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Dylan Brock (616) ([personal profile] codicies) wrote in [community profile] metaheroes2022-07-05 05:37 pm

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AITA For not telling someone I'm their kid from another timeline??


On mobile so sorry if the formatting is bad.

I (14) came here through a confluence and met someone (mid 30s ish??) who is very clearly an alternate universe version of my parent (keeping genders vague hope that's OK, i wanna keep us anonymous if i can). Like, same name and powers and everything. But they don't know who I am & haven't heard of me.

I keep almost telling them who I am but I can't go through with it. I'm scared they'll start resenting me for dumping that responsibility on them. AITA for keeping quiet about it??
forasecond: (Actually)

@callidus » text

[personal profile] forasecond 2022-07-06 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a tricky situation to navigate, and has a lot more "cons" than "pros". You're assuming an alternate universe, but what if they're not? What if they're just from a different point in the same universe's timeline? Time is a tricky mistress, and if you tell too much to the right (or wrong, depending on your view, I suppose) person, the result could hold the potential of you not even being born in the first place.

Maybe that's paranoid of me, but I don't have the best... experiences to judge by. Like I said. Time's tricky, you wanna be careful with it.

That said, I certainly don't think it makes you an asshole not to drop a bomb like that in someone's lap, especially if you have no idea how they might react to it. Where does it leave you if they DO reject you or resent you for it? Sounds like a hell of a lotta heartbreak for nothing, if you ask me.
forasecond: (Uncertain stare up)

[personal profile] forasecond 2022-07-07 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that's a plus, at least.

It's a reasonable worry to have. Maybe just try to talk to them more generally, and go from there. You might be able to gauge all of this a lot easier once you know this version of them better.
forasecond: ({Hat} Maybe not)

[personal profile] forasecond 2022-07-20 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Probably for the best. Good luck.
skagzz: (fuk u)

@buttstallion

[personal profile] skagzz 2022-07-06 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
oh absolutely 100% indubitably U R THE ASSHOLE

[ does she have a horse in this race? no.
does she like telling people they are terrible and seeing what happens? yes
]
skagzz: (sus)

Re: @AUchildthrowaway616

[personal profile] skagzz 2022-07-18 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ her kid ew]

im just sayin if i had an adult person obligated to ENJOY MY PRESENCE i would not BAR THEM THE JOY
thecoolerloki: (16.)

u/gelatinouscute

[personal profile] thecoolerloki 2022-07-08 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Legally you have to tell them, otherwise it's entrapment.
qualityfriend: (troubled)

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[personal profile] qualityfriend 2022-07-15 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
nta but u shud tell. f ur powers r tht simlr they wll fig it out
qualityfriend: (shrug)

[personal profile] qualityfriend 2022-07-16 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
they wll stll ask y. wht wll u say?
qualityfriend: (not. pleased.)

[personal profile] qualityfriend 2022-07-28 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
nd whn they find out th truth?
Edited 2022-07-28 04:50 (UTC)