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Ancient Wisdom is a US-based, level 25 war clan in CWL Master 1. We’re adults with lives – yet still passionate about Clash of Clans!
About us:
Adult leadership and members; no drama
Level 25 war clan, CWL Master 1
CWL participation opportunities for strong TH15s, and TH16s
Won 40 of last 50 wars; 775 war wins total
War 3x a week; war spins on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings
Capital Hall 10, 1400+ raid medals a week
Always max Clan Games
Discord server: https://discord.gg/bZWnvhMVj3
About you:
18+ years of age
TH15+ with a mature offense (minis accepted for strong applicants)
Love to war
Value a casual, yet competitive, clan
Willing to join our Discord server (required for CWL participation)
English-speaker, likely US-based (although we do have a few international members)
You may apply directly in-game (mention you came from Reddit) or create a message in Discord. Feel free to ask any questions here, on Discord, or DM me directly. Come check us out -- our war log is public.
We'll see you soon!

(As far as scheduling goes, I'm US west coast mostly working nights, so that means I’m good midday relative to North American times and evenings relative to Europe. In addition, Mondays, Wednesdays, and evenings Friday are entirely free for me!)
This might be a really good fit for your campaign if many (not necessarily all) of the following are true:

• You like roleplay that can take itself seriously and a little drama with your storytelling!
• Your writing occasionally and tactfully touches on darker and more mature themes! (Though isn't necessarily grimdark.)
• Stories about mortals in your world are important relative to stories about mythology and gods!
• Your table encourages longer character arcs/relationship building with plenty of room for development!
• The campaign has a defined job to do, an established goal or ideal to work towards; something either set by the party or as a part of a larger faction!

So, this comes from a story I imagine many roleplayers are familiar with: put my heart into fleshing out a character, their themes and personality… and, campaign dies in its infancy. But while I hardly had a chance to play her, this concept is something I’d really want a chance to run! To be very clear, the specifics of her character are something I want to tie into your setting and story - the basic themes of the concept remain, but I want to immerse myself and be a real part of your world! As for what I have in mind, feel free to give this a read: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s07dPj3m42bqCFecXI0qW8JvjmMQKPhIb_wck_MEFSI/edit
I’m something of a forever DM with years of experience, and I always try to be the player for your group that I would love in mine. I am a queer individual, and I find it very important generally that everybody at the table is comfortable and on the same page. I adore unique homebrew lore and the passion put into unique settings; I’ll read everything you give me, both to immerse myself in your world and steal it for my own! My writing usually puts a special focus on the “human” elements of a story; the people, their lives, cultures, relationships, and motivations - and the conflict between them. My biggest payoff from the game is definitely the storytelling aspect. I absolutely love a well-roleplayed plot arc or a dramatic confrontation!
I think this has gone on plenty long enough, so thank you for your interest if you’ve made it this far! If you have any questions or ideas, or just feel like randomly interrogating me, let me know and we can chat here or move to Discord.

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We are looking for 1 new player to join an existing party of 3 for weekly Saturday sessions. We currently have a Shadow Monk, Whispers Bard and Draconic Sorcerer. I'm happy for you to play anything you want, I will try to balance encounters around the party as best I can. What we're really looking for is someone that fits in with the group, be it if you have lots of experience or if this is your first D&D game. We are currently level 8. Please be 21+
About me
I'm Steve, I've been playing D&D for around 8 years or so now and have been DMing for most of that time. This campaign has been running for around 55 sessions so far, and is my third campaign in total.
Systems
We will be playing D&D 5e, using Discord for voice, video and music. A webcam is required, it makes life much easier for seeing when someone wants to talk. Foundry will be used as the VTT. I also have some optional rule changes that I will go over when you join.
Setting
This is a completely homebrewed world and is very high fantasy. I draw inspiration, ideas and concepts from various other media such as games, books, comics and anime, but the setting and lore is very heavily drawn from Final Fantasy and Wheel of Time. I homebrew or modify the monsters and NPCs you will encounter throughout the adventure, and have also designed multi-phase boss fights to add some extra challenge to the end of particularly epic quests.
I am very open to homebrew and working anything, within reason, in to the world's lore but reserve the right to refuse anything I either don't like, feel wouldn't fit in to the world, or would unbalance the game. There is a restriction on some races and languages for lore reasons. but not classes. I will let you know if your idea/concept needs to be modified a little.
Themes
You can expect a whole bunch of varied locations to discover and explore, from dark caves to magical cities, hidden monasteries to the ruins of long dead civilizations. There will be some more mature themes throughout the campaign, so you can expect to encounter things your character will not like, or may find horrible or disgusting. Please keep in mind these are merely gameplay elements intended to bring a small level of realism, but also give you something to roleplay and build experience and a story with your character. With that said, we will go over anything you consider off-limits prior to joining the campaign, to make sure everyone is comfortable with that the future holds.
Gameplay
The games tend to lean more on the roleplay and exploration aspect. I try to make a balance as best I can, but as it's an open world story it is possible to go a few sessions without combat, or perhaps be in a dungeon crawl for a few sessions.
If you're interested, please fill in this quick application form: https://forms.gle/jCEjpJRedj6JM6gy7
Thanks to anyone that manages to read this far and if you have any questions, feel free to ask here or DM me directly.

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While waiting in the aether, he laughed, because he always did in the face of drama and tragedy. He’d gone and done it for the last time, hurtling along for that one extra grasp of goodness, and all the karmic bills came due at once. There wasn’t much he could do but laugh, getting a glimpse of his unresponsive body with the swollen face and the umpteen tubes sticking out of him. He couldn’t quite hear what his wife was saying, he saw his daughter on a screen briefly, and he had a feeling his sister got involved, but that was it.
He kicked a random rock in the space between, and it crumbled to dust on impact. He couldn’t stop grinning as the remains dispersed, vanishing as they returned to the aether that formed them. Somehow, just this once, everyone else had been right. He had his money, his freedom, his support, his “family” (and the daughter he left behind), and in the end, he was left with nothing more than himself in the void. He’d destroyed the rock that could have kept him company.
Days passed, or that was what he gathered from vague flashes of the material world. Though he had nothing to do but wait and his sense of time was gone, he’d begun looking for other forms of substance in this space. There had to be more than one rock, unlikely though it was. After all, it still solidified against all odds, even before he shattered it. There were no directions or landmarks in this liminal space, but also no boundaries. He could wander as much as he liked until they took his body off life support.
Assorted whispers and sentiments brushed by him as he walked. Warm jokes, indignant expressions, comments of approval and complaints all flowed past. There was no priority or pattern to them. All of these memories and emotions were equal in the void. Even if he was still smiling, he might have grit his teeth a little. At least he had his teeth in these final moments of existence; they were the definition of pearly white and a source of pride, even to his daughter who inherited his dental advantage.
She had also inherited his mouth, his feet, his eyes, his body chemistry and the rampaging neurochemical disasters attached to it, his ability to nod off anywhere, and some of his turns of phrase and gestures.
At some point, he finally found a clump of dust. This dust had gathered around something that kept it from blowing away, a tumbleweed anchored by treasure. He picked it up and began to tease apart the outside to get to whatever was shimmering within. When it was exposed, it dissipated into shining sparks in the space around him, and visions of his history assailed him.
Memories flowed and rushed past him, a rapid river of time and experiences. He was born in a large city. His sister made trouble for everyone from the moment she was born. He met, loved, and married a charming woman with a funky leg. He held his daughter and was told he couldn’t name her Jeleanor. He played video games with her, fell asleep during some of her IEP meetings, gave warm and sturdy hugs.
He betrayed all of them at one point. He laughed as his daughter sobbed and slapped him for what he was doing to his family. Even the dog looked him dead in the eye as she pooped on the floor next to him. He broke free of it all and flung himself halfway across the world.
He chose a new family, did important and high-paying work, and he was free of all influences for a while. The daughter he’d left behind was the only exception.
Things got better at some point, maybe.
Somehow, all of these events ended with him here, waiting to be free from the mortal coil, holding a now-empty clump of dust in his hands. New words filtered in from elsewhere.
“Brain test is negative. Dad’s gone.”
“So that’s it, then?”
That was it. His body was allowed to die.
With the tether released, his form shimmered into a common perception. When he touched his face, the mustache he’d shaved for over a decade had returned. His hair remained sparse, but that was an adequate compromise. A memory resurfaced of a little girl bawling when he first shaved his mustache lifetimes ago.
When he was done chuckling at the world that gave him his final justice, he turned around and walked towards the light that had appeared. Upon arriving on the other side, he was promptly mobbed by a small bearded dog, his mother who got the action star railgun of her dreams, his befuddled father, and his ex-wife’s mother completely ready to rub in how he died first after all that.
All of it ended in a cartoonish cloud of comedic violence.

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Hi! I'm looking for friends and potentially someone to love! I mostly present as femme but I do look a little masc because I go to the gym and often wear gym clothes as part of my everyday attire (it's just what looks the best imo).
I go by she/her, I'm a lesbian, 18. I'd love to get to know someone and maybe have it become something more <3 I'm totally up to chatting with people of any age really (just have to be 18 or over) since there's so many cool people out there that are older than me!
I live in Northern California (not the bad southern part haha), and I'm really open to meeting people from anywhere in the world. I like to adventure in my van so I'm totally up to driving long-distances if I find the right girl! My family originally raised me to be heavily religious which being a lesbian definitely gave me trauma in a lot more ways than one. I recently decided to no longer be religious though so a lot of the stuff I've been doing recently has been pretty new to me!
I have a lot of hobbies actually, including stuff like Drone Photography, Hiking, Scenic Drives, Working out, and a few others. I'd like it if you have a hobby as well but not a requirement!
I'm super super up for NSFW chats. I'm medically diagnosed with a hormonal imbalance (also caused late puberty) and it makes me have a extremely high sexual desire. If you decide to DM me please be aware of this because some people think that sex is like my main personality lol. My hormonal imbalance also affects my alcohol consumption. My doctor says that my higher amounts of estrogen impacts the brains "reward center" which means I naturally have an intense craving for alcohol and the effects it puts on me. This is also something I'm working to fix but just be aware I might be tipsy or even drunk at times. I can legally drink in California because my parents supply it. I put this in bold because I forget to disclose this sometimes and have unfortunately drawn people away.
That's all I can think of for now.. feel free to send me a DM!!

We (M33 F29) had an arranged marriage 4 yrs ago. It's been smooth sailing for the most part. We understand and love each other, and deeply care about each other. We have been able to communicate and resolve any other issues that have come between us. Except the issue of kids.
We talked about this on the 1st date. I brought it up and made my stance clear that I don't want kids. I've been leaning CF since my teenage years. I don't know why she didn't state her opinion, or why she didn't continue that conversation further. She just said okay and we moved on with the conversation. This didn't come up after.
3 years laters, we see our friends getting pregnant and now she wants kids. So we have the baby talk. I tell her I see 3 ways this can go

1. I compromise and we have a kid
2. You compromise and don't have a kid
3. Or we depart and try to find someone else who is more compatible.

Even mere mention of spitting up set her off. Super upset by it. Stonewalled for a day. I get that it upset her and stonewalling was just a consequence of her withdrawing, but it still made me feel like shit. I've dealt with that in smaller doses and never seen it as a problem, usually I'll barge after a 1-2 hours and force her to talk thru the issue with me and eventually we'll resolve it. But being ignored this time felt horrible and belittling.
The next time we have this conversation, I explain that I was just listing out options and that I want the both of us to be happy. If we go with options 1 or 2 it should be a 100% all in decision for both of us. If either of us compromise on this issue, and we end up with regrets we'll only resent the other one. She says I should compromise. I bring up the conversation we had on the first date, and she says she thought I meant "I didn't want kids now". Continuing that conversation didn't amount to much, and in her head, it went down in a completely different way and she says she never agreed to it. But she didn't object to it either, it was somehow implicit that she wanted 2 kids and it was my fault I wasn't a mind reader to discern that.
She sees no possibility of a compromise on her end. She has been badgering me for reasons why I don't want kids. I don't have a single reason, I have many. I've shared some of them with her - shit childhood, abusive parents, bullying etc (I'm over all of it), I don't feel keen on taking up a 20yr burden, I value my freedom/solitude, and I don't believe I'll be a good parent. And to me it feels like a crime to bring in a child into this world, that's going to shit. Water scarcity, crime, world becoming more cut throat due to overpopulation etc.
She says we can work on all that and she'll do 200% share of the work and even my share of it. She got her parents involved, who called my parents and started pressuring them to convince me. Everyone seems to be on her side on this. my parents want to support me but they seem torn. they think I should compromise on this too, my mom said 'how can you deny her motherhood'. Parents getting involved created more drama, and it made it harder for us to communicate. Stonewalling escalated, she stormed off during one of the conversations with the car, and didn't tell me where she was going.
No one seems to respect my position on this. I don't want to do this if I'm not a 100% in. And I don't see that happening anytime soon. Believe me, I've tried, I've spent the last 2 months on fencesitter and quora reading up posts about people who've changed their minds after having kids. But it hasn't helped me change my mind, I still feel it's a huge risk - what if I end up with regrets or resentful.
We tried seeing a marriage counsellor, in the hopes that we can communicate better about this. Until now all our conversations would get interrupted cause 5 mins in she would get upset and start stonewalling me. But that didn't go well either, the moment the counsellor mentioned option 3, she decided this wasn't for her. She thought the counsellor would help me see reason.
Since the last week, it's getting a bit out of hand. I got hit with 'if you loved me enough, you'd be willing to go thru with this'. and her parents have taken it to the next level too, harassing my parents saying 'you don't know how to raise you kids, talk to your son and convince him' etc. We had a conversation yesterday, where she just gave up trying to convince me in a 'to hell with this relationship' tone and said she doesn't want to see my face. So I guess we're heading toward a divorce.
It just sucks. In 2 months my loving wife has turned into this person I don't recognize. I feel like all the love she had for me just drained out in the last few weeks, and she's made me feel so guilty for not giving her a kid, she's turned my parents against me. I totally get what she's going thru and I can see that she's in pain - but she's become completely blind to the pain she's causing me. It just sucks that I can't comfort her, and the thought of losing the love of my life is just unbearable. I just feel so lost
thanks for listening

N.B.: I'm mainly looking for the games listed in the title and at the bottom of the thread. Feel free to post other offers, but if I haven't responded to your comment(s) by my next posting, I likely wasn't able to find a trade that interested me.
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For sale (for Steam Gift Cards or gifted Steam Wallet balance):
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• Dark Souls™: Prepare To Die™ Edition (removed from Steam Store; $350 $400 or best offer)
• Fall Guys (removed from Steam Store)
• Fall Guys - Dragon Hugger Pack (removed from Steam Store)
• Fall Guys - Icy Adventure Pack (removed from Steam Store)
• Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition (removed from Steam Store)
• Spec Ops: The Line (removed from Steam Store)

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• Humble Hunie Sakura Bundle (can also trade for a full "charity" bundle (Australia Fire Relief Bundle or similar))
• Humble Sekai Project Bundle (can also trade for a full "charity" bundle (Stand with Ukraine Bundle or similar))

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For trade:
*signifies that a game is tentatively up for trade, assuming I buy the bundle
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• Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition
• Soulstice
• Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin – Ultimate Edition

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• A Little to the Left
• Black Book

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• Superliminal
• The Talos Principle Gold Edition
• The Witness

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• Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed
• Life is Strange: True Colors
• Scorn
• There Is No Light: Enhanced Edition

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• Hellpoint
• Remnant: From the Ashes
• Tails of Iron

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• Hell Pie
• OTXO
• The Red Lantern
• Twin Mirror

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• Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace
• Blood Rage: Digital Edition
• Gloomhaven - Solo Scenarios: Mercenary Challenges
• Small World
• Small World - A Spider's Web
• Small World - Be not Afraid...
• Small World - Cursed!
• Small World - Grand Dames
• Small World - Royal Bonus
• Splendor
• Splendor - The Cities
• Splendor - The Strongholds
• Splendor - The Trading Posts
• Terraforming Mars

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• A Short Hike(?)
• A Story Beside(?)
• Aces & Adventures(?)
• Arcade Spirits(?)
• Battlestar Galactica Deadlock(?)
• Beyond Blue(?)
• Cat Quest(?)
• Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!(?)
• EARTHLOCK(?)
• Harmony's Odyssey(?)
• Homeworld Remastered Collection(?)
• Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure(?)
• Minecraft: Java Edition - MCC Island Jingle Jam Rewards Pack(?)
• Monster Prom(?)
• Sifu Deluxe Cosmetic Pack(?)
• Spirit of the Island(?)
• SUPERHOT(?)
• Tinytopia(?)
• Toodee and Topdee(?)
• Train Valley 2(?)
• Turbo Golf Racing(?)
• Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story(?)
• Xenonauts(?)

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• Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs

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• Dark Deity
• Edge Of Eternity
• Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising

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• CRYPTARK
• Dead Estate
• Paint the Town Red

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• Lost Castle
• My Time At Portia

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• Toodee and Topdee

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• WWE 2K23

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• Chivalry 2
• Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
• The Forgotten City
• GRIME
• Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition

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• Back 4 Blood
• Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition
• Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
• Batman: Arkham Knight Premium Edition
• Batman™: Arkham Origins
• Injustice 2 Legendary Edition
• Mad Max
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition
• Middle-earth: Shadow of War Definitive Edition
• Mortal Kombat 11
• Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate Add-On Bundle
• Mortal Kombat XL

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• Alan Wake Collector's Edition
• Bendy and the Dark Revival
• Pathologic 2

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• CODE VEIN
• .hack//G.U. Last Recode
• Katamari Damacy REROLL
• TEKKEN 7

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• A Juggler's Tale
• Spirit of the Island

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• Boomerang Fu
• PlateUp!
• ROUNDS
• Stick Fight: The Game
• Ultimate Chicken Horse

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• Fae Tactics
• Flynn: Son of Crimson
• Ikenfell
• Ring of Pain
• Void Bastards

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• After the Fall® - Deluxe Edition
• Zero Caliber VR

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• Patch Quest

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• Five Dates
• Late Shift

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• Demon Turf
• Pumpkin Jack

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• Trover Saves the Universe

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• Coromon
• The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos
• Jack Move

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• Road 96
• SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator

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• A Short Hike

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• Cloudpunk
• Ghostrunner
• Severed Steel

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• Eternal Threads
• Turbo Golf Racing

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• Lethal League Blaze
• OlliOlli World
• WWE 2K BATTLEGROUNDS

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• Dragon Fist: VR Kung Fu
• The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners

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• Celeste

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• Blasphemous
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
• Hollow Knight

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• Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery

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• Bionic Commando: Rearmed
• Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
• Lost Planet 3 - Complete
• Mega Man Legacy Collection
• STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®

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• Aground
• Calico
• Evan's Remains
• StarCrossed
• Teacup

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• Into the Radius VR

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• Aliens: Fireteam Elite
• Founders' Fortune
• Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp

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• Nomad Survival
• Scarlet Tower

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• The Citadel
• Viscerafest
• WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

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• The Blackout Club

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• BIOMUTANT
• Edge Of Eternity
• Golden Light

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• Call of the Sea
• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

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• 112 Operator
• 911 Operator
• The Amazing American Circus
• Armello
• Backbone
• Calico
• Euro Truck Simulator 2
• Farming Simulator 17
• Ghostrunner
• Guilty Gear X2 #Reload
• Lust from Beyond: M Edition
• Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
• Orbital Racer
• Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition
• PAYDAY 2
• Pilgrims
• Soulblight
• Space Crew: Legendary Edition
• Starfinder Core Rulebook (Paizo key) and Starfinder Adventure: Junker's Delight (Paizo key)
• Strange Brigade
• Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
• System Shock 2
• System Shock: Enhanced Edition
• Ticket to Ride
• XCOM® 2
• X-Morph: Defense Complete Pack

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• Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
• Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
• Othercide
• Shady Part of Me

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• The Last Campfire

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• Sakura Swim Club

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• Summer in Mara
• Townscaper

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• The Long Dark: Survival Edition

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• Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands

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• Conan Chop Chop
• Grow: Song of the Evertree

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• Styx: Shards of Darkness

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• Hard West
• John Wick Hex
• Phantom Doctrine
• Red Solstice 2: Survivors

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• Arizona Sunshine

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• Backbone
• Blade Assault
• First Class Trouble
• Super Magbot

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• Golf Gang
• Maid of Sker

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• Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York
• Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York
• Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest

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• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl

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• Crown Trick

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• Guts and Glory
• Hello Neighbor

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• Day of the Tentacle Remastered
• Grim Fandango Remastered
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
• STAR WARS®: Knights of the Old Republic™ II

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• Duke Nukem Forever
• PGA TOUR 2K21
• WWE 2K Battlegrounds

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• In Sound Mind

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• Little Big Workshop
• Not Tonight

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• Brigador Deluxe Edition
• Verdun

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• Resident Evil 0
• Resident Evil 6
• Resident Evil

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• EVERSPACE™

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• Cultist Simulator
• GWENT: The Witcher Card Game - Ultimate Starter Pack (GOG key)

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• The LEGO® NINJAGO® Movie Video Game

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• Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager
• Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense

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• STAR WARS™: Squadrons (Origin key)(?)

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• Bionic Commando
• Street Fighter V

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• As Far As The Eye
• Impulsion

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• Orcs Must Die! 2 - Complete Pack

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• Bartlow's Dread Machine

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• Blaston

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• White Day: A Labyrinth Named School

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• The Walking Dead

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• Total Tank Simulator

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• Archangel: Hellfire - Fully Loaded

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• XCOM® 2

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• Black The Fall
• Goetia

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• Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition

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• Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
• This War of Mine

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• Tom Clancy's The Division™ (Uplay key)
• Tom Clancy's The Division™ - Survival (Uplay key)

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• Highway Blossoms
• HunieCam Studio
• KARAKARA
• Sunrider Academy
• Sunrider: Liberation Day - Captain's Edition

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• A Kiss For the Petals - Remembering How We Met

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• Hacknet
• Satellite Reign

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• The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut

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• The Elder Scrolls: Legends: 2 Card Packs (Skyrim) 1 Event Ticket 100 Gold 100 Souls
• ESO Vanity Pet: Bristlegut Piglet and 15 Days of ESO Plus

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• Ame no Marginal -Rain Marginal-
• KARAKARA
• Memory's Dogma CODE:01
• Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project
• Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project - Season Pass

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• A Kiss For the Petals - Remembering How We Met
• Sakura Angels
• Beach Bounce
• Beach Bounce - Soundtrack
• Blue Rose

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• Lionessy Story
• My Personal Angel
• Natural - Beyond Nature -
• Postmen Of Horizon (removed from Steam Store)

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• The Reject Demon: Toko Chapter 0 — Prelude

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• Koi-Koi Japan [Hanafuda playing cards]
• Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle
• Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle : School Girls Edition
• Poker Pretty Girls Battle: Texas Hold'em
• Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire

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• Guns of Icarus Alliance
• Guns of Icarus Online
• Impossible Creatures Steam Edition
• Lethal League
• Tempest: Pirate Action RPG
• Tempest - Treasure Lands
• Tempest - Original Soundtrack
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf
• Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

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• Tenta Shooter
• Gun Gun Pixies
• DUSK
• For The King
• Book of Demons
• PlateUp!
• Kingdom Two Crowns
• White Day: A Labyrinth Named School
• Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
• Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
• Steel Rats™
• Hue
• Sifu Deluxe Edition Upgrade Bundle (Epic key)
• Gal*Gun: Double Peace
• The Invisible Hours
• Synergia
• ROCKETRON
• Project Nimbus: Complete Edition
• Dead Age
• Spirit Hunter: NG
• Slain: Back from Hell(?)
• Cook, Serve, Delicious!
• Tower of Time
• Danger Scavenger
• Survive the Nights
• Valfaris
• Nongunz: Doppelganger Edition
• This War of Mine

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• Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition
• Knights of Pen and Paper 2 - Here Be Dragons

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• 112 Operator
• 911 Operator
• Book of Demons
• Broken Age
• Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
• Crying Suns
• Crying Suns
• Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
• Driftland: The Magic Revival
• Liberated (GOG key)
• Moon Hunters
• Out of Reach: Treasure Royale
• Wanderlust: Travel Stories (GOG key)
• WARSAW
• X-Morph: Defense + European Assault, Survival of the Fittest, and Last Bastion DLC (I believe this redeems as the linked Complete Pack, minus the soundtrack)
• ΔV: Rings of Saturn(?)

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• Arcade Paradise
• Calico
• Say No! More
• Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
• Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
• Phoenix Point: Year One Edition
• Deliver Us The Moon
• Morkredd
• Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos
• Spirit Hunter: NG
• Survivalist: Invisible Strain
• Warhammer: Vermintide 2
• ENDLESS™ Space 2
• Surviving the Aftermath
• The Long Dark

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• Duck Game
• SCP: Secret Files
• WWE 2K23
• The Jackbox Party Pack
• Outward (redeems as the base game only, not the linked Definitive Edition)
• Outward - The Soroboreans
• Outward Soundtrack
• Blade Assault
• Founders' Fortune
• Hokko Life
• Monster Crown
• Othercide
• Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition
• ScourgeBringer
• Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
• HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition
• Sonic CD (removed from Steam Store)
• LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 1-4
• LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 5-7
• STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
• Bionic Commando
• Full Metal Furies
• Ultra Street Fighter® IV
• Starbound
• Mafia III: Sign of the Times
• BioShock 2
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition
• Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
• The Mean Greens - Plastic Warfare
• Crusaders of the Lost Idols Legendary Starter Pack
• Project CARS (removed from Steam Store)

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WANT:
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• 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
• Astebreed: Definitive Edition
• Avernum: Escape from the Pit
• BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
• CrossCode
• Dead Rising 4
• Dungreed
• Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2
• Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection
• Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition
• Myst (2021)
• NBA 2K23
• NECROPOLIS: BRUTAL EDITION
• Omensight: Definitive Edition
• OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition
• OPUS: Rocket of Whispers
• OPUS: The Day We Found Earth
• Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid
• RAGE
• Resident Evil Village
• The Jackbox Party Pack 5
• The Jackbox Party Pack 6
• The Jackbox Party Pack 7
• Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
• Zombie Army 4: Dead War

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• any extra copies of WWE 2K23

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Is ace compatibility with allos impossible or extremely rare?
I’ve had 2 LTR romantic relationships in my life and a few other attempts that failed pretty fast. I ended my last relationship about a year ago due to sexuality mismatch and a pretty awful round of attempts to make things work. I’m grey / Demi but sex positive and enjoy being sexual in a monogamous relationship if my partner wants it.
But, it seems really important to allos to feel desired in a physical sexual attraction way, and I can’t seem to sexually desire anyone based on physical attraction. It seems like with allos, it is just a matter of time until the "I’m curious about open relationships" comments start happening, or the social media posts and dating app profiles just to "see if people find them attractive" start happening, and along with it the attempts to push my boundaries to let them explore their sexuality. If it’s not that, it seems like the sexual basement shows up after they get cozy. Porn addiction, constant sexual attention fixations, non-consent or other creepy kinks. Does it make allos go crazy when a partner doesn’t feel an instinctive animalistic sexual desire for them, or did I just get unlucky in my experiences? I am alright looking, pretty fit, and I make a habit of initiating intimacy if I know it’s important to my partner, but no matter what I do, it seems to go downhill. I am starting to feel like I have a PTSD about sexuality. I don’t think I can hear about a partner’s attraction to strangers, or their desire for strangers to be attracted to them anymore without feeling impending doom and starting to emotionally check out of the relationship. It has just happened to me far too many times now. How in the world to allos with the typical levels of jealousy and such deal with these sorts of behaviours? How aren’t most relationships just a total disaster?
I am starting to think that even though I am not sex repulsed, it might be impossible to have a good partnership with an allo— it seems like we speak different languages and our worldview is dramatically far apart. Ideally, I wish I could have a partner who just doesn’t care about the sexual validation stuff.
I really enjoy my work in tech, my plant hobbies, taking care of my sweet older parents, learning new things, and forming friendships with all kinds of people based on mutually shared core values, interest topics and philosophical ideas. My level of sexual attractiveness doesn’t factor into my identity in the same way that it seems to with my past allo partners. It is important to me to look friendly, approachable, kind, open-minded, loving, refined, intelligent and cultured, but looking sexually appealing or having people feel sexually attracted to me is something I’d rather never happen!
There is so much more to enjoy in life! There are so many awesome types of connection to be experienced outside of sexuality. The human consciousness is a beautiful, complex playground to explore! The fixation some people… lots of people… have on sexuality seems to dampen the ways that they can feel rewarded outside of that.
Asking an allo partner to understand my different perspective, maintain loyalty, and have enduring dedication to building our relationship instead of getting tempted by new thrills seems nearly abusive. It’s hard to convince people (partners and sometimes friends too) that I am being sincere when I say that I don’t find anyone sexually attractive and I am not just 'trying to seem pious'… that I don’t even see my lack of sexual attraction as a merit or a virtue and that, on the other hand, it often seems like a plague I got born with.
Personality compatibility is so rare to begin with. For it be be a good fit, the two people involved have to match closely enough on so many traits— energy level, lifestyle and habits, willingness to be vulnerable and put work into good communication, and maybe most of all, a good intellect / philosophical match is incredibly hard to find. Add asexuality to that list of compatibility and that and the % of the population that fits goes down to like 0.00001%.
Is a relationship with another ace the only way to ensure that sexuality doesn’t get in the way of life? Those of you who have or have had good relationship, how did you meet your partner? How did you determine that it was worth trying with that person?

Hei, hi and hello!
I’m Onsie Onsfjord or Fjord feel free to call me whichever is not mind to me.
I’m a 26-year-old English Norwegian who’s mainly lived his whole life in the United Kingdom and graduated from university with a degree in Computer Networks and is now working as a DIE for the NHS (Digital Infrastructure Engineer).
Caught you off guard with that job title acronym huh? Yeah, trust me when I first started it had me in fits of laughter, but you get used to it after a while.
So a bit about me; - I’m an introvert and tend to avoid public crowds, events and such and just try to vibe with friends on a nice game of anything (which you’ll see below) - I’m an avid IT nerd and will most likely remain this way for my whole career as IT is my education and career at this point - On top of IT you guessed it I’m also a very big avid “gamer” I mainly play PC and PS5 games with my current interests being in Helldivers 2, Star Wars: The Fallen Order, and Jedi: Survivor amongst a few other things like WoW, CoD, SWTOR and so on. - I love learning, whether it be history, game lore, languages, cultures, etc. You name it, and I’ll probably be interested in it (Trust me, you give me a flag of any country, and I’ll be able to tell you the country’s name and political structure. - I’m also an avid book reader and you’ll most likely see my shelf full of different manga from all types of genres, I don’t particularly watch anime, I mainly read instead because I find it more “interesting” for better or not. (Not that I'm opposed to watching it) - I’m trying to learn to cook myself but not very good at it as my most recent attempt I ended up giving myself food poisoning so it’s sufficient to say you will have a big gamble if you’d like me to cook ha-ha. - I do watch football from time to time and do support a few clubs from around the world (mainly northern Europe, the UK, and the US) feel free to guess if you’d like! - I’m currently on a VLCD and have lost about 2 stone within 1 month which I’m super super happy about.
In terms of looks and such I’m what an average 26-year-old would look like who is 6’1/6’2 with a picture on request.
Please don’t judge too much as I’m still working on improving myself.
What am I about? I’ve always made it a goal to help, care for, and support those close to me, whether it be friends, old friends, or the equivalent of my family. They’ve been there for me, and I’ll go hell and back for them as they’ve stood by me through thick and thin, even through the loss of other close friends; they’ve picked me up and brushed me down and set me straight to which I will always forever be in their debt and have helped them being.
Whilst I’ve been shot and backstabbed by many of those who I thought were close to me I just try and see the positive and avoid the unnecessary drama and arguments as life is just way too generally short for that kind of stuff and we should all get along with each other in my mind.
What am I looking for? I apologize if this comes off as really picky - Someone in the realm of the US, Canada or Europe - Someone between the age of 20 to 28 years old - Someone who has an interest in IT, manga, gaming, and such (It’s easier to talk to people with the same interest I’ve found though you don’t need to work in IT at all) - Just be a kind honest individual who I can back and vice versa. Be there for each other.
I am looking for a monogamous and serious relationship and not a friendship, however, I’m fine with starting out as friends whilst getting to know each other etc.
The end? Well, I’d like to say that this was the short and sweet version of myself without giving much more away about me but hey hopefully you’ve stayed this far and if you have, I have a very small simple request for you!
If you do decide I’m someone you’d like to get to know and all of that stuff then when messaging me, please make a somewhat attempt of an introduction (I’m not asking for the mass of paragraphs or anything) just a hi, your name (doesn’t have to be your real name), where you’re from, how old are you, what you do, hobbies, etc and we’ll go from there!
Low-effort chats & messages will be removed also, so I know that you’ve made it this far please put your answers to this question (wrong answers don’t matter, it’s what is attempted counts)
“I was born in the winter on a remembrance day, which day was this?”
Take care and hope to see your message 😊

Is ace compatibility with allos impossible or extremely rare?
I’ve had 2 LTR romantic relationships in my life and a few other attempts that failed pretty fast. I ended my last relationship about a year ago, due to sexuality mismatch and a pretty awful mess of trying to find a way to make it work. I’m grey / Demi but sex positive and enjoy being sexual in a monogamous relationship if my partner wants it.
But, it seems really important to allos to feel desired in a physical sexual attraction way, and I can’t seem to sexually desire anyone based on physical attraction. It seems like with allos, it is just a matter of time until the "I’m curious about open relationships" comments start happening, or the social media posts and dating app profiles just to "see if people find them attractive" start happening, and along with it the attempts to push my boundaries to let them explore their sexuality. If it’s not that, it seems like the sexual basement shows up after they get cozy. Porn addiction, constant sexual attention fixations, non-consent or other creepy kinks. Does it make allos go crazy when a partner doesn’t feel an instinctive animalistic sexual desire for them, or did I just get unlucky in my experiences? I am alright looking, pretty fit, and I make a habit of initiating intimacy if I know it’s important to my partner, but no matter what I do, it seems to go downhill. I am starting to feel like I have a PTSD about sexuality. I don’t think I can hear about a partner’s attraction to strangers, or their desire for strangers to be attracted to them anymore without feeling impending doom and starting to emotionally check out of the relationship. It has just happened to me far too many times now. How in the world to allos with the typical levels of jealousy and such deal with these sorts of behaviours? How aren’t most relationships just a total disaster?
I am starting to think that even though I am not sex repulsed, it might be impossible to have a good partnership with an allo— it seems like we speak different languages and our worldview is dramatically far apart. Ideally, I wish I could have a partner who just doesn’t care about the sexual validation stuff.
I really enjoy my work in tech, my plant hobbies, taking care of my sweet older parents, learning new things, and forming friendships with all kinds of people based on mutually shared core values, interest topics and philosophical ideas. My level of sexual attractiveness doesn’t factor into my identity in the same way that it seems to with my past allo partners. It is important to me to look friendly, approachable, kind, open-minded, loving, refined, intelligent and cultured, but looking sexually appealing or having people feel sexually attracted to me is something I’d rather never happen!
There is so much more to enjoy in life! There are so many awesome types of connection to be experienced outside of sexuality. The human consciousness is a beautiful, complex playground to explore! The fixation some people… lots of people… have on sexuality seems to dampen the ways that they can feel rewarded outside of that.
Asking an allo partner to understand my different perspective, maintain loyalty, and have enduring dedication to building our relationship instead of getting tempted by new thrills seems nearly abusive. It’s hard to convince people (partners and sometimes friends too) that I am being sincere when I say that I don’t find anyone sexually attractive and I am not just 'trying to seem pious'… that I don’t even see my lack of sexual attraction as a merit or a virtue and that, on the other hand, it often seems like a plague I got born with.
Personality compatibility is so rare to begin with. For it be be a good fit, the two people involved have to match closely enough on so many traits— energy level, lifestyle and habits, willingness to be vulnerable and put work into good communication, and maybe most of all, a good intellect / philosophical match is incredibly hard to find. Add asexuality to that list of compatibility and that and the % of the population that fits goes down to like 0.00001%.
Is a relationship with another ace the only way to ensure that sexuality doesn’t get in the way of life? Those of you who have or have had good relationship, how did you meet your partner? How did you determine that it was worth trying with that person?

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Name	Manufacturer	Condition	Price (USD)
1. Huyao Xiao Hongniang - Tushan Honghong - 1/7 - Wan Shui Yi Shan Ver.	Solarain		$200
2. Kenja no Deshi wo Nanoru Kenja - Mira - 1/7	Kadokawa	Includes Blu-ray	$130
3. Yosuga no Sora - Kasugano Sora - 1/7	Alphamax		$145
4. Arknights - Texas - 1/7 - Elite 2	Good Smile Company		$230
5. Azur Lane - St. Louis - 1/7	Alter		$160
6. Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu - Shera L. Greenwood - B-style - 1/4 - Bare Leg Bunny Ver.	FREEing		$200
7. Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata fine - Sawamura Spencer Eriri - 1/7 - Maid ver.	Revolve		$140
8. Azur Lane - Illustrious - 1/7 - Owaranai Ochakai ver.	Kotobukiya		$150
9. [NSFW] - Valhellio - Iris Hartley - Skytube - T2 Art☆Girls - Seikai no Lorelei - 1/6	Alphamax	Preowned, Excellent condition. Displayed in dust free case, smoke free environment	$90
10. Fate/Stay Night - Altria Pendragon - 1/7 - Saber, 10th Royal Dress ver.	Aniplex		$130
11. [NSFW] - SoniComi (Super Sonico) - Sonico - 1/4.5 - Summer Vacation ver.	Orchid Seed		$200
12. SoniComi (Super Sonico) - Sonico - 1/7 - Jogging Ver.	Kaitendoh		$300
13. [NSFW] - SoniComi (Super Sonico) - Sonico - 1/7 - Pisces Ver.	Amakuni	Preowned, Excellent condition. Displayed in dust free case, smoke free environment	$290
14. SoniAni: Super Sonico The Animation - Sonico - 1/7 - Racing ver.	Max Factory		$190
15. [NSFW] - SoniComi (Super Sonico) - Sonico - 1/7 - Libra Ver.	Good Smile Company		$240
16. Girls' Frontline - HK416 - 1/7 - Black Cat's Gift Venue Exclusive Ver.	Hobby Max		$120
17. Choujigen Game Neptune: The Animation - Nepgear - 1/8 - Neoki Ver.	Broccoli		$190
18. Shining Blade - Xiao Mei - Shining Beach Heroines - 1/7 - Swimsuit Ver.	FREEing		$130
19. Girls' Frontline - UMP9 - 1/7	Funny Knights		$90
20. Girls' Frontline - Suomi KP/-31 - 1/7	Funny Knights	Brand New, Sealed. Box is damaged check for more photos *HERE. The figure is fine	$90
21. To LOVEru Darkness - Konjiki no Yami - B-style - 1/4 - Bare Leg Bunny Ver.	FREEing		$220
22. Toradora! - Aisaka Taiga - B-style - 1/4 - Bunny Ver.	FREEing		$190
23. Machikado Mazoku - Chiyoda Momo - 1/7	Medicos Entertainment		$90
24. SSSS.Dynazenon - Minami Yume - 1/6	Pony Canyon		$160
25. Overlord - Shalltear Bloodfallen - Shibuya Scramble Figure - 1/7 - Swimsuit Ver.	Alpha Satellite		$300
26. Ganbare, Douki-chan - Douki-chan	Union Creative International Ltd		$90
27. [NSFW] - Sonico - Character's Selection - 1/6 - Clumsy Office Lady Ver.	Native	Preowned, Excellent condition. Displayed in dust free case, smoke free environment	$280
28. Fate/Grand Order - Jeanne d'Arc (Alter) - 1/7 - Kuraki Homura o Matoishi Ryuu no Majo	Licorne		$380
29. A-Z: - [S] - 1/7	Myethos		$220
30. A-Z: - [B] - 1/7	Myethos		$220
31. To LOVEru Darkness - Mikado Ryouko - 1/6 - Darkness ver.	Union Creative International Ltd		$130
32. [NSFW] - To LOVEru Darkness - Lala Satalin Deviluke - 1/6 - Darkness ver.	Union Creative International Ltd		$130
33. To LOVEru Darkness - Lala Satalin Deviluke - B-style - 1/4 - Bunny Ver.	FREEing		$380
34. Card Captor Sakura - Kinomoto Sakura - 1/7 - Stars Bless You	Good Smile Company	Preowned, Excellent condition. Displayed in dust free case, smoke free environment	$290
35. Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata ♭ - Kasumigaoka Utaha - 1/7 - Swimsuit Ver.	Good Smile Company		$110
36. To LOVEru Darkness - Konjiki no Yami - White Trance ver.	Union Creative International Ltd	Preowned, Excellent condition. Displayed in dust free case, smoke free environment	$90
37. To LOVEru Darkness - Kotegawa Yui - 1/6 - Darkness ver.	Union Creative International Ltd		$120
38. [NSFW] - To LOVEru Darkness - Nemesis - 1/6 - Darkness Ver.	Union Creative International Ltd		$120
39. [NSFW] - To LOVEru Darkness - Lala Satalin Deviluke - 1/6 - Pastel Co-de ver.	Alter	Preowned, Excellent condition. Displayed in dust free case, smoke free environment	$90
40. To LOVEru Darkness - Lala Satalin Deviluke - 1/7 - Dress Style	Ques Q		$220
41. [NSFW] - SoniComi (Super Sonico) - Sonico - Dream Tech - 1/7 - Bikini Style	Wave		$200
42. GOOD SMILE Racing - Type-Moon Racing - Altria Pendragon - 1/7 - Racing Ver.	Good Smile Company	Brand New, Sealed. Box is damaged check for more photos *HERE. The figure is fine	$100
43. Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata ♭ - Kato Megumi - 1/7 - Swimsuit Ver.	Good Smile Company	Preowned, Excellent condition. Displayed in dust free case, smoke free environment	$90
44. Fate/Grand Order - Ishtar - 1/7 - Archer	Aniplex	Preowned, Excellent condition. Displayed in dust free case, smoke free environment	$250
45. Choujigen Game Neptune: The Animation - Purple Heart - 1/7 - Dress ver.	Wing		$140
46. [NSFW] - Zettai Junpaku♡Mahou Shoujo - Nitta Yui - Creator's Collection - 1/4 - Bunny Ver.	BINDing		$330
47. [NSFW] - Fault!! - Saeki Ai - Skytube - T2 Art☆Girls - 1/6 - Black Wedding ver.	Alphmax		$140
48. Choujigen Game Neptune: The Animation - Noire - 1/8 - Nightgown Ver.	Broccoli		$170
49. Fate/Grand Order - Altria Pendragon - 1/7 - Saber, Heroic Spirit Formal Dress Ver.	Good Smile Company		$120
50. Girls' Frontline - DSR-50 - 1/7 - ~Spring Peony~	Phat Company		$130
51. To LOVEru Darkness - Konjiki no Yami - 1/8 - -Trance of Darkness	Aquamarine	Preowned, Excellent condition. Displayed in dust free case, smoke free environment	$90
52. [NSFW] - Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata ♭ - Sawamura Spencer Eriri - 1/7 - Okigaechuu	Alphamax		$130
53. To LOVEru Darkness - Tearju Lunatique - 1/6 - Darkness ver.	Union Creative International Ltd		$150
54. [NSFW] - To LOVEru Darkness - Kurosaki Mea - 1/6 - Darkness Ver.	Union Creative International Ltd		$110
55. Tsuujou Kougeki ga Zentai Kougeki de Ni-kai Kougeki no Okaasan wa Suki desu ka? - Oosuki Mamako - 1/7	Kotobukiya		$180
56. THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls - Shibuya Rin - 1/8 - Triad Primus Ver.	Alpha X Omega		$80
57. Girls' Frontline - QBZ-97 - Juushou Ver.	Flare		$140
58. Sword Art Online - Leafa - Shibuya Scramble Figure - 1/4 - Negligee Ver.	Alpha Satellite		$240
59. Sword Art Online - Asuna - Shibuya Scramble Figure - 1/4 - Negligee Ver.	Alpha Satellite		$240
60. Sword Art Online - Sinon - Shibuya Scramble Figure - 1/4 - Negligee Ver.	Alpha Satellite		$240
61. Sword Art Online: Alicization - Alice Zuberg - 1/7	Wanderer		$190
62. Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou - Shea Haulia - 1/7	Kotobukiya		$180
63. Sword & Wizards ~The Emperor of Sword & Seven Lady Knight~ - Felicia von Flamberg - 1/7 - Bunny Ver.	Kotobukiya		$120
64. [NSFW] - Sword & Wizards ~The Emperor of Sword & Seven Lady Knight~ - Yukishiro Fuyuka - 1/7 - Bunny Ver.	Amakuni		$150
65. No Game No Life - Shiro - 1/7	Kotobukiya	Preowned, Excellent condition. Displayed in dust free case, smoke free environment	$65
66. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu - Emilia - 1/7	Good Smile Company		$170
67. Girls' Frontline - K2 - 1/7 - Before the Dawn ver.	Apex Innovation	Brand New, Sealed. Box is damaged check for more photos *HERE. The figure is fine	$140
68. Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari - Filo - KDcolle - 1/7	Kadokawa		$90
69. Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata ♭ - Kato Megumi - 1/7 - Lingerie ver.	Alter		$100
70. Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA 3rei!! - Illyasviel von Einzbern - 1/6 - China Dress Ver.	Phat Company		$120
71. Gekijouban Fate/stay night Heaven's Feel - Altria Pendragon - 1/7 - Saber, British Travelogue	Stronger		$120
72. Maoyuu Maou Yuusha - Maou - 1/8	Kotobukiya		$110
73. Bikini Warriors - Paladin - 1/7	Alphamax		$170
74. Fate/Grand Order - Scáthach - 1/7 - Lancer	Plum		$90
75. Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse - Takamura Yui - B-style - 1/4 - Bunny Ver.	FREEing		$450
76 Muse Dash - Rin - 1/8 - Bunny Girl Ver.	Apex Innovation	Brand New, Sealed. Box is damaged check for more photos *HERE. The figure is fine	$150
77. Dungeon Travelers 2 Ouritsu Toshokan to Mamono no Fuuin - Mefmera - 1/8	Alter		$130
78. Yurucamp - Kagamihara Nadeshiko - 1/7	Phat Company		$120
79. [NSFW] - TSF Monogatari - Musashino Takumi - 1/6	Rocket Boy	Preowned, Excellent condition. Displayed in dust free case, smoke free environment	$380
80. Fate/Grand Order - Altria Pendragon - 1/7 - Santa Alter, Rider	Alter		$150
81. IS: Infinite Stratos - Charlotte Dunois - B-style - 1/4 - Bare Leg Bunny Ver.	FREEing		$190
82. Overlord III - Albedo - so-bin ver.	Union Creative International Ltd		$130
83. Date A Live III - Tokisaki Kurumi - 1/7	Kadokawa	Includes DVD	$180
84. Date A Live - Tokisaki Kurumi - KDcolle - 1/7 - Bunny Ver.	KadoKawa		$150
85. Date A Live - Tokisaki Kurumi - 1/7 - Lingerie Ver.	Alphamax		$80
86. Diamond to Zirconia - Yuki Itoguchi - Skytube - 1/6	Alphamax	Preowned, Excellent condition. Displayed in dust free case, smoke free environment	$170
87. Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka - SoniComi (Super Sonico) - Sonico - 1/7 - Hestia ver.	Genco		$250
88. SSSS.Gridman - Takarada Rikka - 1/7	Alphamax		$110
89. Pocket Monsters - Huuro - Swanna - Pokémon Center Original Figure - 1/8	Kotobukiya		$220
90. Sword Art Online: Alicization - Alice Zuberg - 1/8	Genco	Preowned, Excellent condition. Displayed in dust free case, smoke free environment	$90
91. Date A Live - Kyouno Natsumi - 1/7 - DX Ver.	Bell Fine		$150
92. Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken - Rimuru Tempest - Shion - 1/6 - Swimsuit Gravure_style	Orca Toys		$180
93. Date A Live - Tokisaki Kurumi - 1/7 - Fantasia 30th Anniversary Ver.	Kadokawa	Preowned, Excellent condition. Displayed in dust free case, smoke free environment	$180
94. Fate/Grand Order - Altria Pendragon - 1/7 - Saber, (Alter), Casual ver.	Kotobukiya		$80
95. SoniComi (Super Sonico) - Sonico - White Cat Ver.	Union Creative International Ltd		$150
96. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu - Emilia - Puck - KDcolle - 1/7 - Birthday Cake Ver.	Kadokawa	Preowned, Excellent condition. Displayed in dust free case, smoke free environment	$110
97. Fate/Stay Night - Tohsaka Rin - 1/7 - Type-Moon Racing ver.	Stronger	Preowned, Excellent condition. Displayed in dust free case, smoke free environment	$170
98. Fate/Extella - Altria Pendragon - Nero Claudius - 1/7	Alphamax		$180
99. Yon Megami Online Cyber Dimension Neptune - Purple Heart - 1/7	Ascii Media Works	Preowned, Excellent condition. Displayed in dust free case, smoke free environment	$150
100. Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai - Sakurajima Mai - 1/7 - Water Gun Date Ver.	Chara-Ani		$100
101. Girls' Frontline - UMP9 - 1/7	Funny Knights		$90
102. Beatless - Lacia - 1/8 - 2018 Black Monolith Deployed Ver.	Good Smile Company		$130
103. Sword Art Online - Asuna - 1/8 - Knights of the Blood ver.	Good Smile Company		$110
104. Atelier Ryza ~Tokoyami no Joou to Himitsu no Kakurega~ - Reisalin Stout - 1/7	Wonderful Works		$140
105. Shin Jigen Game Neptune V II - Next Black - 1/7	Vertex		$320
106. Kantai Collection ~Kan Colle~ - Murakumo - Wonderful Hobby Selection - 1/8 - Kai Ni	Max Factory		$120
107. THE iDOLM@STER Million Live! Theater Days - Mochizuki Anna - 1/8 - Happy Merry Christmas Ver.	Good Smile Company		$80
108. Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata ♭ - Kato Megumi - 1/7	Max Factory		$150
109. Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata - Sawamura Spencer Eriri - 1/7	Good Smile Company		$110
110. [NSFW] - Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata ♭ - Kasumigaoka Utaha - 1/7 - Okigaechuu	Alphamax		$150
111. Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet - Juliet Persia - 1/7	kotobukiya		$140
112. A.I.Channel - Kizuna Ai - 1/7 - Hello, World, Blond Hair ver.	Stronger		$130
113. Teacher Teacher - Maeda Shiori	Union Creative International Ltd		$100
114. Kidou Sentai Iron Saga - Teresa - 1/7 - Bride	Animester		$160
115. Atelier Sophie ~Fushigi na Hon no Renkinjutsushi~ - Sophie Neuenmuller - 1/7	Alter		$150
116. [NSFW] - Original - Toraware no Elf	Eighteen		$150
117. Darling in the FranXX - Zero Two - 1/7 - For My Darling	Good Smile Company		$190
118. Senjou no Valkyria 4: Eastern Front - Riley Miller - 1/7 - Swimsuit Ver.	Bell Fine		$90
119. Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai - Sakurajima Mai - 1/7 - Bunny Girl ver.	Aniplex		$120

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This post contains spoilers from CS1-Reverie, including Reverie’s post-game content.
Disclaimer: The analysis portion of the Background section contains discussion of mental illness. I am not an expert in mental health, or any health field for that matter. I’m just a guy applying his own perception, lived experiences, and surface-level knowledge to interpreting Rean’s arc. I probably don’t even need to be making this disclaimer, but I felt like it.
Last year, I made this post asking how the members of this sub felt about Cold Steel’s protagonist: the one and only Rean Schwarzer. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of engagement it got, as well as the diversity of opinion expressed in the comments. There were those who loved him, those who were neutral on him, and a few who just couldn’t stand him. At the time, I had just finished CS2, so there was a ton about Rean I wasn’t privy to. However, now that I’ve played Reverie and am fully caught up with the first half of the series, I have a much fuller picture of him. Since so many of you were kind enough to offer up your takes on Rean back then, I figured I’d express my own thoughts on him in the form of a proper analysis. Without further ado, let’s begin!

Background

Rean Schwarzer (born Rean Osborne) is the main protagonist of Trails of Cold Steel I, II, III, and IV, as well as one of the three main protagonists of Trails into Reverie. He was born in S.1187 to Erebonian commoners Brigadier General Giliath and Kasia Osborne. Rean’s father was a brilliant leader and strategist, but his commoner status made him an enemy of the military’s nobles. This led to Giliath’s home being attacked by jaegers when Rean was five, resulting in Kasia’s death and Rean’s heart being punctured by shrapnel. In a desperate bid to save his son’s life, Giliath made a deal with Ishmelga, the Ebon Knight, to become its Awakener and used its power to transplant his own heart into Rean’s body. Due to his deal with Ishmelga, Giliath was forced to give up custody of Rean, entrusting him to the care of Baron Teo Schwarzer. As a result, “Rean Osborne,” the son of a commoner military officer, became “Rean Schwarzer,” the adopted son of a minor noble family.
Although Rean’s new family was loving and supportive, his new life was not without struggle. The boy’s sudden, mysterious appearance in the Schwarzer household made the family - particularly Teo - the subject of gossip and controversy among other nobles. Some believed Rean was Teo’s illegitimate child, while others openly lambasted Teo for his willingness to potentially allow a commoner into the nobility’s ranks. Teo essentially became an outcast among his noble peers, his family’s name tarnished by rumor. Rean, for his part, came to believe he was at fault for this situation, and the subsequent guilt would plague him for many years.
Rean’s self-worth was further challenged by another, more personal problem that arose during his childhood. At age nine, Rean watched an unknown monster attack his younger sister, Elise, and the stress caused an innate “ogre power” within him to manifest. Rean fell into a blind rage, savagely killing the monster. When he returned to his senses, Rean was traumatized by the scene he had left behind, and by the discovery of this new, violent side of him he could not control.
Two years later, Rean became an apprentice of the legendary swordsman Yun Ka-fai, founder of the Eight Leaves One Blade school, hoping to learn how to control his ogre powers. Despite showing great promise as a swordsman, Rean was unable to develop control over his ogre power, and Yun was eventually forced to cut short Rean’s training for unrelated reasons. Although the beginner-rank Rean continued to train on his own, the damage to his psyche was too deep-seated for him to fix alone. He believed he was nothing but a burden and a monster, undeserving of love or happiness. This guilt and self-loathing spurred him to always put others’ needs and well-being above his own, believing himself less important than anyone else. This self-sacrificial behavior became a recurring problem for Rean over the course of his adolescence and early adulthood.
In S.1204, at age 17, Rean enrolled at the prestigious Thors Military Academy in eastern Erebonia. He, along with eight others, became part of Class VII, Thors’s first socially integrated graduating class. Although he still struggled with low self-worth, Rean thrived in this new environment, quickly befriending his classmates and discovering his natural-born ability as a leader. By this time, Rean’s real father, Giliath Osborne, had become Chancellor of Erebonia and was being targeted for death by the Imperial Liberation Front - an anti-Osborne terrorist group. The ILF was a recurring presence in Class VII’s lives during their first school year, and the two groups clashed frequently. At the end of the year, Rean’s life took a dramatic turn when he unexpectedly became the Awakener for the Divine Knight Valimar before watching the ILF - led by his friend Crow Armbrust - seemingly assassinate Osborne and spark a nationwide civil war. Thors came under siege by Crow shortly thereafter, and in the chaos, Rean was forcibly separated from his classmates.
One month later, Rean awoke in the Eisengard Mountain Range outside his adopted hometown, Ymir. Now armed with Valimar’s power, Rean rendezvoused with his family and set out to reunite Class VII. Although he succeeded, Rean was later captured by the Noble Alliance and was held captive alongside Erebonian princess Alfin Reise Arnor. With Alfin’s encouragement, Rean freed the two of them using his ogre powers and rejoined Class VII onboard the imperial family’s airship Courageous. Thanks to Alfin and his bond with his classmates, Rean learned to stop fearing his ogre powers and started opening up more to those closest to him. Using the Courageous, Class VII successfully led a mission to retake Thors before ultimately confronting the Noble Alliance’s leader, Duke Cayenne, and stopping his plan to use the Infernal Castle to win the war. At the same time, new drama entered Rean’s life: Shortly after stopping Duke Cayenne’s plan, Crow unexpectedly died and Osborne was revealed to still be alive - and Rean’s real father. Rean, for his part, was formally recognized by the imperial government for his role in ending the war and became a national hero. This was, however, merely a ploy to pressure Rean into obeying Osborne’s wishes, and it succeeded, as Rean subsequently became an operative in Erebonia’s conquest of Crossbell. It was during this time that he became acquainted with Crossbell Special Support Section leader Lloyd Bannings.After Crossbell’s annexation, Rean fought in the Northern War, which resulted in Erebonia annexing North Ambria. He partook in the siege of Haliask, where he fought archaisms using Valimar. During this stretch of the war, Rean lost control of his ogre powers and was rendered unconscious for three days. As a result, he once again lost faith in his ability to control himself, and swore off the use of his ogre power.
In April S.1206, roughly 1.5 years after the civil war’s end, Rean started a job as instructor of a “new Class VII” at Thors’s new branch campus in western Erebonia. At the branch campus, Rean bonded with his students and fellow faculty while also taking on assignments from the imperial government. It was also during this time that Osborne’s plan to trigger the Great Twilight started unfolding, causing Rean, his students, and his comrades to regularly butt heads with jaegers, Ouroboros, and powerful cryptids. Ultimately, however, Osborne outmaneuvered all attempts by Rean, Olivert, and others to stop him; the Courageous was destroyed by a bomb with Olivert still onboard, Rean’s forces were spread thin through various battles, and Rean himself was forced to watch as Millium Orion was killed and turned into a Sword of the End. Finally at his wit’s end, Rean suffered a mental breakdown and was consumed by his ogre powers, causing him to violently trigger the Great Twilight himself before being taken captive by Osborne and Ishmelga.
After a short period of captivity, Rean was freed by Class VII and their allies. He, along with the SSS and the Liberl Bracer Guild, declined to become part of Musse Egret’s Operation Mille Mirage, instead choosing to oppose Osborne their own way. Rean, as Valimar’s Awakener, decided to partake in the Rivalries to reform the Great One, in hopes of defeating Ishmelga’s curse. He gradually defeated and absorbed power from the other Awakeners until, finally, during Operation Jormungandr, he defeated Osborne and Ishmelga, becoming the pilot of a corrupted Great One. It is at this time when two different futures unfolded: In one, Rean flew the Great One beyond Zemuria’s atmosphere to remove Ishmelga from the continent. In the other, Rean used the power of the Holy Beast of Earth to give Ishmelga’s curse a corporeal form, allowing him and his friends to destroy it. It was this latter future that became Zemuria’s reality, while the former remained hypothetical and unrealized.
Many months after Ishmelga’s defeat, in S.1207, Rean became involved in the incident involving Crossbell and Elysium. While combating enemy forces in the Nord Highlands, Rean started undergoing assimilation with Ishmelga-Rean, an alternate version of himself created by Elysium based on the unrealized timeline from when Ishmelga was first beaten. Later, during the final confrontation with Ishmelga-Rean, the real Rean saw visions of his other self’s sacrifice and finally grasped the devastating effects his past martyr-like behavior had on those he loved. He vowed to make a change before eliminating Ishmelga-Rean, stopping the assimilation.
Sometime after the clash with Elysium, Rean visited Longlai in eastern Calvard with his family, secretly hoping to track down Yun while there. Instead, he encountered members of the Ikaruga jaeger corps, who informed him that Yun was not in Longlai before departing. Rean has since contented himself with his current life as a Thors instructor, sensing that the next incident to befall Zemuria will involve not him, but an entirely different group of heroes.
Analysis: From even a cursory glance at Rean’s story, it is clear he endured much distress and trauma at a young age, and in my view, the result was deep-seated mental illness - namely depression. I am not a psychologist, but I would wager that the violent manner in which his five year-old self lost his home, his mother, and, almost, his own life, was horrific enough for his mind to block all memory of that period as a defense mechanism. This would help explain how Rean did not remember his real parentage until his encounter with Osborne in CS2 jogged his memory. Further stressing Rean were the controversies surrounding his adoption, which were not at all his fault but still interpreted as such by him, and the sudden, gory manner in which he learned of his ogre power. With such a potent combination of stressors burdening his young mind, it is no surprise to me that it took Rean such a long time to overcome his feelings of guilt and worthlessness. He was saddled with depression during the most formative period of his life, and like any mental illness, depression cannot be overcome with just one or two instances of positive reinforcement. It is often something people have to live with for many years, with periods of relative difficulty and relative ease. Looking at it this way, it makes sense for Rean’s arc to have taken as long as it did.
Side note: Obviously, Rean’s story is not the most realistic depiction of depression in fiction, but the manner in which it unfolds and is presented is still enough for me to take it seriously as a journey of struggling with mental health. When Rean receives support or encouragement from his friends and family, it helps in the short-term, but does little to erode the larger problem because that simply isn’t enough. Further, Rean’s progress is not linear, but is marked with occasional setbacks: In CS2, he finally learns to stop fearing his ogre power, but in CS3, we see that he is still vulnerable to losing control of it, and he does so during the Northern War and in the finale of that game. He receives a pendant (“meds?”) and training (“therapy?”) to control said power in CS3, but he still struggles with it. In CS4’s “bad” ending, even after everything he has gone through, Rean falls back into his old habits of self-sacrifice, because that’s how “baked-in” his problems are; he doesn’t even see the issue because he’s lived that way for so long. It is CS3’s finale that is the most striking part of Rean’s journey to me: In my eyes, it is the same as Rean having a mental breakdown, too overcome by his own emotional turmoil to control himself. He becomes consumed by his own demons, literally and figuratively, and it takes the collective effort of his loved ones in CS4 to bring him back to stability.
It is also fitting that Rean’s big turning point - the moment in Reverie where he sees the pain his martyr-esque behavior causes others - is as dramatic as the instances that facilitated Rean’s internal struggle to begin with. What I particularly appreciate about this chunk of Rean’s arc is that it is presented as Rean finally realizing the change he needs to make, rather than him being instantly cured of his ailments. It is simply him resolving to change his outlook on himself and his relationships, and that feels more grounded to me than any alternative route the writers could have taken.

Personality

Rean is a kind, courageous, selfless individual who greatly cares about those around him. Despite his own low self-esteem, he is a gifted speaker and possesses the spirit of a natural-born leader. It is this charisma that quickly made him the de facto leader of Class VII, as he often served as an intermediary for the interpersonal clashes between his other classmates (see: Machias/Jusis and Fie/Laura). He often goes out of his way to help his peers solve problems or make their lives easier. This behavior is propelled by his own feelings of worthlessness, which causes his generosity to often escalate to self-sacrificial activity. On the occasions when Rean is unable to help someone, he often feels guilty, even if the problem at hand was not his fault or was out of his control (examples include his inability to stop Vulcan and Crow from dying in CS2).
Rean is also extraordinarily perceptive thanks to his Unclouded Eye technique, which he learned from Yun Ka-fai. This allows him to set aside any preconceived notions or prejudices he may have and accurately discern a person’s true nature. His training also allows him to notice things others may not, such as objects moving at high speed or unseen people/creatures in his vicinity. At the same time, there are things he struggles to pick up on, namely when it comes to others’ feelings regarding him. Rean often fumbles when it comes to romantic/intimate interactions with the girls in his life, either unintentionally flustering them or failing to understand how deep their feelings run. Rean also fails to understand how his martyr behavior hurts those he cares about, despite numerous incidents ending with people refusing to abandon him and calling him out for perceived recklessness.
Analysis: One thing I’ve always appreciated about Rean is that, despite his serious personal problems, he never comes off as whiny, annoying, cringe, etc. He knows how to compartmentalize and portray an air of confidence and amicability; I would attribute this to his noble upbringing, as we see similar behavior in other noble characters like Laura and Jusis. His natural ability as a speaker and leader are reminiscent of Osborne’s, as is his penchant for self-sacrificial behavior; Osborne was, after all, willing to bond with Ishmelga, literally give his heart to his son, and turn himself into a villain for the sake of his people.
There are considerable differences between Rean and the three protagonists who preceded him. He is almost the antithesis of Estelle: She is lively, spontaneous, and unafraid to open up to others emotionally, Rean is more reserved and measured, and is initially guarded, though he does learn to express himself over time. While he does share similar backstory details to Kevin, their outward personalities are starkly different, with Kevin being suave and laid-back and Rean being more serious and passive. As for Lloyd, while Rean does share his kindness, perception, and leadership ability, the two do have their differences as well. Lloyd’s arc is about starting from nothing and overcoming barriers, gaining strength along the way. He is driven by a commitment to justice and a zealous patriotic spirit. Rean, on the other hand, starts out with great power at a young age but struggles to control it, making his journey more internal and personal than Lloyd’s. Additionally, his fighting spirit comes not from burning passion, but from steely nerve and trust in his companions. And, of course, he is not morally gray like his successor, Van.

Relationships

Due to the sheer number of people Rean becomes involved with, I will only address his more notable relationships. Many will be in clusters, with only a select few individuals receiving their own entries.

• Old Class VII: Old Class VII is Rean’s core friend group through the entire Cold Steel arc. They are the ones who fight by his side during the arc’s major events, including the Erebonian civil war, the Great Twilight, and more. Although Emma Millstein was class president during their student years, Rean gradually becomes Old Class VII’s’ de facto leader in the field due to his good rapport with all its members and his role in helping them bond with each other. By the end of CS1, he is very much the proverbial glue that holds Old Class VII together, and Rean executes this role flawlessly in CS2 by bringing their scattered members back together again. Despite his love for his classmates, Rean largely hesitates to seek them out for emotional support due to his low self-worth, and it isn’t until he sees their heartbroken reactions to his “death” in Reverie when he realizes how much he means to them.
• New Class VII: Rean is New Class VII’s teacher at Thors’s branch campus starting in CS3. Over the course of the game and its sequels, he forms a unique bond with each of his five students: A father-like figure for Altina, a tough-love mentor for Ash, a source of confidence for Kurt, a role model for Juna and… uh… maybe I shouldn’t discuss Musse. Anyway, the wisdom Rean imparts on New Class VII helps them all mature into capable young adults, particularly Juna, who essentially fills Rean’s shoes in CS4 Chapter 1 and leads the charge to rescue him from Osborne.
• Schwarzer family: Rean’s adopted parents and sister. Rean cares deeply about the Schwarzers, to the point where seeing them being physically threatened causes his ogre powers to manifest uncontrollably in CS1-2. At the same time, despite having the Schwarzer’s unconditional love and support, Rean feels like a significant burden to them for much of his young life, particularly to Teo. This matter is eventually settled by the end of CS2. There is also the matter of Elise, his younger sister, who develops feelings for him as they age (writing that did not sit well with me at all, but the show must go on…). Rean, for his part, is exceptionally protective of Elise until she finally rebuffs this part of him in Reverie, arguing that she is strong enough to take care of herself.
• Crow Armbrust: If any one member of Class VII, new or old, deserves an individual mention, it is unquestionably Crow. Crow and Rean share a unique, dynamic relationship that evolves considerably over the four Cold Steel games. In the beginning, Crow is Rean’s rival and superior in many ways. He is older, more cunning, and a stronger Awakener than Rean (at least when piloting Ordine). But over time, Rean gains strength and confidence, which allows him to beat Crow in CS2, and then defeat him again in CS4, at which point he essentially becomes Crow's lord and retainer by sparing his life.
  • The two are very much foils for one another, with similarities and differences: Both are young men who are descended from political leaders (who were themselves bitter enemies). Both are Awakeners guided by witches - Crow by the mighty Vita and Rean by the fledgling Emma and Celine. At the same time they are almost total opposites as people, with Crow being cocky, deceptive, and rebellious, while Rean is modest, honest, and upstanding. Even their hair colors contrast! In that sense, Crow also serves as a benchmark for Rean's growth, as their relationship roles essentially switch in CS4, with Rean gaining dominance over Crow.
• Yun Ka-fai: Because there is still much mystery surrounding Yun Ka-fai, it is difficult to dissect him in the context of this write-up. However, we do know that Rean was Yun's last discipline - the last of four. Rean also receives correspondence from Yun at various points in the story, largely to give life updates and confer higher ranks onto Rean (Is this the Trails equivalent of Zoom classes? No, wait, they have actual tech for that…). From the content of his letters, Yun seems to think highly of Rean as both a person and a swordsman. Despite not being present for Rean's final few years of training, Yun understands Rean's journey intimately, to the point where he feels comfortable making Rean a Divine Blade through a proxy in CS4. This begs questions: How does Yun know so much? Does he possess some form of the Unclouded Eye that lets him detect such things in his students? Is he basically Yoda? Or is someone watching Rean on Yun's behalf? Furthermore, in his letter to Rean in CS3, he says he will impart his final teachings onto Rean “when” they meet again. This might be reading too much into it, but Yun seems quite confident he will see Rean again. My guess is that Yun has something planned, if not for Rean, then for all of his disciples. And I suspect that that plan was part of why Yun chose to promote Rean to Divine Blade when he did. The timing, right before the final battle at the Duatha de Danann, is too convenient for me to ignore. Either Yun wanted to help Rean reach peak form in time, or he had some other motive. Or both.
• Giliath Osborne: Osborne is Rean's biological father. Despite coming off as callous at first, it becomes clear in CS4 and Reverie that Osborne truly loved his son and was willing to sacrifice everything for him, including his heart (literally) and his humanity. Rean inherited a number of traits from Osborne, including his charisma, leadership ability, flawed selflessness, and strength of spirit. The two share an innate need to put others’ happiness over their own, albeit for different reasons, and both suffered in silence for years because of it. This is part of why, despite having the same goal, Rean and Osborne both fought each other with all they had during the final Rivalry: Neither wanted to see the other inherit the curse's full power, Osborne because he didn't want to see Rean suffer any longer and Rean because he essentially accepted that he was the curse's Sacrifice. After CS4, Rean learns more about Osborne's inner thoughts and motives, developing a deep admiration for his father and a desire to make his sacrifice worthwhile.
• Lloyd Bannings: Lloyd and Rean are quite comparable. They are the main protagonists of their respective arcs, both are leaders in their own right, both embody aspects of the “dense male protagonist” trope, and both are overall kind, perceptive (outside of romance), overall heroic young men. But like Crow, Lloyd is a foil for Rean, and this is apparent from their very first meeting, in CS2's Divertissement. Lloyd and Rean's circumstances were polar opposites: Lloyd was a vigilante, relegated to the shadows, with only a skeleton crew for support, while Rean was an Erebonian national hero with a Divine Knight and the full power of his country behind him. At the same time, Rean had no agency during this time, as he had been manipulated by Osborne into accepting such status and becoming part of a reprehensible operation. Lloyd, on the other hand, was a free agent, uncompromising in his ideals and fighting tirelessly for true justice. In short, Lloyd was powerless but free, while Rean was powerful but trapped. In that moment, it is obvious that Rean respected Lloyd's convictions and may have even envied him. Fortunately for the two, they find themselves on the same side in CS4 and a proper friendship between the two forms.
• Patrick Hyarms: Patrick and Rean’s relationship had an uneasy start. Although Patrick initially tried to ingratiate himself with Rean, he was rebuffed due to his elitist attitude towards commoners and other non-nobles. Patrick was quick to change his disposition towards Rean, treating him with disgust due to his unknown origins and lack of noble blood. After being humiliated by Rean and the other non-noble men of Class VII, Patrick starts to reassess his mindset and eventually becomes more accepting of non-nobles. This, in turn, leads to Rean and Patrick becoming friends, and in CS3, the two are shown to be trusted partners in certain areas. The friendship is somewhat complicated by Patrick’s romantic interest in Elise, of whom Rean is especially protective.

Future

As a main series protagonist, Rean is basically guaranteed to return in a future game. Whether or not he will be playable or have a significant role in said game is difficult to ascertain, but given his lengthy period of stardom in the Cold Steel games and Trails’s treatment of other past protagonists, my guess is that he will take more of a side role. Since Rean was looking for Yun Ka-fai after Reverie, and Yun is set to appear in Kai no Kiseki, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Rean in that game at all - at least in flashback form. Failing that, Rean will surely appear in or close to the series finale. Of this I am certain.

Misc. Notes/Commentary

• Funnily enough, Rean’s final struggle with his powers in CS3-4 reminds me somewhat of the finale of Steven Universe Future, which similarly ends with the protagonist losing control of his powers and turning into a raging monster. It is only through the love and reassurance of Steven’s friends and family that he is able to return to normal, and like Rean, he is not necessarily “cured” of anything; he simply has a newfound resolve to get better.
• For those curious: I did not include discussion of Rean’s “harem” in this analysis because I do not see it as a core part of his character. The dating sim aspect of the Cold Steel games is just a silly fanservice gimmick and has no bearing on Rean’s growth or development. While it might have indirectly limited the interpersonal relationships the female characters of CS could form with other males, it did not have a similar effect on Rean.
  • Ftr, I romanced Alisa in CS2 and Sara in CS4.
• Rean’s two big “power of friendship” moments in the series - unlocking Spirit Unification in CS2’s Intermission and snapping out of his ogre rage in CS4’s Fragments chapter - both involve him being faced with a golden crystal which symbolizes his many loving relationships. This is a minor detail, but I do appreciate the parallels at work here.

Having just wrapped up my umpteenth rewatch of Buffy but still seriously jonesing for more of that monster-slaying, high school drama fix, I started searching for something with similar vibes to scratch that itch. I went through the usual suspects like Angel/Chuck/Agents of Shield, but recently I've found something thats both radically different but also in the same boat . . . Fantasy High!!
Now, hear me out. Fantasy High isn't a Buffy clone (its literally a tabletop RPG improv session rather than a live action show), but it totally scratches that same itch. Here’s why:
Both shows are set in high schools, but not your typical ones. Buffy had Sunnydale High on a Hellmouth, attracting all sorts of supernatural chaos. In Fantasy High, we’ve got Aguefort Adventuring Academy, where magic and wild adventures are the norm.
Both shows nail the whole coming-of-age vibe. Buffy uses monsters to represent all those teenage struggles like figuring out who you are and dealing with relationships. Fantasy High does the same thing with its fantasy elements. While the characters are fighting fantastical creatures, they’re also dealing with real-life stuff like friendships, insecurities, and the occasional existential crisis.
And can we talk about the characters? Buffy had the Scooby Gang, each member bringing their own unique skills and personalities. Fantasy High has its own quirky crew, the intrepid heroes, and they’re just as diverse and lovable. We've got Fig Faeth, a half elf with a rebellious streak a mild wide whose going through a punk rock phase ; Fabian Seacaster, the swashbuckling son of a famous pirate whose cocky persona hides overwhelming insecurity; Kristen Applebees, a cleric whose having a crisis of faith; Riz Gukgak, an amateur sleuth Sherlock Holmes impersonator who can't crack the case of how to make friends; and Gorgug Thistlespring the half orc adopted by gnomes pm a quest to find who his birth parents. Thats not even mentioning the incredibly diverse and vibrant side characters brought to life by the fantastic Game Master.
Genre-wise, both shows are a perfect mix. Buffy is known for blending horror, action, comedy, and drama, with some killer one-liners. Fantasy High does this too, mixing the structure of a D&D game with sharp humor and some genuinely touching moments. It’s got that same witty, clever vibe in large part because the cast is filled with professional improv comics.
Both shows also love to flip the script on traditional tropes. Buffy is famous for turning horror clichés on their head. Fantasy High does this with fantasy and high school stereotypes, keeping things fresh and surprising. Its John Hughes 80's movies meets high fantasy which is similar to Buffy's 90's teen high drama meets the supernatural.
Balancing is key: slaying by day, cramming for finals by night? Fantasy High captures that whole struggle perfectly.
So yeah, Fantasy High might not be Buffy, but it totally captures that essence of slaying monsters, saving the world, and maybe even finding some high school romance... all while freaking out about exams!!
Anyone else binge Buffy and then immediately need a new adventure? Then check out Fantasy High!!

LOOOONG first time trip report! 5/13-5/18, stayed at Beach Club, visited all four parks, bought Genie+ every day, had the standard DDP. Family of 4, two girls 5 and 9. I learned so much from this group over the past year and especially loved trip reports, so hopefully this post will be helpful to someone!
💲BUDGET💲
-- I booked the trip a year out so I could break it up into 12 manageable payments. I opened the no fee Disney VISA, which gives you several months of no interest on charges made towards Disney travel packages, rewards dollars to use at Disney, and a couple other perks like character meet and greets and discounts.
-- I signed up for Disney Movie Insiders. This is what you're supposed to do with all those little codes that come in Disney DVDs/Blurays. You enter the codes in exchange for points, and at 1000 points, you can redeem for a $10 Disney gift card. You also get points for being subscribed to Disney+, seeing Disney movies in the theater, their social media accounts, and a whole bunch of other things. I got $50 in gift cards from this alone.
-- If you want Disney-themed luggage, try thinking outside the box to save money! I got plain luggage in Mickey colors--red and black--and Mickey luggage tags to make them Disney themed.
-- I tried to budget for souvenirs via gift cards... but I failed, lol. Everything is so expensive, $100 is gone in a second. Plushes are like $40, coffee cups are $20, etc. Whatever you're planning to spend, double it! I get what people say about most shops having the same stuff, but it's definitely not all of them, most of the ones post-ride have unique stuff. And honestly it's kind of nice most of them have the same stuff, if you want to get whatever your kid was asking for earlier, you don't have to walk all the way back to the one shop you saw it at.
-- We paid for Memory Maker and I'm on the fence about it. On the one hand, it's really nice to get all the ride photos and meet and greet photos and magic shots. It's also really nice for the whole family to be in a lot of pictures and not have to swap with the other adult or find someone willing to take your picture. On the other, we definitely didn't utilize it as much as I wanted to because a lot of the photographers had pretty long lines and I just didn't want to spend time waiting for a picture I could take myself. If we came across someone with a shortish or no line, we made sure to get it, but for anyone with a long line, we just stood around the same spot and took our own.
🗓️PLANNING🗓️
-- If you have kids and live within easy driving distance of another amusement park, highly recommend making a visit BEFORE going to Disney to get an idea of how they handle that kind of day/environment, especially if they have never been. I quickly discovered we would absolutely need a stroller and I would need to be militant with the kids about staying hydrated. Also to avoid face paint, as heat + tears + paint + eyes = bad day! I felt so much better making these discoveries beforehand and being able to prepare accordingly, rather than making them at Disney.
-- USE AN AGENT! An agent is free to you, so why not have the help? Ours was amazing, she gave us quotes, booked the package, rebooked as needed later when a better deal came out, made all the payments, dining and extra reservations, and was just all-around awesome to work with. It was such a load off to know I wasn't on my own with all this stuff.
-- Watch everything Ear Scouts. No one explains Genie+ better, and Rob and Erick's videos are just so positive and beautiful and well done.
-- I also enjoyed reading Disney Tourist Blog--lovingly snarky but super informative!--and Disney Food Blog for fun tips and news.
-- I didn't find any park to be a half day park, we filled our whole day in every one and still didn't see everything!
-- My kids did really well, whenever they were on the verge of cranky, we had one ride in the stroller for a while, bought a snack (usually ice cream or popcorn), and used the bubble wand, and/or gave them some ibuprofen, and everyone felt better pretty quick. We never tried to do fireworks, we were all done by 8 so always left after dinner. The only park we closed down was EPCOT because we didn't get out of dinner until after close, and that was a really cool experience, the park was so quiet and empty and beautiful!
-- You don't NEED a Magic Band... but man, was it convenient. We just had 1.0 Magic Bands though, we didn't bother with the 2.0s.
-- I guess moving through security fast is important to people rope dropping... but as someone who didn't, it added like maybe 30 seconds to a minute to the experience the couple times my bag got flagged, it's really not a big deal.
-- I'm not saying anyone's lying about bad experiences or exaggerating or anything, but try to remember that far more people go on the Internet to complain than they do to praise. I got so stressed about all the things that could go wrong, and we had a pretty much perfect trip. The only attraction that broke down on us was Muppetvision, of all things. The only "bad behavior" we witnessed was the morning we were leaving, we could hear a dad across the hall yelling at his family, I think they overslept and were going to miss their flight or something? We just turned the TV on so we didn't have to hear him. A couple times we forgot to take our stuff with us when we parked our stroller or forgot some food in it, and neither people nor animals bothered it. The only dicey thing that happened to us was me dropping my phone into the Dumbo moat, the cast members fished it out and it still worked, I sent them a cast compliment for all their help! All the cast members were great, I'm not really sure what people expect but IMO they all do amazing for having to be peppy and helpful all day in absolutely blazing heat, walking a ride conveyer belt nonstop, repeating the same spiels over and over, meeting person after person, etc. I wouldn't last a 2 hour shift let alone 8. Cast members, you rock!!!
✈️TRAVEL✈️
-- We flew Delta, flight there was flawless, flight home was delayed by an hour waiting for crew and was a little bumpy (which is not great for a nervous flyer like me) but otherwise fine.
-- Get TSA PreCheck! Good for a few years, if the adults have it the kids have it too. It made the whole experience so much easier. That said, even PreCheck still moves kind of slow at MCO, so definitely get there at least 2 hours early for your flight. Use curbside check-in for bags, way faster than the long line inside!
-- On our agent's recommendation, we used Away We Go for ground transport in Orlando. They communicate really well, both ways were flawless, no complaints!
-- We used Minnie Vans to get to Animal Kingdom + Sanaa and Magic Kingdom, what a wonderful service! Definitely pricey, but they had cartoons on in the car, booster seats they set up for you, and the drivers were so nice and friendly and had fun trivia to share. I never had any problem requesting one when I needed it.
⛱️BEACH CLUB⛱️
-- We knew we wanted an onsite hotel where you could walk to at least one park. This pretty much limits you to a handful of Deluxe hotels or the Swan and Dolphin. Beach Club won for us because it's "in the Disney bubble" and you can walk to 2/4 parks. Note that while you can technically walk to Hollywood Studios, it is a LOOOONG walk. The boat is a nice not crowded alternative! We did not make use of Early Entry or Extended Hours, we're just not built for either. Beach Club was lovely, we booked a resort view but I think we ended up with a water view, we were right by the quiet pool and could see the water beyond from our room. Stormalong Bay was a little crazy for us but we loved the quiet pool. Best thing about Beach Club though is the location, EPCOT is literally steps away!
🌳ANIMAL KINGDOM🌳
-- We had read that there's really no bad day to do AK, so we started there. We rode: Navi River Journey, Flight of Passage, Kali River Rapids, Everest, Kilimanjaro Safaris, Triceratops Spin, and Dinosaur--so pretty much everything! With Genie+ we walked onto all of them. We also met Moana, Pocahontas, and Russell! The only thing we didn't do here that we wanted to was the Gorilla Falls trail, but we just ran out of time before the park closed.
🌐EPCOT🌐
-- We had read to avoid EPCOT on Fridays and Saturdays, so we went on Wednesday. We rode: Grand Fiesta Tour, Living with the Land, Nemo, Spaceship Earth, Imagination with Figment, Frozen, Remy, Journey of Water, and Guardians--everything we wanted! Again, with Genie+, we walked right onto everything! We also met Anna and Elsa! Tried a couple of Flower and Garden snacks: chicken and waffles, fruit and cheese strudel, and potato pancakes, all were delicious! Everyone had a different favorite day, but EPCOT was personally my favorite day, it felt like we were firing on all cylinders and the day just went really smoothly!
🏰MAGIC KINGDOM🏰
-- We had read that Wednesdays were the quietest days at MK, so we were originally going to try to do it that day, but we could only get a reservation for Cinderella's Royal Table on Thursday, so we switched it up. Definitely the most crowded of all the parks we visited, but I think that's just the norm for MK, everyone wants to go to the castle park with the most rides. We rode: Regal Carousel, Tomorrowland Speedway, Barnstormer, Magic Carpets, Mad Tea Party, People Mover, Dumbo, Small World, Little Mermaid, Pirates, Space Ranger Spin, Jungle Cruise, TRON, and Peter Pan. Again, with Genie+, we walked right onto everything! The only ride we missed at this park that we wanted to do was Pooh, I couldn't manage to get a return time that was earlier than we planned on leaving. Outside of our character meals (more on those in the dining section!) we also met Mirabel, Tiana, and Rapunzel! We had both the Rapunzel and Aurora ice creams, both so good and cute!
🎬HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS🎬
-- We had read that, like MK, it's better to do HS later in the week, so we went Friday. We rode: Slinky, Alien Saucers, Toy Story Mania, Rise, Smuggler's Run, Runaway Railway. Again, with Genie+, we walked right onto everything! The only ride we missed was Tower of Terror, again I couldn't manage to get a return time that was earlier than we planned on leaving. We also met Olaf, be aware Olaf doesn't sign stuff, they just give you a signature card. This park needs more shade IMO, especially Toy Story Land, I know it's supposed to be Andy's backyard, but I don't see why that means we can't have some shade from trees or something. 🤪 Blue milk from Galaxy's Edge was really good, the family was all fighting over it!
🍽️DINING🍽️
-- We almost certainly lost some money on the DDP, but I'm still glad we got it because it allowed us to do more table service meals and have less stress overall about expenses. We easily used up everything but child quick service credits, we had a few of those left over near the end.
Here's where we ate!
BOARDWALK DELI/PIZZA WINDOW: Pizza for the kids, sandwiches for the adults. Tasty and satisfying after our day of travel!
BEACHES AND CREAM: Got the kitchen sink for the experience, but honestly it's not great, all the ice cream and toppings melt together quick and you just end up with weird ice cream soup.
SAT'ULI CANTEEN: LOVED this place, everything was so yummy! Best quick service we had!
SANAA: Since Animal Kingdom closes so early, we thought we'd try to extend the experience by eating at Sanaa. What a great idea, we got seated right by a window and saw so many animals! The food was great too.
AKERSHUS: Our favorite princess meal! We met Aurora, Tiana, Snow White, Ariel, and Belle. They were all lovely, and the breakfast was really good too. Only 1 credit on the DDP!
GARDEN GRILL: Our kids really enjoyed getting to look down over Living with the Land and the fact that the restaurant spins. We met Farmer Mickey, Pluto, and Chip and Dale. They were fun and even came to our table more than once. Food was good!
SPACE 220: Not on the DDP, but wow, what a cool restaurant! Almost like a ride with the theming and the elevator up. Food was really good.
CINDERELLA'S ROYAL TABLE: You gotta eat in the castle! We paid for it OOP because we didn't want to use up 2 DDP credits here. You're really going for the location and the princesses, the food is kinda meh, not bad but not as good as other places. The restaurant is small and they have to turn tables quick, so it's very understandable to me that the princesses have to move fast. It's not that they rush you, they'll take all the pictures you ask for and sign whatever and answer your questions, but if you don't have much you need, they try to keep moving. Akershus is much bigger so they are able to be more relaxed there. The only small bummer is that we didn't see Merida (maybe she was on vacation too!) We did meet Cinderella, Ariel, Jasmine, and Aurora though!
CRYSTAL PALACE: We are not big on buffets but we enjoyed meeting Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore and Tigger!
TOPOLINO'S: Maybe the best food of the trip, steak and eggs were so good! The character artist costumes are so cute too. It was fun to have an excuse to ride the Skyliner to get here from Beach Club too.
DOCKING BAY 7: The theming is great, but the food wasn't as good as Satuli Canteen IMO.
THE MARKET AT ALE & COMPASS: We had quick service credits we wanted to use up on the last day and we didn't want to leave the resort again, otherwise I would have gone somewhere else, food was meh.
✨EXTRAS✨
-- I originally wanted to book Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique for my kids, but it's so expensive/competitive that I decided to didn't want the stress. Instead I booked Have Wand, Will Travel to come to our room and bought dresses from Presley Couture and Only Little Once. I chose Have Wand, Will Travel because they keep character throughout. Fairy Godmother Elyse was amazing and so much fun, my kids loved it and kept talking about it all day!
-- That same morning I ordered a Sammicakes breakfast box with beignets for us to eat. I also ordered a pretend letter from Tiana on Etsy to make it seem like the breakfast came from Tiana. My kids also loved this and had fun telling Tiana about it both times we met her. Sammicakes was good but a LOT of food, sadly we didn't end up eating half of it. It can last you at least 3 days!
-- Matching shirts and ear hats, all from Etsy! So many cool designs there, hardest part is choosing!
-- Got my kids a pin trading lanyard with some pins, they loooooved pin trading! It was like free souvenirs.
🧳PACKING🧳
-- Things the Internet Told Me to Pack That I Needed: Scissors, ziploc bags, ibuprofen (kids and adults), garbage bags.
-- Things the Internet Told Me to Pack that I Didn't Need: stainless steel straws (the paper straws are more like cardboard, they really don't break down unless your kid is gnawing on them or something), ponchos (it did rain some most days, but wearing a poncho was almost more miserable than not wearing one, it's so hot and humid to be walking around in a plastic bag! We did better taking shelter and using umbrellas.), wipes (obv you need them if your kid is younger, but mine were older and just never got messy enough to need them.), glow sticks (we never stayed anywhere long enough to use them.) Basically, the less you can get away carrying in the parks, the better. It's annoying to lug stuff around you don't end up needing or using!
🛞STROLLER🛞
-- I know it seems insane that your 5 year old and 9 year old will need a stroller, but mine definitely did. Once I accepted that I was going to have to get one, I tried to make the best of it, and actually got really into decorating it so we could always easily spot it in the sea (the decorations also later made nice wall decor for a gallery of our trip!) The Magic Spotter flag was the best investment, hardly anyone had them so it was easy to instantly spot our stroller anywhere we left it, even if it got moved. That said, I definitely didn't want to spend a lot on a stroller we were really only buying for this one trip, so I got a used Joovy Caboose on Facebook Marketplace for $50. It was very hard to handle with two older kids in it, and even with one it was hard to handle unless the kid was in the back seat. So we basically used it like a single stroller, glad I didn't spend a lot on it since it was so hard to drive!
☔WEATHER☔
-- We had mostly great weather, it rained some every day except Magic Kingdom day but it passed within an hour each time. We wore socks with Crocs so that if/when it rained, we could just take our wet socks off and walk in our Crocs, this worked great! Don't trust the weather reports though, two days it wasn't supposed to rain. One day it actually didn't, the other day it did and we had to walk in wet shoes because we didn't wear the Crocs that day. Just figure it might rain any day and be prepared! See above note RE: ponchos being not great and shelter + umbrellas being better. When it didn't rain, It. Was. Hot. 🥵 In the 90s but definitely felt hotter with the humidity making it so sticky. We felt there was plenty of shade at Animal Kingdom and EPCOT, but hardly any at Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios, which I would say slightly affected how much fun we had on those days comparatively.
Phew! That's about it, let me know if you have any questions!

On this sub every woman is crying and bashing Indian "PaTRiarChhY"...... every guy is looking for validation....
When kdramas show a poor good looking guy with chiseled jawline flirting with an equally attractive Korean model like lead heroine you Indian women go crazy for that singapuri half plate chowmin. In k-dramas guy lives in a one room appartment on rent and doesn't own any vehicle. Takes a bus or walks to office. But you shitty Indian women get wet for him. But in real life struggling men don't look like that. In real life you modern abla naris won't even glance at a random man who is probably going through a lot. In real life India poor men returning from office on their bike get killed by drunk women driving BMW's bought by their father's or husband's money. Those poor men are usually the sole earning members of their family looking after their aged parents.
Why don't you Indian women give free hugs to us poor men ?
When I occasionally rant about my financial situation, people including women troll me by asking me to work harder and stop whining/cribbing. But when women cry as usual whole sub starts pampering them, abusing the country, patriarchy, system, men and social customs etc etc....no body asks women to work harder instead of crying. Even when it comes to men, the gen z woke feminine type of men get love and encouragement from this sub when they cry about their sorry ass pathetic life situation. But when I point out that my situation isn't bad due to my lack of efforts/skill but due to intentional willful malicious interference of surroundings and surrounding people who just like to trip me over by extending their legs in my way....whole sub experiences a meltdown. Pathetic. The fact that women expect men to keep quiet and keep working hard , be the provider without complaining where as when women complain, society should drop whatever they are doing just to console them, proves that women are not just obviously physically inferior but emotionally and mentally weaker as well.
Earlier at least women used to check me out during my college days. Even up until just before the covid lockdown I used to get good stares from women. But during lockdown women became more entitled and narcissistic due to rise of cheap illegal OTT porn through jio. Every woman knows that she doesn't even have to put any efforts as a content creator. She can upload pics of herself posing like a dead fish and she will still get thousands of followers. And with followers they get money by endorsing Chinese apps and betting apps. Obviously I don't get female attention now because every woman these days already has a boyfriend or has over fifty thousand followers on Instagram. Not because of of her quality of content. But simply because internet is cheap and every one has these cheap Chinese phones that they keep scrolling Instagram on. How the fuck is it that a guy who used to get 7.5-9 out of 10 on rateme sub suddenly started getting 3 out of 10 on rateme sub? I noticed this dip not just after covid lockdown but well before covid itself. Suddenly there was an influx of women on that sub. Earlier both men and women used to post on rateme or true rate me. Yeah I know the beauty standards on those subs are white and European dominated. And they are racist too towards Indians. But I noticed that there is obviously a conspiracy against men at a global level. Indian women are being portrayed as damsels in distress and intelligent goddesses where as all Indian men are called incels, ugly and potential rapists. American, African, Australians ( literally descendants of criminals) are somehow good. Only Indians bad. Lol.

This happened 10-ish years ago and pops back in my mind once in a while. I just find now the courage to share it.
One of my (M) best friends (F) has been invested as “best man” role for a civil partnership (M+M) of one of her friends, since she was the reason behind the weird way the couple met the first time. They’ve been a couple for years, so as soon as the civil partnership law passed in our country, they started preparing their ceremony. My friend invited me as her +1 since she believed I could have found my match during the event, obviously thinking that could have been full of gay men (spoiler: it was).
A couple months passes while I just have some ONS with different Mr. Wrong, the usual.
(insert here an I know where this is going)
When the day to take the flight to reach the city of the ceremony, a national strike happened, and our previously “confirmed as unaffected by it” flight (we called the company the day before) has been cancelled last minute while in airport. So we managed to get back our bags after hours of waiting, and reserved another flight for the day after (arriving one day before event instead of two). I was attending the baggage belt waiting, my friend was at the desk queing and taking care for the ticket exchange.
While waiting, I opened my Grindr and… well… how can I say it… I just find someone to spend some “quality moment” with. No further detail is needed.
(insert here another I know where this is going)
Bags on a trolley and tickets in hand, we decided to take a room in an hotel near the airport for the night since the new flight would have took off at 7AM and it was already 5PM (timesaving and moneysaving move).
The next day we travelled as expected. We arrive and first things we do after arriving to hotel: I went to get our wedding outfits ironed urgently and friend went to meet the happy couple (she wanted to have some time with them alone before the wedding).
Wedding day! Both ready to leave, we rushed to the location because she didn’t knew she had to be there at least one hour before until one hour before (but we were 5 mins walking distance).
She leaves me alone for her duties and, not knowing anyone else, I open my Grindr. I was feeling hot in that custom fit suit that I would like to profit of it someway. Met (just met this time, I swear) another guest through it so I wasn’t awkwardly alone anymore, and this guy introduced me to his friends.
The happy couple enters. Both under the arm of their female “best man” likely a bride comes with her father.
Could I be more embarassed.
I had met one of them during the days before the wedding (he travels for work).
I had met the other in the airport (that, I discovered it later, was going back home from his bachelor party).
(insert here an how are you not embarassed)
I was trying to avoid their eyes any possible ways while they were talking around with guests and greeting them (we were quite a crowd), waiting for the officiant, and at a certain point I sneeked out, discreetly.
I immediately texted my friend that I needed to talk her ASAP after the ceremony, but she was immediately available (the officiant arrival was planned later to give the couple the time to enter and greets everybody one by one) and reached me. I told her what I did… well, what THEY did. I had to, so to avoid her any issue, not for any possible guilt from my side, because I did nothing wrong.
Before you ask: No, none of them told that was engaged (didn’t spoke a lot honestly) and no, I didn’t know I “knew” them because I was honestly not-interested in an unknown people wedding. And also no, I don’t ask guys “are you engaged/married/a priest” before doing stuff. If they want to cheat, is their problem.
Back to my friend. At first, laughing an “are you serious?” like she knew some juicy gossip and she had an exclusive. Then a nervous “are you sure?” because it was something that she had to be buried with her. All followed by a desperate “what do we do now?” like she was trying to escape the embarassement.
In the short time we had, I made clear that the decision if I had to leave was only up to her, if she felt anyway I could have caused more troubles. And so she asked. While heading back to the hotel, I received a text from her that was saying (more or less): Screw them, please come back. Sorry if I let you down, not your fault, next time they’ll act better”. Never felt so proud of being someone’s friend.
None of both, so, met me before the ceremony. But as it ended, the airport-guy saw me and went totally pale (there’s a photo of him in that exact moment and it wasn’t just my imagination, he became whiter than white, he created VantaWhite).
We slowly moved to reception (another location but also close enough to walk there), while couple went away with photographer, and my friend wanted some juicy detail (that I didn’t shared - except the “unusual” location of the airport encounter). She didn’t saw the now-married guy in the airport at all and was also surprised she didn’t knew why he came (we discovered the bachelor party part in a later moment). And yes, she noticed the scared face too. One of the guests picked up some words from our coded conversation and we went out saying it was about another guest, not the happy couple.
As they finally arrives at reception, the one that noticed me sees me immediatly and turned his sight away, but then the other one sees me, but wasn’t that scared and had is eyes making and losing contact with mine every couple seconds, like trying to understand if he knows me (or if it’s me or not).
Some time passes and I can’t tell you the embarassement I could feel in their eyes and voice while talking to me and my friend (they were making a kind of a tour, talking to everybody).
Everything went smooth then and we started eating and drinking and dancing… until…
One of the couple (the one I met before at his hotel) come close and bumped me while dancing. I said sorry, he hugged me and said into my ears something I couldn’t ear, so I asked him to repeat it, twice (loud music), and it was a “don’t you ever dare to tell anything to anyone”. While I was reassuring him joking with an “about what”, the airport-one saw us talking and rushed there. He asked to his husband what could I have said and that’s when all started to fall down.
Basically, airport-guy suspected that I told about the airport-thing to hotel-guy, so the questioning made hotel-guy suspicious, but so suspicious that hotel-guy came back holding airport-guy hand, asking if I knew him from before. “Why should I?” was the first vague reply that popped out of my mouth, and I should have stopped, because (maybe for the alcohol, maybe for the drama effect) I added an “You shouldn’t have secrets anymore now, if you still have some, go tell each other”. That was the confirmation that hotel-guy was expecting, even if then to me wasn’t looking bad at all to say. They went then arguing in a corner before and somewhere else after. Then their best-women were called in and joined them… and while we all were still dancing and having fun, my friend came to pick me to go and give confirmations. She was fuming, not with me but with them.
Basically, hotel-guy was accusing airport-guy of cheating again, not confessing that he did the same and menacing legal action to have a refund for the money spent from actual husband and me.
And boom! Since the hotel-guy intended my fake not-knowing about what he was talking about like a real one and that wasn’t me the one who met, and he was faking innocence, I pulled out my Grindr with still his photos and messages and phone number.
Screenshotted and sent the chat I had with hotel-guy to airport-guy and viceversa. That was the end of the civil partnership and of the party. Not even arrived to the cake.
No legal action were taken by their part, and they legally started separate lives the day after. Came out that if airport-guy was a serial cheater, hotel-guy was helding other undisclosed secrets to his partner, but, so he says, he cheated just once, with me (how unlucky can one be?).
I wrote “no legal action were taken by their part” because some guests requested their gifts returned, as the union was untied and, after a bit, some lawyers letters arrived. So they had to refund some gifts too.
Me and my friend didn’t dared to ask for our.
But, hey… I met airport-guy again. And again. And again… For few years, anytime he was coming in the area he always texted.
But, shamefully, he never spilled the tea about his ex-husband other secrets.