In which this misanthrope tries finding her answers on the worst places
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WALLFLOWER'S "Am I the asshole?"

In which this misanthrope tries finding her answers on the worst places

r/AmItheAsshole

AITA for taking away a bully’s friends's memories of her?

Posted by u/FlowerWall13

Okay so I won’t get into too many details otherwise we’d be here all day. But there was a bully in my school who regularly terrorized everybody, even me. She never even learned my name while still doing terrible stuff like slamming me into lockers, mocking my appearance, taking my lunch money, just… Stereotypical horrible mean girl stuff.

And that was all for that time, if that was the whole story, I wouldn't have posted this, I wouldn’t have done anything really. I’m just a gardener in the school, I tried to stay out of it.

But at the fall formal, a ceremony that I really kind of stayed by the wayside on, she straight up turned into a demon. I’m saying bat wings, teeth and claws, straight up breathing fire. Then she started mind controlling everyone, it was really twisted! And apparently some weird interdimensional girl (I really don’t know the details) blasted her with rainbow lasers to bring her down.

You’d think that was the end of it, right? Everyone goes home, she gets expelled, maybe arrested, I dunno. Just. Justice, you know?

But no, suddenly after a few months everyone starts liking her!! Suddenly she’s super popular and has this nice girl routine, it’s so weird, it’s like she brainwashed everyone into liking her and joined the world saving good guys or something!!

Well I saw through it! She had everyone fooled but not me! So I took my memory stone (Long story. It erases memories) And I used it! I erased every memory everyone had of her being nice! Justice!!

…Am I the asshole?

COMMENTS: (3)

u/LordOfChaos69:
Nice to see a villain that finally has a plan that isn’t mind control or magic stealing or world domination lol and yes I will judge from my high horse pun very much intended
2 downvotes

u/FlowerWall13:
Hey!! I’m not a villain or a bad guy!! I’m not like that crazy lady at Equestria land I swear
5 downvotes

u/LordOfChaos69:
Ratio
36 upvotes

Posted by u/FlowerWall13

UPDATE: Okay so whatever I did with the memory stone was pretty effective, scarily so, actually. She’s been running around school all day and sometimes just leaves it entirely, and she seems shaken, everyone is treating her like before, they’re all scared or mad at her.

…And she seems really really upset. Her own friends turned their backs on her like they didn’t know her, which was what I wanted

And now she is running around with Trixie?? The crazy girl that thinks she’s a wizard??

Well, lesson learned, right? Am I the asshole?

COMMENTS: (1)

u/FlimFlamsters:
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1 downvote

Posted by u/FlowerWall13

UPDATE: Okay okay okay so um things took a turn for the worse, the worse the worse oh god

So um. I erased all of her memories of high school. And she was walking around on all fours crying for her mother I think? I don’t know, um, it was horrible? I didn’t even know I could do that. I’m a monster

And um so immediately after that, her friends shot me with rainbow lasers.

The irony is not lost on me.

I’m the asshole.

COMMENTS: (43)

u/ShimmerNShine:
Wallflower, were you seriously posting about this the whole time? Damn, I should have listened to Trixie and checked her reddit after all. Look, get some rest, I’ll talk to you tomorrow and we can clear this up, okay? Take care.
2 upvotes

u/GREATESTandPOWERFULLEST
Hah! Vindication! I continue to be the craftiest and the most inteligentest!
3 downvotes

u/TheFlashXXX
Not cool, man. Seriously.
4 upvotes

u/PartyMaestro+
Hey don’t worry, Wallflower, we’re a veeeery forgiving group! But you might want to watch your back just saying. Nerves are high and I own a few cartoonishly large blunt weapons and I really REALLY missed our sunsun!!!
7 upvotes

u/TheDash
Another crazy supervillain trying to whack us I could handle. But fiddling with our brains?? Nope!! No thank you!
2 upvotes

u/NIGHTmareMOON:
I am using my sister’s account after she has notified me of this ongoing thread. Young lady, this is Principal Celestia, please visit my office tomorrow, as a previous villain that has done an attack in our school, you require a stern talking to much like I’ve done to Sunset and the Dazzlings before you. I will be waiting.
21 upvotes

u/SparkleInator9000
I have spent half an hour considering my response to your thread, Wallflower, and although I can’t find the proper words to describe my rage, I’ll do my best. What you did was unforgivable, and you better watch your back. Forgetting Sunset Shimmer was one of the worst things that ever happened to me, and I was once possessed by an evil alter ego and attacked the school, who, by the way, is telling me I should attack you, and although I usually do not listen to her, I am strongly considering it.
12 upvotes

CLICK TO VIEW REMAINING COMMENTS: (36)

-UNKNOWN NUMBER-

Hey.

Hi.

I think we should talk about that… Well, that thing.

I’d rather we didn’t– Actually, can we just never talk? I don’t think anyone anywhere ever should ever talk to me again actually.

Wallflower this whole thing started because you were forgotten, didn’t it?

…

Look. For starters, I want you to know I’m not messaging you because I think I need to, or to clear the air or whatever, or because of some obligation, I’m messaging you because I want to.

Because I know what it’s like to feel isolated, to be alone, and to want to hurt people.

…I mean yeah, that’s what I did to you.

No, well, yes. You did. But also I’ve had that issue long before, hell, way longer than arriving at CHS. Look, it doesn’t matter, the point is. I get why you lashed out, and I don’t blame you for having a vendetta against me.

Really? Because your friends think I’m a psycho. The one with the glasses legitimately hissed at me.

Yeah, Twilight was really not fond of being forced to forget about me when I was one of her formative memories, and I don’t blame her, but look. I’m extending an olive branch here, alright?

How? And why??? Look I’m thankful you didn’t tear my arms off with your broad shoulders for what I did to you, but you shouldn’t be anywhere near me after what I did to you.

Don’t you see? That’s the whole problem. You didn’t know me. Not the real me– And I didn’t know you. We just imagined versions of each other in our heads and vilified them– We used the idea that there was an enemy to take down and compartmentalized our hatred onto our respective targets to deal with our own self loathing. Granted, all I wanted was to take you down, what I’m talking about I mostly did when I stole that crown– Long story.

You lost me?

Okay, I’ll make this simple. You see how I’ve been nice and forgiving to you, right?

…Yeah?

When you were targeting me with the memory stone, did you think I was capable of being like this?

Not at all, actually.

There you go. You didn’t know me just as much as I didn’t know you. You were a quite literal Wallflower, and I sure as hell didn’t suspect you held so much resentment and anger. And when you started fucking with my life, my first instinct was to pounce, yeah.

…Maybe you should have. I sure as heck deserve it.

We were both hurt and isolated at some point, so we lashed out. I don’t blame you for taking it too far, when you didn’t have a support structure– You didn’t have even one friend to lend a hand.

“Hurt people hurt people?” Is that the lesson here?

When you say it like that it sounds dumb.

I think I’m dumb.

Then you’re in good company. Look. The lesson is: I don’t want to judge people on their worst mistakes. Ever. Even if their worst mistakes hurt me directly. Hell– I literally wouldn’t be alive, if someone in my position didn’t show me as much leniency as I’m showing you know.

*Now. Sorry, typo.

…And how can you? I don’t deserve it.

Neither did I. But that’s not the point, Wallflower.

Then what is it? Because honestly I just hurt so many people. I hurt you. I violated people’s memories, their minds, and sure, I wasn’t exactly aware of the logistics of what I was doing, but

But

The point is this: I’d rather lend a helping hand to someone that has made a lot of mistakes and hurt me, than to let the opportunity to have another me running around pass us by. The world needs people like us– Not what we were, but what we can be, if we get better, Wallflower. Both worlds do. Yeah, forgiving you hurts right now. But I’m doing it anyway, because despite it being an inconvenience to the Princess, she did it to me too, and I almost took a bite out of her skull, once.

Yeah, you almost took a bite of a lot of skulls when you had those demon wings.

And you almost made it so that my friend’s psyches had permanent holes in them. You almost destroyed my life in one flick. Can you see what I’m saying here?

…The whole “We’re not so different” spiel usually comes from villains, you know?

Hey, takes one to know one. 😎

I deserve that.

Too soon? Sorry.

You’re apologizing to ME? C’mon

All part of the friendship grind, get in the game.

Maybe It would have been better if I had demon wings too. Maybe people would see me as taken over by evil temporarily or something– Instead of being just me.

Eh, I don’t recommend them, the scars on my back still hurt sometimes.

You got scars out of that?? Wow I’m sorry

Look who’s apologizing now! 😉

I’m such a hypocrite

Being a hypocrite won’t kill you, but at least you’re aware of it, lmao. Okay, I need to tell you a secret; Well actually its not exactly a secret, most people assume this and my loved ones know it.

The secret is: I was completely conscious when I was a demon. Sure, maybe I was high on power, or had some dark magic influencing me. But I was doing what I wanted, and I wanted to hurt people and destroy things at that moment.

And yeah. I think that when you were taking away everyone’s memory, you were doing exactly what you wanted in the moment, too. And how do you feel now?

Like crap

See? We’re not static beings. One moment we’ll do crazy stupid shit, and in the other… We want to do better.

I don’t deserve to do better.

Pay attention now, okay? I need you to know something important: You’re not going to self loathe your way out of this. You’re not going to hate yourself into being a better person. Hell, it’s only going to hold you back.

How can’t I??

Try to do better every day. Hell, start today! Make friends, meet new people, show the world you’re not a misanthrope gardener but someone that wants to improve it.

…That sounds hard.

Fuck yeah it’s hard. But it’s better than wallowing. Trust me.

…Look. I’m going to be honest. My friends probably don’t want you there, but if you want to see us practice, we’ll be at the band classroom in like an hour. You need the company.

I’m not so sure I’ll be able to be there without that Twilight girl tearing my eyeballs out.

Oh, she’s more of a finger biter.

…

I’m only mostly joking, but I promise I won’t let her kill you. Or shoot one of her science doohickeys at you.

Okay it’s very hard to believe going to watch you play is going to be any good for my health if that’s what I’m supposed to be expecting

After that, we can talk in person, and sort this out face to face to face okay?

…Can I just wait outside?

I’m not going to force you to do anything. I just want you to know you’re not alone. If all you want to do is meet up after, then I can give you some pointers, and introduce you to some people that might want more friends. I had a support system when I was at my lowest, you don’t, and you need one.

Pretty ironic to have only one person that wants me to do well and it’s the person whose life I tried to ruin. I really didn’t know you at all.

Nice to meet you. I’m Sunset Shimmer. 😎

Author's Note

Yeah idk I just kind of felt inspired to write some Wallflower cringefail moments, and I also just wanted to have some fun with format of all the things you can do on fimfiction's fanfic format! Nothing super huge.

Also I know the concept demands more interactable comments but I realized early on that no one would want to read her threads bc she's a Wallflower hdvfbfvbh

If you see any grammar mistakes here they're here on PURPOSE because its the characters typing poorly!! Don't @ me

I am not sure how divisive Wallflower is as a character in the fandom, but I have seen both love and hate for her, I stand on the category that you can write some pretty interesting stories with themes of redemption and forgiveness as a cycle about this character!

And hey you were warned, I peaked on "celestia vs celestia" from now on it's all downhill lmao

Fun fact, this fic got taken down before for being in a "Chat" Format lmao. Its ironic because theyre dozens of dialogue only fics out there, and they're all bangers. I had to do some readjustment, and sort out whos talking on that final section by color instead. Hopefully this reposts alright!

Im currently writing a much more fucked up story regarding forgotten friendship, so I figured I'd write something extremely light and chill relating to these characters lmao. Just as a pallet cleanser! And after that, it's back on the 'sunset shimmer falls downstairs a few stairs' fic.

And hey. I completely understand not forgiving her. That's what Twilight is for. 😎GET HER GIRL BITE HER GO GO GO