Cute things to tell your boyfriend

So I’m partly through GTA IV and my character Nico has 400,000 dollars, but he keeps going on and taking jobs from the McReary’s and Ray Barciano (basically all just hitman jobs if we’re honest) and I’m befuddled by Nico throughout the game. He keeps saying he has no money and he’s willing to work if things pay, it’s like red dead redemption 2 all over again. The plot makes no sense because there’s nothing to use money for.
I can’t tell if this is like an antiquated take or not because i haven’t played GTA before but from my understanding the only things there are to spend money on are hospital stays and ammunition for weapons - weapons I have ultimately forever.
As someone that’s played Saints Row before where the character develops and gains properties and expands their character and empire off of money it’s kind of shocking how little there is to do with money in GTA IV.
I hope I’m not speaking into the endless nothing, this is such a narrative-and-player problem that I hope in future instalments they give reason for your character or for you the player to make money.
I did all of Brucie’s car thefts and Little Jacob’s “deliveries” because I actually felt there would be momentous occasions where I’d need to spend money. I could have never done them and the game would be no different.
I’m on to GTA V after I complete this game and it’s DLC’s so I’m hoping they corrected this. What’s the point of collecting money if money is not really valuable gameplay wise, narrative wise, or anything else?
Niko could literally kill Bulgarin, Florian, and Draco and sit back on his half a million for some time before ever needing to get a job again. Nothing costs, and there’s nothing to spend on.
P.S. It may not suit rockstars style but a leveling system of some sort would do all of their games well. It just seemed odd to me that in red dead and gta (so far) the gameplay is the complete same no matter what you do, your character doesn’t really improve. Some sort of progression would really flesh out this game a lot more, just like how a money progression system would work.

When I was in university I went on a date with a guy I briefly met at the gym. Between meeting him at the gym and going on our first date we didn't talk much as I'm not a "texter" so I didn't know much about him prior.
We went to my favourite Turkish restaurant and outside of the gym he wasn't what I expected. He dressed very flamboyantly in a colourful Gucci head to toe track suit, which isn't my preference but I wasn't going to write a guy off just because of his outfit. He stunk of weed and had clearly been smoking prior which is another thing that I'm not fond of (for religious reasons I don't smoke or drink, so it's a huge turn off).
He was very obnoxious through the whole date, and alot more aggressive then he was at the gym. He asked me questions like "what's your body count", he wasn't well mannered, he had poor articulation, we didn't have the same interests or pretty much any similarities. Never the less I'm an optimistic person and while NO WAY would I ever consider him romantically I could still enjoy his company for the length of a diner until he started making comments about our waitress.
He made a comment about her "massive rack" and I was immediately repulsed. Especially when I saw her, she looked no older then 16 being generous. I was instantly grossed out and told him I was going "to the toilet" when really I went to discretely pay my half of the bill and leave. When I paid the other waitress could tell it was a date gone wrong, and while I was paying she asked if everything was OK because I looked "visually uncomfortable". They had been eyeing our table because he was very clearly invading my personal space by sitting on my side of the booth and they could see me coil away from him from time to time. I kept having to move his hand off my leg over and over so it must of given them a bad vibe.
I said I was fine, but he made a inappropriate comment about the younger waitress. She instantly started pressing me about what he said and I was reluctant so I kept it vague and just told her it was a rude comment about the girls chest. Anyway I went to the toilet to wait in their for my uber so I could make my grand escape before I heard a bunch of helling. 6 Turkish chefs were pushing him out of the restaurant yelling at him. Apparently one of the chefs was the young waitresses uncle and she was only 14.

Last year, one of my old high school friends announced that she was battling cancer. I responded to her initial post and commented that she was in my thoughts and gave her a donation for her treatment. Throughout the last year I had always wanted to send a message to ask her how she was going and tell her that she was always in my thoughts but I just kept putting it off, I didn’t want to make her feel uncomfortable talking about what she was going through or if she was having a good day, make her upset by making her think about her diagnosis. Last week I saw a video before I started work of a girl on tiktok battling Stage 4 terminal cancer and how she loved hearing from people and I watched that and thought, “Okay, I’m going to message [my old friend]”, and once again, I put it off and because I went straight to work, I just forgot about it. Cut to today, I find out my old high school friend has passed away from her battle and I am just so so sorry that I didn’t let her know I was thinking about her and wishing her the best. I know the absence of a message from me never would have crossed her mind as we weren’t close and she was going through the most awful thing imaginable and that she had already such an amazing support network, but I wish she knew that she had me supporting her and if she needed, someone else to lean on, and I couldn’t offer that for her and I think that just not sending just a little 3 line DM will be one of the biggest regrets of my life.
Please, stop letting your overthinking of what someone might think stop you from messaging someone. If you’re worried about someone or just thinking about them, let them know. I thought I had time and I was so naive, just send that message, make that phone call, stop wasting time.

Hey guys, I'm graduating college and going to get my hands on a PC for the first time since like 2020 and I'm considering picking league back up again and I was looking into the state of the game to see if it was worth it. I haven't played since 2020, and I'm not someone who's particularly into the ranked side of things - I play casually and usually with my boyfriend or other friends, just like I would for any other game. I'm a support/top main and the main champions I used were Leona, Taric, Volibear and Garen, and I'm wondering if they're still good.
TBH league when I left was not very fun, I hated mythic items and it felt like a lot was being piled onto the game, and it was hard to keep up with all the new champs. If I get back into it, I'm just wondering how much of my 2020-era information and habits will be helpful, and how large of a knowledge gap there is with new gameplay mechanics and champions. In your opinion, is League still fun? Is it too different of a game for an old bitch like me to get back into it?

Hi, I 24M and my partner 26M have been talking for 3-4 weeks and I’m really enjoying it. I drafted this message and want advice on if it sounds good and will be received well.
Hey,
I wanted to share some thoughts with you about where I’m at. I really enjoy spending time with you, and Saturday night was super fun. I know your love language is physical touch, and I’m still learning to be comfortable with that.
For me, holding hands, hugging, and kissing you feels great, but I want to be honest about my comfort levels. Saturday night was special, but that level of physical intimacy doesn’t come super easily to me. I don’t want you to think it will be commonplace. I still want to take things slow, and while it might happen again, it’s not something I’m ready for every week.
Also, I tend to fall in love more slowly than some people. I can’t put a time frame on it, but I wanted to be upfront about this in case you develop feelings first. I might not be there at the same time.
I’m telling you this because I care about you and want to make sure you understand where my head is at so there are no surprises.
Looking forward to spending more time together.

Me and my boyfriend have been together since april 1st of this year, this problem is very recent and is still going on; I wanna find out how to stop it before it goes too far. __________________________
Me and my boyfriend have been noticing how people stare at us or laugh while around us, we never really thought about it much until one of my partners shop peer's brought it up that rumors about us are going around about us. Even one of my sisters brought it up to me when I asked and she said that "They have been watching you both since you got together." If I'm being bluntly honest, I want this to be done and end by my own hands and not a teacher's or staff, etc. I knew around last month that students were trying to make my sister hate me, Thankfully it was unsuccessful but it was painstaking and really showed me how heartless students can be just to start drama; they all crave drama and I was now one of the victims. It makes me and my boyfriend very uneasy that we can't hide from the eyes of the students in our school, both of us are very on edge of what can be done to stop all of this. The worst part is that my cousins are known to tell my family all the rumors that go on in that school, and Me and my partner are the main course of those rumors. It's gotten so out of hand that my partners discord messages are being aired out. Mind you, My boyfriend is a very nice person and hasn't did anything in middle school and there is rumors that are coming back from middle school. Some people don't know what the hell character development is. I was in math class and saw someone on their iPad and saw a screenshot of my boyfriend's profile on discord, I told my boyfriend immediately who it was and what it was on. I've gotten so caught up in this that, I am starting to take tabs on people who are passing the rumors around. We are both afraid that this will affect our life outside of school, just so people can get a good laugh at us. I've been trying everything I could think of, Ignoring the rumors in hopes that they would go away but I knew they wouldn't because they keep stalking us. My boyfriend has been assaulted by a shop student that told him the rumors, we tried our best to explain the big problem we are both in to him. The rumors are very over exaggerated, they'd say that we were doing inappropriate things in the library and making out in the middle of the hall; we were nowhere close to making out or even doing such a thing in school?
Many times that I had spoke with someone I knew before this, they told me about the said rumors going around. I told them all that it wasn't true at all and its for the most part fabricated, framed even; compared. Knowing most people this generation, most have mental issues and well the people I surround my people also have mental issues; this concludes I also have mental issues but that's not the point. There was one day of the week that these rumors got to me and I had a breakdown. I really want the rumors to end ; How could I get better if this is happening. So focused on these stressors that I might not be able to finish high school.

Opinions of everyone no one ne asked for i have no where or one to tell them to
Jonah - all of my friends find him attractive but he jus has such small enegery I am obsessed with the amy Jonah lore I wish it wasn’t as rushed but their few magical moments in the lead up to a relationship and the realisations made me feel so happy. Also why was he always pulling a woman who had something to do with the store😂
Sandra - i wish when she became more of a main charecter people like became nicer to her or glenn maybe idk I just love her so much I always felt so bad for her but that is part of the charecter her and jerry are so cute but in the episode where Glenn’s talking to them about vows they made out like they don’t know anything about eachother but they did and where so cute
Carol- I wish they showed more scenes of her plotting on Sandra that would’ve been interesting like showing hints to things that somethings gonna happen and then it shows a bad thing happening and the audience realises it’s her behind it but they don’t
Mateo- hated him in season 1 but love him now. Also how was the actor in late 30s when filming!!!!!!! I legit thought he was just a tad older than Cheyenne and I didn’t realise how old Cheyenne was irl either!
Amy - the only thing that put me off her was her rudeness to Jonah I know it’s because of his privelage but it always ticked me off a bit. I get why tho. Apart from that I really liked her and wish they showed more of her love blossoming towards Jonah. Episodes should’ve been longer 😠
Cheyenne - I love the things she says her charecter is articulated so well from the script people like when he says things like punk ass chump and “waahsted”😭😭😭 she played her real well also does anyone else recognise her from shameless?
Marcus: HE SHOULD HAVE HAD MORE SCREEN TIME he’s disgusting but he’s so so funny he’s one of them people who just talks and I’ll laugh
Jeff - ok I really liked Jeff😭😭 not when he sold out , but I liked his wierd humour and he was really sweet to mateo.
DINA - MY FAVOURITE CHARECTER I LOVE U DINA The actor delivered the role so well, the way she says the randomest things gets me everytime. A duo episode of her and Marcus would have been funny. When she takks to Amy in the truck saying it’s been getting steamy with someone at work and proceeds to say right after “ I don’t talk about my personal life with co workers”😭😭😭 so serious but so unserious
Garrett - I do like his charecter unlike some people on the internet. I’ve rewatched it about 20 times now and I do have to say I wish he wasn’t as cold to Jonah. Everyone was quite cold to him. I guess it’s cos he’s privelaged. I find his humour quite funny tho but he can be just generally rude 😭 I found the wheelchair jokes to him in the show so suprising till I realised it isn’t real
Glenn - One of my favourites, so so funny but I hate jerushah she is just creepy. Glenn is just so innocent I don’t have a lot to say but I really enjoy watching his scenes
Bo - would defo be a soundcloud rapper if that existed in their world. Deserved more screen time fr! Such a funny charecter and his personality rly suited Cheyenne’s but if the seasons carried on I feel like they would break up and the show would show it and he’d try kidnapp their child from Cheyenne but in a funny wacky way
I wish Justine got more screen time! I found Corey really funny too. Didn’t like Kelly. People don’t like that opinion. I don’t like Adam HES SO STRANGE!
Also does anyone love the random duo episodes? Like amy and garrett, Cheyenne and dina, garrett and Sandra, I found it so cute!
😞I know it was because there wasn’t many new people watching it towards the ending seasons but I wish that didn’t mean it had to end. It easily could have gone on to a 8th or 9th including Amy’s California life and her and Jonah, and possibly garret and dina. Maybe a new random relationship. Troubles in Glenn’s life? Cheyenne’s daughter becoming a bigger character?
Anyways. I’ll stop reminiscing. I just love the show so incredibly much
Sorry I’m not expecting anyone to read this

Hi I'm junior in highschool and I need to ask some questions to neuroscience related major students or doctors. Your answers will be used in my academic research and will not be published. Any help is greatly appreciated.

1. What do you know about how using phones too much affects teenagers' health, especially their nervous system?
2. How can we tell if a teenager's phone use is hurting their nervous system?
3. What bad things could happen to a teenager's nervous system if they use their phone too much?
4. Have any studies shown that using phones a lot is linked to brain problems in teenagers?
5. How does using phones too much affect how well teenagers think and do in school?
6. Why do you think using phones too much is bad for teenagers' brains?
7. Are there rules or suggestions to help teenagers use their phones less and keep their brains healthy?
8. Does sleeping enough help teenagers' brains stay healthy, and does using phones too much affect their sleep?
9. What can parents and teachers do to help teenagers use their phones less and protect their brains?
10. Do you think teenagers using phones too much is a big problem for everyone's health? If yes, what should we do about it?

This makes me so uncomfortable.
Well I sent my LOCI the day after being waitlisted. 12 hours later, I received a standard reply.
Ten days later, I made a major progress in reimplementing the algorithm of a paper that I've been very interested in, and I felt the necessity of telling SIP staffs about it, so I sent another email with the progress that I've achieved and a little bit explanation. 24 hours later, they replied. This time they added "Congratulations on your amazing work".
But I haven't received anything from them since then.
The day after I got the second reply, I received an invitation to join a very famous GitHub organization, so I decided to send another mail to SIP about the achievement. I knew that was too many emails. I apologized and told them I didn't know about this when I sent the last email. No reply from them.
A few days later I told myself Well they might have just missed it. So I sent another email reminding them and attaching my last email. Still no reply.
Just why. The whole SIP thing is making me frustrated. I've got 1530 SAT, USACO Platinum, AIME and HiMCM. I'm an Unsplash artist with 500k+ views and a member of a GitHub organization with 100k+ stars. What exactly am I missing???

Originally chronicled here.
I am not the OOP. OOP is u/Lost_Beginning_2824
This was originally posted in TrueOffMyChest
2 updates
(recovered via pushpull)
Original post - February 6th, 2024
1st Update - February 28th, 2024
2nd Update - March 8th, 2024
Trigger warning: mention of domestic violence situation
I’m married to a woman who acts like a teenage girl – February 6th, 2024
My wife behaves like a teenage girl and I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
This is just a rant. Curious to know how many full grown adults behave the way my wife does. I’d say out of all of the adult women I know, like friends, relatives, wives of my friends, none of them behave this way unless they keep it a closely guarded secret.
Editing right here to add that my wife is in her 30s, for context.
My wife is always obsessed with somebody, a man or sometimes multiple men at one time. Usually there is one or two main focuses at a time. When I talk obsessed I mean obsessed like a teenage girl or maybe even preteen girl would be. I’ve seen pictures of her bedroom when she was that age and they were literally wallpapers in posters of her favorite guys. That’s totally normal for a 13 year old girl. She still behaves that way as a woman in her 30s. Granted, our bedroom walls aren’t wallpapered in posters but they probably would be if I allowed it.
Her obsessions have ranged from rock stars, actors, non-entertainment industry public figures. It’s like one day she hasn’t even heard of the guy in question and the next day she’s super fan #1 and knows just about everything there is to know about him. She will read and watch everything there is to watch about the man. She will bring him up in every conversation. She will adopt parts of him into her own personality. She will suggest things that make it clear to me that she wants me to adopt characteristics of these men as part of my appearance or personality. She will openly admit to me that she’s masturbated over the guy multiple times in one day.
When she finds a new man to obsess over, she puts the others in her little stable of men who she always has a place for in her heart and in her fantasies, so they never really go away. The new man just takes center stage and becomes the main focus of almost her entire life.
So the current obsession is so strange to me. Never saw this one coming, but leave it to her to always find somebody new to fall in love with. The intensity that she has during these periods - it’s honestly like she falls in love with these men.
I’m laughing so hard just typing this all. Her current obsession is Bret Hart, former pro wrestler. This woman had never watched wrestling before in her life. Always thought that stuff was below her. And now she’s obsessed with this former pro-wrestler. She watched one show about him, for reasons I’m not aware of, and I could tell almost instantly where it was headed. I thought “here we go…” So now the Bret Hart obsession is in full swing. Has she already dropped close to $1000 in vintage Bret Hart shirts on eBay? Of course. Bought all the stickers and magnets and all sorts of other stupid crap she can find? Yep. Does she send me Bret Hart YouTube clips all.day.long when she’s supposed to be working? Yes she does.
So, I better get to work brushing up on my Bret Hart knowledge and tag lines. This is the key to getting laid when it comes to her. I’m used to this by now. It’s just not something that I can easily explain to anyone I know.
I mean, there’s are things I’m a fan of, but she is next level. I can’t think of anyone I know who is her age and acts like this. She was voted most likely to grow up and become a groupie when she was in high school, so this is absolutely nothing new for her. Sigh.
Many are lighthearted in the comments
plastic_Schedule_891
I mean he's the best there is, was and ever will be so that one makes sense at least .
You don’t think I’m hearing that 10 times a day now?
I better start planning that trip to Calgary.
Limerence is mentioned
poopchutethemoon
Yeah my bouts of limerence have been with people I’ve dated but reading that made me realize that I was very much being obsessive and it was totally all consuming. Glad it’s over honestly. Those feelings are exhausting.
Very interesting to hear you say the feelings are exhausting. It’s like a full time job for my wife, so I could see that. She told me she’s at work with her door closed pretending to be working, but she’s really watching Bret Hart videos on YouTube. She can’t even focus on her job.
OOP reveals more of the life he’s signed up for in the comments
get-bread-not-head
You've pretended to act like other men for 20 years?!
Damn dude, I hope you're finding ways to accept it and cope. That sounds rough, having to be someone else to have sex... stay strong king
Nah, I just learn their catchphrases or gain some deep fan knowledge that’ll impress her or maybe perfect a vocal impersonation of them that I can drop at the opportune time. The vocal impersonations work the best as far as making her like me and being like “ok, wanna have sex now?”
another_canoe
But what do you guys actually share *together*? That's not related to the obsession of the season? (I'm not going to even bother asking if she's tried to learn about any of your hobbies/interests).
NGL, this is all pretty grim to me, my man....and I'm someone who loves having a partner who is passionate about things and nerds out.
I fear that you've spent so long with her infatuations steamrolling over your own interests and preferences that you have convinced yourself that getting attention-by-proxy as your main source of validation from your SPOUSE is a healthy way to live.
If I told you that I was big into anime and Japanese RPGs and the only way I get interested in doing it with my actual wife is if she adopts the catch phrases /personality characteristics of my latest "waifu", would you feel some concern for my wife's mental health?
I'm also wondering about this spending....
She’s pretty dismissive of my interests and hobbies. I’ve told her I’d like her to try to pretend to show a little more interest sometimes. I make an effort to show real interest in her stuff and she does not do the same. I’m very into music and I do geek out over guitars and gear and things like that and she couldn’t tell you anything about any of the guitars I own other than “he has a blue one, he has a red one. “ We do love some of the same bands. Of course she wants to fuck the band members and I just want to talk about the chord progression on my favorite guitar tracks, but it’s close enough. We like a lot of the same movies and that sort of thing. We have the same sense of humor and can keep each other laughing for ages. We have a lot of the same views on life and on the world in general.
I don’t know, we just get each other I guess.
I would be concerned about the waifu thing, but I guess in my case she always likes guys who I think are pretty cool anyway. She has good taste, at least. If she has to be obsessing over some other guy constantly at least she does it over guys I can respect on some level.
Regarding the spending, I spend way more than she does. Only difference is it’s not usually fan merch I’m buying. But she tolerate my spending when it comes to stuff like guitar gear. She rolls her eyes and reprimands me but she tolerates it and just knows I won’t stop. I’m the same when it comes to her fan stuff. I get it, she wants the vintage 1993 Bret Hart shirt that costs hundreds…not a modern shirt that just anyone could go online and buy for $25 right now. She wants the cool, rare stuff. I’m the same with my guitars so I guess it’s like we understand each other in some way. I think it’s weird to become a fan of somebody and 2 days later drop thousands on them though. At least my money pit is consistent.
I think we both feel like we’re the only person who will semi understand and tolerate all of this stuff from each other
Not included here, but in several comments, OOP definitely brings up his wife’s looks as a positive in the relationship and he finds her antics at times amusing or even attractive.
1st Update - February 28th, 2024
I recently wrote about my wife suddenly discovering former pro-wrestler Bret “The Hitman” Hart one day after never even knowing of his existence, experienced love at first site, and is now even deeper than love with him then she was a month ago.
Tonight, I experienced a good hour of her sobbing, literal sobs, after watching the Bret Hart A&E biography. “I just love him so much. I love him with all my heart. I don’t want any more bad things to happen to him. Also, I’m very jealous he’s not my husband.”
She also went from not wanting any kids to suddenly wanting a baby so she can name it Bret (a girl or a boy, doesn’t matter…they will be named Bret). And she almost had me convinced, but I blame that on the heat of the moment.
She’s bought all sorts of clothes just like his. My wife now dresses like Bret Hart in and outside of the ring.
The past few days she’s been acting really annoyed with me. Finally I’m like “Wtf am I doing wrong?” I bought you Bret Hart stuff for your birthday! I call you Mrs. Bret Hart now, even though you’re my wife. I even sent you flowers at work from Bret. I mean that was supposed to get me points because she knew they were from me and I was playing into her obsession which she’s now apparently shared with everyone she works with. They’ve bought her a giant Bret Hart wall decal for her office.
Ok, so I did forget our anniversary which was very recently. Totally forgot it. Then again, so did she. She was too busy masturbating over Bret Hart to remember our wedding anniversary. I mean bad husband points for me obviously but all the birthday gifts had to have made up for it. I mean, I even ordered a Bret Hart birthday banner and got her a Bret Hart themed birthday cake as if she were a 7 year old boy in the year 1994.
So why is she acting so annoyed lately? Why does she act like she hates me and can’t stand to even be in the same room as me? She finally admits…I’m not Bret Hart. None of her obsession have ever been this bad. She’s seriously threatening me with divorce now because I’m not Bret Hart! She “just wants a guy like that.” She had to go walk the dog today and cry over it, how much she hates me and wishes she was married to Bret Hart. Oh fuck me you want a guy like your dad because that’s what Bret Hart is like…exactly like her dad, the same look, the same hair, the same damn age.
I told her I think she should get checked out for autism or some other sort of disorder. Her obsessions have never been this bad. She should make an appointment now because the waitlist is long. She just laughed. There’s nothing wrong with her. She just has different taste in men now, according to her.
Some comments
psychick
Therapist here - she needs to see a psychiatrist. This is mental illness to the extreme. Either she goes, or you leave. This is ultimatum territory. And, stop giving into her obsession. It makes it worse.
nualt42
Man, when she threatens divorce, take it. Jump at the chance.
Hell, sit, be a good boy and offer your fucking paw if that’s what it takes to get treated to an exit strategy. Don’t worry about dignity, sounds like you gave that up a long time ago.
She’s even looked up the divorce process for where we live and says we can be amicable about everything. She assures me she’s not looking to take any thing that is rightfully mine. She just wants a clean break.
Sophie3546
I’m surprised he even lasted this long. Calling her “Ms. Bret Hart” …..I can’t even fathom.
Excuse me, it’s MRS Bret Hart, not Ms.
NEW UPDATE - March 8th, 2024
Hi, you might remember me as the guy whose wife was obsessed with JFK (35th President of the United States), then experienced a world wind romance with former WWF pro-wrestler Bret Hart (the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be), but now she’s met a new man. I thought the Bret Hart obsession was the worst one yet. Never has she threatened divorce or told me she hated me because I wasn’t the object of her desire. Luckily, that was a relatively quick love affair for her. 3-4 months is a short run for her and one of her men. But I should be careful what I wish for.
This new one is the first time I’ve felt that I should maybe, just possibly, feel legitimately scared. Her newly developing obsession is Patrick Bateman. Yep, the character from American Psycho. Specifically, the movie version played by Christian Bale.
It’s not like she’s just met the guy. She’s seen the movie before but it doesn’t appear that they hit it off initially. Now, she’s suddenly started making constant reference to him. Bret is gone and now it’s just Patrick Bateman and maniacal laughter and purchasing all of the items in his skin care routine. I’d like to see her do 1000 crunches though. That’ll be the day.
She has always admitted to living the 80s preppy/yuppie look. She loves assholes. Assholes are a weakness for her. Psychopaths? Hmm…that’s a new one, unless you count the time she was in love with the Menendez Brothers years ago. God, the pastel Ralph Lauren sweaters she used to try to make me wear. Pastels are just not my shades.
Now, there was a time many years ago where I did have to hide all the knives in our home. I was legitimately scared that she was going to murder me. I forget what she was upset about now. I am, after all, her type - an asshole. I did something that bothered her and she ran for the knives. I had to hide them and then lock myself in a bedroom because she was literally chasing me. That was before she decided that she’d be the female Patrick Bateman. Granted, she says “only mean in the looks and snob department-nothing else.”
She’s trying to determine what the female equivalent to a Patrick Bateman hairstyle would be right now. I’m just worried about the bank account with this obsession. The amount she’ll spend on business cards alone.
Comments
lemonade_sparkle
Your wife is severely mentally ill, and needs help quickly.
Is there no chance of persuading her to get help?
If not, what preparations have you made to leave her?
I’m a strange way, I think these obsessions are what keep her sane.
Her getting help is funny though. It’s not going to happen. Sure I’ve tried to persuade her to see a therapist but she just won’t.
ctIaTErA
I probably shouldn’t be laughing as hard as I am right now. This is truly bizarre. Does she narrate her morning routine in the mirror each day now?
But in all seriousness, she’s chased you with a knife? Thats far more concerning than any of the obsessions with these men, and yes I did read the post about the wrestler. I thought it was just very quirky behavior before, but she seems truly unhinged now.
It was years ago. Like 10+ years ago. I’m much stronger than her so it’s not hard to hold her down if need be.
I AM NOT OOP
NO BRIGADING, NO HARASSMENT

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If you get locked or banned for violating community guidelines does that mean someone reported you or can it happen other ways? Is it possible to be banned when someone didn’t report you? Does Snapchat look at your private chats and snaps and can they ban you from those? I sent a pic to my boyfriend (you know what type) but didn’t show anything for real cause it was a tease and even when I do show things nothing happens. Last night I sent him a tease photo and I woke up to my account locked. Does that mean they’re looking at everything we send privately to eachother and can ban you for that too?

I got a little emotional and started crying while typing this out so i apologize for typos. Also im very sorry if this is extremely long.
So to set the scene, I've (22M) been friends with 'Alex' (22F) for about 3 years now. We met in college through a mutual friend 'Mike (23M). Meeting people abroad is usually a challenge but the day we met, me and Alex kicked it off. We found out we came from the same hometown and we just clicked.
For the next year we would go out for drinks, hang out in my room and do lots of stuff together with another friend. Our other friend changed colleges and for the first time i spend much time with Alex alone, going on drives, sitting in my room watching the most random videos. Alex was a strange girl with some unresolved childhood trauma (she opened up abt a alot), and i knew a relationship wasnt even on the edge of her mind so for the first time in a long time i had a really close friend who i saw purely platonically.
Slowly but surely in the coming weeks i noticed (from my perspective) a huge dip in interest. Less texts, more cancellations, less wanting to spend time alone with me, giving me more excuses. It needs to be said that we still saw each other, but something was different, she stopped treating me the way we used to be. After crying for a couple of days with my self worth being in the negatives, I knew i wasnt crazy and that something was off so i confronted her. She apologized for making me feel unprioritized and mentioned us getting dependent. It was toward christmas break So we had some space and didnt even see much of each other when we went to out hometowns.
The next college term was starting and things never dully went back to the way it was but i felt the joy of having her some more attention again. We would get lunch together, even groceries but even so towards the end of the term its like she gets less and less interested. She sends a couple messages to our mutual friend Mike, sitting with me sometimes and she still hasnt replied to mine. She starts messaging other people when shes hungry instead of me, i feel her follow Mike around when we walk in groups in stead of walking with me. Its like if 3 of us were at a shop, if Mike paid and left, she would walk out with him. That same day i got home and i cried again bcz i know its happening again. She never fights with me abt anything serious, i usually dont maker her angry cause i see her like a cute little princess (Which she acts like sometimes im her own deranged way).
So i just feel like im loosing my bestfriend and i dont know why... I think its really pathetic of me to bring it up again with her so im trying to avoid that. She also might tell me what i want to hear, I guess. So here I am posting on reddit because I honestly have nowhere else to go. I know i may have some sort of trigger by being left out (possibly due to my own child hood), but i tried my best to put my own emotions aside and try to see. At the end of the day even if i didn't have these bits of evidence, i had a strong feeling in my gut, in my heart, that things are off and different between us.
Edit: We also used to have late night conversations through text and one of us would tell the other we were heading to bed when we got tired. Now theres just messaes left unseen, late replys, no conversations just back and forth texting and very surface level things.
I am currently typing the last bit while crying silently so my roommate doesn't wake up. I don't know what to think or what to do and i would appreciate any help PLEASE

Hello, I am open to cisgender and/or transgender females in order to have a lifelong relationship together. I am not sure about wanting to stay in my country, so eventually relocating is something I'd be willing to do if you think it's realistic and that could work for us (so it's probably better if you're from the USA, or my country).
If you care about this, I don't really mind where you stand on the MBTI, I myself have scored as an INTP, INTJ and ISTJ, so if you are an introvert as well, that could be great. Need to add that I currently do not have a job, however I am trying my best in order to do things/courses and furthering my education/résumé.
What I'm searching in someone is:

• Ideally vegan, plant-based, or in a serious path to become one (if you absolutely think that you cannot become one after having tried, for health/equally important reasons, I'll understand).
• Drug/smoking/drinking/disease free (as I am) and keeps a reasonably healthy lifestyle at the very least.
• Monogamous and loyal, who wants a lifelong relationship, and believes that is feasible for us to finally be together at some point.
• Relatively close to my age (it's flexible, but +/- 4 years from my own seems reasonable).
• Childfree (doesn't have nor want kids).
• Not a ghoster.

Now these are the things that would describe me: I am very shy and introverted, and have never had a romantic relationship; I greatly value loyalty, love and understanding in someone, so if you give me that, you'll also receive it.
I'm generally very reluctant to take and post images of me publicly, but here I can describe a couple of physical traits, because I know it can be a deal breaker to some: I'm not very attractive, mostly because of my hairline and the fact that I wear glasses (I think I'm slightly better looking without them, but I'd rather not wear contact lenses for now), and I'm around 5'3''. That's the main thing, other than that I look average, but if I shave, I kind of look a bit stereotypically "nerdy".
As you've guessed by now, I'm plant-based, so essentially I follow a vegan diet and do not intend to change that. I am slightly left-leaning and don't tend to like extremes when it comes to politics; I am atheist/agnostic.
My hobbies are typically indoor, which includes things like: relaxing with music, doing digital art (sometimes), watching movies/shows/anime, browsing stuff on the Internet, and lately, reading some stuff. I am not much of a gamer, I don't even have a console anymore, but if that's your thing, when we meet and if you'd like, I'd definitely be willing to play with you in case that's one of your hobbies. I'll also be happy to join you in doing casual exercise if you like doing that, but I am by no means a hardcore gym-enthusiast.
My intention is to have, firstly, a LDR in order for us to get to know each other better and see if we're compatible, and if so, then it would hopefully develop into a healthy, loyal, and honest relationship. Not only that, but I'll also want to be your best friend, which means that I'll want to do all kinds of things together, from day to day stuff, to sharing hobbies, etc.
If you think this could actually work, feel free to send me a PM and tell me a bit about you! Have a nice day!

Hi reddit!
I just wanted to come on here and share about a few dreams that I have had about things before they happened and maybe get some of your thoughts and opinions.
The first time this happened I was 15-16 and my friend, we will call her Bailey, wanted to introduce me to one of her friends because we were both single. My friend lived in an apartment complex so we were all going to go to the pool to meet up with her friend and hang out. The only thing I knew about her friend was his name and that he was blonde and I knew that this other guy was going to be there. I went to sleep that night at her apartment and had a dream that we went to the pool and met up with her friends. One of her friends was sitting on a pool chair smoking a cigarette and he got up and put his cigarrette in his mouth to give me a hug. The friend that Bailey was introducing me to then approached me and shook my hand and greeted me and said "Hi, My name is Milo." (fake name). In the morning I didn't think too much about the dream since we had been talking about what we were going to do and who was going to be there so I just figured my brain latched onto it. Fast forward and we make our way down to the pool and everything happens exactly like it did in my dream. Down to the friend smoking, the clothes they were wearing, the tone of their voices, even the guy (who I had never met or seen a picture of) looked exactly like he did in my dream. It was like if someone was showing me a camera recording of my dream. I didn't really hit it off with that guy cause I was so freaked out about the whole thing that I just felt off the whole time and I think they could tell. When we were leaving the pool I told Bailey about the dream I had and how everything was exactly the same and she sort of laughed it off like she didnt believe me. After a few years I forgot about this until I had another dream similar when I was 19.
So I never have dreams that include my phone or electronics except for the occasional tv but this time I did. In the dream I was looking at my emails on my phone and came across one that said that an order of some merch from a bands website had been canceled due to supply issues and that I was going to be getting a refund. I woke up and did my morning routine and was scrolling through twitter. I am very active on twitter in the fandoms that I am a part of so of couse I was seeing posts about peoples orders getting canceled. I found one tweet that had a compiled list of all the products that werent going to be able to be shipped out and what I had ordered was at the very bottom of the list. I immediately was like wtf so I opened my emails to find I had an email from the website that had been sent two hours before I woke up and it was unopened. The email said that my ordered had been canceled.

This is all my fault. We met at a time when I just needed a friend. You were okay with being my friend and never asked for more. We had so much fun together. You became an indispensable part of my life within weeks. Every second I was with you I’d be laughing. Whenever something interesting happened you were the first person I wanted to tell. You were there for me like no one has ever been. You made me feel seen and heard and loved even when you roasted the heck out of me. I don’t know exactly when I fell for you. I never wanted to. I didn’t even admit it to myself for the longest time. Not even on the day we got way too high and ended up kissing for the first time. I told myself we were just friends with benefits and your stories made it seem like you weren’t the commitment type. It would’ve been embarrassing to admit I loved you. It had been my idea to not take this beyond friendship and I knew you wouldn’t lose the opportunity to tease me endlessly about it. And then everything fell apart. We had a fight and stopped speaking. I guess we both expected the other to text first and soon a whole year had passed. I missed you terribly. It got pretty out of hand; I would stalk you and write about you and look at your pictures all the time. I tried to date other people but it was never as fun as the times we spent together. Finally one day you texted me. Even though you immediately deleted it, I took the opportunity to text you “first”. The first time I met you after we made up was magical. Everything about that night felt too intense to be just physical. We kissed each other like we had been starving. Every touch felt like electricity. All the cliches. Everything has a sense of urgency at first but then it slowed down. Became more passionate. What was even happening? We were crossing so many lines. But once that was done, we were just friends again and I couldn’t trust myself to read the situation correctly. I also didn’t trust myself to recover from losing you as a friend if I was wrong. You never said a word to suggest this was more than friendship (with benefits). Meanwhile my parents were pushing me to get married and I met a “suitable boy”. I started dating him. I had to tell you of course, we couldn’t continue our benefits anymore. That was the first time you told me (even as you pretended it was a joke) that you were into me and you felt betrayed. Too many jokes about the situation and each a dagger to my heart that I deserved and therefore accepted. I also liked that it made you smile. I hadn’t been reading the situation wrong. Now there was no point in denying that we both still felt things for each other that were way beyond friendship limits (even if we were incompatible or downright toxic). I tried to keep things strictly platonic but the fact that it was forbidden made it worse until the tension was unbearable. The last time I saw you, I was a complete mess. I knew I couldn’t date that other guy anymore because I was hopelessly in love with you. But I didn’t want to cheat on him. You kissed me on my forehead like a goodbye kiss. It was breaking my heart. Then you kissed my cheeks. My nose. When you got close to my lips, we stopped moving. I knew you wouldn’t; I could always trust you like that, but I almost didn’t trust myself. We stayed like that for what felt like eternity, like time had frozen. I could feel your breath on my face. My hands were wrapped around your shoulders though I don’t know how they got there. Yours were sort of cupping my face. You kissed my head again and let go. I didn’t sleep at all that night. The next day I broke up. I wanted to tell you immediately but you wouldn’t pick up. You stopped talking to me and it’s been so long. I’m still waiting for you to call. I don’t even mind because it’s hopeless to try anything with anyone else when I’m in love with you.

So I really don’t want my JNMIL at my sprinkle (baby) shower. Short and sweet version So when I was pregnant with my first my mother was planning my baby shower. JNMIL had asked my mother if JNMIL and DG could help. Sure that’s not a problem… WRONG. Immediately starting to pick fights with my mother. She needs to do it this way, it’s not just a girls party this is also my son everybody will be there. ? No JNMIL it’s an all girls party so just let me know your count and I can send out the invites, also hey I have a gift card to decoration store if your mom want to use that save some money I’m not going to use it. All hell broke loose after that.
“HOW DARE YOU TAKE THIS AWAY FROM MY MOTHER, NO ONE FROM MY FAMILY WILL BE ATTENDING I HOPE YOU ARE HAPPY RUINING THIS DAY” then she proceeded to text everyone on her side my mother uninvited them… this is the point in time. My mother always said, just smile and wave. It can’t be that bad… when she called me to tell me this I got the apology and THE you were right she is bat sh*t crazy. And a GOOD LUCK.
She also lied about my family in the process of us moving and getting a house and that she’s the one that provided everything she was there with me, my whole pregnancy because my mom was “nowhere to be found”. Again crock of sh*t.
And NOW that DBIL (was her favorite) has gone NC with her she’s been up butts! It’s nice to have family that will help you out but when she’s constantly saying whatever you need, send me a grocery list let me get this.. I don’t need you to buy the stuff for me because now I feel like I’m living back at home. Like I’m doing this stuff for you so now i have to give me your undivided attention… or like she’s dangling her love?
But when we told her we were having her second she’s like great now I have to re-buy everything for you … NOPE! I don’t want a damn thing. We have a lot of the stuff from our first but the comment trough me for a loop. The way she said it sounded so disgusting like we are living at home and she’s paying our bills. And that this child is a major inconvenience. I’ve been VERY LC with her since we told her. She raises my blood pressure so much this pregnancy, especially when it comes to DBIL & DSIL. To complain and talk so horribly about them.
So to be honest, I really don’t want to invite her. my DH says whatever you wanna do my mother says you should at least be nice and send her an invite . I’ve done it once before without her what’s the second time?

I know everyone will have a different opinion on this so bear with me, I love Bloom from S1-4, but S5 is where my opinion on her started to change. This is just my opinion and I would like other's opinions.
Reasons I think S5-Onwards Bloom is a mary sue is; Bloom is the most powerful. She is a princess. Her boyfriend is a prince. She has earth parents and she has royal parents (4 in total). She is the "natural leader" of Winx Club. She has the most "tragic past". She is always right, never wrong. Whoewer disagrees with her is immediately villainised and scolded, even if they are a good guy. Bloom is the lead singer (she doesn't even leave THAT to Musa). Bloom's plan always works, no matter how ridiculous. Bloom always saves the day in the end. Bloom's outfits are the most beautiful and detailed. What else can we do to make Bloom's life more perfect? Oh yes - let's bring her sister back from the dead! NOW, Bloom truly has everything. She is perfect. A perfect example of a Mary Sue. There was I loved Bloom in the first 4 seasons. She was a great character with flaws and it made sense that the story was centered on her and the destruction of Domino (also, we were discovering the magical universe with her). But why after season 4, the story is still centered on her? It’s not about her anymore. And it only gets worse with the most recent seasons.
See what’s great about Season 4 was that although she was de facto leader, but there was a reason why- because she lives on Earth and is more familiar with it. Also, she never got to do the final battles alone, it was with the Winx, and honestly Aisha had more spotlight this time around. But Season 5 and beyond literally just made it the Bloom show, if it’s not Bloom facing off against Tritannus in a weak ass battle, it’s Bloom using Agador’s Box to trap Acheron. It was literally Bloom and the others show, because Bloom was the center of EVERYTHING. Like I get it that even if a show like Winx Club doesn't have a definitive main character, she is the main girl, but the writers have focused so much on her that they probably ran out of things to say about her. She's always outshining the others, always portrayed as the strongest, most willful, the bravest... the girls are pretty much props to let her shine and the only who's not completely treated with disregard is Stella, when she isn't fashion drunk. Another example of a Mary Sue is when the writers set up a set of universal rules that apply to every character minus the protagonist. In this case, every girl committed an act of selfless sacrifice to earn their Enchantix but she is the only one to break that rule. They could've worked around this by having Enchantix being simply earned by committing a great act of courage, of sacrifice/self-sacrifice, this way Bloom could've earned her complete form still in season 3.
There are other instances like her being the vocalist of their band, or again being the character, whose story is centered around in season 5. It's literally a season set underwater, with Andros (Aisha's homeplanet!!!) at the center of the chaos, Aisha herself having water-related powers AND the main villain is her cousin but somehow, they managed to make it about Bloom by involving Daphne who by the way isn't dead anymore! Just cursed, yea no, she was literally torn apart by those bitches not cursed. Aisha didn't even get the chance to land the final blow smh, that's another reason why i didn't like Daphne being turned from dead to cursed. They literally only made Daphne be cursed so Bloom could be in the spotlight because, even if it was a Pedoledeon decision, why redo Daphne's backstory? She wasn't cursed, those three literally tore her apart.
Also can we talk about how Bloom was the singer and not musa in S4? Like Musa's the fairy of MUSIC, it's literally what's flowing through her veins. It makes more sense for Musa to be the lead singer, it's literally what she excels in, Bloom being on Earth her whole life and probably listens to music is no excuse. My vengeance with Winx after S4 will always be with how dirty they did my Roxy but like, they milked the trix and Diaspro dry with how often they appear with the same fucking motivation. Not to mention how justified Diaspro is with hating Bloom, she was assaulted with no apology and has to deal with "this girl is so much cuter with sky uwu".
Now to be perfectly clear, despite this, I don't hate bloom but i hate how the show forces down your throat that your supposed to admire bloom for simply breathing. Look, admiring your favorite character, like any person would, is essential. But when it's used too much, it can become like a laugh track, where it's forcing down your throat what should be coming to you naturally. Most of the show doing that is hugely over-the-top. When it's supposed to be, it crams "admire bloom!" into you like Tinker Bell being shoved up your ass.

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At the Beginning
Adventure Arc - Arc 2
Wilderness Arc - Arc 3
Academy Arc - Arc 4
Nobility Arc - Arc 5
Previously on Leveling up the World...
ACADEMY GUARDIAN
Species: COLOSSUS
Class: ELECTRON
Health: 64%
Traits:
- BODY 150
- MIND 80
- REACTION 95
- PERCEPTION 50
Skills:
- ATTACK
- GUARD
- ACROBATICS
- ATHLETICS
Weakness: EARS
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An all-out fighter… there could be no doubt that the colossus had been created specifically for this purpose. It was very possible that the emperor had somehow removed all the needless skills during the leveling up process. The choice of material was no accident, either. Combining sun gold with another magic metal to negate the effects of magic was just what someone distrustful of mages would do.
This had to be a secret that even the archbishop didn’t know, otherwise there'd be more examples of it. A metal that rendered a target impervious to magic. Quite a feat, unless the person who had discovered it also happened to be a mage.
It must have been quite the dilemma for you, Jeremy, Dallion thought, amused.
Given enough time, Dallion might uncover the exact composition of the alloy and make use of it. For the moment, his goal was to defeat the colossus.
Flying up to the guardian itself, Dallion performed a dual spiral attack. His harpsisword, as usual, was infused with magic, while the aura sword had magic threads within its blow.
Taking advantage of its high body trait, the guardian swiftly moved to the side. Despite being enormous, the body easily managed to evade the most devastating effects of the attack.
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MINOR STRIKE
Dealt damage has been increased by 10%
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The spiral attack barely singed the chest of the being, while the magic attack bounced off, completely repelled.
“Have you fought anything like this before?” Dallion asked, filling the air with spark infused line attacks.
The glowing threads of destruction sliced through the vines and vegetation of the realm like a scythe through grass. Unfortunately, none of them managed to touch the Colossus.
Without warning, one of the being’s massive fists blocked out the sky, flying straight towards Dallion. Thanks to his reaction trait, Dallion was able to spot the attack. His body movements alone would have been too slow to escape, but thankfully the flying spell he had cast was affected by thought alone.
For half a second Dallion flew back, the colossus’ fist mere feet away from him. Aether barriers appeared by the dozen, cast by a single slash of Dallion’s aura sword. All of them were shattered, not even remotely slowing down the guardian’s attack. Finally, after what felt like minutes, the distance from the golden knuckles widened.
Leave it to the emperor to come up with something like this, Adzorg said, almost with admiration. The perfect counter for a mage. With such a high body trait and invulnerability to magic, there wouldn’t be anyone capable of stopping it.
“Thanks for the vote of confidence,” Dallion snapped. Yet, even he had to admit that the counter was perfect. Remove spells from a mage and they become extraordinarily weak. Even the noble exceptions would hesitate, which was more than enough time for the guardian to dispatch them.
A relatively safe distance away, Dallion cast a series of spells to boost his speed and strength. Once done, he followed up with a quick spell to create an aether blade. The new weapon was quickly covered with a series of illusion spells with the goal of removing the colossus magic invulnerability.
Splitting into two hundred instances, Dallion darted back down, then thrust the blade straight at the guardian’s chest. The enhanced speed prevented the being from evading the attack. Unfortunately, that was all it did. The aether blade shattered, turning to dust the moment it came into contact with the sun gold alloy.
“You’re skilled,” the guardian admitted as he went on a multi attack, attempting to snatch Dallion from the air.
The actions were fast and precise, not to mention covering a vast range. It was purely thanks to the large number of instances that Dallion managed to retreat into the sky unharmed.
“The most skilled I’ve seen,” he added, leaping into the air.
Suddenly, the distance between the two disappeared.
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MAJOR WOUND
Your health has been reduced by 50%
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Dallion felt the hard surface slam into him, sending him flying miles away. Normally, that could be considered as a good thing, but a colossus of this size and speed could easily catch up to him no matter where he was thrown.
Lux! Dallion thought.
Without needing further instructions, the firebird emerged, wrapping Dallion with its blue flames and propelling him up, faster than even the colossus could manage.
That was too close. If it hadn’t been the few moments in which Lux had healed Dallion back in the real world, the battle would have been over. Right now, Dallion was barely at one percent of his health. The only times he’d fallen so low were back in the first awakening shrine. There, losing only meant being ejected from the realm. As a domain ruler, if he were to have his health depleted, he’d die on the spot.
“Better than your creator?” Dallion shouted—a desperate move to make use of his music skills. To his great surprise, it worked.
Several strands attached to the guardian as he fell back to the ground with a slam. The entire realm shook.
“Better than he was when he created this realm,” the guardian replied. “Even I was weaker when I chose to become the realm’s guardian. You could have taken me easily. My skin was granite and my speed, just over half what it is now.”
Focusing, Dallion skimmed over the surface of the mountain, using his forging skills in an attempt to spot any crack or weakness he could use. If any existed, they had been mended centuries ago. It was obvious that the emperor had kept improving the guardian multiple times, but it was more than that. During the improvement, he had changed the material until reaching its current composition. There was no telling how many times he had gone through it. Reaching simple gold was a difficult task. Achieving any of the magical materials required magic forging, and even it was not a given.
You know its weakness, don’t you? Dallion wondered. There was no way Jeremy would allow anything, be it a guardian, to be stronger than him. There had to be some weakness—a blind spot that only he could take advantage of.
With the music strands fading away, the effects ended, sending the guardian up again as he attempted to reach Dallion yet again.
There was no doubt that Lux had taken him dozens of miles above the ground, but that alone was not enough. Dallion felt the sky itself move down, bringing the ground closer. Had this been an overseer, the fight might well have ended. As things stood, there were several possibilities for success.
“Here we go!” Reaching through his personal realm into his wider domain, Dallion summoned a rocket crossbow. Although the colossus had the power to reflect all spells, he didn’t have the power to negate them.
The massive weapon emerged in front of him, already loaded with four deadly charges. Dallion held his breath. Waiting for the colossus to get fifty feet from him, he shot all four rocket bolts straight at the guardian’s head and shoulders.
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AVERAGE HIT
Dealt damage has been increased by 50%
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AVERAGE HIT
Dealt damage has been increased by 50%
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MODERATE HIT
Dealt damage has been increased by 150%
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AVERAGE HIT
Dealt damage has been increased by 50%
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The force of the blast pushed the colossus back down before he could reach his target. All the speed he had was wasted into the air.
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Realm section damaged!
Overall completion 59%
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The entity slammed into the ground, sending a shock wave throughout the entire realm. Ripples formed through the mesh of magic threads that composed the ground, slowly settling once they reached its limits.
Unsummoning the weapon, Dallion immediately replaced it with a new one.
Once the dust had settled, the results were a lot less impactful as he had hoped. Some might even call them underwhelming.
In the real world, such an attack would have been enough to destroy living armor. Here, they had merely scarred the guardian. The most serious wound—located slightly above the shoulder—was barely the size of a jab. As for the rest—they were just scars.
“Jeremy must have improved you a lot.” Dallion resorted to his music skills. In his mind, he knew that this was the method, yet he had to rely on the colossus’ weakness. “How many times did you go through this?”
“Why do you want this domain?” The guardian stood back up. “It won’t increase your level.”
“If it’s so useless, why not just surrender and give it to me without a fight?” Dallion smirked.
The colossus didn’t react.
“See? It only doesn’t matter as long as you have it. We both know that no one will allow so much magic to go unused.”
“You just want to feed your dragon.”
“I’m sure that Jeremy did the same.” In his mind Dallion was calculating possibilities of how to get the guardian to face the right direction so he could initiate a killing shot.
“He did, but you’re greedier.”
The response was surprising on several levels. When he said it, Dallion didn’t believe it to have been true. According to everything he had learned in the Learning Hall, the first Emperor Tamin had transformed his companion familiar into a great dragon, through lots of magic and leveling up. Nowhere was it said that the entire domain of the Academy had been used as a grazing ground. Yet, that would explain why the area was so sparsely built in relation to its size.
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MAJOR HEAL
Your health has been increased by 50%
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A green rectangle emerged. Lux had managed to restore a large chunk of Dallion’s health, and not a moment too soon.
“Get me to his ear,” Dallion ordered, bursting into instances.
Hundreds of versions circled the guardian’s head, yet each time the result was the same. The Colossus’ speed was just too fast for Dallion to do anything about it, even with his magic boost. Of two hundred instances, forty-one managed to get anywhere close to the guardian’s head. Less than a third of them managed to fire, and in all those cases, the guardian twisted his head, causing the rockets to explode on his face. Damage was dealt, though it was a far cry from the kill shot that Dallion needed.
“Jeremy used that millennia ago.” The colossus grabbed a patch of ground and threw it in Dallion’s general direction.
The speed was impressive, fading half of Dallion’s newly created instances.
“He did, did he?” Dallion unsummoned the empty crossbow. “Then how about something new?”
Summoning his usual two blades, Dallion spun in the air, casting point attacks throughout the realm.
“Predictable.” The colossus dashed from one place to another, using his left arm to shield himself from the magic attacks, while avoiding the spark infused ones. “Jeremy used that twice.”
Not quite this, Dallion thought.
The issue with someone incapable of seeing magic was that they couldn’t tell the difference between a destructive and an effect spell. A large part of the aether point attacks were not mere attacks, but effect spells surrounding a small magic core. Coming into contact with the threads on the ground, they changed into symbols, patiently waiting to be connected. There was no way for the guardian to see that, and because of the devastation to which the area had been submitted, there wasn’t anyone nearby to tell him.
Got you! Dallion said to himself, completing the magic circle. It extended for miles, only visible from high above. The effect, though, was something no one could miss.
In a split second, the ground that the guardian had been running on lost its firmness. With a massive splash, the colossus vanished beneath the surface, like a carriage falling through thin ice into a river.

When u attack ppl FOR ZERO REASON. WHEN THEY R POSITIVE N SPREAD POSITIVE ENERGY TO THE WORLD. help heal n improve others. Especially when they don't even know WHO u are. But in the darkness u hid there. Stalk spying n KNEW EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE. WHAT THEY DO. WHERE THEY LIVE. U suddenly come at them FOR NO REASON AT ALL. N ATTACK THEM. Either ONLINE OR IRL.
NO one can harm hurt others for no reason. Or DO IT FIRST. when u do it first. Ur a TERRORIST. N U DO WRONG THINGS. WRONG MORALS. WRONG PATHS. everything wrong. About that! there has a HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN attack first suddenly n giving your OPINION. giving opinion aka BEING IN POLITENESS N TALK OR EXPRESS ONESELF NICELY w the others. To tell your own side of ideas might be different from the others. Is completely ACCEPTABLE n endorse. But ATTACKING N ATTACKERS aka terrorists n terrorism means U DO IT w intentions to HARM HURT the others who have different ideas than yourself. That is never democracy BUT it is a HARMFUL ACTIVITIES to the whole society n humans at large. Need to be GET IN CHECK RIGHT AWAY ON SIGHT. n STOP IT FROM THE GET GO. stop it from the root. Period