished things were the way they were before when people were afraid of me and left me alone. She asked if I meant before we met and I unthinking said yes. I didn't mean that, I was just mad at the time, especially since i felt she wasnt listening to me or where i was coming from. She went back inside shortly after. AITA?

I did leave a note saying that I changed the story. I took it down because I don't feel like it's really a big deal to anyone else besides you

Edited by KingLegendtheStudTroper on Jun 17th 2025 at 10:03:50 AM

TroperNo9001 MR. NAICE GUY from The Old Man’s Study (Wise, aged troper) Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
MR. NAICE GUY
#154: Jun 17th 2025 at 4:51:04 AM

I noticed that you bumped the thread but changed your prompt here without telling us again.

YTA, you're letting your fame get over your head, and shouldn't have acted out during the party.


[reserving]

"YOU ARE KAIND. MERSIFULL. AND, MOAST OF ALL... YOU DOAN'T KNOW HOW TO CLAIMB."
Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#155: Jun 17th 2025 at 2:54:44 PM

AITA for remaining salty at my friend after she got me in trouble, even after she tried to apologise?

I (7F)note  recently made friends with the new girl at my school (7F), but then she cheated by copying my test answers, and lied that she wouldn't do that. The teacher (35M) believed her, and so I wrongly got a week of detentions.

I initially assumed that she just pretended to be my friend so she could cheat, but now I'm not so sure, since she did offer to help my other friends and me in the upcoming softball tournament, offer me a ride home, and give me a basket of fruit and a balloon.

However, I was still mad at her, so I said no to everything, and even popped the balloon and threw away the fruit, so AITA?

For every low there is a high.
TroperNo9001 MR. NAICE GUY from The Old Man’s Study (Wise, aged troper) Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
MR. NAICE GUY
#156: Jun 17th 2025 at 3:15:44 PM

[up][up][up]It is to me because IMO it's good courtesy to tell others about it anyway, in case they wanted to answer the prompt instead, but since I missed the initial note, I missed my chance to do it because the notification I got on the TVT app (which just said "bump") did not indicate to me that you changed it.

[up]NTA, even if your friend looks like she's trying to make up for it, I would still be cautious of her.

Sorry for answering two prompts in a row, I was still writing mine by the time you posted yours (since I did reserve my spot), so here it is now.


AITA for taking my daughter on a road trip to her new school instead of letting her fly there?

I (40-45M) just don't understand why my daughter (17F) is so passionate about filmmaking. We used to play and laugh and go hiking in the woods together, but she and I have started talking less often to each other since then. Now she's on her laptop all the time, she's always chasing my family around with a camcorder, and her short films are too quirky for me to understand!

My wife (40-45F), on the other hand, was supportive our daughter's dream because she liked her video that she showed me at the dinner table, but I didn't get it. How is she going to succeed in life if she makes these "funny" videos her livelihood? She'd be moving to California for college the following day and we won't be able to help her if she ends up on the streets! She needs a backup plan!

My daughter reluctantly believed me and put away her laptop, but at my wife's behest, I changed my mind and tried to get it back so I can finish watching her video. But she kept on pulling it back despite my insistence because she felt I was making this too much of a big deal, so we ended up playing tug-of-war on her laptop until I threw it away! I then tried further discouraging her from her dream by telling her how exploitative tech companies are, but she told me that her videos got her to the college she wanted, and she was excited to leave the following morning because of that. She then walked out on me, and we didn't talk to each other for the rest of the night.

I get it, teens naturally rebel against their parents because they want to be independent, but I just feel we've grown too distant thanks to technology. My wife suggested to me that I make up for it because whenever my daughter and I had those rare moments when we talked, we always ended up arguing. My wife appreciates that I always come to the rescue whenever our family has a problem, but she warned me that if our daughter ever abandons me, I won't be able to get her back.

So the next day, I got the idea to cancel her flight and take her on a cross-country trip to her college in my rickety old car. I got my wife, our son (8M), and our dog to join us, and I even offered to teach my daughter how to drive stick-shift for free! My wife was a little hesitant to go along with me, while my daughter was distraught that she'd be late, but I tried assuring her that I called her school to excuse her from class orientation for this. But while she still had these new "friends" to meet on the first day, she'd be missing out on one last family bonding moment, especially with me!

So I stringed her along for the ride, but she's disappointed on missing out, so her mom tried to encourage her to follow my plan in an effort to repair our relationship. Our daughter then tried to make the most out of our weeklong trip by recording it, even with my constant nagging, reckless disregard of the rules, and dragging her and her little brother on my hiking trips. On the fourth day of our trip, I tried playing her childhood song to her, but she said she outgrew it, so at her mom's suggestion, I took the family to a dinosaur-themed café in Kansas, although it was quite run-down. My daughter still recorded everything, so I told her to put down her phone and just enjoy the moment, but we ended up into yet another argument about her life decisions!

Suddenly, an army of evil robots controlled by a rogue AI invaded our place, so I instinctively tried protecting my family with my survival skills. As humanity got captured by the robots, we hid ourselves in the café, then I destroyed my family's phones to prevent them from tracking us, and got our oddly specific screwdrivers to board up the place. My daughter then came up with a plan for us to infiltrate a tech building to upload the kill code to destroy the robots, but I rejected it because such a code didn't exist. She retorted that she would find it soon, but I insisted that we continue with my survival plan.

Later on, my children found two evil robots whose programming got busted during the battle, so they were on our side because they had the kill code to the AI. My daughter was convinced that her plan could work, but I still rejected it because it just became too dangerous outside. However, she reminded me of those times when my recklessness helped the family become stronger because in a way, I taught them to be brave, so I agreed to help her on her mission. Her mom was glad that we were starting to get along again and she even helped us with it...

...but after all the trouble we went through to reach Silicon Valley and infiltrate it, the rogue AI used the surveillance footage from the café and showed me an incriminating video of my daughter! She was telling her brother she was insincere with her pep talk to me that day, that she only said what I wanted to hear just to get me off her back! I was so distraught with what she said that day, I wasn't able to save my family from being thrown off the building by the AI, but luckily, our capsule and our robot armor protected us. I then asked my daughter why she said that, but before she could explain the truth (she was insincere back then, but she genuinely grew on me as I helped her with her mission), the rogue AI re-enslaved our robot pals and kidnapped me and my wife!

As I was locked in my prison, I watched my inmate (20-22M) watch one of my daughter's videos, but its plot mirrored our strained relationship. I suddenly related to the character representing me there because it was like her character was trying to tell me what she's always wanted to tell me: it was her choice to go to the college she wanted because she does want to follow her dreams, but even with our arguments, she still won't forget all the memories she had with me. However, she still needs my backup because even with her friends there, she'll still miss me.

I really need a minute here because I feel it's too late for me to make amends, so AITA?

TLDR: I didn't believe in my daughter's dream to become an indie filmmaker, but after an argument with her, my wife suggested I make it up to her for it, so I took her on a road trip. My daughter hated that because I canceled her flight for this, but when the apocalypse happened during our road trip, she convinced me to work together with her to stop the rogue AI. However, said AI exposed her lie to me, making me question everything about our relationship, but before my daughter could explain why she lied and how she changed her mind about me over time, I got kidnapped by the AI. I then watched my daughter's video whose plot was eerily similar to our situation, and now I regret my dismissal of her dreams... but still, AITA for taking her on that road trip in the first place?

Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jun 17th 2025 at 6:52:37 PM

"YOU ARE KAIND. MERSIFULL. AND, MOAST OF ALL... YOU DOAN'T KNOW HOW TO CLAIMB."
KingLegendtheStudTroper I am awesome, everything is interesting from Somewhere in the universe. Dunno quite where Since: Sep, 2024 Relationship Status: Every rose has its thorn
I am awesome, everything is interesting
#157: Jun 17th 2025 at 4:06:21 PM

[up] I understand, i had just initially made a note on the story that i had changed it which i later deleted

YTA, you should have been more supportive

AITA for feeling like I was being replaced by my owner and trying to get my replacement misplaced?

I (?M, Cowboy doll) am one of the toys owned by this kid (6M). We would do everything together for years. Recently, the kid was celebrating his birthday party and got a new toy (?M, spaceman action figure), we will call him B. We didn't get off to a great start in our relationship since B doesn't get that he's an action figure and thinks he is a real spaceman. What has made things worse is that the kid has been mostly playing with him ever since his birthday (the kid doesn't know we are all alive btw) BTW, and this has been tough for me. Recently though, it turned out the kid was going to go out to dinner for his birthday, and so I hatched a plan to get B out of the way, by knocking him behind a desk so the kid couldn't find him. Plans went awry though and I accidentally knocked him out a window. All the other toys were mad at me because they thought I had killed him on purpose. I tried explaining to them it was an accident but none of them were willing to hear me out. AITA?

Edited by KingLegendtheStudTroper on Jun 18th 2025 at 6:18:56 AM

KingLegendtheStudTroper I am awesome, everything is interesting from Somewhere in the universe. Dunno quite where Since: Sep, 2024 Relationship Status: Every rose has its thorn
I am awesome, everything is interesting
#158: Jun 18th 2025 at 10:37:33 AM

bump

KingLegendtheStudTroper I am awesome, everything is interesting from Somewhere in the universe. Dunno quite where Since: Sep, 2024 Relationship Status: Every rose has its thorn
I am awesome, everything is interesting
#159: Jun 19th 2025 at 8:20:07 AM

Bump

LadyBlackwood The show must go on from Wouldn't you like to know? Since: Jun, 2023 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
The show must go on
#160: Jun 20th 2025 at 6:26:23 PM

NTA: You could have handed things with the new toy better but your feelings are understandable and what happened to him wasn't your fault.


AITA for saving my partner's life?

My (32M) best friend and lab partner had a terminal illness. We're both scientists and had been working on finding a way to cure him using one of our inventions, the Hexcore. Then my partner suddenly told me that the Hexcore needed to be destroyed and we should look for an alternative. I wanted to ask why but I was really busy with other stuff. I'm also on the ruling council of our city and we're on the verge of war, so I was trying to prevent that. We were on a meeting when the council chamber was bombed, I was mostly fine but my partner got really hurt. I used the Hexcore to save his life because I couldn't handle the idea of losing him. He was on a comma for weeks and when he woke up, he had gone through some physical changes including most of his skin turning purple. I was just happy to see him but I understand that he might be a bit freaked out. I was ready to be there for him and help him but he got angry at me and left. AITA?

KingLegendtheStudTroper I am awesome, everything is interesting from Somewhere in the universe. Dunno quite where Since: Sep, 2024 Relationship Status: Every rose has its thorn
I am awesome, everything is interesting
#161: Jun 22nd 2025 at 1:20:58 PM

bump

TroperNo9001 MR. NAICE GUY from The Old Man’s Study (Wise, aged troper) Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
MR. NAICE GUY
#162: Jun 22nd 2025 at 7:51:14 PM

Please do not bump the thread if it's not your own post because it's like bumping it for bump's sake.

"YOU ARE KAIND. MERSIFULL. AND, MOAST OF ALL... YOU DOAN'T KNOW HOW TO CLAIMB."
KingLegendtheStudTroper I am awesome, everything is interesting from Somewhere in the universe. Dunno quite where Since: Sep, 2024 Relationship Status: Every rose has its thorn
I am awesome, everything is interesting
#163: Jun 23rd 2025 at 1:22:07 AM

sorry, I've been pretty busy lately and didn't have time to respond or write out my own post (and am not super familiar with the last refrenced work, but didn't want the game to just come to a halt

TroperNo9001 MR. NAICE GUY from The Old Man’s Study (Wise, aged troper) Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
MR. NAICE GUY
#164: Jun 23rd 2025 at 3:59:33 AM

I get it, but it's been only a few days since. Just because the game falls off the first page doesn't mean it has disappeared from existence. Be patient, I even answered a few prompts of unfamiliar works because the prompts themselves still gave me something to work with even without the complete context from the work.

"YOU ARE KAIND. MERSIFULL. AND, MOAST OF ALL... YOU DOAN'T KNOW HOW TO CLAIMB."
NitroIndigo ♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves from West Midlands region, England Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves
#165: Jun 23rd 2025 at 6:37:06 AM

[up][up][up][up][up] NAH. You tried your best, but it's understandable why your boyfriend was freaked out.


AITA for killing my sister's boyfriend?

Six months ago, I (21F) gave some idiot (21M) an important necklace. I wanted to kill him to get it back, but my twin sister (also 21F) volunteered to impersonate me and ask him nicely to give it back to throw the polices' suspicion off me. She had ONE SIMPLE JOB, but she'd made no progress after SIX MONTHS and they fell in love, so I finished the job for her by killing him.

AutumnLeaves Since: Mar, 2014
#166: Jun 23rd 2025 at 9:09:47 AM

YTA, you committed a crime.

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AITA for following the newest trends in fashion?

I (21F) am the monarch of a principality. I’ve recently received word that there’s a new fashion across Europe for dresses adorned with swan feathers. So, to make sure my court and I look presentable, I had my huntsmen shoot down enough swans to make dresses for myself and my attendants. Now this guy (37M) came out of nowhere and turned us into swans for shooting so many birds. I was just making sure my ladies-in-waiting and I weren’t behind the times in fashion! AITA?

Pbskidsfan Oona the Gadget Lady Since: Feb, 2021 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
Oona the Gadget Lady
#167: Jun 23rd 2025 at 9:20:27 AM

[up][up] YTA, you saw how much he meant to your sister and then killed him anyway? Next time think about what you're doing before taking that kind of measure.

[up] ESH. Shooting swans is considered a crime (at least in modern times), but that doesn't give the other guy rights to turn you into swans.


Am I in the wrong for reading my friend's diary?

I (11F) was supposed to go trick-or-treating with my two best friends (11M and 9F). The 11M (let's call him M) showed up first, and we were waiting for our third friend. When she finally showed up, she was wearing the exact same costume as me. M didn't think it was a big deal, and I immediately told him it was. EVERYONE (except M I guess) knows that you can't wear the same Halloween costume as one of your friends!

But that was the least of our problems. When my friend came, she dropped a book. Our robot bird (20s, M) picked it up, and I asked to see it. It looked like a diary, and the latest entry said "I saw [my name] today, she is so mean." My friend took it from me before I could finish reading, saying that it was her diary and that I had no right to read it. But I'd already read enough. I told her off for saying that I was mean, and she was mad at me for picking up the diary. So we went our separate ways, with our other two friends trying to convince us to get back together.

OOC: I'd use initials for the friend too, but unfortunately her name starts with an I and it looked very weird tongue

Edited by Pbskidsfan on Jun 23rd 2025 at 11:33:21 AM

My plan is to trick you into thinking this is my signature when it’s not, then confuse you silly. Doubting my plan? Then it's working!
KingLegendtheStudTroper I am awesome, everything is interesting from Somewhere in the universe. Dunno quite where Since: Sep, 2024 Relationship Status: Every rose has its thorn
I am awesome, everything is interesting
#168: Jun 23rd 2025 at 9:59:28 AM

You're in the wrong. The diary is private property, so you shouldn't have read it


AITA for admitting on national television that I have a crush on this girl who I'm about to have to fight to the death against?

I (16M) live in a country with 12 districts that are governed by the capitol (I'm from the 12th). Every year the capitol has two kids, one boy one girl, from each of the districts come there to an arena to fight each other to the death (I don't know why, but they do). For the longest time, I've had a crush on this girl, who we'll call K (16F), but I've always thought she's probably out of my league. Recently at the reaping (the ceremony where the tributes are called), my name was called as the male tribute. K's sister (12F) was called as the female tribute but K stepped up and volunteered to go instead. We both knew that we didn't have very good chances of making it out alive since there can only be one survivor, and there's only one guy from our district, both of our mentor H (42M), who has won the games, which happened 24 years ago. What makes these matters worse is that H is usually just grumpy and drunk all the time so hasn't really been super helpful in preparing us.

Before the games the capitol tries to get all of the tributes introduced to the public, and I was recently interviewed by this game show host (40M) on live TV. He was asking me questions about my life before coming to the games including asking if there were any girls waiting for me if I made it out alive. I tried to evade the questions at first saying there was someone I liked but I knew things wouldn't work out. He kept pressing about this until eventually I ended up admitting that I was referring to K. When I left after my interview, K confronted me and was livid about the fact that I admitted that on national television, when we both know only one (or neither) of us will be getting out alive. H stepped in and said that we could spin this in a way that we would benefit, suggesting using a star crossed lovers type of thing to gain sponsors. K ended up letting it go after that and apologized for getting mad at me, but AITA for admitting this publicly given the situation.

OOC: Yeah I know that Haymitch wasn't the only previous victor from district 12, in fact I made another post a while ago which Lucy Gray Baird is a key player in, but Peeta and Katniss would have no way of knowing she existed, let alone won the games

Edited by KingLegendtheStudTroper on Jun 23rd 2025 at 10:56:31 AM

HacksAndSlash Emilé from Saving the world Since: Jun, 2023 Relationship Status: Whoa, they're bisexual! I didn't know that!
Emilé
#169: Jun 23rd 2025 at 12:39:22 PM

soft NTA: I think there is a way to spin this in a way that might inspire a peasant revolt, destroying your seriously fucked up system in the process.


AITA for using dirty tactics against an opponent that was already outmatched? I (17F), am part of a noteworthy team in a combat sport utilizing armoured vehicles (don't ask me how on earth it's safe I'm not a nerd). When our first round match was against a team that left the sport around ~40 years ago, I thought nothing of it and thought it would be easier than shooting fish in a barrel. But then I saw who their commander was; the little sister to arguably the best player in the league, so I was willing to use "questionable" tactics they weren't banned persay but they were a bad look. However when the enemy team found we were spying on them using a radio-interception balloon, they started giving each other false orders and to top it off, when my commander got word of my tactics, she halved our forces and practically handed them the victory on a silver platter. So AITA?

"Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it"
AutumnLeaves Since: Mar, 2014
#170: Jun 25th 2025 at 2:33:15 AM

ESH (except the enemy team). You shouldn’t have cheated, but your commander’s solution wasn’t the right one either. She should have called for an honest rematch with you off the team.

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(This one is based on an AITA joke post I’ve already previously made in the /opera subreddit, where there’s once been a joke challenge similar to this one. I hope it’s not against the rules. It’s just that this character’s blissfully Obliviously Evil stance makes him a total goldmine for such kind of humor)

AITA for being nice towards a prisoner?

[Former friend] (61M) and I (60M) were on campaign and raided a town. One of the prisoners we took is a totally gorgeous young woman. I was in love before I knew it. So I went out of my way to be kind to her, actually offering her the choice of whose household she’d like to join, and I told her that if she chooses me, I’ll marry her and she’ll live in the lap of luxury. [No longer friend], who thought we shouldn’t be respectful to prisoners, said that he’ll take her as a slave and beat her into obedience. When he refused to take back these disgusting words, I killed him. Now I’ve gone back to trying to reassure the poor girl, but she continues to stay miserable and refuses to talk to me. I’m rather hurt because I’ve been nothing but helpful. AITA?

Edited by AutumnLeaves on Jun 25th 2025 at 12:34:19 PM

KingLegendtheStudTroper I am awesome, everything is interesting from Somewhere in the universe. Dunno quite where Since: Sep, 2024 Relationship Status: Every rose has its thorn
I am awesome, everything is interesting
#171: Jun 25th 2025 at 10:19:30 AM

YTA, of course she's upset with you when you are literally holding her prisoner


The joke of this one is also the OPs lack of self awareness, like the last one

AITA for wanting to build myself a summer home for my birthday?

I (18M) am the emperor of a South American kingdom. Today is my birthday, and I had planned to build a summer home for myself. Yesterday though, things went sideways for me. You see, I caught my advisor (100+ F) trying to run the country behind my back so I fired her. Afterwards, I had a meeting scheduled to talk with the leader of this peasant village (45M). I asked him about what his village and hilltop. He praised how great it was, and I explained that I had just needed an insiders opinion before I approved the spot for my summer home. I then explained that I would be demolishing his village to make way for it. I thought he would appreciate that I gave him notice but he got mad instead and demanded to know where he and the village would live. I then had him thrown out.

That night, I had dinner with my advisor and her right hand man (29M). I asked if there were any hard feelings from her about being fired and she said there were none. However, while I was eating I felt a blow to the back of my head. Next thing I know, I was being let out of a bag and I saw the village leader. I then realized that I had been turned into a llama and that he kidnapped me. I demanded he take me back to my palace but he refused, saying he couldn't take me back to the palace unless I agreed to build my summer home somewhere else. I could not believe how selfish and entitled he was being, but decided to start making my own way back on my own.

On my way though, I nearly got killed by jaguars but then the village leader showed up and saved me from them. We then went off of a waterfall but lived. Eventually, I told him that I might build my summer home elsewhere, and he agreed to help me get back to the palace. While crossing this bridge though, the village leader had it break under him. He asked me for help but I told him that while I had planned to have him thrown in prison when I turned back, but liked this better. Unfortunately, the bridge broke under me as well. The village leader then punched me in the face for breaking my promise. This led to us fighting until the bridge completely broke, and we had to work together to get back up. I ended up saving him from falling to his death, which he was shocked by. I unthinkingly said no one is that heartless to just let him fall. He said that the other way around was 4 days and maybe I'd change my mind during that time.

During the trip, the village leader claimed at one point that he saw my advisor and her right hand man, and they were talking about killing me. I didn't believe him and said he just cared about his stupid hilltop and not about me. We argued briefly and I stormed off. Soon after I saw my advisor and her right hand man walk by, and he commented that no one cared that I was gone, but she berated him for failing to kill me. I realized that the village leader had been telling the truth.

So now here I am, all alone. I still partly feel like this was my own fault but I also feel like everyone else just ruined my life unfairly. So reddit, AITA?

Edited by KingLegendtheStudTroper on Jun 25th 2025 at 10:52:29 AM

TroperNo9001 MR. NAICE GUY from The Old Man’s Study (Wise, aged troper) Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
MR. NAICE GUY
#172: Jun 25th 2025 at 10:28:49 AM

Somehow, it's both YTA and NTA. On one hand, you weren't considering the cultural and environmental complications of building your summer home, but on the other, I don't blame you for firing your advisor for trying to backstab you. You need more self-awareness, dude, since you really should've listened to the village leader's complaint.


AITB (Am I the Buttface) for trying to cheer up my best friend?

I (~10F Scorbunny) am soooooo excited to go on summer vacation, so in celebration of our last day of school, my friend (~10F Yungoos, let's call her H) and I invited my childhood bestie and our mutual (~10F Phanpy, let's call her B) to hang out together one last time after class! However, B wasn't feeling up to it, but she didn't wanna tell me why, so I had an idea that we try cheering her up by playing pretend rescuers! B agreed to it, although she was a little hesitant, but I brushed that off and started our little game!

We first argued about our team name, but H settled on one at least, and then I picked a mission from the rescue board (one that's for the pros, my friends warned me): to fight a Tyranitar outlaw for a super-high bounty! My friends got worried that I picked a really dangerous mission, so B instead picked one that's much easier: to catch a wild Nidoqueen from the nearby woods and turn it in to the grown-ups. H was still worried about us, but I trusted B that our pretend mission would be a success!

So we made our fake badges and sneaked off into the woods, despite another rescue team briefly spotting us. We then practiced for the mission by having a little battle, where B must fight me, the "eeeeeeevil" villain, and rescue her "wife" H from my clutches! We both knocked each other out in the end, but we still had fun, even H! I was sooooo happy that B's happy again... but then she said that she didn't wanna play with us anymore 'cuz while she liked our battle, I couldn't fix her mood by just playing games with her.

But what gives? Didn't my playdate with her already work? How could she still be sad after that?! I won't be happy until she is happy, so I just had to ask her to play another game with me! H, however, was concerned about me 'cuz while she had never seen B this upset before and she still wouldn't tell us what's wrong, H thought we should just leave her alone. But I couldn't just leave my bestie all sad and lonely! Only bad Pokémon who ditch their friends do that!

So I kicked H and told her to ask B how she was feeling, but B said that she'd be going home 'cuz I was upset at her for not wanting to play with her. She still didn't wanna tell me why 'cuz her sister (14-16F Phanpy) told her she didn't owe anyone an explanation. H told her that I meant well in trying to cheer B up, but B retorted that she didn't wanna feel happy just for me... or her parents, for that matter. B was mad at them for something, and she hated that they were shaming her for not being "more grateful" about them. H tried to reason with her by saying that her parents might be trying to cheer her up too, but B lashed out at her and told her not to talk to her anymore. I got mad at B being mean to H and called her out for it, but she said that she wasn't, but she still yelled at H 'cuz she was acting out, so I forgave her for snapping at H like that. I also told B not to speak ill of her parents 'cuz at least they still cared about her, but she still got mad at me.

So I tried convincing her to play another game with me, a different one this time, 'cuz the old game didn't really make her happy. I told her and H to think of a new game since I already had my turn, but B yelled at me to think of one myself 'cuz I wanted to change it so badly! We couldn't agree on what game to play this time, so H got an idea to toss pinecones around and play catch with them! B was still too upset at me to play, but I got a better idea to toss the pinecones in the air and shoot Ember at them to make them explode into fireworks! This time, B got ready to play target practice with me, and we were having fun again, even H!

B was happy again for a while, but she told me I didn't need to prove my love for her as a friend. She knew that H and I were doing our best, but she felt guilty of dragging this out 'cuz the thing that made her sad wasn't a "big deal" for her. H asked why, but before she could answer, a swarm of Combee chased us 'cuz I accidentally kicked a flaming pinecone into their hive! We hid inside a log and rolled ourselves into a river, and then we swam out and B carried me ashore.

B then yelled at me again and called me stupid for putting ourselves in danger, but I blamed her misery for all this mess, so she retaliated by telling me that we were only out here in the woods 'cuz I "couldn't take no for an answer"! She asserted that she really wanted to be alone today, and after getting sore and wet and cold, she angrily declared that she'd be going home! So I told her, "Fine, then you go back home with your stupid parents, and you'll soon realize how much you need me, buttface!" But then she told me she'd play with her other friends tomorrow, and that made burst into tears!!!

My friends felt really bad for me, so despite B still being mad at me for what had happened today so far, she ordered me to help her bring H home, 'cuz I was the only one who knew the way out, and we made a promise to protect her after we rescued her from some bullies last year. I was still mad at B for ruining our day, but we couldn't just let H go home by herself and try to fend off the wild Pokémon on her own. So I reluctantly accepted the deal, but on the condition that I'd forgive B only after we bring H home.

As we walked out of the woods, cold, tired, and angry at each other, B once again got upset at me for getting ourselves lost. Admittedly, I forgot where we were going, but instead, I accused her of being so complainy like her sister and brought up her stupid parents again. B reminded me once more that she had the right to be mad at them 'cuz that's what her sister told her based on her "self-help" books, but I blamed B's behavior on her 'cuz that was what made her a jerk today! We ended up in yet another shouting match 'cuz I told B that H must agree with me, even though she didn't say anything yet.

But then we saw H crying, so we asked her if she was okay, but she denied it and told us she was fine. We offered to keep her warm, but instead, she ran away from us 'cuz she just wanted to go home now. However, she turned the corner and reached a dead end, so B and I accused each other of leading her astray.

B then called me a hypocrite for telling her to shut up about her parents when I always complain about my busy single mother. She also called me "ungrateful" for not appreciating how hard my mom works as a waitress just to provide for me! But I just couldn't understand! Why would B hate her parents when they love and care for her and her sister so much, while my mom is always working long shifts and barely has any time to play with me?!

H then ran back to us and warned us that the wild Nidoqueen was about to attack us, so we hid inside a mound and continued our argument. I desperately wanted to fix this and get us outta here, but B told me again that it was my fault that we got into this whole mess! No way, it was her bratty whining that got us here 'cuz H and I came out to play with her and make her happy, but B lashed out at me one last time and finally told us why she was so upset the whole day...

The way I acted towards her was exactly the way her parents treated her.

They promised her a rescue trip with them as a reward for doing well in school. She worked so hard for it the whole year, especially Spelling 'cuz she's dyslexic, but then her parents cancelled their trip at the last minute 'cuz it was "too dangerous" for her! She believed they didn't care how upset she was this morning and guilt-tripped her into being "grateful" for how hard they worked just to feed her. In other words, they forced her to feel happy just for their and other people's sake... just like me!

She called me "the worst" for making her feel worse by trying to cheer her up the whole day, and then declared that she'd be quitting our pretend rescue team. But this was unacceptable to me 'cuz at least her parents wanted her to get good grades and be happy, while my mom just left me alone in the house, even during double shifts! B still assured me that my mom still cared for my needs that way, but I was still upset that she forgot about my hotpot dinner and my favorite games to play with her! I just wanted to do what my mom failed to do for me by taking care of B's happiness, but she still told me I was acting like her parents!

Ultimately, we accused each other of being "ungrateful", B 'cuz she didn't appreciate how much I'm trying to make her happy despite everything, and me 'cuz I didn't wanna leave her alone when she wanted to. That's when we declared the end of our friendship... but then H was listening to us the whole time, and she broke down crying 'cuz she thought she ruined our friendship by not speaking up about our problems at all! She thought she didn't know how to help us 'cuz she only knew us for a year, while B and I were besties since kindergarten, so she just went along with my idea on how to cheer up B 'cuz she felt her ideas were lame!

B and I tried to comfort H by telling her it wasn't her fault, but I told her that it was B's instead. We ended up fighting again, but H told us to stop, and she tried advising us the best she could. She said that nobody had any right to tell us how we should feel, that it was okay for B to be left alone, while it was also okay for me to try helping her. She said that neither of us were at fault 'cuz according to one of her moms, nobody gets upset for no reason, but then she decided to do something super risky...

She left the mound to investigate why the wild Nidoqueen was attacking us.

B and I, despite our differences, were understandably worried about her, but she assured us that this is her way to try fixing our friendship for real. But then she said that if she gets hurt, she wouldn't mind it 'cuz we "didn't need her, anyway", but she promised us that we would become friends again... even if she doesn't make it.

Great... juuuuust great. B is still upset with me for everything that has transpired today, and now we're gonna lose H to the wild Nidoqueen, all because I just wanted to cheer B up. So please, please, PLEASE tell me... AITB?

TLDR: My best friend was super upset for no reason at all, so I did what best friends do — try cheering her up with a game! So she, our mutual, and I played rescuers for a while, but my bestie still wasn't happy. I got mad at her for that, so I tried another game with her, but we accidentally hurt ourselves, and my bestie got really mad at me for that. I reluctantly led our mutual home only 'cuz of a promise my bestie and I made a year ago, but we then lashed out at each other over me "forcing" her to be happy. We ended up getting into a nasty argument about our parents 'cuz my bestie's parents were why she wasn't happy the whole day, but then we ended up upsetting our mutual in the process. She then tried patching us up by telling us that nobody was at fault here 'cuz there must be a reason for our anger. Then our mutual decided to go out and find out why the wild Nidoqueen was attacking us, believing it might be the solution to our fallout. But whose fault between us was it for this really bad day?

Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jun 26th 2025 at 7:33:15 PM

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KingLegendtheStudTroper I am awesome, everything is interesting from Somewhere in the universe. Dunno quite where Since: Sep, 2024 Relationship Status: Every rose has its thorn
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#173: Jun 28th 2025 at 5:58:37 AM

soft yta, you had good intentions but should have listened to your friend


AITA for not wanting to return to my homelands to dethrone my uncle?

(We are all african animals in this story, most of us lions. Ages are in animal years)

So some important background, when I (21M, lion) was a young child, my father (42M at time of death, lion), who was the king of the land we lived on, was killed in a freak accident as the result of me ending up in the way of a stampede. My uncle (now 45M, lion) suggested immediately afterwards that I should run away and shouldn't come back again. So I did just that. I ended up being rescued and taken in by these two homeless dudes, we will call them T and P (now 35M and 37M, Meerkat and Warthog respectively). They helped me survive and to develop a new perspective on life, of just not worrying about things. This worked for me for years, until recently, when my childhood friend N (21F, lion) showed up and was about to kill P as a food source. I stopped her and we realized who each other were quickly. After a bit of small talk, she said that my uncle was doing a terrible job as king and running the kingdom into the ground, forcing them to go further out to hunt for prey. She told me I needed to come back and challenge him for the throne. I told her I couldn't go back, and she pressed me on why. I didn't really answer because I didn't want to explain all my baggage or what I had been through to her, and told her that she wouldn't understand. We argued back and forth, until eventually she just stormed off since I was unwilling to change my mind and go back. AITA?

Edited by KingLegendtheStudTroper on Jun 28th 2025 at 2:46:29 AM

KingLegendtheStudTroper I am awesome, everything is interesting from Somewhere in the universe. Dunno quite where Since: Sep, 2024 Relationship Status: Every rose has its thorn
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#174: Jun 30th 2025 at 9:05:45 AM

bump

AutumnLeaves Since: Mar, 2014
#175: Jun 30th 2025 at 11:20:52 AM

ESH, you're being irresponsible towards your kingdom but... if things are going so badly out there, why can't they organize resistance without waiting for you?


This one is again from my AITA joke posts in /opera

AITA for arranging a marriage for my daughter?

I (a sea captain, 40ishM) was stranded in some cove in stormy weather and met another captain whose ship also got stuck there thanks to the same storm. I don't have the foggiest idea what his name is, how old he is, and as for his origins, I only know he's from Holland. What I do know is that he is filthy rich. I'm talking literal chests with treasure. So barely did we get acquainted, this guy found out I have a daughter and asked for her hand in marriage! I think it's a one-in-a-million chance. I know that it's rather swift, but come on, when will such an opportunity come along again? AITA?


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