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Me(F21) am stalking my bf's(M27) ex. They dated in 2016-2019. I've been interested in her life for past 3 years. I know his ex personally. He was really close with her and they were even engaged. That ex made him do things he said he hates and never wanted to. Including cheating multiple times. I met my bf in 2018 november. Since we first met we had a spark but he was taken at the time. But still he flirted with me. So fast forward to 2021 and we actually started dating. So basically he has told me about her and i know its normal. He said he hates her and doesnt want her in any way. But for some reason i still want to be like her and stuff. I cant really tell this to anyone. Sometimes i even call myself her name. On Facebook he still has some old events tagged with her name. We all have same friendgroup.
What should i do?

Character Information
Reddit Account: English_American
Discord: @rffffs
Name and House: Garth Crakehall
Age: 50
Cultural Group: First Men/Westerman
Appearance: A stoic, scarred veteran who stands at just under six feet. His amber eyes are accentuated by the jagged, irregular burn scar earned during the Field of Fire that seems to still burn hot when Garth's temper flares. He boasts medium length chestnut hair, held in a single pony-tail which does well to compliment his well-kempt beard.
Trait: Brave
Skill(s): Axes (e), First Man Warrior (e), Chivalric
Talent(s): Painting, Hunting, Hawking
Negative Trait(s): None
Starting Title(s): Lord of Crakehall, Wielder of Tusk
Starting Location: The Festivities
Alternate Characters: None
Biography
In the years before the arrival of Aegon Targaryen and his dragons, Garth Crakehall's childhood unfolded amidst the final years of the Kingdom of the Rock, a realm steeped in tradition and honor. Born into the ancient House Crakehall, Garth was the scion of a noble line that traced its roots back to the days of kings and conquerors, the First Men.
Raised within the walls of Crakehall Castle, Garth's early years were a tapestry woven with threads of chivalry and duty. Under the guidance of his father, Lord Roland Crakehall, and the tutelage of seasoned knights and maesters, Garth learned the art of warfare and politics, honing his skills with axe and lance while absorbing the wisdom of history and lore.
From a young age, Garth Crakehall's hands seemed destined to wield the weighty power of steel. His affinity for combat was not merely born of necessity but seemed almost preordained, as if the gods themselves had crafted him to be the master of its deadly art. While other boys gravitated towards swords or spears, Garth found himself drawn to the rugged simplicity and raw power of the axe.
Yet it was not just any axe that captured Garth's imagination—it was Tusk, the legendary Valyrian Steel axe that had been passed down through generations of Crakehall lords. Forged in the fiery heart of Old Valyria and tempered with the blood of ancient dragons, Tusk was a weapon of unparalleled beauty and craftsmanship, its gleaming blade etched with intricate runes and adorned with ornate carvings that spoke of a time long forgotten and a single sharpened boar tusk adorning the tip of the shaft.
In the forests east of Crakehall, Garth Crakehall faced his first true test of martial prowess against bandits who preyed upon the innocent and threatened the fragile peace of the land. In the chaos of battle, Garth's instincts took over, his axe swinging expertly with deadly precision as he cleaved through the ranks of the enemy with a ferocity born of determination. Each blow struck true, each foe felled before him a testament to his skill and valor.
For Garth, the battle against the bandits was not just a test of martial prowess, it was a reaffirmation of his commitment to justice and honor, a declaration of his unwavering resolve to protect the innocent and uphold the legacy of his noble house. And as he rode triumphantly back to Crakehall, his heart swelled with chivalric pride, knowing that he had proven himself worthy of the mantle of leadership that would one day be his to bear, and the title of Ser that he had been rewarded with.
When news of Aegon Targaryen’s conquest spread, the King of the West and the Reach gathered their men. Ultimately resulting in the Field of Fire, a battle that would forever change Garth.
The Field of Fire was not just a battle for Garth Crakehall, it was a crucible of fire and blood that would forever shape his path forward. As the dragons descended upon the battlefield with a fury unmatched, Garth watched in horror as his father, brother, and many friends fell beneath the searing inferno, their lives snuffed out in an instant by the merciless flames.
Garth went forth and, along with a few other soldiers, braved the flames to rescue his father and brother. In that moment of chaos and despair, he found himself engulfed in the inferno, the scorching heat searing his flesh and his lungs with each breath. Garth recounts praying to the Warrior prior to the battle and the warrior listened; he survived, though scarred and battered, he was a survivor amidst the wreckage of the fallen.
With the mantle of lordship thrust upon him in the wake of his father's death, Garth emerged from the ashes of the Field of Fire as the new Lord of Crakehall, his spirit deeply tempered as his recovery took the better part of a year. Over the following five and twenty years, Garth would go on to wed the daughter of one of his vassals, Larissa Yew, who would bear him three children, one passing in childbirth.
In the years since, Garth Crakehall had undergone a profound transformation; his once cheery demeanor giving way to a stoic resolve. With the weight of leadership resting heavily upon his shoulders, Garth had dedicated himself to the task of ensuring the stability and prosperity of the Westerlands. Collaborating closely with Gregor Lannister, uncle of the newly minted Lord Lancel Lannister following the untimely death of Lancel’s father, Garth worked tirelessly to foster alliances and broker peace throughout the region, determined to spare his people from the horrors of conflict that had plagued the land for generations. Though the scars of battle still marred his flesh and haunted his dreams, Garth remained steadfast in his commitment to safeguarding the future of the West, his once jovial spirit tempered by the responsibility of leadership.
His recent years had been marred with tests of different kinds. Where once he faced foes upon the battlefield, he faced a foe all too familiar with fathers; their own children. Loren Crakehall, named for the late King and who had been born only moons after his namesake's passing, had proven troublesome as of late. His wanton spending of the funds allowed of him, his penchant for gambling and the drink had led Garth down a stressful and otherwise unwanted path of parenthood.
Timeline

25 BC: Garth is born.
7 BC: Garth & Larissa Yew are wed to much pomp. The Tourney of Crakehall takes place, seeing Garth crowned champion, and Larissa as the Queen of Love and Beauty.
0 AC: The Field of Fire. Garth's brother, and father, Lord Roland, perishes to dragonflame.
21 AC: Garth & Loren travel to celebrate with the Lannisters at a tourney.
25 AC: Present Day. Travels to King's Landing to take part in the festivities.

Family Tree

Lord Roland Crakehall, d. 0 AC
Lady Brienne Ferren, d. 13 AC
- Lord Garth Crakehall, b. 25 BC
- Lady Larissa Yew, b. 25 BC
  - Helena Crakehall, b. 5 BC
  - Ser Loren Crakehall, b. 1 AC
  - (m.) _________, b. __
  - Roland Crakehall, d. 3 AC
- Ser Gerold Crakehall, d. 0 AC

AC/NPCs
AC

Ser Loren Crakehall, Garth’s son and heir and Coin Master for Crakehall
- Trait: Numerate
- Skills: Architect, Scrutinous, Investor

NPCs

Ser Darren Yew, Garth’s brother-by-law, and head of Garth’s personal guards
- Archetype: Warrior (Axes)
Ser Elwood Stillwood, Knight in service of Crakehall
- Archetype: General

I deleted a Facebook account in 2018, life went on etc (I have a new one now)
However my girlfriend has made me aware that my old account is popping up when she searches my name in messenger to send me something.
The old account has a profile picture of myself and my ex which isn’t ideal either.
I don’t have a clue what the email for the old account is but would know the password, I have a different phone number now too
Is there anything I can do?

iOS 17.5
Recently updated to 17.5 and now the “Show Rich Text From HTML In Quick Look” action is not displaying the output correctly. Tried various shortcuts with different HTML and got the same result.
Not sure if the ?s in the output (see below) are the problem but I hadn’t made any changes to the HTML.
Below is an example of what is displayed in Quick Look.
Anyone having the same issue or a possible solution to something that worked correctly in previous versions of iOS?
Instead of a formatted report this is shown in Quick Look.
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I exhibited some very poor judgment last night and fell for it on Discord after initially meeting on Reddit. The individual in question threatened to post a face pic and nude on some app (looked like Facebook?) unless I paid. They do not have my real name or place of employment, but my face is still there and I don't know if they can find me.
I did not pay and was not aggressive with them either. They eventually stopped sending threats and demanding money. I took screenshots of the conversation just in case, deleted the messages, blocked & reported them on both apps, and deleted Discord.
I could not sleep much and am still extremely anxious now. I know it may be different for every case, but at what point am I in the clear? They have no means of contacting me (no email, no phone number, social media ???). I'm still afraid of them posting me and while the things they're saying are untrue, it will cause a lot of emotional distress to deal with it.
I have definitely learned a valuable lesson. Any insight is appreciated - reading through this sub was helpful.

Hello! We are making a game, and would love to reference a popular IP from our country as an easter egg. We are just not sure about the copyright side of this.
In a nutshell, we'd like to add a familiar and for most people a recognizable looking creature from the IP to our game, without using it's copyrighted name. Does this sound like breaking some copyright law?
Thanks for everyone taking the time to answer our question!

What a nightmare.
So, my story and process is very similar to this thread, but I figure it's worth sharing just to give a bit of hope and info on the process.
April 30th, I wake up to find I'm logged out of my Facebook account, and attempts to log back in reveal it's been disabled for inappropriate Instagram content. To appeal, I need to log in to the Instagram account, which is a Vietnamese username I don't recognise. Familiar story to many, I'm sure. This disabled page gives you the option to download some of your Facebook account, and I believe this was key- the access logs show exactly when and where it was hacked.
My own Instagram is not suspended, but has been unlinked from two accounts at the same time- I assume the hacker's IG and my Facebook.
Fruitlessly search Facebook's FAQs, end up here. Email the support addresses that are listed, no reply at all.
Get Meta Verified through IG to communicate with a human, at £9.99/month. Thinking about it, I should cancel that now.
Go through Meta Verified to communicate the Facebook issue. Raised approximately 20 tickets, but actually found that replying to the same one was more effective in getting replies. Each and every time, they send me links to the Facebook pages that do not work. The loop. I cannot upload ID to verify my identity as it wants me to log in, I cannot log in because it's disabled. I also, as stated, cannot appeal through IG by logging in to the hacker's IG. Each and every time, they try to close the ticket. Replying reopens it.
Eventually, I was escalated to a manager. I work in customer service, I know they'll all have scripts to follow and limits to what they can do. At no point am I getting angry or abusive, but I am making it clear that I have repeated the process, and I screenshot everything, showing my attempts to follow their instructions. I ask them for another way to be put through to the appeals team, because their form will not let me. No dice. Dead end after dead end.
So I come here again, and see the EU reporting form:
https://facebook.com/help/contact/837980354337486
You can't access it from the UK, just clicking it gives a page error. You need to use a VPN and put your location in Europe. Thanks, Brexit. I installed the Opera browser, which has a free VPN built in.
THIS WORKED.
I received a ticket from a support agent asking me for:

Username
Date the account was hacked (attached the access log)
Current email/phone associated with it
A new email address, never associated with Facebook

This email was replied to on Thursday 9th. By Sunday 12th, I had received an email at the new email address. This was from the "Facebook Community Operations Team", not Meta Support. They wanted a complete, detailed overview of what had happened, with ID, including the issues I'd encountered trying to report through the Facebook links. This felt like less of a template email reply and that progress was being made.
So I gave it to them. I also gave them some very specific details of the Facebook account- specific photo album names and status updates, information about Events I had previously organised through Facebook, what the banner picture was- anything extra that I thought could sway them to believe I was who I said I was. I underlined how the "permanently disabled after 30 days" part would mean losing all contact with specific people on the account, and I told them I'd travel to Facebook HQ to verify my identity face to face if need be. I didn't know what the hacker may have done with any of those things, but I included anything I thought could be reviewed and proven as true. I again attached the access logs and disabled screenshots.
Within 12 hours I had a reply stating they had secured my account with the new email address and a password reset link. It worked. The EU link through a VPN worked for me.

I appreciate the story probably ends there for most people, but since regaining access, I looked into what had been done by the hacker. They had added someone Vietnamese (themselves?) as a Facebook friend, who I have obviously now reported and blocked. They had not touched my wall, friends, photos or statues.
More importantly, and probably their whole aim, they set up a Facebook Ad Account under my name, and started spamming paid ads for something Vietnamese. They used someone's credit card details to do this, for about US$300- the details were not mine, so I guess someone else got a shock and cancelled the payments when they noticed.
However, my linked PayPal account was listed as a backup payment account, and my home address listed as the business account address. As I did not authorise the payments with PayPal, no funds left the account, and because the payments failed, the ads were suspended- I discovered this from notifications that they had on Facebook.
I am obviously taking steps now to close that Ad Account with Facebook.
And, as far as I can tell, that's it. My Facebook account was a perfectly normal, standard personal account. I'm going to spend today backing up photos on it, because it has made me very aware of just how much I'd have list if I hadn't found a way to resolve this.

Founder here that has raised +$3M for my previous gaming startup.
I have been scraping data lately and I wanted to share a list I'm pretty happy with, so other gaming founders that are fundraising now can give a good use to this list. The list has info like Fund Name, General Partner Name, Title, Email, LinkedIn Profile, Website, Firm's LinkedIn, Firm's Facebook, Firm's Twitter,Address, Firm's Phone, Description.
What I would do with this list:

Send a personalized cold email to all the General Partners of the firms that you see can be a good fit for your startup.
Visit the investor website.
Go through their portfolio companies.
Find founders that are in a similar industry as your company, or founders that you think would find your startup interesting.
Connect with founders through email or LinkedIn asking about their VC.
Ask for a 15min. video call, share your story and offer help.
If the chemistry is good, kindly ask for a warm intro to the investor.

This way you build momentum from the beginning by sending an email and then, even if they don't respond, a founder of their portfolio has made an intro with you, so you grab their attention from minute 1.
The reason of why I built this list is 1) I know how hard is to do investor research and to find the right investors, and 2) Now I'm building easyvc.ai, an AI that does the whole investor research for you based on your startup description, and then helps you build a pipeline of 100 warm intros with investors.
Just send me a DM and I'll share it with you.

There were 108 "Esper Raffine" decks:

1 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal (online)
3 Caves of Koilos (online)
3 Concealed Courtyard (online)
3 Cut Down (online)
4 Darkslick Shores (online)
4 Deep-Cavern Bat (online)
2 Dennick, Pious Apprentice (online)
2 Deserted Beach (online)
1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (online)
3 Faerie Mastermind (online)
4 Go for the Throat (online)
1 Island (online)
3 No More Lies (online)
1 Otawara, Soaring City (online)
1 Plains (online)
1 Raffine's Tower (online)
4 Raffine, Scheming Seer (online)
4 Restless Anchorage (online)
2 Shattered Sanctum (online)
1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire (online)
2 The Wandering Emperor (online)
1 Tishana's Tidebinder (online)
2 Underground River (online)
3 Virtue of Loyalty (online)
4 Wedding Announcement (online)

There were 87 "Temur Control" decks:

4 Aftermath Analyst (online)
4 Brokers Hideout (online)
4 Cabaretti Courtyard (online)
1 Echoing Deeps (online)
3 Fires of Victory (online)
6 Forest (online)
4 Ill-Timed Explosion (online)
6 Island (online)
4 Maestros Theater (online)
4 Memory Deluge (online)
4 Mountain (online)
4 Nissa, Resurgent Animist (online)
1 Riveteers Overlook (online)
1 Shigeki, Jukai Visionary (online)
3 Spelunking (online)
4 Virtue of Strength (online)
3 Worldsoul's Rage (online)

There were 82 "Uw Control" decks:

2 Adarkar Wastes (online)
4 Deduce (online)
1 Depopulate (online)
4 Deserted Beach (online)
1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (online)
1 Farewell (online)
4 Field of Ruin (online)
1 Get Lost (online)
4 Island (online)
1 Jace, the Perfected Mind (online)
3 March of Otherworldly Light (online)
4 Memory Deluge (online)
1 Mirrex (online)
4 No More Lies (online)
1 Otawara, Soaring City (online)
4 Plains (online)
4 Restless Anchorage (online)
2 Seachrome Coast (online)
3 Sunfall (online)
1 Sunken Citadel (online)
2 Temporary Lockdown (online)
4 The Wandering Emperor (online)
4 Three Steps Ahead (online)

There were 81 "Boros Convoke" decks:

4 Battlefield Forge (online)
4 Case of the Gateway Express (online)
3 Cavern of Souls (online)
2 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (online)
4 Gleeful Demolition (online)
4 Imodane's Recruiter (online)
4 Inspiring Vantage (online)
4 Knight-Errant of Eos (online)
2 Mirrex (online)
3 Mountain (online)
4 Novice Inspector (online)
1 Nurturing Pixie (online)
3 Plains (online)
4 Resolute Reinforcements (online)
2 Sanguine Evangelist (online)
2 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance (online)
4 Voldaren Epicure (online)
4 Warden of the Inner Sky (online)
2 Warleader's Call (online)

There were 51 "4/5c Control" decks:

4 Archangel of Wrath (online)
3 Atraxa, Grand Unifier (online)
1 Boseiju, Who Endures (online)
4 Cavern of Souls (online)
2 Depopulate (online)
3 Forest (online)
4 Herd Migration (online)
1 Imodane's Recruiter (online)
1 Island (online)
4 Jetmir's Garden (online)
4 Leyline Binding (online)
1 Long Goodbye (online)
1 Mountain (online)
3 Plains (online)
1 Raffine's Tower (online)
4 Spara's Headquarters (online)
2 Spelunking (online)
4 Sunfall (online)
1 Swamp (online)
4 Topiary Stomper (online)
4 Up the Beanstalk (online)
4 Ziatora's Proving Ground (online)

There were 48 "4c Legends" decks:

1 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal (online)
1 Blackcleave Cliffs (online)
1 Blooming Marsh (online)
3 Boseiju, Who Endures (online)
2 Cavern of Souls (online)
2 Cut Down (online)
2 Darkslick Shores (online)
1 Deathcap Glade (online)
2 Ertai Resurrected (online)
3 Go for the Throat (online)
3 Honest Rutstein (online)
4 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun (online)
4 Otawara, Soaring City (online)
4 Plaza of Heroes (online)
4 Relic of Legends (online)
4 Rona, Herald of Invasion (online)
4 Slogurk, the Overslime (online)
1 Swamp (online)
4 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire (online)
1 Tinybones, the Pickpocket (online)
2 Titania, Voice of Gaea (online)
1 Vial Smasher, Gleeful Grenadier (online)
2 Xander's Lounge (online)
4 Ziatora's Proving Ground (online)

I remember it clearly. Too clearly.
We were sitting at a bench on a sunny day. You were wearing a beige shirt that's tight enough for it to cling to your body in some places, and a pair of jeans which I think you've had ever since we started going to university.
We were graduating in a month so I thought I should tell you how I felt. I never imagined how tough it was to cough up a confession. And how harder it was to face immediate rejection. You told me you don't feel the same way, that you can't see yourself liking another man, that you see yourself with a wife and couple of kids, and that you don't think I'm disgusting and that we'll stay as friends. I wish you stopped after saying you didn't feel the same. I wish you fulfilled your promise of staying friends.
It's so stupid how difficult it was to get over you. We weren't even in a relationship. All I did was tell you my feelings, which you immediately shot down. A moth to a flame. Still, I managed to move forward and funnily enough, I too found myself in love with a woman.
Few years down the line, our eyes met once more in party for a friend who got engaged. You were so shocked when I introduced you to my girlfriend. I can't blame you. Last time we talked, I was bawling my eyes out telling you that I can't imagine a future without you. My girlfriend and I left the party early, but I learned from a friend that you stayed drinking until the bar closed. I also heard that you were crying most of the night and kept saying my name in your drunken stupor.
Next time we met was at the wedding of that same friend. I didn't want to go because me and my girlfriend broke up a month before; I wanted to lay low and lick my wounds. I was drowning my demons alone at a table during reception when you approached me. You told you me you were really late, and didn't know if you'll make it. You and I share a hearty laugh. You were always late even back in university. You sat down beside me, then you introduced your boyfriend to me. The wine tasted extra bitter that night.
The rest of that night was a blur. I don't even remember you handing me a piece of paper. I don't remember putting it in my pocket too. I only got to it when I was on the overpass on my way home. It had your number on it, and a note saying you want to reconnect and be like we were back in university.
I watched the piece of paper fly and tumble around in the wind. If only I confessed better. If only I confessed at a different time. I always kept thinking those kind of thoughts back then. Maybe it all just dried up in the time that's passed? Or maybe it wasn't even love in the first place?

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Hi. I'm being threatened by a prolific copyright troll firm called Sriplaw. You can Google their name. In 2020, I posted a single image to my Facebook page, with full attribution to the Photographer and a link back to his IG page. I believed at the time that giving attribution was enough to avoid trouble. Now I understand it that it's made me a target for a payday.
For a year, I've been ignoring emails from Pixsy, because I felt their case was ridiculous. Facebook is about sharing. I had hoped they would go away. They did, but they handed everything off to Sriplaw.
My feeling now is that my case is really small potatoes and it wouldn't be worth the law firm's time. Does anyone have experience or guidance dealing with either of these firms? What's the best strategy to avoid a lawsuit and minimize costs? It was an unintentional error, and they initially wanted $2000. Outrageous. Where to go from here?

All my Buyouts for the listed items are just because of the rules.
Everything in my inventory is up for trade and you can include it in a trade. I have new items coming and going daily and not all are included in this list.
💵 Always Buying & Selling skins for Crypto / PayPal.
📩 DM me with a detailed message and a price
Twitter Steam acc. TradeLink
You can find some of my current items with cash prices (USD) in the table below. 🔽
Some prices might be outdated.

Name	Price B/O $	Float	Tradability
★ Talon Knife Doppler (Sapphire) - FN	4350$	0.0068	Tradable
★ Talon Knife Doppler (Sapphire) - FN	4313$	0.031	Tradable
★ Bayonet Doppler (Ruby) - FN	3798$	0.032	Tradable
★ Butterfly Knife Fade - FN	3429$	0.011	Tradable
★ Flip Knife Doppler (Ruby) - FN	2978$	0.0118	Tradable
★ Karambit Fade - FN	2770$	0.024	Tradable Tue Apr 30
★ Flip Knife Doppler (Sapphire) - FN	2725$	0.014	Tradable
★ Stiletto Knife Doppler (Ruby) - MW	2680$	0.072	Tradable Mon Apr 29
★ Sport Gloves Superconductor - FT	2345$	0.364	Tradable
★ Huntsman Knife Doppler (Ruby) - FN	1660$	0.028	Tradable Tue Apr 30
★ Karambit Lore - MW	1505$	0.091	Tradable Tue Apr 30
★ M9 Bayonet Doppler (Phase 4) - FN	1452$	0.0100	Tradable Sun Apr 28
★ Driver Gloves King Snake - MW	1437$	0.147	Tradable
★ Sport Gloves Vice - FT	1214$	0.314	Tradable Wed May 01
★ Sport Gloves Vice - FT	1214$	0.352	Tradable Tue Apr 30
★ Talon Knife Doppler (Phase 4) - FN	1190$	0.034	Tradable Tue Apr 30
★ Butterfly Knife Case Hardened - MW	1125$	0.095	Tradable
★ M9 Bayonet Tiger Tooth - FN	1097$	0.0317	Tradable
★ M9 Bayonet Autotronic - FT	1078$	0.202	Tradable
★ Butterfly Knife Black Laminate - FT	1038$	0.311	Tradable
★ Butterfly Knife Bright Water - MW	951$	0.139	Tradable
★ Skeleton Knife Slaughter - FN	938$	0.069	Tradable
M4A4 Poseidon - MW	890$	0.141	Tradable
★ Skeleton Knife Crimson Web - FT	808$	0.247	Tradable Fri Apr 26
★ Flip Knife Fade - FN	777$	0.019	Tradable
★ Talon Knife Tiger Tooth - FN	700$	0.034	Tradable
★ Specialist Gloves Crimson Web - MW	670$	0.086	Tradable
★ Bayonet Slaughter - FN	634$	0.0317	Tradable Wed May 01
M4A1-S Blue Phosphor - FN	618$	0.0353	Tradable Tue Apr 30
★ Navaja Knife Doppler (Ruby) - FN	598$	0.0546	Tradable
★ Flip Knife Doppler (Phase 4) - FN	528$	0.031	Tradable Wed May 01
★ Flip Knife Doppler (Phase 4) - FN	535$	0.008	Tradable
AK-47 Vulcan - MW	468$	0.0763	Tradable
★ StatTrak™ Bayonet Slaughter - FT	461$	0.237	Tradable Fri Apr 26
★ Skeleton Knife Case Hardened - WW	454$	0.399	Tradable Sun Apr 28
★ Sport Gloves Nocts - FT	408$	0.264	Tradable Wed May 01
★ Nomad Knife Blue Steel - MW	378$	0.136	Tradable
★ Huntsman Knife Marble Fade - FN	370$	0.008	Tradable
★ Nomad Knife Case Hardened - FT	365$	0.248	Tradable
★ Stiletto Knife Blue Steel - FT	316$	0.367	Tradable Wed May 01
★ Specialist Gloves Marble Fade - FT	303$	0.368	Tradable Thu May 02
★ Moto Gloves Turtle - MW	296$	0.141	Tradable
Desert Eagle Fennec Fox - FT	286$	0.356	Tradable Fri Apr 26
★ Specialist Gloves Fade - WW	283$	.391	Tradable Wed May 01
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Chantico's Fire - FN	281$	0.0238	Tradable
★ Falchion Knife Lore - FN	269$	0.056	Tradable Thu May 02
★ Gut Knife Fade - FN	254$	0.033	Tradable
★ Skeleton Knife Boreal Forest - FT	247$	0.331	Tradable
★ Bloodhound Gloves Charred - MW	247$	0.149	Tradable Wed May 01
★ Nomad Knife Stained - BS	237$	0.850	Tradable Thu May 02
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Player Two - FN	226$	0.058	Tradable
AK-47 Fuel Injector - MW	224$	0.124	Tradable
StatTrak™ AK-47 Vulcan - WW	211$	0.403	Tradable
AK-47 Asiimov - FN	208$	0.069	Tradable Thu May 02
★ Survival Knife Case Hardened - FT	201$	0.345	Tradable
★ Gut Knife Lore - MW	193$	0.111	Tradable
★ Falchion Knife Autotronic - BS	161$	0.847	Tradable Wed May 01
★ Paracord Knife Safari Mesh - MW	92$	0.135	Tradable Tue Apr 30

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Everything in my inventory is up for trade and you can include it in a trade. I have new items coming and going daily and not all are included in this list.
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You can find some of my current items with cash prices (USD) in the table below. 🔽
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Name	Price B/O $	Float	Tradability
★ Talon Knife Doppler (Sapphire) - FN	4350$	0.0068	Tradable
★ Talon Knife Doppler (Sapphire) - FN	4313$	0.031	Tradable
★ Bayonet Doppler (Ruby) - FN	3798$	0.032	Tradable
★ Butterfly Knife Fade - FN	3429$	0.011	Tradable
★ Flip Knife Doppler (Ruby) - FN	2978$	0.0118	Tradable
★ Karambit Fade - FN	2770$	0.024	Tradable Tue Apr 30
★ Flip Knife Doppler (Sapphire) - FN	2725$	0.014	Tradable
★ Stiletto Knife Doppler (Ruby) - MW	2680$	0.072	Tradable Mon Apr 29
★ Sport Gloves Superconductor - FT	2345$	0.364	Tradable
★ Huntsman Knife Doppler (Ruby) - FN	1660$	0.028	Tradable Tue Apr 30
★ Karambit Lore - MW	1505$	0.091	Tradable Tue Apr 30
★ M9 Bayonet Doppler (Phase 4) - FN	1452$	0.0100	Tradable Sun Apr 28
★ Driver Gloves King Snake - MW	1437$	0.147	Tradable
★ Sport Gloves Vice - FT	1214$	0.314	Tradable Wed May 01
★ Sport Gloves Vice - FT	1214$	0.352	Tradable Tue Apr 30
★ Talon Knife Doppler (Phase 4) - FN	1190$	0.034	Tradable Tue Apr 30
★ Butterfly Knife Case Hardened - MW	1125$	0.095	Tradable
★ M9 Bayonet Tiger Tooth - FN	1097$	0.0317	Tradable
★ M9 Bayonet Autotronic - FT	1078$	0.202	Tradable
★ Butterfly Knife Black Laminate - FT	1038$	0.311	Tradable
★ Butterfly Knife Bright Water - MW	951$	0.139	Tradable
★ Skeleton Knife Slaughter - FN	938$	0.069	Tradable
M4A4 Poseidon - MW	890$	0.141	Tradable
★ Skeleton Knife Crimson Web - FT	808$	0.247	Tradable Fri Apr 26
★ Flip Knife Fade - FN	777$	0.019	Tradable
★ Talon Knife Tiger Tooth - FN	700$	0.034	Tradable
★ Specialist Gloves Crimson Web - MW	670$	0.086	Tradable
★ Bayonet Slaughter - FN	634$	0.0317	Tradable Wed May 01
M4A1-S Blue Phosphor - FN	618$	0.0353	Tradable Tue Apr 30
★ Navaja Knife Doppler (Ruby) - FN	598$	0.0546	Tradable
★ Flip Knife Doppler (Phase 4) - FN	528$	0.031	Tradable Wed May 01
★ Flip Knife Doppler (Phase 4) - FN	535$	0.008	Tradable
AK-47 Vulcan - MW	468$	0.0763	Tradable
★ StatTrak™ Bayonet Slaughter - FT	461$	0.237	Tradable Fri Apr 26
★ Skeleton Knife Case Hardened - WW	454$	0.399	Tradable Sun Apr 28
★ Sport Gloves Nocts - FT	408$	0.264	Tradable Wed May 01
★ Nomad Knife Blue Steel - MW	378$	0.136	Tradable
★ Huntsman Knife Marble Fade - FN	370$	0.008	Tradable
★ Nomad Knife Case Hardened - FT	365$	0.248	Tradable
★ Stiletto Knife Blue Steel - FT	316$	0.367	Tradable Wed May 01
★ Specialist Gloves Marble Fade - FT	303$	0.368	Tradable Thu May 02
★ Moto Gloves Turtle - MW	296$	0.141	Tradable
Desert Eagle Fennec Fox - FT	286$	0.356	Tradable Fri Apr 26
★ Specialist Gloves Fade - WW	283$	.391	Tradable Wed May 01
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Chantico's Fire - FN	281$	0.0238	Tradable
★ Falchion Knife Lore - FN	269$	0.056	Tradable Thu May 02
★ Gut Knife Fade - FN	254$	0.033	Tradable
★ Skeleton Knife Boreal Forest - FT	247$	0.331	Tradable
★ Bloodhound Gloves Charred - MW	247$	0.149	Tradable Wed May 01
★ Nomad Knife Stained - BS	237$	0.850	Tradable Thu May 02
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Player Two - FN	226$	0.058	Tradable
AK-47 Fuel Injector - MW	224$	0.124	Tradable
StatTrak™ AK-47 Vulcan - WW	211$	0.403	Tradable
AK-47 Asiimov - FN	208$	0.069	Tradable Thu May 02
★ Survival Knife Case Hardened - FT	201$	0.345	Tradable
★ Gut Knife Lore - MW	193$	0.111	Tradable
★ Falchion Knife Autotronic - BS	161$	0.847	Tradable Wed May 01
★ Paracord Knife Safari Mesh - MW	92$	0.135	Tradable Tue Apr 30

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I'm putting fake names... (A lot of the timelines are spread out but they talk about those specific moments, I hope they make since)
I have a friend, I'll call her J. I have known J for almost 9 years. She and I grew up pretty close and we were inseparable. Over the first few years of our friendship she had lost my parents trust from an incident involving a boy, she wasn't allowed to stay over for sleepovers and I practically lost my whole summer that year. I was pretty angry at my parents and blamed things on them. I regret my actions and I did learn but in my mind I thought J was the only person who understood me.
After the whole incident settled down. School started up again and she would jokingly push me into a boy or a locker. She started putting her arm around my neck, trying to choke me. She would continuously punch me or smack me on the head. I honestly got annoyed by it but I acted like it was nothing. She had suddenly became obsessed with TikTok and she posted a whole TikTok about her friends, their was a video of me that stood out. I wasn't wearing a shirt. Which completely made me uncomfortable because I wasn't wearing a shirt and she took the video while I was changing. She didn't take it down. She also would post photos without my consent. Like ones that made me feel ugly or disgusting. And I would tell her how they made me feel. But she would still post them. I started telling her no when she asked for photos and she always would sneak one when I wasn't looking. She doesn't take no for an answer. She will start whining when you don't listen. I used to trust her with my feelings and I would tell her about everything. And now I feel like she knows too much.
This past school year all of my friends (king, J, Joe, Bell) and I went to SDYC. And well when we went J was lying a bunch and starting a bunch of drama and it threw all of my friends off. We all didn't trust J and Joe that well during that time. I felt like the only people I had was my friends King and Bell. Because they both understood how I felt.
After that. King, J, and I had a sleepover. During the middle of the night I was watching a movie and J began to bug me. She started pushing on me saying I was taking up too much room. But honestly I was the one who was sleeping in between two couches there's no way I was taking that much space because I was falling in the crack. She then proceeded to call me a fat roll. I said "no your a fat roll" jokingly. And then she freaks out and she went to tell her boyfriend. It annoyed me because all her boyfriend knows how to do is talk bad. After that sleepover. She started working at the same place as me and I told her about my big crush on this coworker of ours. And so then she decided to start flirting with him in front of me. She would throw something at him jokingly and giggle. I didn't try to think anything of it. But then when we were talking about him the next thing she decided to say was, "your just jealous because he talks to me and not you". The thing is I don't want to talk to him that's why I don't try to talk to him. He has talked to me before, but I rather admire him from afar. He's like 13 years older than me. He was just hot to me at the time.
I'll just say I am lighter than a 5'6 girl. I might have a little bit of belly fat but that's just my body. And I do have an eating disorder. I don't eat enough, I practically starve myself. J honestly made me feel worse and I started having moments where I would basically pass out from no iron in my body. J continued to body shame me even from the amount of food I would eat. She straight up made is feel like she was calling me ugly and fat. It hurt and it made me angry. I told my dad and he said she's just jealous and not to worry about it. I brushed it off but she basically would say something everyday. It got to a point where I was crying all the time.
During my last year of highschool J didn't have a vehicle. So she would ask me to drive her places. I didn't mind because we would be going to the same places. And I started offering to pay for her drink or something. I didn't think much of it in tell I was always taking her places and buying her drinks but she still wanted me to pay her back for stuff when I didn't have much money. She managed to buy a vehicle for a small price by saving up the money she didn't spend. I feel stupid for offering. One day her mom even texted me asking for the small money I "owed" J. But my parents think I don't owe her anything because I have given her most of my money and that she owes me money.
J also does this thing where if you don't give her your attention she'll keep tapping you. Over and over again. Everytime she asks for my attention it's always for something so pointless and stupid. Nothing serious. And everytime I ask for her attention she'll ignore me. She does it a lot. She only wants to have the attention. I stopped telling her about how I feel because all I know is she'll either use it against me or not actually listen and move past it. Like once she asked me how I felt and when I told her that I cried about something she moved on from it into her talking about her crying over some movie she watched.
The way she treated me made me so angry that I texted her boyfriend anonymously asking him to control his girlfriend and get her to be nicer to others. He didn't like the message and told his girl on the spot and J tried to call my fake number. I didn't answer and then she ran to me to tell me the tea. She later assumed it was a boy she was flirting with that she pushed away.
I hate her boyfriend but he deserves better.. because she has talked to another boy behind his back. When I started liking this one boy. I told her about it and then she began to tell me how she met this UK boy and she thinks he's all that. She later found out he was lying about his age and she got back to reality before she lost her in person boyfriend.
She told king I was flirting with this one dude but I wasn't. J told me to add this guy she found on Facebook on snap, I said okay and I called the dude a nickname like a Grandma would call their grandchildren. And I thought it was funny and the guy thought it was chill. I didn't think anything of it and then I blocked him because I didn't want to talk to him. She then decided to add the guy on snap. And she starts talking to him. The amount of times she has lied is crazy. I blocked him but she still has him on snap. For what reason I don't know.
J and Joe and I have recently had a lot of problems with each other. It's always J and Joe fighting and I'm between listening to them both argue about each other. I was getting tired of it. J hit my breaking point when she decided to ask me for my boyfriends sisters snap. You don't just ask your friend for her boyfriends sisters snap. That's weird. She also asked for my boyfriends and she looked him up when I told her no and she added a bunch of dudes with the same name. She didn't find him but there is no way I want her knowing him or his sister. I have too many trust issues with her. She's the main reason why a lot of my relationships didn't work out. They didn't like her and she manipulated me into saying things that upset them. She makes me so uncomfortable. She made me seem lesbian once when I know I'm not. But she made a TikTok about it and a lot of people from my school saw it. I don't like false accusations. I'm pretty sure she used it for clout. But also my parents think she's inlove with me because she can never leave me alone and she always HAS to hold hands or hug.
J doesn't understand a lot of things. And she calls me stupid. I honestly want karma to come get her but that's bad and I don't mean to say that. It hurts a lot.
I had blocked J on everything. But since I worked with J I saw her and she started bawling her eyes out at me saying she did nothing, I felt bad but I was annoyed because she kept bugging me. So I unblocked her. I decided to block her again after because my boyfriend said she was manipulating me. And well the more I had her blocked the nicer she was. After a while Joe did something to make me give up on my friendship with her too and J expected that to be a chance to get me back. And well she did practically. She was a lot nicer and I felt like she changed. But Man was I wrong.. Just today I was working my second night shift. I said something as a joke because I was hoping J would get what I meant. Her boyfriend was on the call... He took everything out of context and said something that made me feel less about myself. I already feel like crap being the person I am. I want to better myself but the more people say things the more I give up. I want to be encouraged not dragged down. I don't know why he has to be so mean. I never did anything to him. I don't know why they both have to be... I listen to her call people ugly all the time. Like just stop. I want her to stop. I'm leaving for the military soon, and she said that I can't get rid of her. That sounds psycho. And it honestly makes me want to get away more. I'm tired of the toxic environment and I want to get away. But she's everywhere. She knows everything about me. She has photos of me I hate. She has so many things she can use against me. I'm honestly scared. I want to block her again but I know she's just going to keep bugging me about it. And she might turn people against me. She's good at talking to people. I'm not I'm an introvert. I don't want her ever find me again once I leave. But I know she might try. People always find a way. And she's creepy. Because I know she'll be able to. But I just want to move on with my life. I don't know how to remove her from my life. What should I do?

My wedding is next month, and my fiance and I are trying to minimize the guest list as much as we can. On the invites, we have CLEARLY stated how many persons are invited to the reception, also have mentioned it's an ADULT-ONLY RECEPTION.
My father's uncle (late 80s) has three daughters, all of which are married. I will name them Tina (youngest, one 3 year old daughter), Jamie (middle, one 6 year old son), and Alexy (oldest with 2 young adult kids) for the sake of storytelling.
Two months ago, it was my bridal shower, and Tina brought her 3 year old with her without informing me beforehand (which is fine, she's 3), and then Alexy also brought her 21 year old daughter claiming "Jamie can't make it so I will get my daughter instead". This was done and over.
Now, the invites were given to them last week, we only invited my father uncle and his wife, and the three daughters with their husbands.
Yesterday, I receive a message from Alexy asking if her daughter can also attent, even though her card CLEARLY says the invitation is for 2 persons - her and her husband.
I responded saying we're on a tight number with the guest list, and that if Tina's husband who lives in Dubai can't make it, her daughter can take his place.
My father today is guilt tripping me that we shouldn't say no to their request, they're family, etc - but he's not the one paying for the wedding, my fiance is, and each guest costs us around $100.
Today, the youngest sister Tina sent a voice note, saying "I found a flower girl dress in my wardrobe, I will send you an image if you want my 3 year old to stand as a flower girl"
I never insinuated to her once that I was planning to have her daughter as my flower girl. There is only one flower girl, her dress is already decided, and even if I were to have other kids as my flower girls, there are others more close to me than her.
This bugs me because they keep trying to enforce themselves on a wedding they have no hand in planning, and nor am I that close with them. They're my father's uncle's daughters - I see them once a year at the most.
As mentioned, the event is adult-only. The only kids we are having are my fiance's niece and nephew who are the ring boy and flower girl, but something in me says these three sisters will bring their kids, and other relatives who do have kids will be offended.
I don't know how to handle this situation. Any advice?

I'm putting fake names... (A lot of the timelines are spread out but they talk about those specific moments, I hope they make since)
I have a friend, I'll call her J. I have known J for almost 9 years. She and I grew up pretty close and we were inseparable. Over the first few years of our friendship she had lost my parents trust from an incident involving a boy, she wasn't allowed to stay over for sleepovers and I practically lost my whole summer that year. I was pretty angry at my parents and blamed things on them. I regret my actions and I did learn but in my mind I thought J was the only person who understood me.
After the whole incident settled down. School started up again and she would jokingly push me into a boy or a locker. She started putting her arm around my neck, trying to choke me. She would continuously punch me or smack me on the head. I honestly got annoyed by it but I acted like it was nothing. She had suddenly became obsessed with TikTok and she posted a whole TikTok about her friends, their was a video of me that stood out. I wasn't wearing a shirt. Which completely made me uncomfortable because I wasn't wearing a shirt and she took the video while I was changing. She didn't take it down. She also would post photos without my consent. Like ones that made me feel ugly or disgusting. And I would tell her how they made me feel. But she would still post them. I started telling her no when she asked for photos and she always would sneak one when I wasn't looking. She doesn't take no for an answer. She will start whining when you don't listen. I used to trust her with my feelings and I would tell her about everything. And now I feel like she knows too much.
This past school year all of my friends (king, J, Joe, Bell) and I went to SDYC. And well when we went J was lying a bunch and starting a bunch of drama and it threw all of my friends off. We all didn't trust J and Joe that well during that time. I felt like the only people I had was my friends King and Bell. Because they both understood how I felt.
After that. King, J, and I had a sleepover. During the middle of the night I was watching a movie and J began to bug me. She started pushing on me saying I was taking up too much room. But honestly I was the one who was sleeping in between two couches there's no way I was taking that much space because I was falling in the crack. She then proceeded to call me a fat roll. I said "no your a fat roll" jokingly. And then she freaks out and she went to tell her boyfriend. It annoyed me because all her boyfriend knows how to do is talk bad. After that sleepover. She started working at the same place as me and I told her about my big crush on this coworker of ours. And so then she decided to start flirting with him in front of me. She would throw something at him jokingly and giggle. I didn't try to think anything of it. But then when we were talking about him the next thing she decided to say was, "your just jealous because he talks to me and not you". The thing is I don't want to talk to him that's why I don't try to talk to him. He has talked to me before, but I rather admire him from afar. He's like 13 years older than me. He was just hot to me at the time.
I'll just say I am lighter than a 5'6 girl. I might have a little bit of belly fat but that's just my body. And I do have an eating disorder. I don't eat enough, I practically starve myself. J honestly made me feel worse and I started having moments where I would basically pass out from no iron in my body. J continued to body shame me even from the amount of food I would eat. She straight up made is feel like she was calling me ugly and fat. It hurt and it made me angry. I told my dad and he said she's just jealous and not to worry about it. I brushed it off but she basically would say something everyday. It got to a point where I was crying all the time.
During my last year of highschool J didn't have a vehicle. So she would ask me to drive her places. I didn't mind because we would be going to the same places. And I started offering to pay for her drink or something. I didn't think much of it in tell I was always taking her places and buying her drinks but she still wanted me to pay her back for stuff when I didn't have much money. She managed to buy a vehicle for a small price by saving up the money she didn't spend. I feel stupid for offering. One day her mom even texted me asking for the small money I "owed" J. But my parents think I don't owe her anything because I have given her most of my money and that she owes me money.
J also does this thing where if you don't give her your attention she'll keep tapping you. Over and over again. Everytime she asks for my attention it's always for something so pointless and stupid. Nothing serious. And everytime I ask for her attention she'll ignore me. She does it a lot. She only wants to have the attention. I stopped telling her about how I feel because all I know is she'll either use it against me or not actually listen and move past it. Like once she asked me how I felt and when I told her that I cried about something she moved on from it into her talking about her crying over some movie she watched.
The way she treated me made me so angry that I texted her boyfriend anonymously asking him to control his girlfriend and get her to be nicer to others. He didn't like the message and told his girl on the spot and J tried to call my fake number. I didn't answer and then she ran to me to tell me the tea. She later assumed it was a boy she was flirting with that she pushed away.
I hate her boyfriend but he deserves better.. because she has talked to another boy behind his back. When I started liking this one boy. I told her about it and then she began to tell me how she met this UK boy and she thinks he's all that. She later found out he was lying about his age and she got back to reality before she lost her in person boyfriend.
She told king I was flirting with this one dude but I wasn't. J told me to add this guy she found on Facebook on snap, I said okay and I called the dude a nickname like a Grandma would call their grandchildren. And I thought it was funny and the guy thought it was chill. I didn't think anything of it and then I blocked him because I didn't want to talk to him. She then decided to add the guy on snap. And she starts talking to him. The amount of times she has lied is crazy. I blocked him but she still has him on snap. For what reason I don't know.
J and Joe and I have recently had a lot of problems with each other. It's always J and Joe fighting and I'm between listening to them both argue about each other. I was getting tired of it. J hit my breaking point when she decided to ask me for my boyfriends sisters snap. You don't just ask your friend for her boyfriends sisters snap. That's weird. She also asked for my boyfriends and she looked him up when I told her no and she added a bunch of dudes with the same name. She didn't find him but there is no way I want her knowing him or his sister. I have too many trust issues with her. She's the main reason why a lot of my relationships didn't work out. They didn't like her and she manipulated me into saying things that upset them. She makes me so uncomfortable. She made me seem lesbian once when I know I'm not. But she made a TikTok about it and a lot of people from my school saw it. I don't like false accusations. I'm pretty sure she used it for clout. But also my parents think she's inlove with me because she can never leave me alone and she always HAS to hold hands or hug.
J doesn't understand a lot of things. And she calls me stupid. I honestly want karma to come get her but that's bad and I don't mean to say that. It hurts a lot.
I had blocked J on everything. But since I worked with J I saw her and she started bawling her eyes out at me saying she did nothing, I felt bad but I was annoyed because she kept bugging me. So I unblocked her. I decided to block her again after because my boyfriend said she was manipulating me. And well the more I had her blocked the nicer she was. After a while Joe did something to make me give up on my friendship with her too and J expected that to be a chance to get me back. And well she did practically. She was a lot nicer and I felt like she changed. But Man was I wrong.. Just today I was working my second night shift. I said something as a joke because I was hoping J would get what I meant. Her boyfriend was on the call... He took everything out of context and said something that made me feel less about myself. I already feel like crap being the person I am. I want to better myself but the more people say things the more I give up. I want to be encouraged not dragged down. I don't know why he has to be so mean. I never did anything to him. I don't know why they both have to be... I listen to her call people ugly all the time. Like just stop. I want her to stop. I'm leaving for the military soon, and she said that I can't get rid of her. That sounds psycho. And it honestly makes me want to get away more. I'm tired of the toxic environment and I want to get away. But she's everywhere. She knows everything about me. She has photos of me I hate. She has so many things she can use against me. I'm honestly scared. I want to block her again but I know she's just going to keep bugging me about it. And she might turn people against me. She's good at talking to people. I'm not I'm an introvert. I don't want her ever find me again once I leave. But I know she might try. People always find a way. And she's creepy. Because I know she'll be able to. But I just want to move on with my life. I don't know how to remove her from my life. What should I do?

I know that the wolf whistle is a sound that’s usually used in scenes where somebody looks hot, but are there names to other popular whistle sounds?
Is there a name for when a character calls for backup? Best examples I can give is Shrek whistling for dragon during the wedding fight and Woodie calling for Buster to save Wheezy in Toy Story 2.
And what about the type of whistle used when someone is impressed? Best example is a scene from the Nanbaka anime when Uno is impressed by an invisible laser trap in episode 1.

This issue has been going on for years that has slowly gotten worse. Me and my ex have two children together. (F7) and (M6) from the moment they were born their father never showed much interest in his children, preferring to do other things. It was after they were born that I found out that their dad was a compulsive lair. About things big and small, and completely unnecessary. He would exaggerate the most simplest of stories, this is why we split. I ended up having the children, I was happy to do this. I made all doctors and dentist appointments, did all the school runs. Clubs, events at school. He’s alway had access to all the information I have. We agreed that we had was that he would have them on a Tuesday and Thursday night. And then every other weekend. He was very much a just Facebook dad. At first it was fine, by that I mean that even though he was always late, at that point only by half hour but at least he showed up. Drop off would be similar, always late but I managed to make it work. It then got to the point where the kids started saying things like daddy doesn’t feed us, daddy didn’t get up till lunch so we were by ourselves and. If I asked him about it he would say they were lying. It got to the point where he’d start making excuses not to have them, car breaking down/ working late. and on various occasions wouldn’t get up to bring them home for school. I had to call multiple times. Always the same excuses. Despite my daughter telling me she woke her dad up many times for him to tell the to leave him alone. So I stopped the sleepovers. He didn’t care. He got less and less involved with them. A few months back he told me that he was being seen by a doctor for Schizophrenia, BPD, bipolar, depression, anxiety and a smattering of other things. And in his own words he was prone to blackouts and fits of rage. I was understandably concerned for their welfare and suggested that until he was in a better place to care for them that he sees them at my house, that would take the pressure off of him. I know the kids would be safe. He went from having them multiple times a week to barely seeing them for 20 mins. He constantly lets them down. Is a no show 90% of the time. It’s started to really affect the kids. He can’t answer simple questions about their lives. When I try to find out where he is I get ignored. I have tried but nothing works. Last night he was meant to come and see them at 5.30, well an hour goes by and I message him saying “late again, I wouldn’t bother coming” I was beyond frustrated and fed up of having to be the one to tell the kids that their dad isn’t coming yet again. He starts calling me all names. He’s perfectly able to text me to say these things but can’t tell me he’s going to be late. It’s gotten to the stage where the kids would be better off if he just didn’t bother. They’re catching on now. I’ve now said to my ex to just not bother anymore, that he’s hurting them.

First time reader of Wolfe and I'm having an amazing time working my way through shadow and claw. I had to read this chapter a couple times to try and grasp it; it's extremely dense. I'm still finishing Claw of the Concilliator so my thoughts may change. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
The Tale of the Student and His Son Analysis
“Once, upon the margin of the unpastured sea, there stood a city of pale towers.”

The unpastured sea evokes Hamlet “the undiscovered country” death and the unconscious. Pale refers obviously to a light color but also feebleness. However, a tower symbolizes wisdom and stability and the balance of forces (light and dark, fire and water, order and chaos). Wolfe is already painting this city in contradiction.

“In it dwelt the wise. Now that city had both law and curse.”

Another symbol of duality: loss and gain. The wise give the law but simultaneously curse the city.

“The law was this: That for all who dwelt there, life held but two paths: they might rise among the wise and walk clad with hoods of myriad colors, or they must leave the city and go into the friendless world.”

Here’s another contradiction: the wise wear myriad colors symbolizing their acceptance of all, but their law is built on exclusion, a brotherhood without.

“Now one there was who had studied long all the magic known in the city, which was most of the magic known in the world”

The magicians study pan (all). They are comparative mythologists, occultists, Jungians, etc. (This, ironically, is Wolfe). Pan in Greek mythology is a cloven foot and horned god that plays the “pan flute”, and is associated with nature and sex. He is often accompanied by nymphs.

“And he grew near the time at which he must choose a path. In high summer, when flowers with yellow and careless heads thrust even from the dark walls overlooking the sea.”

High summer is a reference to the “dog days” of summer. In ancient Greece, this was the hottest and most uncomfortable part of summer. It’s called the “dog days” because it coincides with the heliacal rising of Sirius in the constellation Canis Major. Furthermore, the Greeks believed the luminous Sirius (from seiros: scorching) caused the extra hot days. I mention this because it relates to the alzabo which in the Lexicon Urthus is from the archaic Arabic “al-dhi’b” which refers to a wolf, a jackal, or a star in Canis Major.

“How may I - even I who know nothing - have a place among the wise of the city? For I wish to study spells that are not sacred all my days, and not go into the friendless world to dig and carry for bread”

Another paradoxical and ironic statement: he’s been studying all his life, but knows nothing. A Socratic kind of wisdom but also represents spiraling madness. Critically, he wants to study non-sacred spells; he turns away from the divine.

“ Do you recall how, when you were hardly more than a boy, I taught you the art by which we flesh sons from dream stuff? How skillful you were in these days, surpassing all the others! Go now, and flesh such a son, and I will show it to the hooded ones, and you will be as we.”

Groomer! And if Wolfe is trying to evoke ancient Greece with this story, it’s well-founded that older Athenian men would often indulge their passion for youth. This would explain the use of the carnal word “flesh” to describe the creative process. Sex magic is a common occult practice and is certainly non-sacred. The passing of seasons represents the cyclical nature of trauma and abuse.
Wolfe uses very unsettling language: “And the old man who had taught him thought of the beauty of the trees that had for so many years delighted his eyes like the white limbs of women.”

“Winter came stalking into the land from his frozen capital, where the sun rolls along the edge of the world like a trumpery gilded ball and the fires that flow between the stars and Urth kindle the sky. His touch turned the waves to steel, and the city of the magicians welcomed him, hanging banners of ice from its balconies and heaping its roofs with glaces of snow.”

Perhaps a reference to Saturnalia but does not follow the ancient Greece theme. Saturnalia occurred near the winter solstice because the sun enters Capricorn, the astrological house of Saturn, at that time. Capricorn fits in with the Pan imagery as it too is a goat-like being.
Saturn represents the cyclical course of time and season (Greek equivalent Chronos). Saturn would regularly devour his own children; this fits into the aforementioned cycle of trauma.
Saturn is often represented with a sickle: a symbol of mankind’s partial control over the natural world.

“In spring, the most beautiful maidens of the city, the daughters of the magicians, were clothed in green; and while the soft winds of spring teased their golden hair, they walked unshod through the portal of the city, and down the narrow path that led to the quay, and boarded the black-sailed ship that waited them. And because of their golden hair, and their gowns of green faille, and because it seemed to the magicians that they were reaped like grain, they were called Corn Maidens.”

Here the sickle imagery is introduced directly. The Corn Maidens are human sacrifices, but are compared to grain and corn; sent into the “unpastured sea.”

“Looking from his window saw the maidens filing by, he set aside all his books and began to draw such figures as no man had ever seen, and to write in many languages, as his master had taught him aforetime.”

Is this not what Wolfe does in his writing? He constantly appropriates ancient words from forgotten languages to do his “magic.”

“ At first it seemed to him that all the skill his master had taught him of old had deserted him, for from the first light to the moonlight he was alone in his chambers save for the moth that fluttered sometimes to show the insignia of Death at his undaunted candle flame.

More meta stuff: writer's block
A moth showing the insignia of death is an interesting comparison. This moth could be interpreted as the final stage of metamorphosis before death. It could also refer to the Bombyx Mori, the silk moth. Mori in this sense means mulberry, but mori can also mean death (as in memento mori). The silkworm has a similar symbology to the scythe in that it represents man’s control of nature. This is the domesticated version of the silkworm that relies completely on humans for its survival and is genetically modified to promote silk production. This reflects the city’s practice of human farming and sacrifice.

“Then there crept into his dreams another; and he, knowing who that other was, welcomed him, though the dreams were fleeting and soon forgotten.”

The Irony here is that although he works tirelessly practicing his magic, he only summons the being when he is not working, asleep and unconscious. He welcomes this being into his mind. “He heard the step, always in another room” He’s unable to pinpoint this being’s being; he can only pinpoint its secondary effects. As he continues his magic, the aftereffects become increasingly pronounced until finally the illusory becomes real. Milton describes hell as “darkness visible.” I think Wolfe is going for a similar effect here.

“Then the student dared turn himself where he sat, and he saw standing before him a youth haughty of port, wide of shoulder, and mighty of thew. Command was in his firm mouth, knowing wit in his bright eyes, and courage in all his face. Upon his brow sat that crown that is invisible to every eye, but can be seen even by the blind; the crown beyond price that draws brave men to a paladin, and makes weak men brave.

The student’s creation terrifies him, but he doesn’t want to show his fear.
“Haughty of port” meaning prideful with an air of superiority. Going back to Milton: “round he (Satan) throws his baleful eyes, that witnessed huge affliction and dismay, mixed with obdurate pride and steadfast hate.” Classic Luciferian pride.
Contrary to popular depictions of Satan, he is one of God’s highest creations: “Whoever he is, the “Devil” is among the very first and best creatures of God. He is, so to speak, perfect enough, wise enough, powerful enough, one can almost say divine enough, to know God and not to surrender to him - to know him and yet opt against him, to desire freedom from him. But since this freedom is impossible in the love and light which always lead to God and to a free surrender to him, it must of necessity be fulfilled in negation, hatred, and rebellion.” (Alexander Schmemann). Satan is God’s highest creation but he is the most base, he is wise yet chooses irrationality, in Wolfe’s description he wears the invisible crown that all see. Satan is an ironic, paradoxical, and tragic figure.
Milton also describes Satan as a commander

“Often I have seen, like a green serpent called by the notes of a pipe, a column of green slip down the cliff below our city to the quay.”

Again Wolfe uses Miltonian imagery: “Thus they Breathing united force with fixed thought moved on in silence to soft pipes that charmed Their painful steps O’er the burnt soil.” Both descriptions suggest a snake charmer playing his pipes.
This connects Satan and Pan: pan pipes as well as ostensible concern for his nymphs

“At this the young man’s eye flashed, and he demanded: ‘Who is this ogre, and what form has he, and where does he dwell?’”

The ogre is the beast and the minotaur that lives in the west. The West is another symbol of death and the unconscious.

“His name no man knows, for no man can approach near enough…His harbor is an isle to the west, where a channel with many a twist and bend, dividing and redividing, reaches far inland. It is on the isle, so my lore teaches me, that the Corn Maidens are made to dwell; and there he rides at anchor in the midst of them, turning his eye ever to left and right to watch them in their despair.”

Does no man know its name because no one has discovered it or because it doesn’t exist? Or are both the same?
Eye of Sauron reference. Masonic all-seeing eye which masons say represents the omnipresence and omniscience of God, but, in reality, represents an all-powerful control system that constrains mankind. When Severian first goes against his guild he says of his fellow torturers: “ I saw them as powerful, the active principle of an inimical and nearly perfect machine.” Severian first realizes that Nessus is a vast control mechanism; the torturers are a gear in the infernal machine.
The beast lies in the labyrinth. The twisting and bending channels describe a labyrinthine structure without directly calling it a labyrinth. When Domnina first observes Father Inire’s mirrors: “She ran to the curtains hoping to find another door behind them, but as soon as she pulled one aside, one of the eight walls painted with labyrinths opened and Father Inire stepped out. Behind him she saw what she called a bottomless hole filled with light.” Wolfe is trying to show that the beast, the control mechanism, is tied to these mirrors.
The young man fleshed from dreams relates to the fish fleshed from reflected light in Father Inire’s mirrors. They are both paradoxical creations; how can one create reality from the virtual (dream stuff and mere reflections)? The fish is clearly a reference to Christ and the ichthys; Domnina even references Pascha. But this Christ is a virtual Christ, an antichrist. In Revelation, the Antichrist is depicted as the ape of Christ, but ultimately the Antichrist is a mere illusionist: “And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie” (Thessalonians 2:11).

“For I am Noctua, the daughter of Night, and the daughter too of him whom you have come to slay…For though he did not know why, being of the stuff of dreams he was drawn to her; and she, who eyes held starlight, to him…At this the princess took pity on him, for all who have the stuff of dreams about them seem fair in some degree at least to the daughters of the night, and he fairest of all.

Noctua means owl from Latin nox meaning night (and she is quite literally from her mother Nox). Nox is an important aspect of Thelema or the occult practices of Aleister Crowley. Nox is the formula of the night of pan, the “crossing of the abyss” and the union with “our lady of abominations” Babalon (from Revelations the whore of Babylon). In Nox, the adept experiences unification with the All through ecstatic destruction of the ego-self, dissolving duality into one or, in other words, nonsense. Ego death is a core element of mind control (MK Ultra and Project Monarch** remember the silkworm symbol).
It’s clear from this passage and later passages that many others have been sent on this mission in the past. However, Noctua feels a particular affection for this commander.

“At length Night came, and they saw her striding from islet to islet with her bats about her shoulders and her dire wolves dogging her steps. No more than an easy carronade shot from their anchorage she seemed, yet they all observed that she passed not before Hesperus or even Sirius; but they before her. For a moment only she turned her face toward them, and none could be certain what her look conveyed. But all of them wondered if indeed the ogre had taken her without her will as her daughter had said; and if so, if she had not lost the resentment she might be imagined to have felt.”

Hesperus represents Venus the morning star in Latin Lucifer or light bringer. As Russell puts it, the evening star is the morning star; it represents the drama of a hero striving for the highest seat of heaven but being cast out of heaven (matches the movement of Venus in the sky). Another connection to Sirius.
Another suggestion that perhaps this quest is not as it seems.

“In ancient times, so it is said, a tattered child, the daughter of a fisherman, found on the sand a stoppered flask, and by breaking the seal and drawing forth the cork became queen from ice to ice. Just so it seemed, an elemental being, strong with the strength of the forging of creation, debouched from the tall smokestacks of their ship, tumbling over himself in dark joy and growing with a rush, as the wind comes.”

This could be a Pandora’s box reference, critically Pandora. Another dualistic notion, that what saves the day also causes doom. Or perhaps Odysseus’ bag of winds; the aid turns into the curse. Fits into the overall narrative of the story that Severian is both a torturer and a hero. He is “severed” and “severs” into two. Dorcas: “All of you are torturers, one way or another.”

“Then he strode to the rail and looked down; but with such an expression that no one, not even the most brave, dared to look at him. When he lifted his eyes at last, his face was set and grim and with no word to any man he took himself to his cabin and barred the door.”

Obviously despondent. Either about the evil he released into the world or that his great battle was with a phantasm or that the whole quest was a lie.

“But on the morning of the third day, the young man fleshed from dreams came out of his cabin and began to walk up and down the deck as he was wont to do”

Allusion to the resurrection of Jesus on the third day. His cabin serves as his “tomb.”

“At this he looked up into the very vault of the firmament. And some thought he prayed, and some that he sought to restrain the anger he felt against them, and some only that he hoped to gain inspiration there. But so long did he stare that they waxed afraid, even as they had when he had peered into the water, and one or two began to creep away. Then he said to them: “Behold! Do you not see the sea birds? From every corner of the sky they stream. Follow them.”

He’s come back from the dead but is filled with anger.

“None of them ever forgot that night”

Nothing like an orgy after a long day of work.

“Certain of the Corn Maidens wed those princes who, having spent years so long enchanted that they are loath to leave that life (and have in that time learned much of gramary), build palaces on lily pads and are seldom seen by men.”

They go out to become demonic forces in the world. Lily pads are a call back to Chapter 2 of shadow: “When I think of my own death, or of the death of someone who has been kind to me, or even of the death of the sun, the image that comes to my mind is that of the nenuphar, with its glossy, pale leaves and azure flower.” The nenuphar exists above and below the water; they exist in two worlds just as their journey took them from the east to the west.

“And when he beheld their dark sails, smutted by the burning tar that had blinded their enemy, he believed them blackened in mourning for the young man, and he threw himself down, and so perished. For no man lives long when his dreams are dead.”

Absurd ending to the story. You can't help but laugh at the ending. Jonas even suggests that the end of the story has been edited.
IMO, he kills himself because the “hero’s” journey was never meant to be a success. The hooded ones need the ogre to have the utopia.

My wedding is next month, and my fiance and I are trying to minimize the guest list as much as we can. On the invites, we have CLEARLY stated how many persons are invited to the reception, also have mentioned it's an ADULT-ONLY RECEPTION.
My father's uncle (late 80s) has three daughters, all of which are married. I will name them Tina (youngest, one 3 year old daughter), Jamie (middle, one 6 year old son), and Alexy (oldest with 2 young adult kids) for the sake of storytelling.
Two months ago, it was my bridal shower, and Tina brought her 3 year old with her without informing me beforehand (which is fine, she's 3), and then Alexy also brought her 21 year old daughter claiming "Jamie can't make it so I will get my daughter instead". This was done and over.
Now, the invites were given to them last week, we only invited my father uncle and his wife, and the three daughters with their husbands.
Yesterday, I receive a message from Alexy asking if her daughter can also attent, even though her card CLEARLY says the invitation is for 2 persons - her and her husband.
I responded saying we're on a tight number with the guest list, and that if Tina's husband who lives in Dubai can't make it, her daughter can take his place.
My father today is guilt tripping me that we shouldn't say no to their request, they're family, etc - but he's not the one paying for the wedding, my fiance is, and each guest costs us around $100.
Today, the youngest sister Tina sent a voice note, saying "I found a flower girl dress in my wardrobe, I will send you an image if you want my 3 year old to stand as a flower girl"
I never insinuated to her once that I was planning to have her daughter as my flower girl. There is only one flower girl, her dress is already decided, and even if I were to have other kids as my flower girls, there are others more close to me than her.
This bugs me because they keep trying to enforce themselves on a wedding they have no hand in planning, and nor am I that close with them. They're my father's uncle's daughters - I see them once a year at the most.
As mentioned, the event is adult-only. The only kids we are having are my fiance's niece and nephew who are the ring boy and flower girl, but something in me says these three sisters will bring their kids, and other relatives who do have kids will be offended.
I don't know how to handle this situation. Any advice?

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