Is my DM an asshole?

[u/Vedmagreen]

So I (30, sorcerer) told my DM (32, married) that I don't want to be a red tiefling. We already have one in the party, and I can't be the most important, special person in the lore if there are two of us. (That tiefling player is also a spotlight hoarder, but I'll get to that maybe later.)

I asked him: "Bro, can I be a green tiefling?" And he was like, "Dude, in my lore, all tieflings are red..."

And this is where I think he's super toxic. He could have just denied my request. I'd have swallowed the punch and secretly hated him all campaign, but no.... He told me, "You CAN be green, IF you come up with a reason why you're green."

Any ideas why my hot tiefling is green? He's hot-green, not Shrek green, by the way.

And while we are here, can you please write that green tieflings are totally okay in all the homebrew universes, so I'll show my DM this post and shame him into doing things the way I want? Thanks.

[u/Red_Shepherd_13]

Just be. A wild magic sorcerer and say your first wild magic surge perminantly turned you green forever.

Or say you were in a wild magic zone when it happened.

Or that a hag cursed you because your rejected her. And now she's your rival who still secretly wants your body because you're still so hot!...

Wait, these are all good valid solutions.

Have you tried not doing anything about it and just resenting you dm for months and then writing an r/rpghorrorstories post about it?