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r/AmItheAsshole • 1 mo. ago
by dustsyou5
AITA for killing my dad?
first off i want to preface this by saying my dad was abusive. I’m pretty sure i killed him on purpose, but my memories of the incident are kind of hazy. I actually completely forgot this happened until recently.
anyway, I (20M) killed my dad (??M) when i was 5. i lived in a nice house with him, my mom, my mom’s parents, my older sister, and our dog. i was a hero fan back then (tho not anymore unless ur Eraserhead) but my dad hated it when anyone in the house talked about heroes bc when he was a kid his mom who was a hero abandoned him for some reason. I don’t really know the details. I know he thought of heroes as people who are willing to hurt their families to save other people and i kind of agree.
sometimes if i talked about heroes where he could hear me he dragged me outside and made me stay in the yard for a while. one day my sister (6F) brought me to our dad’s office and showed me a picture she’d found of our hero grandma. later my dad found out and my sister blamed me, so my dad hit me (first time I think) and then made me stay outside till it was dark. then my quirk suddenly developed and I accidentally killed my dog.
my sister came out to say something to me but i don’t know what cause i was freaking out about the dog. she also freaked out when she saw him and then I accidentally killed her too. then I destroyed the yard and idk I was just so angry at my family for standing by and letting my dad be so terrible that i also killed my mom and my grandparents.
when my dad came out and saw all this he hit me with something (i still have the scar lol) and told me to stop, and i was angry at him most of all, so i killed him and destroyed our stupid perfect house. I felt pretty bad about all of it later, but then my sensei took me in and i kinda forgot.
I’m pretty sure I was the asshole for killing my dog, my sister, and my mom, and maybe my grandparents, but i’m not sure abt my dad. i’m still kinda glad he’s dead. so AITA?
EDIT: thanks for all the feedback. this has really been weighing on me ever since i remembered it happening
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jetblacksnowfire • 1 mo. ago
NTA. Your dad was being a bastard to a little kid who didn’t know any better than to like heroes. Killing him was completely justified, and the rest of your family probably deserved it too. Anyway, who doesn’t want to kill their father? I know I do.
The only thing he got right was the bit about heroes hurting their families. Most of them aren’t doing it to save people either, they’re just trying to feed their over inflated egos and win their special little popularity contest. It’s honestly a bit pathetic.
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dustsyou5 • 1 mo. ago
you. you get it.
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yukioisalsomiyuki • 1 mo. ago
Is this supposed to be a joke?? I hope it is, because it sounds awful.
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saltysalad • 1 mo. ago
Hmm this is a tough one. On the one hand, he was abusive. On the other, killing is wrong. But it’s hard to say you were the asshole when you were a little kid whose quirk had just developed and you probably didn’t know what you were doing, so I guess… NTA
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dustsyou5 • 1 mo. ago
i’m pretty sure i knew exactly what i was doing by the time i got to him, but thanks.
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red_bean_king • 1 mo. ago
what the fuck?
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riki0909 • 29 days ago
ESH. You shouldn’t have killed your family. Killing is wrong even if it’s an accident. Your dad shouldn’t have treated you that way, your sister shouldn’t have blamed you, and your mom and grandparents should have defended you better.
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dustsyou5 • 29 days ago
i wasn’t asking about the rest of my family, just my dad.
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forkhandshonda • 29 days ago
Seriously? That’s a very black-and-white way of looking at things, my friend. Obviously it’s bad when people are killed, but if the “culprit” is a child who has just developed a dangerous quirk and doesn’t know how to control it, I think an exception can be made.
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forkhandshonda • 29 days ago
I don’t think you were the a-hole for killing your dog or your sister. The thing with you mom and grandparents is definitely much more questionable, but that’s not what you asked about.
You were five years old, had a brand new quirk, and were being overwhelmed by emotions that even an adult would have a hard time dealing with. Your dad was definitely a huge jerk, so in a situation like that of course a kid would have a strong reaction. It shouldn’t have happened, and if you’d been an adult when it happened I’d definitely say you were the a-hole, but as it stands, NTA.
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dustsyou5 • 28 days ago
that’s not as reassuring as you seem to think it is.
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rockerbornandraised • 28 days ago
wtf. gotta be honest, you don’t sound that regretful about any of this even though you say you are, so you weren’t the asshole back then, but if you still think this was okay, YTA.
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tsunaide5673 • 28 days ago
When it comes to your dad, I think there’s a case to be made for self-defense. He hit you, made you stay outside, and then later hit you again with an object that left a scar. So even if you shouldn’t have killed everyone else, and he was right to tell you to stop, he probably shouldn’t have hit you, and you obviously felt threatened. So, for killing your dad specifically, NTA.
Just don’t take this as a sign to kill whoever you want haha.
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dustsyou5 • 28 days ago
hahaha…
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thefourthmusketeer • 28 days ago
Of course you’re NTA, my dear pupil. Your hero grandmother was a pathetic woman who caused your father to turn into an uncaring fool through her negligence. Destroying your family was the only way to end the cycle of misery your bloodline was trapped in.
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dustsyou5 • 28 days ago
thank you sensei. also, how did you send this from prison?
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red_bean_king • 28 days ago
WHAT THE FUCK?
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neko_taro • 28 days ago
Uhhh don’t take this the wrong way but is your sensei a villain?
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mightygreenboy • 28 days ago
Wait a minute. SHIGARAKI???
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