Recently, I gave some advice about playing the Lannisters, and someone asked for further advice because they struggle to play Lannisters. It’s hard to do something like that in a concise package, but luckily, I like to write. I do it recreationally, and will write about subjects I'm interested in, delete the works afterward because the writing helps me put my thoughts on paper. I happen to have some such essays analyzing the Lannister army!
Mileage varies, and how you feel about some units or strategies in this game is going to depend a lot on how you feel towards reckless gambling. This is most true of the Lannisters, who revolve so much around unreliable mechanics that I earnestly think at this point that it’s part of their doctrine. It seems to me, that the idea behind the Lannisters, is that they’re broken. They’re full of abilities that don’t work, or that only work when you get lucky, or that only work if your opponent does something stupid. It’s up to you, as the person building the list, to figure out how to take those mechanics and make them function in spite of themselves. The way I see it, you can play the Lannisters as Cersei, by throwing dice at ridiculous odds that only rarely turn up in your favor, or you can play as Tywin, by making safe, calculated choices that will achieve the specific results you want.

• The Cards

Potential Fixes: Always run Tyrion, Giant of Lannister
The first problem we run into with all Lannisters is that their main card deck is bad. People will jump in and tell you that some other deck is worse. I’m not saying the Lannisters are necessarily the worst deck, but I am telling you that you could play five unique Lannister cards in a single round, and not see any results. They can all fail via random dice rolls. In my opinion, in a tactics game where a single turn makes a huge difference, in a card game where a single card changes the flow of the game, that is pretty bad. That’s not a situation you want to find yourself in if you like winning games, or even if you just like having fun.
So five cards. That’s half of your deck. That means that at the start of the game, the odds are pretty good you’re going to draw one or two cards that might not provide any benefit at all. The only thing you can do about this is get rid of them. Don’t wait for the perfect timing to play Hear Me Roar. If you keep it in your hand until you opponent is down by two ranks and you can sink in a unit with Vicious so as to maximize your odds, that card might be blocking up your hand for three to six rounds, and then your opponent might still roll boxcars. Play it, discard it, just get rid of it. You do not want those cards wasting space in your hand.
Four cards always need to go right away: A Lannister Pays His Debts, Hear Me Roar, Bribery, and Subjugation of Power. These cards all have the chance of either doing nothing, or are so weak they may as well be nothing. If they stay in your hand, they’re inflicting an opportunity cost – that is, there’s another card waiting behind Hear Me Roar to be drawn. If you keep these cards in your hand, you are preventing yourself from getting the better card, so always get rid of these cards, either by playing them, or by discarding at the end of the round. You may find some nice spots to play them – and that’s great! Bribery, in particular, can be noted as a lifesaver if Wealth has already been covered and you need to slow down a hard-hitter. However, that’s part of the trap: these cards can be good in the right circumstances, but it’s difficult to create the circumstances in which they are useful, so if those circumstances don’t exist now, you should get rid of the cards and look for better ones.
You may notice I said there were five cards that can do nothing. The fifth one is Counterplot, and its design is… elective, to seek a kindly neutral word. It’s a counter-card, which means it is useful, but they designed it so that it has a chance to fail on a dice roll of 1 or 2. You can mitigate that by holding Wealth and Crown, but that’s a tactical askance, and your opponent could play a powerful card on the first turn, so in reality you don’t have very much control over the success of this card. To be blunt, that makes Counterplot a very weak card.
People get up in arms if you say it, but it is. It’s a weak card. First, it’s reactionary, which means it only works if your opponent does something to trigger it – playing a card – which means your opponent has more control of it than you do. Second, the card can only be as valuable as the card it blocks, which means if you use it to block something lame, then Counterplot was also lame. That means you might feel compelled to hold the card until you see a very powerful card, such as Assault Orders, but if you do that, Counterplot creates an opportunity cost that isn’t caused by Assault Orders. Assault Orders is a very powerful card which so good, most players will use it in the round that they draw it, whereas you’d be holding Counterplot, blocking your own hand, for as many rounds as it takes for your opponent to draw Assault Orders. Finally, because it has a failure chance, you might wait for Assault Orders, fail your Counterplot roll, and then be hit by the enemy card anyway, which meant Counterplot weakened you by wasting space in your hand, and then didn’t do anything. That is a bad card.
So you need to play Counterplot earlier than later. You may want to use it on Assault Orders, but you have no control over that, and you can’t know when your opponent is going to draw it. You don’t want your hand to be blocked by Counterplot for multiple rounds, waiting for the ideal opportunity, and you definitely don’t want to do that and then roll a 1. Just play Counterplot on any card that would reasonably benefit your opponent. If they play Assault Orders right afterward, then c’est la vi; you cannot know what cards they’ll have, nor when they’ll play them, nor if Counterplot will even work. Just don’t hold on to Counterplot long enough that the card begins to hurt you.
The fix for this? Always play Tyrion, Giant of Lannister. It’s an attachment that lets you discard two cards and then search your deck for any specific card you’d like. In a deck like the Lannisters, where half your cards have a chance to do nothing at all (and those odds of achieving nothing are close to 50% on the Panic-related cards), you will frequently find yourself with two cards in your hand that might not do anything. Tyrion lets you discard those, and then draw a useful card that does do something. For the Lannisters, that is huge. Without Tyrion, you find yourself suffering through multiple rounds with dead hands, where none of the cards do anything, and your opponent will be pounding you with their own deck. With him, it’s not up to luck, you know your hand will contain at least one good card each round, for as long as Tyrion is still on the field.

• The Units

Having mentioned Tyrion, Giant of Lannister, it’s worth noting he only costs one point. During a casual conversation between players, one of them asked, “Why is Tyrion only one point? Counterstrategy is really good, and Battle Plan changes how they play their deck.” The response from the Lannister players was, in a nutshell, “My infantry sucks, bro.”
A lot of Lannister infantry sucks. They’re very frequently broken to start with because they’re given unreliable abilities, and to get them working, you have to attach something specific to them. Tyrion, Giant of Lannister would be amazing in a unit of Silenced Men, but he does nothing to fix the boondoggle that is the Honor Guard, so it’s hard to get Tyrion to the front lines and have the unit be functional at the same time. As a result, as good as Counterstrategy may be, you often find it stuck in something holding objectives at the back of the field.
That is the core essence of building Lannister army lists. Once you understand that your objective is to fix a broken and screwed up army, everything comes together better. You have to expect you won’t get what’s printed on the unit’s card, unless you take an attachment or specific commander who makes the unit work, and that’s what we’ll focus on in this section.
Gregor, the Mountain that Rides
Potential Fixes: NA
Starting with the cheapest units, Gregor is often taken because he’s only four points, and he can pack a surprising wallop if you’re lucky with the dice. With only three attacks, sometimes he flubs them all, sometimes he punches above average. He dies easily, he will die, but he will give your opponent plenty of reasons to want to kill him. Unfortunately, he’s not viable against Free Folk nor Night’s Watch, because siege units can instantly kill him on round one from across the board, so if you play competitively, make sure he’s not in both of your lists.
Poor Fellows
Potential Fixes: No
Poor fellows are just cheap bodies. They stand on an objective and try to stay out of the fight, and that’s it. They can’t really fight, their armor is paper thin, but because they can heal themselves, they will bounce back from minor harassment and won’t be chipped to death. The best way to run them is naked, or not at all.
Stone Crows
Potential Fixes: No
These guys are an alternative to Poor Fellows that might weather direct attacks a little better, but that will die more quickly to Panic. You can put Tyrion, Giant of Lannister in them for “free”, but it’s like a JC Penny discount where the sale never ends, because it’s not really a sale and the cost of Tyrion is obviously built into this unit. Putting anything besides Tyrion in them would be a pointless disaster.
Lannister Guardsmen
Potential Fixes: Mandon Moore
When new players look at Guardsmen, usually the first thing they note is “Lannister Supremacy” and think about how much damage that might do. Don’t focus on that – it’s an unreliably ability. Instead, look at their 4” movement and their six attacks with a 4+ to hit. This unit is excruciatingly passive. They can’t proactively threaten anything, they can’t easily get to a good position (which means it’d be hard to get them on a center objective), and finally, their ability only kicks off if the opponent was foolish enough to attack them with something that couldn’t wipe the Guardsmen out.
There’s not really anything practical you can do to fix this unit, because they’re really not reaching a five-point value in the first place, and they’re too slow. I’ve seen less experienced players recommend putting Assault Veterans in them to make the Panic Test from Lannister Supremacy more effective, but that doesn’t solve the issue of the Guardsmen being passive - of them being more under your opponent’s control than your own.
However, for kind of a fun fix, you can put Mandon Moore in them, and at that point they have Sundering, they’re hitting on a 3+, have 3+ armor, and archers won’t want to pick on them. It’s not competitive because Mandon compels you to run Joffrey, and Joffrey is a point too expensive, and the unit will still be slow, and they don’t have a great attack profile, but it is kind of fun to have some bargain bin Honor Guard on the field.
Lannister Halberdiers
Potential Fixes: None needed
This is one of the few Lannister units that comes pre-assembled with working abilities and everything. You don’t have to fix them! For that reason, if you’re not shy on points, this is one of the units many players will put Tyrion in.
I think one of the most notable facets of the Halberdiers is that they illustrate how much a good offense creates a good defense. Other players don’t ever seem to respect Guardsmen because the Guardsmen aren’t going to initiate anything on their own, but most players try to avoid running their light cavalry directly into a unit of Halberdiers. They’d take wounds on the way in, and if the Halberdiers haven’t activated, they’ll be wounded again when the Halberdiers attack. If you put Kevan or Bronn in these guys, then that’s even more opportunities to punish any would-be charge.
Basically, if you want a defensive unit, Halberdiers are your best friends. Lannisters have many “defensive” options to choose from, but this is one of the only choices that is actually good at defense rather than being simply passive.
Gold Cloaks
Potential Fixes: No
Kind of like Guardsmen but easier to kill, this is another passive unit with reactive abilities that mostly only benefit itself, if it benefits anything. The main draw for them is their “Laws of the Realm” Order, which reduces the number of ranks the enemy can use to attack. If this ability were long range, they’d be reasonable – of course, it’s not.
Gold Cloaks are pretty fragile, and their abilities are short range; “Oppressive Peacekeeping” incidentally requires controlling Crown, which makes it a tactical dud. Regardless, having a bunch of short range abilities necessitates that this unit be as close to the front lines as possible, where it absolutely cannot survive. A 4+ save, with only 7+ morale, makes these guys a pretty good target for a free victory point. Unfortunately, there’s not really anything too practical that can be done about this, because adding to the cost of this unit is generally only going to make it worse.
On the note of free victory points, I sometimes see players saying things like, “If the enemy attacks my useless units, then I win, because they have wasted their turn.”
This is pretty poor tactical thinking. You should assume that if your opponent kills your Gold Cloaks, it’ll be for a good reason. You can also assume they’ll be very easy to kill, because they are.
Mountain’s Men
Potential Fixes: Roose commander, Assault Veterans, Addam commander, Redcloak assistance, Daario commander, Bronn
Mountain’s Men might be one of the more famously non-working units the Lannisters can field, but unlike Guardsmen or Gold Cloaks, they’re at least not passive dead weight. The main problem with them is that their good abilities – Critical Blow and hitting on 3+ - are conditional.
They also have Vicious and Prey on Fear, and I can see how somebody thought this was a strong combination in theory. In practice, Vicious is the weakest keyword in the game, affecting the outcome of an attack only about 20% of the time. Even with Vicious, the odds of an opponent failing their Panic Test is roughly 50% or less, and I’ve had plenty of games with these guys where their attacks never gained them any wounds back. To make matters worse, once they lose one rank, they only have five attack dice. On turns when they have less ranks than the enemy and the enemy passes their Panic Test, Mountain’s Men are closer to being worth four points than they are to six. All those words on the card don’t count for much when they don’t do anything!
Luckily, there are some things you can do that make Mountain’s Men fun to play with, though not competitive. First, you can lean into the Panic stuff, which is only pragmatic here because Vicious and Prey on Fear are the abilities you know the unit will always have. An Assault Vet can help with this, but isn’t ideal because it increases the price of the Mountain’s Men when they’re already struggling to be worth their value. Instead, you can run Roose as a commander and place him in them. Unfortunately, the Panic approach still relies a lot on luck, and even with the extra -1 on all Panic Tests, you can’t guarantee you’ll get healing when you need it, as the -3 penalty will only impact about a third of any Panic Test.
If you run Red Cloaks alongside the Mountain’s Men, you can increase the odds of getting a benefit from Prey on Fear. Doing this with Roose attached means inflicting an extra wound of damage and increasing the odds of success, but you’ll need to lead very aggressively with the Mountain’s Men to make sure they’re the ones primarily engaged, rather than the Red Cloaks. Red Cloaks are also suboptimal in a lot of ways – but we’ll get to them in a second.
Your alternative here is to try to increase the general fighting effectiveness and survivability of the unit. Since Bronn increases the defense and morale of a unit while you hold Wealth, he can increase the Mountain’s Men to a 3+ save with 5+ morale. Though that is nice, it is also the case that most 7-point units already have 5+ morale by default, along with a better overall profile than the Mountain’s Men have, so once again, adding cost to the unit is only making it worse at the same rate it makes them better. For that reason, you can try adding Daario to the unit, and can use Daario’s “Sellsword Negotiations” card to keep them up to ranks. Additionally, Daario lets them attack with all seven attacks when you hold Wealth. Finally, you can try putting Addam Marbrand in the unit, which will make the Mountain’s Men a little tougher to kill off while also letting them use cards like Valiant Example to get them immediately back up to higher ranks.
None of these fixes are good. The problem with most of them is that they add cost to the unit, require a suboptimal commander, or suffer from adding more conditional complexity to the unit. However, some of these fixes are at least fun and patch some of the problems the unit has… a little.
Crossbowmen
Potential Fixes: Sparrow commander, Bronn
Lannister Crossbows are a perfectly fine ranged unit. They do exactly what you’d expect: shoot enemies. Their only real flaw is that they have 7+ morale, which seems quite fair given they have 4+ armor – which is a lot for a ranged unit. Many players like to run Bronn in these guys, which raises them to a 3+ save with 6+ morale when you claim Wealth. In fact, this combo and the ease of finding targets for your Crossbows make them the most optimal place to put Bronn.
Sparrow also provides a +1 to morale, which means that Crossbows are a fine place for him to sit if you prefer not to place him somewhere else. Sparrow’s “Incite” ability is basically nothing, so it’s not missing out on much to ignore it, and his cards can be applied to any unit on the field.
Red Cloaks
Potential Fixes: Mandon Moore, Gregor commander
Red Cloaks are like a multi-role unit that forgot it was supposed to have more than one role. They can inflict a Panic Test on anything in long range by taking an action, and this occurs every time they take an action, which is a neat mechanic, but it’s also the only thing they do by default. It sounds powerful, but it’s important to remember that attacking a unit will inflict a Panic Test, so if you shoot a unit with a crossbow, they’ll first take damage from the crossbow, and then take a Panic Test. When you factor in the revelation that Red Cloak Panic Tests only succeed a little over half the time, and that only when the Red Cloak unit is at full ranks, you realize they’re just not that good.
People occasionally think to put Preston Greenfield in these guys, but the answer to the problem isn’t to use more activations to spam more Panic Tests. What you need, is to give the unit a second role – that is, melee combat ability, and you can do that by putting Gregor or Mandon Moore in them. Once the unit can actually fight, you can throw it into combat, force a Panic Test before their attack, do a decent amount of damage, then force a Panic Test after the attack.
Although this does patch one major issue with Red Cloaks, they still have a few things going on preventing them from holding up. For one, their attack profile isn’t great: when they lose a rank, they fall to five attacks and their Panic ability weakens. They also only have a 4+ to hit by default, which makes Mandon the more appealing fix since he’ll get them to a 3+, though that does make them cost more. Additionally, the entire unit winds up being wrapped up in needing Crown to function at all, which forces you to play Joffrey ahead of anything they do, and that’s a massive liability.
The Crown liability is one problem you just can’t get around. Needing to play an NCU ahead of the unit to make it worth more than four points in value makes them clunky in a way that a lot of other units don’t have to deal with.
City Watch
Potential Fixes: No
What we’re looking at with the City Watch is a unit that has pretty much the same profile as the Lannister Halberdiers, but they can only get Sundering for one turn and they don’t have Set for Charge. If you want what the City Watch is doing at this price, then you’re better off taking Halberdiers and adding an attachment to them. These guys are easily no more than a five-point value, and even then they’d be outclassed by a lot of other five-point units. For example, a cheaper replacement for these guys is to take some Stormcrow Mercenaries and choose an attachment that grants Sundering.
House Clegane Brigands
Potential Fixes: None needed
Light cavalry. It works! They are a bit fragile, but given their solid maneuverability, this is best dealt with by player skill rather than by slapping any attachments on them. That’s not to say there’s anything wrong with throwing attachments on them, as all the options work perfectly well on these guys. There are only three, after all, but they’re all solid attachments. Their Panic-related ability is going to be as flaky as those things always are, so when you decide to charge a unit, do it based on the performance you expect from their basic attack, not on what you hope might happen if the enemy fails the Panic Test.
Pyromancers
Potential Fixes: Bronn, Sandor, Addam commander, Kevan commander
Here’s a unit I would have no idea how to balance! Every attack ignores armor, and they have both melee and short ranged options to do this, with seven attacks at a 3+ to hit and a profile of 7, 7, 4. Positively every unit in the game has something to fear here, and yet, with only a 6+ save, the Pyromancers have something to fear from every other unit on the field. Dangerous to any one unit, and in danger from four or more units at a time. That means the odds are usually against them, since the opponent has quite a lot of incentive to kill these guys off, and anything on the board generally has the wherewithal to do that.
Using Bronn increases the unit’s armor while giving them a valuable extra attack, with the extra attack being the most notable thing you can do since a “DPS race” is pretty much one of the only options this unit has. Kevan is also valuable for the same reason, and his Wealth of the Rock card can be thrown out for a little extra defense. If you can combine Bronn and Kevan’s card, then for at least two attacks, the Pyromancers can have 4+ defense! That is, of course, a highly situational play that you can’t depend on. Placing Kevan in them and using Crown for a free charge is liable to produce better mileage, as it leaves open a bit more room to safely maneuver.
Addam also does alright in the Pyromancers thanks to a smidge of added tankiness, some healing from his cards, and the potential to play Lash Out when the unit takes a really bad hit (which is all the more wounds the enemy can’t stop). Normally, Addam’s biggest problem is that the enemy will try to ignore whatever he’s in to avoid triggering his nonsense, but they can’t ignore Pyromancers.
Sandor has some potential in these guys, but doesn’t do enough. He might heal two or three wounds after the Pyromancers attack, but as soon as the opponent shoots everything they’ve got at the unit, it’ll be dead before Sandor can heal them again. Plus, Sandor doesn’t work when they make a ranged attack, and his “vulnerable” effect is a bit wasted when the unit he assaults doesn’t get armor saves anyway. Ramsay Snow breaks on the exact same failure point of too much damage, not enough healing, only he costs more, so I don’t rate Ramsay even as a casual fix. The Panic stuff is not reliable and isn’t worth considering.
Still, no matter what you do, this unit is going to draw a ton of attention, and short of straight up killing whatever’s turned on it, it’s not going to survive what comes to destroy it. “Horrific Visage” is a wet paper bag that’s going to miss about half the time or more, and a 50% shot at a Panic Test is a minor risk to getting the Pyromancers off the field.
While not common, it is worth noting that the Pyromancer attacks “do not permit armor saves”, but they are not instant wounds. That means abilities such as Hardened or Resilient can still block or reduce damage dealt by Pyromancers.
Warrior’s Sons
Potential Fixes: Sparrow commander, Daario commander, Addam commander, Champion of the Faith, Sandor, Gate Warden, Mandon Moore, Bronn, Gregor commander
This is one of the units that I like for certain competitive lists, and that I think make the Lannisters stand out in terms of their faction picks. The trick with them is, they are unreliable, like a lot of Lannister infantry, but it’s on the basis of whether or not they have enough of their “Faith” resource. There are commanders and attachments that help them get more Faith, and as long as you’re using the correct stuff, Warrior’s Sons are pretty good.
The obvious commander here is Sparrow, because every single one of his cards is a morale test, and when you pass them, you can add one more Faith Token to the Warrior’s Sons that took the test. This is great! Because it allows you to use the Warrior’s Sons defense while relying on attachments to give them more kick and survivability. Wrath of the Warrior lets them attack with Sundering and +1 to hit while racking up a Faith Token for later use. Mercy of the Mother brings them back and keeps them going. Protection of the Father buffs their defense by re-rolling armor. If you use Tyrion, you can mill-draw these cards each round and make sure your Warrior’s Sons do what you need them to do.
As long as you have those tokens, you can run Sandor or a Gate Warden to maintain their survivability, or you can run Bronn to occasionally increase their armor and take a free attack. So far so good, but what if you don’t want to run Sparrow? Well, things get a little trickier now.
Addam is a common pick because he makes the unit even harder to kill, but he doesn’t have any good morale-at-will cards. He does have Charismatic Leadership, but it’s reactionary and your opponent would have to make the mistake of targeting the Warrior’s Sons with something to trip it off. Frankly, Addam in the Warrior’s Sons means they’re liable to be ignored. If they don’t generate Faith Tokens, their attacks are a bit mediocre for their cost, so you have a problem there.
Daario has a surprising amount of potential. You can mill-draw Sellsword Bravado to produce Faith Tokens while making the enemy weaker at the same time. Afterward, you can use Faith to get some good attacks, or, if you can claim Wealth, Daario gives the unit’s attacks Sundering. Therefore, any time you hold Wealth, this a pretty strong fighting unit. But wait, there’s more! Sellsword Negotiations can restore the health of the Warrior’s Sons while also having you count as holding Wealth, which is a lovely combo for a front-line unit like this, and I think it makes Daario, Stormcrow Captain the leading candidate to be in a unit of Warrior’s Sons. It is also worth considering that when you play Reckless Strikes, Faith will let you re-roll your attacks, so there’s some potential there, but I don’t recommend it, because the card can also auto-wound the Warrior’s Sons, which undermines their function as a scary, offensive wall.
If you still want to use these guys but don’t want to use Sparrow or Daario as your commander, you can put Mandon Moore in them, and at the drawback of needing to field Joffrey as well, they become a powerful fighter and defender both. They’ll run into trouble on the occasions that they fail their Panic Tests and lose their Faith Tokens, so to mitigate that, it’s usually good to avoid spending Faith while they’re at full ranks. You can wait until they’re on the second or last rank, at which point the Faith tokens have higher value, and spend them then.
Champions of the Faith do generate more Faith Tokens while handing out Vulnerable Tokens, or, if you like gambling, Panicked Tokens. Naturally, there’s also always Gregor, who doesn’t highlight the best parts of the Warrior’s Sons that well, but it does do all the bonkers, this-and-the-kitchen-sink cheese that commanders like Gregor do.
This unit is still okay without any attachments, but mainly just for standing on an objective, which is not the best use of seven points. If you’re going to invest that much, it should be to violently and noisily take something from somebody. The other reason I personally prefer Daario for this is because it won’t cost anything extra to place him in the unit.
Casterly Rock Honor Guard
Potential Fixes: Gregor commander, Daario commander, Meryn Trant, Mandon Moore
It’s so depressing to see so much text on a card, knowing you won’t use any of it. Honor Guard trade Condition Tokens for one-off effects that aren’t better than the Condition Tokens. They expend weakness to get Sundering, which is something most units of their cost might already have. They expend Vulnerable to recover wounds, conditionally based on whether or not the enemy lost a rank. They expend Panicked to remove a unit’s abilities for the turn, and though this one is useful if you’d for some reason put a Panicked Token on the board (probably explicitly for this unit’s ability), it’s not an ability that’s universally valuable because not everything has a defensive ability, and it’s hard to guess if your opponent has a card you want to block.
When you use the ability, the token goes away, so you not only have an issue with needing to set up the effect, but it’s ephemeral. Using NCUs to get the tokens is a problem because that necessitates playing the NCU first, likely broadcasting your intent, and giving your opponent an opportunity to respond. There are attachments that generate tokens, but they only do it once per round, and it’s an opportunity cost to generate a token just to quickly take it away.
In my opinion, the only good attachment that makes this unit work is Gregor as a commander. The unit has decent armor, a decent attack profile, and good morale, so once you give them two automatic wounds, immunity to Weakness, Sundering, and all of Gregor’s cards, they are an imminent threat to everyone. That’s not to say they’re actually good. It’s just that Gregor’s so jacked up that he rescues it.
Meryn Trant can be used as a fix for the Honor Guard because he consistently generates Weakness and Panicked tokens before each attack. You could skip the token thing entirely and go for Mandon Moore, though I think Meryn is better since it gets the ability nullification along with attack re-rolls. However, neither of these choices are great because they increase the cost of the unit, force-include Joffrey, and introduce the Crown confound, where you have to play an NCU before you can play the Honor Guard.
Daario can also pick this unit up with Sellsword Bravado, which will generate Weakness and Panicked before an attack, and while you control Wealth, the unit will have Sundering. However, I think Daario works a bit better in the Warrior’s Sons, because the Warrior’s Sons tend to be tougher on defense and sustain for longer when you’re using Sellsword Negotiations to keep them alive. Warrior’s Sons also have more flexibility with how you expend their Faith tokens, and when they use Sellsword Bravado, they can benefit from their Faith abilities without consuming the Weakness and Panicked tokens. Honor Guard destroy your tokens from the card, Warrior’s Sons construct on the morale test and leave the tokens intact.
Knights of Casterly Rock
Potential Fixes: None Needed
Essentially the premiere unit of the Lannisters, the Knights of Casterly Rock are fast, well-armored, and brutal. There’s not much more to say about them! “Lannister Supremacy” makes them a bit risky to shoot at with archers, and when they attack a unit that isn’t as good at fighting, it can give some nasty shocks, but really it’s the basics that make the Knights as good as they are. Generally it’s not a great idea to run attachments on them because they’re already an eight point unit, and the best thing a player can do for them is provide support.
Notable Neutrals
Though I won’t go into detail on all the Neutral options, there are a few things that deserve to be pointed out.
Bolton Cutthroats are doing basically what the Mountain’s Men are but without the stupid caveats, so if you put Sandor in them to give them Fueled By Slaughter, they cost the same, get 3+ to hit default, have a better attack profile, and heal when they attack instead of when an enemy fails a Panic Test. Not a great unit, but it’s more stable and achieves a similar goal without needing you to also run Red Cloaks, Joffrey, and whatever else.
Stormcrow Mercenaries do well with a few different attachments from the Lannisters. Tyrion most notably, who should really be in these guys if you need a nice, affordable place to put him. The Stone Crows have no advantages over the Stormcrows. It’s not even close, the Stormcrows are better.
Lysense Sellswords can bounce back from a lot of damage if you put Sandor in them. Once they’ve got two pillage tokens on them, every attack is going to restore between three to six wounds. Not bad for six points!
Stormcrow Dervishes with Sandor can also be very resilient. Because they can attack on Wealth, they can make up to three attacks per round (or more if you have Assault Orders), and each attack will heal the unit. Since they can retreat, if you still have your activation, you can take an attack from the Tactics Board, retreat, then charge as your activation, which inflicts Vulnerable from Sandor. That’s just one option – this unit is also no slouch when led by Kevan, who can charge when claiming Crown, retreat, then charge again as his activation. In my opinion, this is the best seven point unit the Lannisters can get if your commander isn’t supporting Warrior’s Sons because the Dervishes have the same armor as most of your options, but unlike your units, these guys are reliable and have consistent abilities.
In Summary of Units
To make this really simple, if you want a competitive list, you should probably be using Halberds, Knights, and Crossbows. You can use Warrior’s Sons if you’re set up for it. Brigands are also alright as light cavalry, but you should be very careful with them since they’re so fragile. Beyond those options, Neutrals are probably a better bet, because Neutrals have abilities that are more stable and will require less set-up.
You might have also noticed a few comments like, “When you play this card, this unit really benefits from it.”
Stuff like that is why Tyrion, Giant of Lannister should be in almost every list you make. Some units are going to be bad no matter what commanders or attachments you put in them, but they do get better and are more fun to play if you combo them with specific cards. That doesn’t work if those cards are at the bottom of your deck and you’re stuck drawing dysfunctional duds like Hear Me Roar.

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"What am I looking at?" Edu'frec asked. Gaia had taken his android to a small room with a single holographic projector connected to a power outlet. The room was generally devoid of any other features, with grey drywall and a concrete floor. The ceiling was also concrete, poured quickly by construction robots.
He narrowed their location to several cities within the Guulin Congressional Republic, the only area with so much of this housing. It was where the freed Guulin slaves from the United Legions had gone, a new nation shaped mostly around the Hudson Bay, for which Canada had ceded in an agreement they were still getting paid back handsomely.
In fact, the Guulin Congressional Republic's economy was outpacing even those of the Pan-Andes Union and China together. It was on its way to adding India and America to the list of nations its combined GDP would surpass.
With the unique economic system Phoebe had helped President Blistanna pioneer, the pittance of money available to pay everyone for their work was enough for them to survive. Phoebe subsidized the entire nation with her vast wealth and workforce, building housing, meat factories, additional production facilities for desalinated water, and specialized city foundations.
Essentially, the entire nation was a single metropolis wrapping around the Bay, glowing as bright as the economic cores of the richest nations on Earth. Given their past conditions, the Guulin's reception was broadly warm. Blistanna's outreach and diplomacy efforts had ensured that every nation on Earth and Luna recognized the Republic and allowed Guulin to immigrate or visit with visas.
It was reflected in the North American Hub Airport, which had nearly 30,000 planes arriving and departing from its roughly 200 runways. Technically, the airport was 20 smaller complexes arrayed in the general Winisk area along the beach.
The city had been built to accommodate the number of flying planes, with an array of monorails and hotels near the edges of the airport, complete with shielding layers for noise cancellation and protection measures. The greater array of shields around the Republic also shined brightly in the sky.
Using his eyes, he could even see the reflected light underneath the door, even on the concrete. All his thoughts and analysis had taken less than a second. That was much the same as before his risky encounter with the power of his own mind turning against him. Edu'frec was wary of such experiences again and watched himself with many vigilant VI programs. The most important points of failure last time were the data veins, so several thousand VIs had been jointly made by him and Phoebe precisely to address that.
They weren't directly managed by Edu'frec, which should allow them to continue their operations and transform them if he went into collapse again. Phoebe's concern over him continued to dominate her mind, and it showed no signs of stopping.
He was glad that she loved him so much. Not everyone was as lucky as him, and a parent like her was wonderful. Ri'frec's eccentricities meant they'd grown apart a bit as Edu'frec had gotten older, but their relationship was also loving. Sadly, it could never be as deep as the one with Phoebe because there was just so much that Ri'frec couldn't know and understand.
Even the pace of their conversations reflected that, as did Ri'frec's moderate inferiority complex to Phoebe which he knew about and was seeking counseling for. It was inevitable, though Edu'frec hoped that he could get what he needed, considering the rising costs of counseling and therapy these days.
Phoebe subsidized those, too.
"This is the rough area where the planet cracker hit Earth several years ago. I've been monitoring the energy and consistency of the plates here, and I'm seeing some worrying upwelling in the crust," Gaia said. The hologram showed a topographic map of the Atlantic Ocean, centered on the North American Basin and with the edge of the mid-ocean ridge in view.
Several areas resembling an impact crater remained from the desperate scramble to save Earth from a planet cracker impact. Much of the ocean's topography had been altered since most of the protective efforts were saved for a perimeter area around the impact before the energy delivered could punch through the mantle to deliver its powerful impact to the planetary core.
"So we'll see a new mountain range in several millennia?"
That was what the data showed. The eastern edges of the North American Plate and the western edges of the African and Eurasian Plates had fractured into dozens of smaller pieces, generating massive earthquakes every few months in the region. In some places, the lateral movement of the larger plates outward as pulling on the smaller ones rotationally, making them rotate slowly into the other plates that could only subduct or buckle in response after large earthquakes. It was just another small thing that had changed since the beginning of all this mess with the First Contact.
Luckily, the zone was underwater, and the city and national shields every inhabited landmass on the planet were equipped with ensured all the tsunamis could do was splash against them. Some were very big waves, too, which would have killed thousands in floods.
It had also required shields to be placed on tethered platforms in the sea connected to the seafloor by a series of heavy anchors, which generated shields to both disrupt the waves and provide safe travel corridors for cargo ships.
"No. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is still fractured, but all I can see is that there is movement in the crust which cannot be explained by our current theories. Now that our shields are capable of it, and with my power having grown so large, we can conduct vertical expeditions and topographic mapping of the actual rock itself. That is what I want to do, because I believe there is an object of non-natural origin responsible for some of the earthquakes we have seen."
Lists of earthquakes from thousands of 7 and 8 Richter scale movements to the roughly monthly 9 and above earthquakes appeared.
"I specifically believe that the 9.7 and above earthquakes are not natural generations. There should not be enough energy between the plates to generate that level of energy where they are being made. Including the 10.5 which resulted in the loss of nearly half the shield platforms two years ago, along with several plate fractures. Alone, they suggest a pattern which coincides roughly with the perigee of Luna."
He checked the data, and it mostly panned out. He gave Gaia a small nod but then spoke on the point he'd noticed.
"But only roughly."
"Yes. Its period is off by a small but significant time, though the current ones correspond to a far older Lunar orbital cycle, which would line up perfectly with the perigee of the Lunar orbit as of roughly 65 million years ago."
They paused to let Edu'frec absorb the meaning of that. And it was true, too. The timeframe they'd mentioned was worrying, though. When things lined up with mass extinctions and violent upheaval in the past, it wasn't a good sign. Sometimes, treating the world like it was a story was the better option. Fate was real, and the tropes seen in stories had happened before.
Edu'frec was sure that eventually, the old enemies who had escaped the Alliance would return once again: Exii'darii, Yasihaut, Aphid, the fleet of generals and commanders who had left Izkrala and never returned for an unknown reason. Reality could be and was altered by incredibly powerful entities, which had the ability and willingness to do so again. Time rolled back damage from their future wars. Luck determined many nebulous things, as did Fate.
Neither of them were as absent as they appeared. Universal entities had been crammed into a scant few galaxies. The idea that they wouldn't meddle in every aspect of it had long been disproven. So the alignment was a bad sign. He readied all known data on the extinction, from the asteroid to the earlier volcanic eruptions before it.
Even wilder theories of direct alien interventions and occupations on Earth were not discounted. Since it seemed everyone could inhabit the same planets with few exceptions like the Pselpaw and Dreedeen, Earth as a habitable world would have been a target of colonial efforts by any nearby nations or those whom the Sprilnav had not managed to contact to impose a system limit.
Ironically, the system limits also greatly lessened the number of wars between galactic nations. The Alliance would be forced to uphold this system if it overthrew them until a better alternative could be implemented, like merging some of those nations.
"So... what are you saying?"
"I believe there is an alien object dating back to the Cretaceous Extinction. There are references to something that could be similar in my memories."
"So you came here in an some sort of transport, then?"
"I am not sure," Gaia admitted, their eyes flicking downward. "My earliest memories are highly spotty, and I know at least some are artificial. However, I can trace my existence on Earth back at least 40 million years, so it is not impossible that my origin is tied to this object, or perhaps others like it. Maybe the planet cracker activated it through direct impact somehow."
Edu'frec absorbed that. The information was shocking and it was a little worrying that it was coming out now. The secrecy might have been warranted, but he knew there was more he had yet to hear. He gave Gaia an expectant look, and they settled upon a small chair.
"Do you have evidence of any ancient civilizations inhabiting Earth at the time?"
"No. Earth has remained untouched for at least that 50 million years, perhaps longer. Though the date of the Cretaceous extinction also lines up to a worrying degree with how far back the Source's location in the mindscape moved here. In fact, the Source almost seems like it is deliberately staying near Earth. The galaxy's rotation, as well as the Sol system's individual movement and Earth's orbit logically should mean the location changes over time. But it does not. The bones have been here for at least that long, perhaps down to the exact time. I have no finite data to support my following theories, but I think they are important for me to tell you, and more so for you to keep secret."
"Very well," Edu'frec agreed. "I can keep a secret, as long as it does not endanger the Alliance."
Gaia considered his caveat, then nodded. Several locks of hair fell in front of their chest before psychic energy moved it back to Gaia's back. Their glittering black eyes and light green skin looked quite menacing. Of course, he only observed that. Most of his negative emotions were still locked away, as he had no need for them.
"I believe the Source has a limited ability to predict the future. It also has complete control of the mindscape, especially in the deeper levels. So my theory is that the Source came here to attack something, and that it is still here because of us. Us as in Humanity, the Alliance, Penny. There is a dark secret in the Earth, one which we must uncover."
"And that the Cretaceous extinction was actually the Source's attempt to either kill or seal something that was here, and is related to you in some way?"
"Yes. And do you notice how much time Paizma and John spend by the oceans?"
"That is hardly evidence."
He knew what they were going for but wanted to ensure that there was at least some sound information behind it before he committed. Generally, he could arrive at conclusions quickly and form detailed algorithms for detecting which data was relevant and which wasn't. Recently, he'd developed a few algorithms that could actually incorporate a meaningful relevance scale.
It was something that many had been capable of before him, even with VIs. However, the scale of the data he worked with required high degrees of accuracy in the number and a truly quantifiable difference between a piece of data with 76.27362% and 76.27364% relevancy, for example. And the quantity had to be something he and Phoebe could intrinsically understand and use in their common applications.
Sadly, the other AIs in the Alliance, like Cander, Greenfly, and Blackfly, could not process such large amounts of data. He'd seen the terms 'static' and 'active' AI to separate them.
"Yes, but Paizma is four-dimensional. That means she can see a far larger part of Earth than we can, including the inside. In fact, with four-dimensional geometry involved, all of her locations would have been capable of viewing the Mid-Atlantic. We don't know who she really is, or the upper limit of her power. She was made by the Sprilnav. Is it not possible that her reason for interest is that she detects a danger or a threat nearby?"
"It is possible," Edu'frec admitted. He'd considered her Sprilnav origins far more than almost anyone else. He knew that if she was a threat, the Alliance needed a way to fight her and win. Because if she wasn't, the Sprilnav could make more enemies like her. Clandestine research into 4-dimensional detection systems and arrays was ongoing, though the only way they were even possible was with either speeding space energy or psychic energy.
Edu'frec knew that Paizma had psychic energy, at least, meaning it was a medium capable of interaction with the fourth spatial dimension. "Though that part of your theory is the weakest. It is likely suspicion talking. It is just like how the soul-creatures deeper in the mindscape resemble dragons in many ways. A neat coincidence, but there is no direct evidence saying that is what people actually managed to see. However, your theory is highly concerning. Do you believe you were put here as a response to whatever was or is here by an outside threat?"
"I do not, but I also admit that is possible," Gaia said. "I don't know what I am, though I didn't take a human form before meeting Humanity in general."
"Can you show me your previous forms?"
Gaia did so. Edu'frec logged each one and took a further interest in all of them. He ran them through every single image he had on file, and besides heaps of VI-generated data from the early 2030s, there were no similarities. He checked more datasets provided by Phoebe's espionage efforts in the wider galaxy.
"Is that..."
He parsed a new set of images from a very worrying location. Historical records bequeathed from the People's Autonomous Stars. Kashaunta's nation.
"What?" Gaia asked nervously. "What is it?"
"You're..."
"Just spit it out."
"You're a psychic golem. Made from shredded souls melted by torture and atrocity."
Gaia blinked. They crossed their arms, descending deep into thought for 10 minutes. They were clearly re-examining their life and all the steps that led up to this point. Edu'frec could imagine how much of a shock that would be.
Eventually, Gaia steadied their emotions, and their gaze fell intensely on Edu'frec's eyes.
"From who?" It was a demand laced with abject desperation and nearly full to bursting with curiosity. With thousands or millions of years with no new information, how would Gaia feel anything else?
"A Sprilnav splinter regime that was eventually destroyed in a very large galactic war, one responsible for the destruction of over 3 million nations and several quintillion deaths. The reason the Sprilnav list for the war was 'morally bankrupt practices and rituals so illegal the Everlasting himself fought by our side.' Given that the Elders who wrote that reasoning have associated death tolls in the quadrillions, that's quite concerning."
Edu'frec read the more detailed descriptions given of the atrocities that occurred. Abject horror and disgust broke his emotional locks. He created a few thousand VIs to get a handle on them. But the emotions were so powerful they were never completely subdued, either.
He saw people being marched by the millions into machines glittering with psychic energy, with thick wires emanating from them. Then he got to the video footage of the interiors. They were designed to extract as much suffering as possible from living beings. The very first part was 'processing' where the ending digits - tentacle tips, horn tips, fingers, toes, hooves, claws, and even beaks and vestigial graspers - were cut from the victims with dulled saws and fed to them.
The depraved accounts only worsened. Acid. Cooking. Flaying. Slow dismemberment, while being subjected to the other three. More atrocities, which alone were evil things, but together made a regime unique in its terrible, meticulous, and industrialized genocides. Edu'frec split his mind in half to deal with the disgust and revulsion rippling through him like the winds of a hurricane.
They flashed with every new recorded scream, squeal, and squeak. Many of his androids released their finer movements to the control of VI assistant programs, and his data veins started to swell. Soon, fifteen thousand digital strokes hit his mind. Dedicated programs cut them apart, along with the piling data on the deep level of distress starting to overwhelm his defenses.
"So what did they do?"
Edu'frec was silent for a whole five seconds. He limited the scope of what he would say before proceeding. Phoebe checked in on him, and he sent her a small packet of information on what he'd found. It was the first data packet he'd ever assigned to the maximum level of content warning between him and Phoebe: a 10. He also added a note that it would be an 11 if the scale was to be properly adjusted.
Manes shook across the Sol system as androids rebooted. Phoebe gave him a digital nod and helped him purge his systems of the filth polluting them. Even more concerning, there was a residual conceptual effect to it. It was weak, but strong for an event tens of millions of years old.
Though now, Edu'frec knew why, at a terrible cost.
"They managed to breach the Source's afterlife and caused the death of nearly a tenth of the Sprilnav inside it and all of the ancient species prior to the Source war that managed to survive there. More specifically, they figured out a way to generate power using the power of living and dead souls, and managed to kill a Progenitor before Nova took their power source for himself and detonated their stars in supernovae.
Apparently the Stannic Resistance's leaders are all still alive, and being continually imbued with Conceptual Suffering by the Source. You, Gaia, were made by them. I believe the reason you are on Earth is because the Source is here, and this is the best location in the galaxy to influence the afterlife, or to destroy it. It also happens to be very close to their prison. The bones of the Source are their prison, in fact. If this has to relate to the device buried in the oceanic crust... this is a threat I am required to disclose."
Gaia nodded. Their eyes blinked away tears. "Don't tell them how I was made if you don't have to. I would rather not be seen like that."
"I won't," Edu'frec promised. He grabbed Gaia's hands, looking into their worried eyes. "We'll get through this together. You saved my life. It's time for me to pay you back."
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"What do you think?" Space asked. "It does seem like Indrafabar is practicing interference."
"The boundary is beyond this," Lecalicus said. "He is participating as a High Judge, not a Progenitor. And yes, the lines will be muddier, but there needs to be a higher backing for this trial besides Justicar alone. The rest of Sprilnav society and Indrafabar himself knows this. Technically, Nova and Filnatra are also High Judges, but they have avoided this trial entirely for the reasons of their bias. Indrafabar had a bit of rapport after his prior run-in with Penny on the flagship."
"But that is not for you to decide."
"This is a Sprilnav Judgment, and Justicar himself has allowed it. He is able to avoid Progenitor mental manipulations by the sheer size of his mind. Only Nova could control him, and imperfectly at that. I assume that the rest of the concept entities know this as well."
"But he is interfering in the affairs of the Sprilnav."
"He is a Sprilnav," Lecalicus said. "Unlike with Nova or Twilight, I have confidence in his impartiality in this case."
He cringed as yet another piece of Death's energy wracked his soul. Penny's attempt to heal him had done nearly nothing in the end, sadly. Lecalicus hoped that she would become more capable later on, though it was a bit much for her to stand against the full weight of Death at her young age, with her paltry capabilities.
They were impressive on a local timeframe, but that didn't mean she wasn't weak. If even Nova wasn't able to dispel Lecalicus' pain, as the other Progenitor had messaged him, then it was unlikely that Penny could do so in his place. And it was probably more important for her to focus on the Judgment and freeing the slaves on Justicar.
Lecalicus was still very tired, though. Weakness and lethargy clung to his bones. They were weak and brittle now, and he suspected that he would die if he was hit by a planet cracker in his current state. Space's energy counteracted Death's brutality, forcibly displacing his energy and dumping it into a black hole, which only she or Time could retrieve energy from. In fact, she had a small black hole in the room, though it was separated from him by a spatial barrier. A portal allowed the light from its accretion disk to dimly shine so he could see without being burned by the heat.
It was a massive statement of power, though Space had even more than that. Had Death's attack been a single thing, Lecalicus would have been rid of it by now. But it wasn't. It was a continuous, agonizing punishment, siphoned from the raw power Death now had from the deaths of countless beings across the universe after the Source war.
"Justicar is friendly overall to Penny," Space said. "That means Indrafabar will oppose him."
"Why do you think that?"
"It would be a good reason for him to be there. To uphold the standards of the elite Sprilnav classes."
"You forget that Indrafabar is their voice, too," Lecalicus replied. A thin trickle of blood ran from his snout, which Space started to heal. "Even more than Kashaunta as an Elder. She is the second richest Sprilnav, and he is the first. His title, the Digital King, rings as a true one in many nations that reserve a spot for his absolute rule, mostly to benefit from name-brand recognition and many Elders' lack of willingness to test themselves against a defending Progenitor.
That's how he started, after all. Selling his protection to Elders who couldn't afford to risk shunning it or him. Many of his deals provide a constant stream of income, and with the civil wars he refuses to interfere in between nations, he backs both ways; he can get new contract offers all the time. If I were not insane or more focused on politics, I could do the same thing.
Us Progenitors just have to ask for something to get it, but Indrafabar manufactures goodwill by at least compensating people for what he buys. Do you really think that I used money to pay for my food or drinks during the days of my insanity? That the revolving door of wives I had were being compensated in any way besides my own endowments? I would say not."
"Yet, they are dead now," Space said, a smile quirking on her lips. "They are dead, and I have you all to myself now."
"Yes, but we can't enjoy that currently. The risk is too high."
"I know. Tell me, Lecalicus. If Indrafabar is the voice of the elite, what happens if another Progenitor disagrees?"
"They won't publically. That weakens our collective image and reputation. Other Progenitors are honorary members of the elite, such as me, Nova, Twilight, Maya, Filnatra, and Arneladia, but only Twilight, Nova, and Filnatra likely have any true membership. They have stores of wealth in the top 2% of Elders, which is enough to get by without demanding anything."
"And your wealth?"
"You would know about that, Space. Considering how I have gotten it in the past."
He let out a hacking cough, clearing his vision again by tearing out his eyes and regrowing them. The numbed pain meant it was easy for him, and Space had seen that many times now. Twilight likely enjoyed the limb ripping more than he did, though.
"Yes, by teleporting gold and alloys from several nation's federal reserves, generally causing massive economic problems inside them after the news leaked. I remember."
"Mine is in the top 35%. It is far harder to amass the wealth Elders have when they have lived for billions of years trying to make more of it. Often, even the poorest Elders can make a fortune through inheritances, or by literally just working a job for a billion years. A salary of a million credits a year for a billion years would equal a quadrillion credits, after all."
"How do you all not go insane?"
"The same way you guys don't. Our emotions of boredom and those related to it can be numbed or eliminated on command. Elders have lots of time to train their minds and bodies. Progenitors do more, refining our very souls to be resilient. It is how Twilight survived the black hole, and why I supposedly can destroy the universe if I go on a sufficiently furious rampage."
"The reason you can do that is because to raise your levels of conceptual energy to alter reality requires direct input from the soul. At your levels you can take that from the prospective 'end' of your lives, burning years or eons for bursts of power. Of course, the problem is that you are immortal. So even if you go insane and are in constant pain from a shattered soul, even the pieces are enough to power the rampage. And the soul is more than just psychic energy."
"Yes," Lecalicus agreed. "That is what you all say. But that is not why we're here, either. It is about Indrafabar. He has done perhaps the least outwardly visible interference of any Progenitors in contact with Penny. As much as any of us can be, he is a good man. In certain circumstances, I would trust him with my life."
"And which would you not?" Space asked, raising an eyebrow like humans did. She was wearing the form of one, though with a sense of overwhelming weight and scale to her that was typical of her more powerful forms. It was needed to influence Death's grip on Lecalicus at all.
"If his or Nova's was at stake as well, and the cost of their survival was my life. Nearly every sentient creature, and many animals as well, would prioritize their own survival over any other, and Indrafabar is a Progenitor because of Nova. That is not a debt that can be paid back, no matter how many times he saves Nova's life."
"And how many did he do that again?"
"Around 10 to 20 times, all during the Source war. Past that, nothing. Nova is entirely biological, so it isn't like an AI could hack him. Though one could connect to him through psychic energy, and attack him that way as a psychic variant of AI like Phoebe or Narvravarana."
"Isn't that a threat?"
"Nova's conceptual name is the Everlasting among the Sprilnav," Lecalicus said. "He is the most powerful being in the universe who was actually born of a womb or of any creator. Invading his mind is so laughably foolish even Narvravarana never tried it more than once when they almost went to war."
"I heard of that," Space said. "But I do not understand why that is impossible."
"If you move slower than light, can you escape the inside of a black hole purely by motion?"
"No. Well, a hypothetical person could not. I could, because I'm built different."
Lecalicus chuckled. "Yes. Well, trying to take over Nova's mind is like trying to walk out of a black hole. He is conceptually powerful enough to have his own event horizon in his mind he can create with psychic energy. He can close off, and everything inside will die.
One creature has survived even temporary imprisonment in there, and it is a speeding space entity of the Broken God's Pantheon. But while Nova is the pinnacle of all life, that does not mean he does not want our help when we can give it. I know you two aren't exactly friendly, but he really does mean well. He just doesn't know what he wants sometimes, and his ego and emotions get in the way of his prudence."
"Indrafabar's involvement on the trial is not acceptable."
"It is not optimal, Space. But if the trial is not seen as fair by the elites, they will declare it void. That has happened before. Kashaunta's predecessor as the richest non-Elder died that way. He ran out of allies, and even Justicar's token objection to the violation of the trial rules was ignored. There comes a point where only the social contract holds back the fury of hatred. If this Judgment, the talk of every household in the Secondary Galaxy and soon in a Primary Galaxy meeting, is seen as illegitimate, it will have dire consequences.
Rebellions, rogue nations. Yasihaut's backers would happily sanction an attack against the Alliance to drive a wedge between Penny and Kashaunta. Now they know there is some tension thanks to their treaty meeting, which Valisada recorded. And they know that Penny only grows more powerful. Look at her power, and you can see."
Space did so. Her eyes glazed over, and Lecalicus worked in a cough that had been building up for a while.
"What is that?"
"Her new name among the Sprilnav, spoken by everyone aware of her. The Liberator."
"But the recursive effect alone-"
"Will be massive. But look closer," Lecalicus told her.
"What- oh."
Space was silent for a long moment. Ghostly images of random humans appeared in the room. Small glimmers of psychic and conceptual power linked all of them. The hivemind's network grew until it was fully on display in the single room. Normally, the 15 or 16 billion humans wouldn't fit in a single room. But Space didn't care about those rules. Bodies crossed without intersection, and a pale apparition of the hivemind appeared over them.
Incredibly, Penny and several other humans were a level 'above' the rest, though Lecalicus recognized only Penny, Tsonga, and Nichole. They almost looked like nodes in the hivemind's network, really. Penny was still gently connected, though nothing of substance could be shared over such an extreme distance, especially within any reasonable time frame.
The hivemind's glowing colors brightened, and Space grew concerned. Lecalicus watched as her grip on the conceptual power weakened slightly. The hivemind's arm twitched. The 'nodes' began to vibrate as their expressions became ones of immense determination. Small pockets of effort bubbled up in a rippling wave across the hivemind, separating into distinct blocks.
Lecalicus noticed a block of humans that were smaller than normal. Tens of thousands of fetuses, with stronger genetics than usual. He smiled.
Cloning.
He'd keep that a secret. He couldn't afford an interference penalty, and Penny might really kill him if he leaked the existence of a human cloning project.
How odd, that I now fear her, he mused. It spoke both to how far he'd fallen, and how far she'd risen.
Each block began to coordinate, all without the humans inside them knowing. The nodes did, though, and kept fighting. Space shrugged and released the vision. The room returned to normal, and they shared a long, contemplative silence.
Lecalicus loved a good wait when it didn't leave him nothing to distract himself from the dull ache of his pain and the jolts of power Death sent into him to keep requiring Space's treatment. She sucked in a breath of the gas which filled the room, which had properties Lecalicus didn't understand. Calling it 'air' didn't really cut it.
"So that was enlightening. Humanity is more powerful than I hoped."
"The hivemind," Lecalicus said. "She is still connected to it, and thus every heap of power she gains attaches a scrap of the Liberator name to all of Humanity. Champion is weak as a title, but Liberator is strong. Too strong for her own good."
"What does that mean for her, and for us?"
"For us? It means we might be seeing some more freedom here soon. But for them? Fire, dust, and blood."
"Is that why?" Space asked.
"Why what?"
"Why Indrafabar is on the trial."
"It might be a reason. I don't know his exact motivations, and can only approximate. Part of his reason could be 'because I can' or to express his power as a Progenitor to force even Justicar to move on his own planet to make room for him in the highest profile trial he's had in thousands of years. Indrafabar's ego is not dormant, let's just say. But I would expect Penny's actions to come up in the trial.
Remember, all Yasihaut, the Challenger, has to prove to the court is that the Defendant, Penny, is a threat to the Sprilnav, and successfully lump the Alliance in. If she manages to convict Penny alone, it would cause problems for her."
"How?"
"Because if Penny knew she was about to die, and was in the room with her most hated rival, do you really think conceptual armor would stop Penny from killing her this time? She already has a weapon capable of breaching that armor, and the strength to wield it. With two utterances, she could get it and then ensure it reaches Yasihaut."
"It would be a foolish decision."
"To kill a rival in one's final breath is the dream of many, alien or Sprilnav. But the court will not be partial toward the Alliance, that is for sure. Penny will have an uphill battle, and Phoebe is not allowed to represent her for this one either. As for the Judgment, it is a trial that will be harder to keep fact-based than the last one, which ended up in a massive battle and the crippling of me and Twilight, the abduction of Nilnacrawla, and even the extra pushes by the AIs of the Alliance along the Path. Speaking of which, there has been a development with Edu'frec."

Original question: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Cell-Service-Mobile-Hotspot/Nighthawk-M6-Pro-Hotspot/td-p/2327394
My response:
I am going to preference this that I made this in a insomniac stupor from 4am to 6am.
Also there is a far cheaper solution to this setup if you go down to the bottom in the final notes.
The Orbi system would work for you, but I think just running wires would be a far better solution.
And if you have COAX (TV LINES) running through the property your setup can be done even cheaper.

For background I am a junior network technician, and I have setup networks for family, friends, and enterprise in all kinds of situations from rural to tower apartments.
Personally I would advise you contact a network technician to setup the location for proper coverage and reliability, but in lack of on-site technical support, I will provide a layout you can follow if you wish to continue doing the setup yourself, or have not done the setup already.

This is a similar setup I did for my cousin's Barndominium, I will be referring to it as barn for short.

Equipment

Nighthawk® M6 Pro Mobile Router with Antenna
https://www.netgear.com/home/mobile-wifi/hotspots/mr6550/
We will be using this for your internet connection since I am to the understanding that it is what is used on ATnT's first responder network and since it has an ethernet jack passthrough.

Suction Cup hangers/mounter (if installed indoors at window)
https://www.amazon.com/HSTECH-Detectors-Suction-Beltronics-Detectodp/B07XDZ6L24/ref=sr_1_5?adgrpid=1341405421214378&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.BY-6P0a-ZYg_2ObGktkr1mJnglu3855w4e0JJEmB8bsXa8XvfOBcq3_Ov_U1eHo_ZjnBCRlntVtE4x4nra35Q3IoD0FzRr4Yn8aRCJ9yiBUcEY9FdJmXhcu2q_Q2cTTe-gBgTdEtthgOd85gclfOxt6ksfu2aCjsO0CKZ8gum84GFu-c7DJZUlAojijBhQasggw_j1sQKDkJ3f7h2h14wnxrRMUKOSC2v4EDAQ7pmetN8L9nttv57y_qdi409j3nJ8WtRWy2C6cgJBWRocH0Q9pLkbFAE4YmyYsndpOuwDU.difybcEgX-1bq-QiEExHCPYxT7m7bHvyBtUvjvPqSxY&dib_tag=se&hvadid=83838119638142&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=89682&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-83838715365097%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=19108_13418961&keywords=suction+cup+mounts&qid=1715426165&s=electronics&sr=1-5
Used to mount antenna on the inside window.
You can also use tape if you want, this will not leave residue.
This was the first kit I found on amazon when searching "Suction Cup Mounts"
You may discover a better solution to mounting the antenna than this, I am putting this here as an option.

RBK864S — Orbi Tri-band Mesh WiFi 6 System – 860 Series
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbk864s/
We will be using this for the main networking of your barn.
I also chose it since I have heard good things about its Mesh system and because this was the item you made your original post on.
I personally prefer TP-Link systems, but this will work the same.

APC Back-UPS 450VA, 120V, 6 NEMA outlets (2 surge) (OPTIONAL)
https://www.apc.com/us/en/product/BN450M/apc-backups-450va-120v-6-nema-outlets-2-surge-battery-is-not-user-replaceable/
This is for ensuring the Orbi units have power in the event of a power loss. You can still have internet for a few hours before it actually goes down.
One batter per Orbi location. Or at least a unit at all the critical locations.
Note that these have to be replaced every few years, but having that redundant power supply is important for internet uptime. Generally cellular and internet services have their own power grid so they should stay up in the event of a power outage. Buying these will ensure your wifi stays up too.

Planning
Read through the entire instruction set and make a plan.
Measure twice, cut once; is the best practice when setting up a network. You can't really go back, you have to start from the beginning every time.
Make sure you have enough outlets for when you are going to install the devices.
Making diagrams of the placement is always best.
Even a rough sketch can help you save time in the future and help you keep track of what you are trying to do.
homenetworking on reddit is a great place to go to ask questions on this sort of stuff.
https://www.reddit.com/HomeNetworking/

Mobile Router

Placement of the Mobile Router
Starting off with the Nighthawk® M6 Pro Mobile Router (Mobile Router).
General rule of thumb, the higher the window, the better, so if you have multiple floors, the top floor is the best floor.
Note that electronics also hate getting hot, so the room the Mobile Router is installed should also have cooling.
Cooling is a bigger factor than height.

In this setup the Mobile Router will not be designed to move.
Start Placement Option 1: Install Indoors near Window
Assuming your barn has windows.
Find the window that is closest to the ATnT tower or gets the best signal.
Install the antenna on the window.
You can achieve this with suction cups or tape.
Start Placement Option 2: Install on a wall and do not drill through the wall.
Find the side of the barn that is closest to the ATnT tower or gets the best signal.
Place the antenna up as high as possible on the wall.
Tape it or screw it into place.
Start Placement Option 3: Install on a wall and drill through the wall.
Under the assumption you know how to properly drill holes through walls.
Make sure there is nothing on that can intrude the holes or you may drill into.
Make sure to not have the hole near power lines.
Make sure to not install the antenna near power lines. This may degrade the signal.
Would advise using putty or some other filler when finished.

Find the side of the barn that is closest to the ATnT tower or gets the best signal.
Find a place to put the Mobile Router, drill a hole from the outside big enough to pass the cables from the antenna through close to the location of the Mobile Router.
Install the cable on the outside, feed it inside.
Finish Placement
Route the antenna cables into the Mobile Router.
Ensure the Mobile Router has power and its SIM card installed.
It is advised to have the Mobile Router out side of the direct sunlight for this can degrade performance due to the sun being the sun and can head up the device causing thermal throttling in the device to stay cool, so put it off to the side if possible.
Again make sure the room it is in can stay cool. The closer it is to optimal temperature, the better performant it can be. Note if it gets too cold it can shut down. Also note that the room it is in should not be humid. Humidity can kill electronics, even if sealed.


Mobile Router Setup
Find the routers user manual.
For the Nighthawk® M6 Pro Mobile Router, it can be found here:
https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/MR6500/MR6500_MR6110_UM_EN.pdf?_ga=2.20578744.1249255028.1715421878-937367102.1715421878
Would highly advise reading it over once.

The plan is to make it used as a data entry point, similar to how a modem would work. We are not going to use it for wireless signals or network processing. It is just going to pass the signal along to the Orbi system.

Make sure the Mobile router is plugged in.
If you bought the APC batter backup unit, plug it into the backup unit.

Connect to the Mobile Router via your phone via the app or use the touch screen,
below are touch screen instructions
use your best intuition for the app.
User Manual Page 18 to connect via the app.
You can also connect via the web application on your laptop, but note that we are disabling most of the connectivity settings that would allow you to connect via your laptop and possibly the app; hence why I am emphasizing the touch screen method; so chose your setup methods at your own digression. Again I will give instruction via reference to the touch screen in the manual.

Put the Mobile Router's power mode into Plugged IN.
User Manual Page 40


Disable Mobile Router Wifi
User Manual Page 38

It may be prudent to add a screen lock, I'll leave that up to you
user manual page 41

Make sure that Ethernet is enabled
User Manual Page 50
This should be turned on when you put the Mobile Router into Plug-In mode but it might not enable automatically.

Enable IP passthrough
User manual page 51
99% sure the user manual is incorrect on the setup, but find something that says IP Passthrough and enable it. If you can't find it, I guess set roaming to on.
This will be used to allow for the Orbi to work on its own and not need any funky setup.

There are far more settings to enable/disable to get the most optimal setup, but for now this should be good enough to get everything working.

Orbi Stations

Placement - Orbi Home Station
Place Orbi Home Station by the Mobile Router
The Home Station is the node with the yellow port. The other Orbi station are just AP nodes also called satellites.


Orbi Home Station Setup
Power up the Orbi Home Station
If you bought the APC back up unit, plug it into that.

Read over the manual found here
https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RBK863S/RBR860_RBS860_UM_EN.pdf
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbk864s/#docs

Pass Internet cable from Mobile Router to Orbi Home Station yellow port.

The setup will be just like any normal router setup, from this point forward.
I’m a bit tired so I am not going to add this section, lmk if you need help on this.

Placement - Orbi Satellites
Place each one with 2 wifi bars on your laptop or phone. 1 bar might not be enough signal and can get wiped out by people walking about.
The Satellites can hop off each other. So let’s say you have one on the far side of the property, it can jump from one satellite to the next to the next and hit home. It does not need a direct path to home.

Final Notes

You can also achieve a cheaper and better result if you just use normal routers like a TP-Link Archer A7 and just put wire everywhere. So one Archer A7 in router mode at the Mobile Router, run a long ethernet cable to the other side of the barn, put another Archer A7 in AP mode. And bobs your uncle you have full coverage.
If you have coax cable (TV CABLE) you can use that instead of the internet cable and use a MOCA converter instead. Less work and hassle if you have COAX running around the property. This is what I use on my property.
I have APC backups on all the routers and AP connections.
During black outs we have a full 23 hours of internet before we go full black out.
Works like a charm and costs a whole lot less than 1.3k.

If you give me a layout of your property, I can advise you on a much more specialized and cheaper option for you put it will take some time for me to draw up.

But ultimately, I would greatly advise having a network technician come out and look at your setup. Any junior technician could do it.

Lmk if you have questions.
-Aaron

Sorry this got long. I’m on mobile so expect typos.
TW child abuse
TLDR: mom’s abuse to boundary setting makes me freeze in adulthood in a real way. IFS helped finally connect with these parts and emphasizing their safety. Really good day for me and I hope it’s uphill from here.
Growing up, my mom wasn’t…well. She did not respond positively to me growing into an individual. She fought to maintain control when I wanted to dress myself as a kid and have my own hobbies, friends, etc. She just didn’t engage with my individuality or found ways to sabotage me. I realized she hated me when I was 8 and it sucked that being me and wanting to be different was often ignored or punished.
When I was a teen, it escalated. I started feeling so suffocated that I would argue until she either had meltdowns or beat me. It was awful. Imagine your mom (who is in her late 50s) tries to dress her 14 - 17 year old daughter like her in the 70s/80s. My mom worked in an office so our styles never aligned. Imagine being her mannequin for all her outfits and hairstyles and being beaten or berated when you just want to be an individual. She would freak out and scream when I told her I didn’t like something she chose. I was an emo / goth kid and I wanted to shop at Hot Topic, not the adult women’s clearance sections of Ross or JC Penny. Hours being trapped, screamed at, body shamed or sexualized, smacked/hit/punched/pinched for just wanting to dress your age. She would always say that “I hated everything she picked” and she would throw away or cut up clothes I did like when I managed to get something I wanted when I got gift cards. It’s absolutely surreal to write this down. She’s fucking sick.
The most distinct memory I have is her reaction when I was 15 and finally asked her “what’s wrong with you?” We went to Ross and she forced me to try on dresses I refused to consent to her buying. I hated them all and I was never allowed to try on my picks. Just having to undress in front of her, putting outfit after outfit on, I just…said no. I hate this! I hate it all! I was tired. She screamed at me on the way out the store, in the car, and when we got home she kept going. In response to my question, she threw down and shattered a glass bowl, screamed at the top of her lungs and left the house for hours. She never said anything about that again. My dad didn’t say anything. It left me shaken for days.
The first day of tenth grade, she was home from work for some reason. She never saw what I wore to school due to her work schedule so she was shocked by my outfit. I just wanted to wear an ugly ass emo calf length dress and put my hair in space buns. She reacted by ripping the dress into shreds so I couldn’t wear it ever again when I wouldn’t change. I just subdued and let her dress me like a college student from the 70s and 80s. There was no winning and I didn’t want to be hit that day. I numbed out the entire time as she dressed me, did my hair. I remember her saying how much better I looked. She doesn’t remember this happening but I do.
Now, I realized these experiences have left me unable to manage my triggers when I encounter those who challenge me or when I need to maintain my boundaries or say no. Making requests and setting boundaries makes me freeze or shake with fear because I automatically feel like I am wrong or will be punished. I wouldn’t know what to do if someone were to not listen to me after saying “no”. I am nice but I realize I have no negotiating skills in the real world.
I work in a career where I have to be able to do this and I realize I have been burning out because of these issues. I can set boundaries and say no when I work with people who are reasonable. I work well with most people but I can’t say “no.” I also struggle to do work without my manager because there are times where I am afraid to challenge people without his “ok” in a way. There are many issues like this but hopefully you get the point.
I have a coworker who I absolutely cannot stand. I have had to push back repeatedly with little to no success at times. If I wasn’t so triggered by their behavior, I would be able to set clear boundaries, ask for my needs, and get work done. None of my usual approaches work on them because they are very controlling and lack self awareness. They’ll interrupt my presentations and they want to tell you what to do, not partner. IMO, they aren’t interested in the needs of the team but to elevating herself, even at the expense of making a true impact I can’t do my job effectively no matter how hard I try. I am finally putting my foot down but whenever I interact with them one on one or in project meetings, I find myself shaking or blanking out when I try to push back, get them to stop speaking over my colleagues and me, or keep the conversation on track. This coworker literally just doesn’t know how to be any other way so I need to change my own behavior and approach.
Making the connection between my own upbringing and this coworker was a game changer for me. I hope it’s uphill from here since I realized no one is going to beat me and I deserve respect. I now have to learn how to stay calm and work on developing the language to navigate these types of situations. I wish my mom was different. But only I can address the pain these parts went through. This realization has lifted a huge load off of all of us. We are safe. It’s only up from here.

Sorry it’s late. My laptop broke and took a week to get fixed.
Kharn the Betrayer VS Cosmic Ghost Rider (Warhammer 40k VS Marvel)- Sam has a baseline understanding of Cosmic Ghost Rider, but doesn’t know anything about Kharn. Billy says 40k is pretty crazy, and Sam assumes Kharn would have to be insane to “share a thumbnail with Cosmic Ghost Rider”. Billy thinks it’d be great to bring in Warhammer.
Motoko Kusanagi VS JC Denton (Ghost in the Shell VS Deus Ex)- Sam mentions how much he loves Motoko VS Adam Jensen, but doesn’t know anything about JC. Luis says it seems like a more simple MU without too much in terms of crazy stuff, but Billy says they’d have to incorporate a lot of “weird hacker things”.
Noel VS Aigis (BlazBlue VS Persona)- “They’re both blue. They’re both blonde”. None of them know the characters, but Sam acknowledges that there’s passion for the MU, based on the fact that there was a commissioned Therewolf track.
Yuma Tsukumo VS Gao Mikado (Yu-Gi-Oh VS Future Card Buddyfight)- They’ve never heard of Buddyfight. Luis thinks it sounds “pretty gnarly”. Sam calls it a “Dollar General version of Ash VS Yugi”.
Agent J VS Eggsy (Men in Black VS Kingsman)- Sam thinks the Men in Black have way better equipment than Kingsman, specifically arguing that Eggsy has no counter to the Neuralyzer. Erin guesses Kingsman has specialized glasses or something along those lines, but Sam still thinks that J wins. Erin says it’s a very fun MU conceptually. Sam suggests J VS Karasuma.
Phoenix & Maya VS Makoto & Kyoko (Ace Attorney VS Danganronpa)- Erin likes the idea of a legal battle that escalates over time, which the others agree with. Billy says the legal system in Ace Attorney is pretty messed up and could easily lead its way to something like this, and Luis says Danganronpa isn’t too far behind.
Seto Kaiba VS Kuroto Dan (Yu-Gi-Oh VS Kamen Rider)- After some discussion about how Dan’s powers work, Sam says that they’d take any excuse to bring in Kaiba, and Luis says that Kamen Rider would be great to bring in as well.
Pegasus Seiya VS Daisuke & V-Mon (Saint Seiya VS Digimon)- Luis calls Digimon a fun series that Death Battle hasn’t delved into much. Sam admits to “not having much love” for Digimon. Billy notes that Saint Seiya has a very vocal fanbase.
Courier Six VS The Mandalorian (Fallout VS Star Wars)- Sam says that “one of them has to walk through the desert, and the other has a spaceship”. When Billy says that you’d take Mando’s ship out of the fight, Sam argues that Mando’s tech is still far superior to the Courier’s. He still thinks the MU is thematically strong, and he thinks the Courier is the best Fallout protagonist. Billy thinks Grogu would need to be incorporated, and wonders how they’d balance that out on the Courier’s side, to which Erin suggests the fight starts because the Courier kills Grogu.
Reimu VS Kirby (Touhou VS Kirby)- They don’t have much to say about it, besides loving a joke thumbnail that was submitted that utilizes plushes of the characters.
Emil VS Velvet Crowe (NieR Replicant VS Tales of Berseria)- Billy thins Emil would be a great character to have on the show. The OP submitted a chart of the MU’s pros and cons, which includes great music potential. The crew agrees with this, with Luis saying that a banger track is enough justification to do the episode.
Shirou VS Touma (Fate VS A Certain Magical Index)- They don’t know the characters too well, but Sam says it seems “well thought out”, and Luis assumes it’s good because it got a lot of hearts.
Old Man Logan VS The Last Ronin (Marvel VS Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)- Sam calls it cool and fun, and would like to do it as a black and white fight (which the others also think is a cool idea). Billy likes how it’s a way to bring back Wolverine and one of the Turtles without it being the main versions of them.
Destoroyah VS Iris (Godzilla VS Gamera)- Luis would love to have Destoroyah in a battle. Sam says the two should have a spot in “the Kaiju Battle Royale that’ll be slated in, I don’t know, 2029”.
Kurumi Tokisaki VS Homura Akemi (Date A Live VS Puella Magi Madoka Magica)- Billy says that Homura is a good “second candidate” for a Madoka Magica character with how uniquely her powers could be incorporated, and Erin thinks she’d actually be more interesting than Madoka. Sam sums it up as “magical girls with guns”, to which Erin says “what more could you want?”
Ragna the Bloodedge VS Velvet Crowe (BlazBlue VS Tales of Berseria)- Sam notes that there’s “a lot of Velvet Crowe enjoyers in the Discord”. He notes how much of a meme BlazBlue is in the community due to how confusing its story is, and says they’d get a lot of attention if they bring back Ragna because of that.
King Kong VS Mothra- Sam says “In most contexts, if you asked me ‘gorilla vs. moth’, I would know which I’m picking, and I don’t think this one’s any different. I think I’m picking gorilla”. The others strongly disagree with this, particularly noting that Mothra can fly and Kong can’t. Sam argues that Kong can climb a building, but it’s then noted that Kong died falling off of a building, a point which Sam concedes.
Dexter VS Jimmy Neutron (Dexter’s Laboratory VS Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius)- They all think that it’s a solid fight.
Alm VS Lief (Fire Emblem VS Deltora Quest)- None of them have heard of Deltora Quest (Luis says it sounds like “a very cool, niche show that I don’t know anything about).
Sinestro VS Terumi (DC VS BlazBlue)- Billy says “it’s hard to go wrong with Sinestro”. Sam assumes that Sinestro is “full of bullshit” since he’s a Lantern. Sam jokes that, since Terumi can turn green, he wins since he’s “seen green beat yellow in the comics”.
Penny Polendina VS Mack Hartford (RWBY VS Power Rangers Operation Overdrive)- Billy thinks it’d be great to bring in a Ranger from outside of the Mighty Morphin’ era. Sam has never thought of a RWBY VS Power Rangers fight, but thinks it makes sense, and Erin says Penny is a good choice for a RWBY character to go against a Power Rangers character.
Tommy Oliver VS Sephiroth (Power Rangers VS Final Fantasy)- OP admits they came up with it as a joke about how Power Rangers and Final Fantasy only have one part of their series represented, and Sam notes this MU would just be adding to that. Billy asks “how many nanoseconds would it take for Sephiroth to win?”
BLU Heavy VS Abobo (Pootis Engage VS Abobo’s Big Adventure)- Sam says “that’s a cute meme” and then scrolls past it.
Scott Pilgrim VS Travis Touchdown (Scott Pilgrim VS No More Heroes)- Sam gets why people want it, but says it’s not for him because he thinks No More Heroes has aged poorly. Erin wants to use Scott Pilgrim.
Gohan VS Ultraman Zero (Dragon Ball VS Ultraman)- Sam says it makes a lot of sense and he likes it. Luis says it’s crazy that they haven’t done Gohan yet.
Hulk VS Godzilla (Marvel VS Toho)- Sam calls it “an absolute heater”, and says they’ve talked about it a lot. Billy says the challenge of pulling it off is super enticing. Sam has wanted it ever since he first saw it just for the possibility of the Hulk throwing Godzilla by the tail, and Billy suggests that Godzilla slides back on his tail.
Shiki VS Gojo (Tsukihime VS Jujutsu Kaisen)- They don’t know who Shiki is. When Billy asks if Shiki’s knife could hit Gojo, Erin jokes that Gojo would just have to “cover his midsection”.
Yu Narukami VS Takumi Aiba (Persona VS Digimon)- Sam gets it, given how absurdly powerful certain Personas and Digimon can get.
Sans VS Korosensei (Undertale VS Assassination Classroom)- Sam calls it weird, but understands the way that their personalities go together. Billy gets how their powers clash, but notes that it’s not the most popular for either character. Sam says it’s interesting and could be cool.
Mii VS Yu Narukami (Nintendo VS Persona)- Once Billy points out that it’s a meme MU based on the pun of “me vs. you”, Sam scrolls past it.
Arcueid Brunestud VS Shinobu Oshino (Tsukihime VS Monogatari)- They don’t know the characters, but note that there are a lot of similarities based on the connections.
Deku VS Leonardo (My Hero Academia VS Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)- Sam couldn’t imagine a Ninja Turtle being able to take on a MHA character under normal circumstances, but guesses that Rise might be closer in stats.
Marcy Wu VS 2003 Donatello (Amphibia VS Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)- They don’t have much to say about it, besides Erin enjoying Amphibia. However, they do like how unique it is.
Zagreus VS Pit (Hades VS Kid Icarus)- Sam doesn’t think it’s bad, but drastically prefers Zagreus VS Percy Jackson, partially because he doesn’t care for Pit as a character. Erin says she gets the vibes of the MU, and would be happy to have Zagreus in the show at all.
Soldier Boy VS Peacemaker (The Boys VS DC)- It’s fun and they like it a lot.
Sailor Moon VS Madoka- Billy still loves this MU a lot, though they bring up how the MU is likely going to get Toei on their ass once again. They still love it as a MU, and bring up the potential to incorporate the bizarre art styles into the fight.
Alex Russo VS Sabrina Spellman (Wizards of Waverly Place VS Sabrina the Teenage Witch)- Erin really likes it. Sam thinks it’s strange since the characters are teenagers (though Erin points out that Alex does grow into an adult by the end), but thinks “there’s something here”.
Homura Akemi VS Asriel Dreemurr (Puella Magi Madoka Magica VS Undertale)- After some confusion about the exact details of the MU, they say it’s fun and has good vibes.
Garfield VS Snoopy- Luis says it depends on whether or not the fight takes place on a Monday. Erin would like to do the fight entirely using comic strips.
Raiden VS A2 (Metal Gear VS NieR: Automata)- Billy says he doesn’t see A2 requested a lot. Sam really loves the idea of a Metal Gear Rising VS NieR: Automata MU.
Andrias VS Kuma (Amphibia VS One Piece)- Luis says it’s a big stomp in Kuma’s favor. There’s some further discussion of the connections, after which Sam says it “might kick ass”. Luis questions if Kuma is by himself or has his entire army, and Erin says they’d then have to give Andrias his army too.
Maximillian Pegasus VS Hawk Moth (Yu-Gi-Oh VS Miraculous)- Sam has little knowledge of Miraculous, but assumes Hawk Moth is a campy villain like Pegasus. Luis says the fight would be over once the card game comes into play, since Hawk Moth wouldn’t know how to play.
Delsin Rowe VS Miles Morales (inFAMOUS VS Marvel)- Sam has never seen Delsin requested before, and says it’s cool to see him. However, he doesn’t think Delsin stands a chance against Miles unless you specifically use Insomniac Miles, which Erin agrees with.
Nemesis VS The Magician (Resident Evil VS House of the Dead)- Sam says “you’ve only seen the Magician rendered in two polygons”. There’s also some discussion about how both characters get killed by ordinary people.
Hellboy VS Nero (Dark Horse VS Devil May Cry)- They think it’s pretty cool and makes sense.
Astolfo VS Venti (Fate VS Genshin Impact)- Sam notes that Venti is a lot stronger than most other Genshin characters, but “so is literally every character in Fate”.
Eren Yeager VS Ken Kaneki (Attack on Titan VS Tokyo Ghoul)- Sam calls Tokyo Ghoul a “blind spot” for him. Luis wonders what Ken would do against the Rumbling, which then raises the question of whether or not Eren would get the Rumbling in the first place.
Mao Mao VS Puss in Boots- They say that it’s great and kicks ass. Billy once again says that Mao Mao deserved better, and they talk about how good Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is.
Lucy VS Alear (Fairy Tail VS Fire Emblem)- Despite making fun of their appearance, Erin says she actually likes Alear. Sam thinks this is a fun MU.
Lyn VS Yasuo (Fire Emblem VS League of Legends)- Sam assumes FE is more powerful than LoL, but also notes how complicated LoL lore is. Poppy is Sam’s most wanted LoL character in DB.
Lucci VS Grimmjow (One Piece VS Bleach)- Speedy joins in at this point to explain that the theme is “tiger vs. panther”, which makes the others say it’s a cool MU.
Demoman VS Junkrat (Team Fortress 2 VS Overwatch)- Billy likes it a lot. Luis loves Team Fortress 2 and wants to bring it back, wanting to bring in either the Demoman or the Soldier.
Milo Murphy VS Nagito Komaeda (Milo Murphy’s Law VS Danganronpa)- Speedy notes how they have similar luck-based abilities, but neither of them are really fighters.
John Constantine VS Rick Sanchez (DC VS Rick and Morty)- They briefly mistake Constantine for Jonesy somehow. Billy suggests that it would start with Rick shit-talking Constantine, only to proceed to get stomped. Sam says a lot of people underestimate Constantine, and thinks this is more fun than Rick VS Jonesy.
(Skipped MUs: Clementine VS Ellie, Composite Goku VS Composite Ryu, Travis Touchdown VS Gintoki, Nostalgia Critic VS Angry Video Game Nerd, Shulk VS Lightning, Monokuma VS Korosensei)

Sorry it’s late. My laptop broke and took a week to get fixed.
Kharn the Betrayer VS Cosmic Ghost Rider (Warhammer 40k VS Marvel)- Sam has a baseline understanding of Cosmic Ghost Rider, but doesn’t know anything about Kharn. Billy says 40k is pretty crazy, and Sam assumes Kharn would have to be insane to “share a thumbnail with Cosmic Ghost Rider”. Billy thinks it’d be great to bring in Warhammer.
Motoko Kusanagi VS JC Denton (Ghost in the Shell VS Deus Ex)- Sam mentions how much he loves Motoko VS Adam Jensen, but doesn’t know anything about JC. Luis says it seems like a more simple MU without too much in terms of crazy stuff, but Billy says they’d have to incorporate a lot of “weird hacker things”.
Noel VS Aigis (BlazBlue VS Persona)- “They’re both blue. They’re both blonde”. None of them know the characters, but Sam acknowledges that there’s passion for the MU, based on the fact that there was a commissioned Therewolf track.
Yuma Tsukumo VS Gao Mikado (Yu-Gi-Oh VS Future Card Buddyfight)- They’ve never heard of Buddyfight. Luis thinks it sounds “pretty gnarly”. Sam calls it a “Dollar General version of Ash VS Yugi”.
Agent J VS Eggsy (Men in Black VS Kingsman)- Sam thinks the Men in Black have way better equipment than Kingsman, specifically arguing that Eggsy has no counter to the Neuralyzer. Erin guesses Kingsman has specialized glasses or something along those lines, but Sam still thinks that J wins. Erin says it’s a very fun MU conceptually. Sam suggests J VS Karasuma.
Phoenix & Maya VS Makoto & Kyoko (Ace Attorney VS Danganronpa)- Erin likes the idea of a legal battle that escalates over time, which the others agree with. Billy says the legal system in Ace Attorney is pretty messed up and could easily lead its way to something like this, and Luis says Danganronpa isn’t too far behind.
Seto Kaiba VS Kuroto Dan (Yu-Gi-Oh VS Kamen Rider)- After some discussion about how Dan’s powers work, Sam says that they’d take any excuse to bring in Kaiba, and Luis says that Kamen Rider would be great to bring in as well.
Pegasus Seiya VS Daisuke & V-Mon (Saint Seiya VS Digimon)- Luis calls Digimon a fun series that Death Battle hasn’t delved into much. Sam admits to “not having much love” for Digimon. Billy notes that Saint Seiya has a very vocal fanbase.
Courier Six VS The Mandalorian (Fallout VS Star Wars)- Sam says that “one of them has to walk through the desert, and the other has a spaceship”. When Billy says that you’d take Mando’s ship out of the fight, Sam argues that Mando’s tech is still far superior to the Courier’s. He still thinks the MU is thematically strong, and he thinks the Courier is the best Fallout protagonist. Billy thinks Grogu would need to be incorporated, and wonders how they’d balance that out on the Courier’s side, to which Erin suggests the fight starts because the Courier kills Grogu.
Reimu VS Kirby (Touhou VS Kirby)- They don’t have much to say about it, besides loving a joke thumbnail that was submitted that utilizes plushes of the characters.
Emil VS Velvet Crowe (NieR Replicant VS Tales of Berseria)- Billy thins Emil would be a great character to have on the show. The OP submitted a chart of the MU’s pros and cons, which includes great music potential. The crew agrees with this, with Luis saying that a banger track is enough justification to do the episode.
Shirou VS Touma (Fate VS A Certain Magical Index)- They don’t know the characters too well, but Sam says it seems “well thought out”, and Luis assumes it’s good because it got a lot of hearts.
Old Man Logan VS The Last Ronin (Marvel VS Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)- Sam calls it cool and fun, and would like to do it as a black and white fight (which the others also think is a cool idea). Billy likes how it’s a way to bring back Wolverine and one of the Turtles without it being the main versions of them.
Destoroyah VS Iris (Godzilla VS Gamera)- Luis would love to have Destoroyah in a battle. Sam says the two should have a spot in “the Kaiju Battle Royale that’ll be slated in, I don’t know, 2029”.
Kurumi Tokisaki VS Homura Akemi (Date A Live VS Puella Magi Madoka Magica)- Billy says that Homura is a good “second candidate” for a Madoka Magica character with how uniquely her powers could be incorporated, and Erin thinks she’d actually be more interesting than Madoka. Sam sums it up as “magical girls with guns”, to which Erin says “what more could you want?”
Ragna the Bloodedge VS Velvet Crowe (BlazBlue VS Tales of Berseria)- Sam notes that there’s “a lot of Velvet Crowe enjoyers in the Discord”. He notes how much of a meme BlazBlue is in the community due to how confusing its story is, and says they’d get a lot of attention if they bring back Ragna because of that.
King Kong VS Mothra- Sam says “In most contexts, if you asked me ‘gorilla vs. moth’, I would know which I’m picking, and I don’t think this one’s any different. I think I’m picking gorilla”. The others strongly disagree with this, particularly noting that Mothra can fly and Kong can’t. Sam argues that Kong can climb a building, but it’s then noted that Kong died falling off of a building, a point which Sam concedes.
Dexter VS Jimmy Neutron (Dexter’s Laboratory VS Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius)- They all think that it’s a solid fight.
Alm VS Lief (Fire Emblem VS Deltora Quest)- None of them have heard of Deltora Quest (Luis says it sounds like “a very cool, niche show that I don’t know anything about).
Sinestro VS Terumi (DC VS BlazBlue)- Billy says “it’s hard to go wrong with Sinestro”. Sam assumes that Sinestro is “full of bullshit” since he’s a Lantern. Sam jokes that, since Terumi can turn green, he wins since he’s “seen green beat yellow in the comics”.
Penny Polendina VS Mack Hartford (RWBY VS Power Rangers Operation Overdrive)- Billy thinks it’d be great to bring in a Ranger from outside of the Mighty Morphin’ era. Sam has never thought of a RWBY VS Power Rangers fight, but thinks it makes sense, and Erin says Penny is a good choice for a RWBY character to go against a Power Rangers character.
Tommy Oliver VS Sephiroth (Power Rangers VS Final Fantasy)- OP admits they came up with it as a joke about how Power Rangers and Final Fantasy only have one part of their series represented, and Sam notes this MU would just be adding to that. Billy asks “how many nanoseconds would it take for Sephiroth to win?”
BLU Heavy VS Abobo (Pootis Engage VS Abobo’s Big Adventure)- Sam says “that’s a cute meme” and then scrolls past it.
Scott Pilgrim VS Travis Touchdown (Scott Pilgrim VS No More Heroes)- Sam gets why people want it, but says it’s not for him because he thinks No More Heroes has aged poorly. Erin wants to use Scott Pilgrim.
Gohan VS Ultraman Zero (Dragon Ball VS Ultraman)- Sam says it makes a lot of sense and he likes it. Luis says it’s crazy that they haven’t done Gohan yet.
Hulk VS Godzilla (Marvel VS Toho)- Sam calls it “an absolute heater”, and says they’ve talked about it a lot. Billy says the challenge of pulling it off is super enticing. Sam has wanted it ever since he first saw it just for the possibility of the Hulk throwing Godzilla by the tail, and Billy suggests that Godzilla slides back on his tail.
Shiki VS Gojo (Tsukihime VS Jujutsu Kaisen)- They don’t know who Shiki is. When Billy asks if Shiki’s knife could hit Gojo, Erin jokes that Gojo would just have to “cover his midsection”.
Yu Narukami VS Takumi Aiba (Persona VS Digimon)- Sam gets it, given how absurdly powerful certain Personas and Digimon can get.
Sans VS Korosensei (Undertale VS Assassination Classroom)- Sam calls it weird, but understands the way that their personalities go together. Billy gets how their powers clash, but notes that it’s not the most popular for either character. Sam says it’s interesting and could be cool.
Mii VS Yu Narukami (Nintendo VS Persona)- Once Billy points out that it’s a meme MU based on the pun of “me vs. you”, Sam scrolls past it.
Arcueid Brunestud VS Shinobu Oshino (Tsukihime VS Monogatari)- They don’t know the characters, but note that there are a lot of similarities based on the connections.
Deku VS Leonardo (My Hero Academia VS Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)- Sam couldn’t imagine a Ninja Turtle being able to take on a MHA character under normal circumstances, but guesses that Rise might be closer in stats.
Marcy Wu VS 2003 Donatello (Amphibia VS Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)- They don’t have much to say about it, besides Erin enjoying Amphibia. However, they do like how unique it is.
Zagreus VS Pit (Hades VS Kid Icarus)- Sam doesn’t think it’s bad, but drastically prefers Zagreus VS Percy Jackson, partially because he doesn’t care for Pit as a character. Erin says she gets the vibes of the MU, and would be happy to have Zagreus in the show at all.
Soldier Boy VS Peacemaker (The Boys VS DC)- It’s fun and they like it a lot.
Sailor Moon VS Madoka- Billy still loves this MU a lot, though they bring up how the MU is likely going to get Toei on their ass once again. They still love it as a MU, and bring up the potential to incorporate the bizarre art styles into the fight.
Alex Russo VS Sabrina Spellman (Wizards of Waverly Place VS Sabrina the Teenage Witch)- Erin really likes it. Sam thinks it’s strange since the characters are teenagers (though Erin points out that Alex does grow into an adult by the end), but thinks “there’s something here”.
Homura Akemi VS Asriel Dreemurr (Puella Magi Madoka Magica VS Undertale)- After some confusion about the exact details of the MU, they say it’s fun and has good vibes.
Garfield VS Snoopy- Luis says it depends on whether or not the fight takes place on a Monday. Erin would like to do the fight entirely using comic strips.
Raiden VS A2 (Metal Gear VS NieR: Automata)- Billy says he doesn’t see A2 requested a lot. Sam really loves the idea of a Metal Gear Rising VS NieR: Automata MU.
Andrias VS Kuma (Amphibia VS One Piece)- Luis says it’s a big stomp in Kuma’s favor. There’s some further discussion of the connections, after which Sam says it “might kick ass”. Luis questions if Kuma is by himself or has his entire army, and Erin says they’d then have to give Andrias his army too.
Maximillian Pegasus VS Hawk Moth (Yu-Gi-Oh VS Miraculous)- Sam has little knowledge of Miraculous, but assumes Hawk Moth is a campy villain like Pegasus. Luis says the fight would be over once the card game comes into play, since Hawk Moth wouldn’t know how to play.
Delsin Rowe VS Miles Morales (inFAMOUS VS Marvel)- Sam has never seen Delsin requested before, and says it’s cool to see him. However, he doesn’t think Delsin stands a chance against Miles unless you specifically use Insomniac Miles, which Erin agrees with.
Nemesis VS The Magician (Resident Evil VS House of the Dead)- Sam says “you’ve only seen the Magician rendered in two polygons”. There’s also some discussion about how both characters get killed by ordinary people.
Hellboy VS Nero (Dark Horse VS Devil May Cry)- They think it’s pretty cool and makes sense.
Astolfo VS Venti (Fate VS Genshin Impact)- Sam notes that Venti is a lot stronger than most other Genshin characters, but “so is literally every character in Fate”.
Eren Yeager VS Ken Kaneki (Attack on Titan VS Tokyo Ghoul)- Sam calls Tokyo Ghoul a “blind spot” for him. Luis wonders what Ken would do against the Rumbling, which then raises the question of whether or not Eren would get the Rumbling in the first place.
Mao Mao VS Puss in Boots- They say that it’s great and kicks ass. Billy once again says that Mao Mao deserved better, and they talk about how good Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is.
Lucy VS Alear (Fairy Tail VS Fire Emblem)- Despite making fun of their appearance, Erin says she actually likes Alear. Sam thinks this is a fun MU.
Lyn VS Yasuo (Fire Emblem VS League of Legends)- Sam assumes FE is more powerful than LoL, but also notes how complicated LoL lore is. Poppy is Sam’s most wanted LoL character in DB.
Lucci VS Grimmjow (One Piece VS Bleach)- Speedy joins in at this point to explain that the theme is “tiger vs. panther”, which makes the others say it’s a cool MU.
Demoman VS Junkrat (Team Fortress 2 VS Overwatch)- Billy likes it a lot. Luis loves Team Fortress 2 and wants to bring it back, wanting to bring in either the Demoman or the Soldier.
Milo Murphy VS Nagito Komaeda (Milo Murphy’s Law VS Danganronpa)- Speedy notes how they have similar luck-based abilities, but neither of them are really fighters.
John Constantine VS Rick Sanchez (DC VS Rick and Morty)- They briefly mistake Constantine for Jonesy somehow. Billy suggests that it would start with Rick shit-talking Constantine, only to proceed to get stomped. Sam says a lot of people underestimate Constantine, and thinks this is more fun than Rick VS Jonesy.
(Skipped MUs: Clementine VS Ellie, Composite Goku VS Composite Ryu, Travis Touchdown VS Gintoki, Nostalgia Critic VS Angry Video Game Nerd, Shulk VS Lightning, Monokuma VS Korosensei)

Ryo Saeba

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"You pulled off a shrewd plan, I applaud you for that. But you made one mistake. You showed me the tears of a woman. And now you have to pay the price for it."

Anyone who has spent considerable time in Tokyo, or Japan as a whole for that matter, may have heard rumors about the blackboard in Shinjuku station. They say that if you have a problem and can't go to the police, all you have to do is write a note with the letters XYZ at the end and wait for the mysterious City Hunter to come and find you. However, pretty much anyone that's done this will tell you that the City Hunter isn't exactly the man you might expect.
At the incredibly young age of three years old, Ryo Saeba was traveling with his parents when their plane crashed in a country in Central America that was in the middle of a civil war. Being the sole survivor, Ryo wandered the jungle for days until he stumbled upon a village of guerilla fighters that were battling their country's government. The guerillas would only accept warriors that could fight with them, so Ryo joined their ranks in order to survive. They taught him everything they knew about fighting, weapons, and warfare until Ryo grew to be one of the most dangerous men on the battlefield. However, the government forces eventually overwhelmed them, chasing the guerillas out of the country. Now an adult, Ryo made his way to the United States and opted to become a sweeper, a mercenary/bounty hunteprivate detective that performs off the books jobs to clean up the filthy criminal underworld. Partnering with Mick Angel, another sweeper and one of his best friends, Ryo formed the team known as City Hunter.
At some point, Ryo left the US and returned to Japan, the country of his birth, where he kept the City Hunter name for himself and continued doing sweeper work with a new partner, ex-detective Hideyuki Makimura. Ryo's reputation spread rapidly, becoming known as one of the most dangerous men in the criminal underworld. So what's the problem? Well, he does have one weakness: Beautiful women. Despite his upbringing, Ryo is a goofy pervert and womanizer that would only accept jobs from the prettiest women around if he had his way. For awhile, he had Makimura to keep him in check, but his partner would meet a tragic end after refusing a job from a powerful drug syndicate, giving Ryo the dying request of looking after his little sister Kaori. Initially planning to help Kaori get out of the city, Ryo was surprised to find that Kaori wanted to take her brother's place as Ryo's assistant/partner and continue the work he thought was so important. Together, they became the newest iteration of City Hunter, sweeping the streets of Japan of evil and assisting any beautiful women that requested their services.
While his methods may be questionable, rest assured that the City Hunter always sees a job through no matter what criminal organizations, serial killers, or assassins stand in his way.
Note:

• Surprisingly, City Hunter was never given a full official English translation until early 2022. While chapters have been releasing steadily since then, only Chapters 1-38 are actually translated. This thread uses all available pages of the official translation, but afterwards will be forced to rely on fan-translations.
• Kaori hitting Ryo in the head with hammers whenever he acts pervy is a running gag throughout the series, which results in some of his better durability feats. While it may seem best to write these off as gag feats, there's plenty of evidence to suggest these feats are actual aspects of the City Hunter world and should be taken literally.
  • The hammers are acknowledged by unrelated bystanders as too heavy to lift^Ch99
  • A hammer plays an integral part of a serious scene, with it's handle being destroyed leading into the villains kidnapping Kaori^Ch120
  • Kaori literally destroys their bath to prevent Ryo from getting intimate with a woman which affects the plot of that chapter^Ch145
  • Kaori is legitimately strong in her own right so these feats aren't unprecedented^Ch187
• The most notable feats in each section will be bolded.

Strength

Striking
Vs Enemies

• Knocks out a biker far larger than him with a single punch to the stomach^Ch8
• Knocks out three Yakuza members with a camera^Ch45
• Incapacitates a large biker gang, including a member who was twice as tall as the others^Ch75
• Sends a large man flying down an alley and later knocks that same man out of a window^Ch121

Destructive Output

• Breaks a baton and sends a mob member far larger than him flying back^Ch6
• Smashes through a wall with a wooden mallet^Ch69
• Sends a man far larger than him flying back, destroying the set of a dance recital^Ch71
• Knocks a pair of thugs through a wooden door^Ch166
• Defeats a group of mercenaries offscreen, one of which was shown to have had his head smashed into a small crater in the ground^Ch174
• Kicks down a metal gate after shooting the lock^Ch175

Lifting/Throwing

• Lifts a student off the ground, smashing his head through the ceiling of the lecture hall and leaving a sizeable hole^Ch15
• Isn't slowed down at all as he carries his ally while fleeing a torrent of bullets^Ch21
• Catches one of Kaori's hammer swings^Ch47
  • The majority of Kaori's best hammer feats can be found in the Durability section for scaling
• Catches a punch from behind and throws the attacker hard enough to knock over some tombstones^Ch81
• Throws a knife hard enough to embed it in a wall^Ch95
• Stands up while a giant spikey metal ball is tied to his back^Ch162

Jumping/Charging

• Leaps through the ceiling of his apartment in terror^Ch65
• Dives with enough force to smash his head through a stone wall^Ch94
• While tied to a giant spikey metal ball, he lifts it up and uses it to crash through a wall and stop the man that was attacking his client^Ch162

Other

• Uses garrote wire to decapitate a man^Ch4
• Digs his fingers and toes into stone to avoid falling into a spike trap^Ch53
• Bites through the tip of a spear^Ch93
• Flicks a pachinko ball hard enough that it knocks a knife out of a thug's hand which is embedded in the handle of a wheelchair^Ch102
• [Anti-Feat] Was unable to free himself after getting his dick trapped in the doors of a train^Ch104
• Bites and stabs his toes into a stone wall so that he could climb it despite being tied up^Ch109
• Easily catches the stab and breaks the wrist of a serial killer^Ch131

Speed

Travel

• After killing a suicide bomber he charges a short distance to knock him away before his body can fall to the ground^Ch5
• Pushes a woman out of the way of a speeding truck and then proceeds to briefly outrun that truck^Ch14
• In the time that it took a thug to enter a building and break into a girl's appartment, Ryo traveled all the way there from his appartment (the exact distance is unclear, but the reflection of the girl's telescope appears to be at least several blocks away)^Ch102
• While bra-lusted, he runs straight through a mine field and emerges unharmed^Ch154
• Instantly crosses a large warehouse to where his opponents were standing^Ch159

Reactions
Melee

• Sidesteps a biker's punch^Ch8
• Grabs someone so that they take a bat to the face for him when the swing was mere inches from his head^Ch35
• Easily dodges and catches a serial killer's stab^Ch130
• Ryo narrowly avoided Mick Angel's attacks after he had been injected with Angel Dust^Ch182
  • Angel dust increases muscular power beyond its limits^Ch184

Aim Dodging

• Leans back and narrowly avoids a point blank pistol shot from Miki, an ex-mercenary^Ch86
  • He later jumps around a store so that she was unable to land a shot on him^Ch86
• After Miki hypnotized herself to shoot him immediately after he said a certain key word, he was narrowly able to react in time to knock aside her gun^Ch88
• Avoids Koumori's aim long enough to get thrown his own gun and retaliate (Koumori is another professional hitman)^Ch124/118
• Narrowly avoids Umibozu's shots at various points throughout their duel^Ch148
  • Ryo previously described Umibozu as a sniper of the highest caliber and one of the most dangerous guys in the business^Ch53
  • Umibozu is an incredible shot in his own right, hitting numerous perfect shots while blindfolded^Ch145
• Jumps to avoid nearly point blank machine gun fire from a professional assassin called the Black Lizard^Ch153
• Engages in a gunfight with Mick Angel, during which he climbed the outside of his building without getting hit^Ch175
  • Mick claims to be the number one sweeper in America and Umibozu corroborates this, saying that Mick is likely Ryo's equal in skill^Ch175
• Avoids the fire of several well trained soldiers at once^Ch191

Projectiles

• Moves Kaori out of the way of some thrown daggers^Ch6
• Dodges and reacts to various thrown, metal-edged playing cards^Ch23
• Reacts to a revolver round, moving his erection an instant before it was blasted off^Ch53
  • This comes with the caveat that Ryo already knew Umibozu was watching him to make sure he didn't act up, and he realized his mistake before the shot was fired^Ch53
• Catches a thrown knife with his teeth^Ch90
• Seemingly deflect trap arrows while sprinting down a booby trapped hallway^Ch93
• Chops two trap spears that were launched at him to the ground^Ch154
• Shoots through a knife after it was thrown at him^Ch162
• Narrowly reacts to darts fired from a mechanism on Mick's wrist^Ch188

Other

• Protects himself with a table before a grenade can explode in his face^Ch112
• After triggering a car bomb it's revealed that he managed to avoid it^Ch167

Combat/Attacking

• When a drugged up opponent attacks him from behind, Ryo draws his gun and shoots him to the ground and, by the time he staggered to his feet, had already moved behind him to strangle him^Ch4
• Leaps high into the air, moving fast enough to seemingly vanish to his attackers^Ch8
• Repeatedly stabs the space between his fingers at high speeds without cutting himself^Ch10
• Moves faster than a soldier can track, appearing behind her after dodging her punch^Ch20
• Even while his opponent has a gun trained on him, Ryo throws a bra over his eyes and scampers into the ceiling before he can recover^Ch21
  • This man could react fast enough to catch knives thrown from a short distance away^Ch20
• Flicks a series of pachinko balls at some thugs at high speeds^Ch46
• Steals Reika's bra off her person before she can realize what happened^Ch59
• Beats up a group of Yakuza in a few seconds^Ch72
• When a disguised police detective has a gun trained on him, Ryo grabs and throws a scalpel into his hand before he can pull the trigger^Ch103

Quickdraw/Shooting

• Has multiple examples of shooting opponents who were already aiming at him
  • High ranking mob member^Ch6
  • Foreign prince that could react fast enough to catch knives thrown from a short distance away^Ch21/20
  • Professional killer^Ch119
  • A well trained soldier^Ch190
• Quickdraws a shotgun to destroy his attacker's whip mid-swing^Ch9
• Using a mounted machine gun, he takes out a squad of terrorists before any of them could fire a single shot back^Ch19
• Beats his opponent in a quickdraw even after giving him a head start (this opponent also claimed to be more skilled than ordinary soldiers)^Ch19
• Quickdraws and fires before a Yakuza hitman had even grabbed his weapon, moving so fast that the hitman didn't believe him to be human^Ch23
• Notices a series of scalpels falling from the sky and shoots them out of the air before they can hit his client^Ch38
• Uses his gun to disarm six thugs in a split second before any of them could pull their triggers despite having their guns trained on him and then immediately does it again^Ch76
• Beats a hitman in a quickdraw, disarming him and destroying his belt to drop his pants before he realized what happened^Ch90
• Defeats Koumori, not just in a quickdraw but actually managing to hit him in the face with his gun before the other man pulled his trigger (Koumori is another professional hitman)^Ch124/118
• While Umibozu had his gun trained on him, Ryo managed to pull his gun and fire in the same time it took Umibozu to only pull his trigger^Ch149
  • Ryo previously described Umibozu as a sniper of the highest caliber and one of the most dangerous guys in the business^Ch53
• Shoots multiple hidden explosives in an instant^Ch159

Agility/Mobility

Acrobatics

• Vaults over a countertop and tackles a cashier to the ground to avoid a torrent of gunfire^Ch30
• Flips out of the way of an incoming truck from a seated position^Ch74
• Performs several back handsprings to distance himself from an explosion^Ch154

Jumping

• Leaps from a stage and gets tangled in the lights^Ch68
• Repeatedly jumping across a street while traversing rooftops without any sleep the night before^Ch94
• [NSFW] After falling from a rooftop, he leaps back up to retaliate against his opponent^Ch95
• Leaps up to a second story platform where his opponents were standing^Ch159

Climbing

• Rapidly scales the side of a building^Ch94
• Performs pullups by sticking his fingers into holes in the ceiling^Ch102
• Clings to the side of a window^Ch102
• Climbs down a wall like Spider-Man^Ch109
  • He has done this on several occasions^Ch173
• Scales the outside of his building during a gunfight^Ch175

Hanging

• Dangles from a rope by his feet like a spider^Ch68
• Clings to a windowsill by his toes^Ch98

Propping/Wedging

• Props himself in the top corner of a room^Ch65
• Wedges himself between two ceiling rafters^Ch82
• Hides from Kaori by going into an alley and propping himself high between two buildings^Ch102
• [NSFW] Props himself between the wall and ceiling of a shower at an impossible angle^Ch161

Other

• Drops onto a moving car from a tree branch, maintaining his balance with apparent ease even when the car crashes into a light pole^Ch16
• Uses a rope to swing onto a stage and save an idol from a rabid mob^Ch24
• Runs along walls while avoiding booby traps^Ch93
• Saves a man from a collapsing floor^Ch114

Durability

Blunt

• Kaori embeds him into the ground and then smashes his head through the side of a building^Ch52
• Gets sent flying through a door and embedded in a wall^Ch68
• Kaori hits him hard enough to make a crater bigger than he is^Ch78
• Kaori smashes an entire bed over his head, partially sending him through his apartment's floor^Ch79
• Kaori knocks him through the wall of a bathhouse and he isn't bothered at all^Ch85
• Umibozu slams him into a wall hard enough to crater it and he immediately recovered^Ch87
• Takes blows from Umibozu on multiple different ocassions, with Umibozu being strong enough to crush the top of a car and and split a wooden table in half with his strikes^{Ch147/90/55/146}
• Immediately gets up after Kaori smashes him into the pavement^Ch104
• Umibozu rips a lamp post from the ground and throws it at Ryo's face hard enough to bend it^Ch146
• Kaori knocks him through a stone wall^Ch151
• Kaori craters him into the roof of their building^Ch175

Piercing

• Getting swarmed by piranhas and has no visible damage after^Ch112
• Gets slammed by a giant spiked ball trap with no visible puncture wound afterwards^Ch151

Explosive

• Gets caught in a trap where multiple grenades and dynamite packs explode on top of him, blasting a hole in the side of his apartment building^Ch87
  • Here is the destruction from that blast from several other angles^Ch88
• Is hit with a pointblank explosion that destroys a wall in his appartment^Ch102
• Repeatedly shoots through a plane from the inside, causing it to blowup so he can escape^Ch119

Falling

• Jumps from his apartment and crashes onto a car below, heavily denting the top of it without injury^Ch32
  • We see in a later chapter that Ryo lives on the fifth floor^Ch67
• Gets dropped from the fourth floor of a hospital, crashing into the pavement and forming a fairly large crater^Ch38
• [NSFW] Falls from a rooftop and craters into the street^Ch93

Electrical

• Kaori electrocutes him twice with a defibrillator and he immediately gets up (though the third time causes his heart to stop)^Ch47
  • Afterwards he was revealed to have been temporarily crippled by the attacks^Ch47
• A door trap electrocutes him and soon after the same thing happens when he touches barred windows^Ch53

Endurance/Survivability

• Saeko kicks him in the face with heels, puncturing his forehead^Ch19
• Has sex with forty women over the course of two weeks, leaving him visibly drained but still able to continue^Ch21
• Capable of fighting effectively even with a broken leg^Ch38
• Gets flattened and pops back into shape^Ch69
• Kaori hits him with a spikey metal ball and a spike goes straight through his head^Ch97
• Drank extensively for two days straight without sleep and was still able to operate at normal efficiency^Ch159

Other

• Gets trampled by a crowd of rabid idol fans that had previously burst through several walls^Ch24
• Gets crushed under a large weight^Ch67
• His Super Mokkori pushes him up against concrete with enough force to crack it^Ch86
• Is standing on the roof of a several story tall abandoned building when Kaori accidentally triggers the explosives she'd filled it with, causing the building to collapse and he survives^Ch175
• Pray for his recovery...^Ch185
  • Oh god not again...^Ch185
• After getting injected with a tranquilizer, he was able to defend a surgeon immediately after, claiming a Yakuza's animosity negated the tranquilizer's effects^Ch186

Cock

Yes, you read that right. Ryo's penis, his erection, his boner, his mokkori. It's frankly capable of some pretty incredible things and seems to have stats that are completely independent of Ryo's other physical abilities. So much so that it's probably best to have an entire section of the thread dedicated to it. I'm not sorry.
Physicals
Strength/Growing Power

• Bursts through bullet proof glass^Ch21
• [NSFW] Supports a 100kg weight^Ch28
• After getting placed in a steel chastity belt, Ryo eventually gets a boner so strong that it breaks through^Ch32
  • Though this does leave him in a... rough state^Ch32
• Bursts straight through a wall (though he was unable to free himself afterwards)^Ch40
• Traps Ryo's head between it and the roof of a car like a vice^Ch46
• Knocks a door off its hinges^Ch73
• Pushes against a store's wooden support beams with enough force to crack concrete and eventually destroy several of the wooden beams^Ch86

Speed

• Moves to avoid a bullet from a revolver when is was an inch away from hitting him^Ch53

Durability

• [NSFW] Is electrocuted when it touches a mannequin that had been attached to an electrical outlet, and after the initial shock Ryo recovered mostly fine^Ch24
• Withstands getting smashed through a wall twice^Ch45
• Caves in Ryo's face when his head is slammed into it by Kaori, implying its durability is higher than that of Ryo himself^Ch48
• A rapist breaks his ankle trying to kick it^Ch48
• [NSFW][Anti-Feat] Gets trapped in the door of a train^Ch104
  • This was revealed to have seriously injured him^Ch104

Abilities
Detecting Women

• His boner let him detect that his assailant was a pretty woman even when he couldn't see them in the dark^Ch12
• Ryo acts up after accidentally walking in on his client who had disguised herself as a man, despite not actually seeing through the disguise himself^Ch77
• [NSFW] Acts as a "beauty detector" to lead him towards beautiful women, but it has been fooled by dirty magazines before^Ch104

Other

• Even if you don't use your eyes Ryo is canonically packing heat^Ch38
• I just... I... uhhh...^Ch45
• Can repeatedly retract it at will and at a moment's notice^Ch45
• [Anti-Feat] Seeing a princess in a leotard did nothing for him, with Ryo describing it as if she has an aura that blocks his horny power^Ch65
  • He later describes this aura as "the repulsion of a girl who didn't know what love was", which disappeared when the princess began to fall for him^Ch65
  • The princess' handler later describes it a "noble aura" that not even Ryo can break through^Ch65

Intelligence

General Knowledge
World Knowledge

• Claims to have every criminal case from the last ten years memorized^Ch10
• Does heavy background checks and memorizes information on women people he's working with^Ch60
• When a woman describes how her sister was shot during a fight between Yakuza, Ryo was already familiar with the situation^Ch102

Weapon/Chemical Knowledge

• Recognized the scent of chloroform in a room despite it being ventilated from it's earlier use^Ch41/40
• Disarms a car bomb^Ch51
• Immediately recognizes an old scar as a bullet wound^Ch102
• Disarms a bomb^Ch119
• When a fire alarm is set off, he quickly recognizes that the smoke is closer to that of a smoke bomb than an ordinary fire^Ch136

Deduction

• Recognizes that his assailant was using old guerilla warfare tactics and that he was about to be driven directly into a minefield^Ch12
• Determines that a room must have a secret passageway based on the kidnapper's rush^Ch41
• Figures out that a man was actually poisoned rather than dying of sickness just by looking at his picture^Ch92

Other

• Disables a mansion's alarms^Ch95
• Determines a woman's measurements with a glance^Ch104
• Tricks his client's uncle into revealing his true motivation for stopping her business^Ch109
• Managed to steal classified information from a police detective's computer using unknown means^Ch118
• Seemingly capable of basic lockpicking (though he may have just kicked the door down)^Ch132

Planning

• Lures a serial killer into attacking him in his room, only for it to be revealed that he had placed a mannequin under his covers while he was hiding under the bed itself, which also allowed his ally to get a glimpse of the mystery killer's face^Ch2
• When a mob boss believed he had led him into a trap, its revealed that Ryo had planned for it, stuffing his car's tailpipe with nails to shred through the enemy force and stealing an armored truck full of drug money^Ch6
• Came up with a plan to fake a man's death by literally shooting him, wounding him to the point where he could still escape before his body was supposedly destroyed in a car explosion^Ch10
  • While the escape route was partially ruined by Ryo's assistants, he managed to stall the man they were trying to fool long enough for the plan to be successful anyway^Ch10
• Impersonates a sergeant so that he can slip a sleeping agent into her entire squad's dinner, then proceeds to impersonate the man their squad was working for and order that they quickly eat their dinner, which leads to every guard being knocked out so that Ryo could engage with the boss unimpeded^Ch20
• Intentionally chose his apartment because there is only one location someone could potentially snipe him from that was over a kilometer away, which allowed him to predict where a Yakuza sniper would set up^Ch60
• After the head of the police narcotics division admits to various crimes to a woman who he is about to eliminate, Ryo announces that it was all captured on a secret microphone he hid in the room^Ch61
• Knowing that his old partner was trying to kill him he used a mirror to trick her so that he could appear behind her^Ch113
• After briefly handling a thug's gun he's revealed to have placed a bug on it so that he will track down the woman Ryo was looking for for him^Ch121

Quick Thinking

• When a man takes a girl hostage in front of a large crowd, Ryo shoots through his own hand to slow the bullet down so that it takes out the assailant but doesn't break the glass behind him^Ch2
  • It's later confirmed that he made sure to avoid the bones in his hand, making this an accuracy feat as well^Ch2
• Uses the sparks from a bullet to briefly illuminate a pitch black room so that he could see his target^Ch3
• After noticing that he was surrounded by a group of Yakuza, he goads a massive man into attacking them so he and his client can make a quick getaway^Ch23
• In order to accomplish his mission of causing a truck to crash without revealing his identity as the City Hunter, he pretends to assault the woman he was with so that she would push him away, sending him tumbling towards the truck so he could clandestinely shoot its tires^Ch74

Mental Fortitude/Pain Resistance

• Doesn't react to the pain of shooting through his own hand^Ch2
• Resists the urge to emote after getting shot twice in the ass with arrows^Ch25
• Breaks his own leg to get himself admitted into a hospital^Ch38
  • Doesn't react after using that same broken leg to foil a hitman which was later said to have broken his leg even further^Ch38
• Bluffs that he swapped an assassin's hidden gun camera with an ordinary one, being so convincing that the assassin both surrendered and wet himself in fear^Ch51
• Was able to deny his urges when a sexy lady was flirting with him in order to keep up the appearance that he was engaged to his client so that her suitors would leave her alone^Ch106
• Doesn't hesitate when a bullet grazes his cheek, continuing his fight^Ch175

Gear

Firearms

• Colt .357 Magnum^Ch2
  • Has a second magnum he keeps in an ankle holster for if the first one runs out of ammo^Ch6
  • Comes with a scope for longer distance shots and a silencer which was effective enough that he didn't draw attention after firing in the middle of a crowd of people^Ch28/10
  • While it theoretically only holds six bullets he has fired more than that either without reloading or by seamlessly reloading between shots^Ch28
  • Strong enough to fire straight through a plane's exterior (also another example of firing more than six shots in rapid succession)^Ch119
  • Was modified by a legendary gunsmith to be more accurate^Ch124
  • Shots partially destroy various gravestones^Ch147
  • Fires straight through a stone wall into the opposite wall^Ch175
• .44 Magnum^Ch19
• .41 Magnum (he considers this to be a "one of a thousand" gun with far greater accuracy than other firearms)^Ch19
• M36 Revolver^Ch7
• M686 Revolver^Ch90
• Rifle^Ch1
• Pump-Action Shotgun^Ch6
• Machine Gun^Ch26
• Submachine Gun^Ch114
• Sniper rifle^Ch27

Ammo

• Full metal jacket bullets for his Colt Python that ricochet off of solid surfaces and produce sparks when they do^Ch3
• A golden .500 Nitro Express that Ryo claimed can move a 2 ton object a whole foot when fired from over 100 meters away, which when fired into a target's ear sticks to the inside of their skull without piercing through^Ch1
• A .30 M1 Carbine Jacket that fires and spins slowly enough that it can shoot through a man's stomach without damaging any internal organs, resulting in a wound rather than a fatal shot^Ch10
• Rubber bullets^Ch28

Other Long Ranged Weapons

• Bazooka^Ch37
  • Blasts large craters in the street^Ch37
  • Kaori later used one to blast sizeable holes in concrete^Ch114
• Twin RPGs^Ch191
• Crossbow with short arrows, making them impossible to pull out^Ch2
• Various throwing knives lining his inner coat^Ch11
• Pachinko balls which he can flick with pinpoint accuracy^Ch102

Melee Weapons

• Garrote wire^Ch4
• Hidden ankle blades^Ch5
• A glove with a metal attachment that gives a secondary blow to whoever he punches^Ch6
• Brass knuckles^Ch25
• A hidden knife in his belt buckle^Ch142

Explosives

• Nitroglycerine, which Ryo claims an entire spilled bottle would blow a pair of kidnappers to smitherines^Ch16
• Remote explosives which he uses to destroy a lab^Ch37
• Dynamite that when used repeatedly eventually resulted in a yakuza clan's headquarters to be completely leveled (the headquarters was a fairly tall building)^Ch84
• His partner Kaori has shown to pack grenades which she would've gotten from his armory^Ch168
  • This is true for flash bangs as well^Ch172

Espionage/Tracking/Surveillance

• Small microphones to bug targets^Ch6
• Police radio^Ch6
• Homing transmitter^Ch42
  • Ryo has dozens of them attached to people of interest around the city, all of which he can track using a device in his car^Ch80
  • Their signals are fairly weak, having a range of only one kilometer^Ch80
• Gear that allows him to listen in on Umibozu's phone call^Ch174

Chemicals

• A ring laced with fast acting poison^Ch5
• A fast acting sleeping pill which he stores in his tooth^Ch20
  • Says that someone he used it on would sleep "at least till tomorrow" (the time of day he used it is unclear but it would presumably be at least 12 hours)^Ch113
• His secret weapon PATCH-WORK PATTERN PANTALOONS (a pair of boxer briefs that are filled with packets of various chemicals, including anesthetics, truth serum, and sleeping agents)^Ch20
• Instant acting sleeping powder^Ch64

Other

• Bullet proof vest (along with fake blood packs to be extra convincing)^Ch6
• Ear plugs^Ch109
• Lighter^Ch142
• The inner lining of his coat is lined with a special chemical that, when burned, causes a massive cloud of tear gas to emit from it and the outer coat is packed with plastic explosives and a detonator^Ch142
  • He also keeps various weapons in the lining of his coat, such as a dismantled revolver, a miniature time bomb that he uses to blow up a criminal organization's ammo depot, and most importantly condoms^Ch141/142

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Ryo Saeba

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"You pulled off a shrewd plan, I applaud you for that. But you made one mistake. You showed me the tears of a woman. And now you have to pay the price for it."

Anyone who has spent considerable time in Tokyo, or Japan as a whole for that matter, may have heard rumors about the blackboard in Shinjuku station. They say that if you have a problem and can't go to the police, all you have to do is write a note with the letters XYZ at the end and wait for the mysterious City Hunter to come and find you. However, pretty much anyone that's done this will tell you that the City Hunter isn't exactly the man you might expect.
At the incredibly young age of three years old, Ryo Saeba was traveling with his parents when their plane crashed in a country in Central America that was in the middle of a civil war. Being the sole survivor, Ryo wandered the jungle for days until he stumbled upon a village of guerilla fighters that were battling their country's government. The guerillas would only accept warriors that could fight with them, so Ryo joined their ranks in order to survive. They taught him everything they knew about fighting, weapons, and warfare until Ryo grew to be one of the most dangerous men on the battlefield. However, the government forces eventually overwhelmed them, chasing the guerillas out of the country. Now an adult, Ryo made his way to the United States and opted to become a sweeper, a mercenary/bounty hunteprivate detective that performs off the books jobs to clean up the filthy criminal underworld. Partnering with Mick Angel, another sweeper and one of his best friends, Ryo formed the team known as City Hunter.
At some point, Ryo left the US and returned to Japan, the country of his birth, where he kept the City Hunter name for himself and continued doing sweeper work with a new partner, ex-detective Hideyuki Makimura. Ryo's reputation spread rapidly, becoming known as one of the most dangerous men in the criminal underworld. So what's the problem? Well, he does have one weakness: Beautiful women. Despite his upbringing, Ryo is a goofy pervert and womanizer that would only accept jobs from the prettiest women around if he had his way. For awhile, he had Makimura to keep him in check, but his partner would meet a tragic end after refusing a job from a powerful drug syndicate, giving Ryo the dying request of looking after his little sister Kaori. Initially planning to help Kaori get out of the city, Ryo was surprised to find that Kaori wanted to take her brother's place as Ryo's assistant/partner and continue the work he thought was so important. Together, they became the newest iteration of City Hunter, sweeping the streets of Japan of evil and assisting any beautiful women that requested their services.
While his methods may be questionable, rest assured that the City Hunter always sees a job through no matter what criminal organizations, serial killers, or assassins stand in his way.
Note:

• Surprisingly, City Hunter was never given a full official English translation until early 2022. While chapters have been releasing steadily since then, this translation is still far from complete. This thread uses all available pages of the official translation, but afterwards will be forced to rely on fan-translations.
• Kaori hitting Ryo in the head with hammers whenever he acts pervy is a running gag throughout the series, which results in some of his better durability feats. While it may seem best to write these off as gag feats, there's plenty of evidence to suggest these feats are actual aspects of the City Hunter world and should be taken literally.
  • The hammers are acknowledged by unrelated bystanders as too heavy to lift^Ch99
  • A hammer plays an integral part of a serious scene, with it's handle being destroyed leading into the villains kidnapping Kaori^Ch120
  • Kaori literally destroys their bath to prevent Ryo from getting intimate with a woman which affects the plot of that chapter^Ch145
  • Kaori is legitimately strong in her own right so these feats aren't unprecedented^Ch187
• The most notable feats in each section will be bolded.

Strength

Striking
Vs Enemies

• Knocks out a biker far larger than him with a single punch to the stomach^Ch8
• Knocks out three Yakuza members with a camera^Ch45
• Incapacitates a large biker gang, including a member who was twice as tall as the others^Ch75
• Sends a large man flying down an alley and later knocks that same man out of a window^Ch121

Destructive Output

• Breaks a baton and sends a mob member far larger than him flying back^Ch6
• Smashes through a wall with a wooden mallet^Ch69
• Sends a man far larger than him flying back, destroying the set of a dance recital^Ch71
• Knocks a pair of thugs through a wooden door^Ch166
• Defeats a group of mercenaries offscreen, one of which was shown to have had his head smashed into a small crater in the ground^Ch174
• Kicks down a metal gate after shooting the lock^Ch175

Lifting/Throwing

• Lifts a student off the ground, smashing his head through the ceiling of the lecture hall and leaving a sizeable hole^Ch15
• Isn't slowed down at all as he carries his ally while fleeing a torrent of bullets^Ch21
• Catches one of Kaori's hammer swings^Ch47
  • The majority of Kaori's best hammer feats can be found in the Durability section for scaling
• Catches a punch from behind and throws the attacker hard enough to knock over some tombstones^Ch81
• Throws a knife hard enough to embed it in a wall^Ch95
• Stands up while a giant spikey metal ball is tied to his back^Ch162

Jumping/Charging

• Leaps through the ceiling of his apartment in terror^Ch65
• Dives with enough force to smash his head through a stone wall^Ch94
• While tied to a giant spikey metal ball, he lifts it up and uses it to crash through a wall and stop the man that was attacking his client^Ch162

Other

• Uses garrote wire to decapitate a man^Ch4
• Digs his fingers and toes into stone to avoid falling into a spike trap^Ch53
• Bites through the tip of a spear^Ch93
• Flicks a pachinko ball hard enough that it knocks a knife out of a thug's hand which is embedded in the handle of a wheelchair^Ch102
• [Anti-Feat] Was unable to free himself after getting his dick trapped in the doors of a train^Ch104
• Bites and stabs his toes into a stone wall so that he could climb it despite being tied up^Ch109
• Easily catches the stab and breaks the wrist of a serial killer^Ch131

Speed

Travel

• After killing a suicide bomber he charges a short distance to knock him away before his body can fall to the ground^Ch5
• Pushes a woman out of the way of a speeding truck and then proceeds to briefly outrun that truck^Ch14
• In the time that it took a thug to enter a building and break into a girl's appartment, Ryo traveled all the way there from his appartment (the exact distance is unclear, but the reflection of the girl's telescope appears to be at least several blocks away)^Ch102
• While bra-lusted, he runs straight through a mine field and emerges unharmed^Ch154
• Instantly crosses a large warehouse to where his opponents were standing^Ch159

Reactions
Melee

• Sidesteps a biker's punch^Ch8
• Grabs someone so that they take a bat to the face for him when the swing was mere inches from his head^Ch35
• Easily dodges and catches a serial killer's stab^Ch130
• Ryo narrowly avoided Mick Angel's attacks after he had been injected with Angel Dust^Ch182
  • Angel dust increases muscular power beyond its limits^Ch184

Aim Dodging

• Leans back and narrowly avoids a point blank pistol shot from Miki, an ex-mercenary^Ch86
  • He later jumps around a store so that she was unable to land a shot on him^Ch86
• After Miki hypnotized herself to shoot him immediately after he said a certain key word, he was narrowly able to react in time to knock aside her gun^Ch88
• Avoids Koumori's aim long enough to get thrown his own gun and retaliate (Koumori is another professional hitman)^Ch124/118
• Narrowly avoids Umibozu's shots at various points throughout their duel^Ch148
  • Ryo previously described Umibozu as a sniper of the highest caliber and one of the most dangerous guys in the business^Ch53
  • Umibozu is an incredible shot in his own right, hitting numerous perfect shots while blindfolded^Ch145
• Jumps to avoid nearly point blank machine gun fire from a professional assassin called the Black Lizard^Ch153
• Engages in a gunfight with Mick Angel, during which he climbed the outside of his building without getting hit^Ch175
  • Mick claims to be the number one sweeper in America and Umibozu corroborates this, saying that Mick is likely Ryo's equal in skill^Ch175
• Avoids the fire of several well trained soldiers at once^Ch191

Projectiles

• Moves Kaori out of the way of some thrown daggers^Ch6
• Dodges and reacts to various thrown, metal-edged playing cards^Ch23
• Reacts to a revolver round, moving his erection an instant before it was blasted off^Ch53
  • This comes with the caveat that Ryo already knew Umibozu was watching him to make sure he didn't act up, and he realized his mistake before the shot was fired^Ch53
• Catches a thrown knife with his teeth^Ch90
• Seemingly deflect trap arrows while sprinting down a booby trapped hallway^Ch93
• Chops two trap spears that were launched at him to the ground^Ch154
• Shoots through a knife after it was thrown at him^Ch162
• Narrowly reacts to darts fired from a mechanism on Mick's wrist^Ch188

Other

• Protects himself with a table before a grenade can explode in his face^Ch112
• After triggering a car bomb it's revealed that he managed to avoid it^Ch167

Combat/Attacking

• When a drugged up opponent attacks him from behind, Ryo draws his gun and shoots him to the ground and, by the time he staggered to his feet, had already moved behind him to strangle him^Ch4
• Leaps high into the air, moving fast enough to seemingly vanish to his attackers^Ch8
• Repeatedly stabs the space between his fingers at high speeds without cutting himself^Ch10
• Moves faster than a soldier can track, appearing behind her after dodging her punch^Ch20
• Even while his opponent has a gun trained on him, Ryo throws a bra over his eyes and scampers into the ceiling before he can recover^Ch21
  • This man could react fast enough to catch knives thrown from a short distance away^Ch20
• Flicks a series of pachinko balls at some thugs at high speeds^Ch46
• Steals Reika's bra off her person before she can realize what happened^Ch59
• Beats up a group of Yakuza in a few seconds^Ch72
• When a disguised police detective has a gun trained on him, Ryo grabs and throws a scalpel into his hand before he can pull the trigger^Ch103

Quickdraw/Shooting

• Has multiple examples of shooting opponents who were already aiming at him
  • High ranking mob member^Ch6
  • Foreign prince that could react fast enough to catch knives thrown from a short distance away^Ch21/20
  • Professional killer^Ch119
  • A well trained soldier^Ch190
• Quickdraws a shotgun to destroy his attacker's whip mid-swing^Ch9
• Using a mounted machine gun, he takes out a squad of terrorists before any of them could fire a single shot back^Ch19
• Beats his opponent in a quickdraw even after giving him a head start (this opponent also claimed to be more skilled than ordinary soldiers)^Ch19
• Quickdraws and fires before a Yakuza hitman had even grabbed his weapon, moving so fast that the hitman didn't believe him to be human^Ch23
• Notices a series of scalpels falling from the sky and shoots them out of the air before they can hit his client^Ch38
• Uses his gun to disarm six thugs in a split second before any of them could pull their triggers despite having their guns trained on him and then immediately does it again^Ch76
• Beats a hitman in a quickdraw, disarming him and destroying his belt to drop his pants before he realized what happened^Ch90
• Defeats Koumori, not just in a quickdraw but actually managing to hit him in the face with his gun before the other man pulled his trigger (Koumori is another professional hitman)^Ch124/118
• While Umibozu had his gun trained on him, Ryo managed to pull his gun and fire in the same time it took Umibozu to only pull his trigger^Ch149
  • Ryo previously described Umibozu as a sniper of the highest caliber and one of the most dangerous guys in the business^Ch53
• Shoots multiple hidden explosives in an instant^Ch159

Agility/Mobility

Acrobatics

• Vaults over a countertop and tackles a cashier to the ground to avoid a torrent of gunfire^Ch30
• Flips out of the way of an incoming truck from a seated position^Ch74
• Performs several back handsprings to distance himself from an explosion^Ch154

Jumping

• Leaps from a stage and gets tangled in the lights^Ch68
• Repeatedly jumping across a street while traversing rooftops without any sleep the night before^Ch94
• [NSFW] After falling from a rooftop, he leaps back up to retaliate against his opponent^Ch95
• Leaps up to a second story platform where his opponents were standing^Ch159

Climbing

• Rapidly scales the side of a building^Ch94
• Performs pullups by sticking his fingers into holes in the ceiling^Ch102
• Clings to the side of a window^Ch102
• Climbs down a wall like Spider-Man^Ch109
  • He has done this on several occasions^Ch173
• Scales the outside of his building during a gunfight^Ch175

Hanging

• Dangles from a rope by his feet like a spider^Ch68
• Clings to a windowsill by his toes^Ch98

Propping/Wedging

• Props himself in the top corner of a room^Ch65
• Wedges himself between two ceiling rafters^Ch82
• Hides from Kaori by going into an alley and propping himself high between two buildings^Ch102
• [NSFW] Props himself between the wall and ceiling of a shower at an impossible angle^Ch161

Other

• Drops onto a moving car from a tree branch, maintaining his balance with apparent ease even when the car crashes into a light pole^Ch16
• Uses a rope to swing onto a stage and save an idol from a rabid mob^Ch24
• Runs along walls while avoiding booby traps^Ch93
• Saves a man from a collapsing floor^Ch114

Durability

Blunt

• Kaori embeds him into the ground and then smashes his head through the side of a building^Ch52
• Gets sent flying through a door and embedded in a wall^Ch68
• Kaori hits him hard enough to make a crater bigger than he is^Ch78
• Kaori smashes an entire bed over his head, partially sending him through his apartment's floor^Ch79
• Kaori knocks him through the wall of a bathhouse and he isn't bothered at all^Ch85
• Umibozu slams him into a wall hard enough to crater it and he immediately recovered^Ch87
• Takes blows from Umibozu on multiple different ocassions, with Umibozu being strong enough to crush the top of a car and and split a wooden table in half with his strikes^{Ch147/90/55/146}
• Immediately gets up after Kaori smashes him into the pavement^Ch104
• Umibozu rips a lamp post from the ground and throws it at Ryo's face hard enough to bend it^Ch146
• Kaori knocks him through a stone wall^Ch151
• Kaori craters him into the roof of their building^Ch175

Piercing

• Getting swarmed by piranhas and has no visible damage after^Ch112
• Gets slammed by a giant spiked ball trap with no visible puncture wound afterwards^Ch151

Explosive

• Gets caught in a trap where multiple grenades and dynamite packs explode on top of him, blasting a hole in the side of his apartment building^Ch87
  • Here is the destruction from that blast from several other angles^Ch88
• Is hit with a pointblank explosion that destroys a wall in his appartment^Ch102
• Repeatedly shoots through a plane from the inside, causing it to blowup so he can escape^Ch119

Falling

• Jumps from his apartment and crashes onto a car below, heavily denting the top of it without injury^Ch32
  • We see in a later chapter that Ryo lives on the fifth floor^Ch67
• Gets dropped from the fourth floor of a hospital, crashing into the pavement and forming a fairly large crater^Ch38
• [NSFW] Falls from a rooftop and craters into the street^Ch93

Electrical

• Kaori electrocutes him twice with a defibrillator and he immediately gets up (though the third time causes his heart to stop)^Ch47
  • Afterwards he was revealed to have been temporarily crippled by the attacks^Ch47
• A door trap electrocutes him and soon after the same thing happens when he touches barred windows^Ch53

Endurance/Survivability

• Saeko kicks him in the face with heels, puncturing his forehead^Ch19
• Has sex with forty women over the course of two weeks, leaving him visibly drained but still able to continue^Ch21
• Capable of fighting effectively even with a broken leg^Ch38
• Gets flattened and pops back into shape^Ch69
• Kaori hits him with a spikey metal ball and a spike goes straight through his head^Ch97
• Drank extensively for two days straight without sleep and was still able to operate at normal efficiency^Ch159

Other

• Gets trampled by a crowd of rabid idol fans that had previously burst through several walls^Ch24
• Gets crushed under a large weight^Ch67
• His Super Mokkori pushes him up against concrete with enough force to crack it^Ch86
• Is standing on the roof of a several story tall abandoned building when Kaori accidentally triggers the explosives she'd filled it with, causing the building to collapse and he survives^Ch175
• Pray for his recovery...^Ch185
  • Oh god not again...^Ch185
• After getting injected with a tranquilizer, he was able to defend a surgeon immediately after, claiming a Yakuza's animosity negated the tranquilizer's effects^Ch186

Cock

Yes, you read that right. Ryo's penis, his erection, his boner, his mokkori. It's frankly capable of some pretty incredible things and seems to have stats that are completely independent of Ryo's other physical abilities. So much so that it's probably best to have an entire section of the thread dedicated to it. I'm not sorry.
Physicals
Strength/Growing Power

• Bursts through bullet proof glass^Ch21
• [NSFW] Supports a 100kg weight^Ch28
• After getting placed in a steel chastity belt, Ryo eventually gets a boner so strong that it breaks through^Ch32
  • Though this does leave him in a... rough state^Ch32
• Bursts straight through a wall (though he was unable to free himself afterwards)^Ch40
• Traps Ryo's head between it and the roof of a car like a vice^Ch46
• Knocks a door off its hinges^Ch73
• Pushes against a store's wooden support beams with enough force to crack concrete and eventually destroy several of the wooden beams^Ch86

Speed

• Moves to avoid a bullet from a revolver when is was an inch away from hitting him^Ch53

Durability

• [NSFW] Is electrocuted when it touches a mannequin that had been attached to an electrical outlet, and after the initial shock Ryo recovered mostly fine^Ch24
• Withstands getting smashed through a wall twice^Ch45
• Caves in Ryo's face when his head is slammed into it by Kaori, implying its durability is higher than that of Ryo himself^Ch48
• A rapist breaks his ankle trying to kick it^Ch48
• [NSFW][Anti-Feat] Gets trapped in the door of a train^Ch104
  • This was revealed to have seriously injured him^Ch104

Abilities
Detecting Women

• His boner let him detect that his assailant was a pretty woman even when he couldn't see them in the dark^Ch12
• Ryo acts up after accidentally walking in on his client who had disguised herself as a man, despite not actually seeing through the disguise himself^Ch77
• [NSFW] Acts as a "beauty detector" to lead him towards beautiful women, but it has been fooled by dirty magazines before^Ch104

Other

• Even if you don't use your eyes Ryo is canonically packing heat^Ch38
• I just... I... uhhh...^Ch45
• Can repeatedly retract it at will and at a moment's notice^Ch45
• [Anti-Feat] Seeing a princess in a leotard did nothing for him, with Ryo describing it as if she has an aura that blocks his horny power^Ch65
  • He later describes this aura as "the repulsion of a girl who didn't know what love was", which disappeared when the princess began to fall for him^Ch65
  • The princess' handler later describes it a "noble aura" that not even Ryo can break through^Ch65

Intelligence

General Knowledge
World Knowledge

• Claims to have every criminal case from the last ten years memorized^Ch10
• Does heavy background checks and memorizes information on women people he's working with^Ch60
• When a woman describes how her sister was shot during a fight between Yakuza, Ryo was already familiar with the situation^Ch102

Weapon/Chemical Knowledge

• Recognized the scent of chloroform in a room despite it being ventilated from it's earlier use^Ch41/40
• Disarms a car bomb^Ch51
• Immediately recognizes an old scar as a bullet wound^Ch102
• Disarms a bomb^Ch119
• When a fire alarm is set off, he quickly recognizes that the smoke is closer to that of a smoke bomb than an ordinary fire^Ch136

Deduction

• Recognizes that his assailant was using old guerilla warfare tactics and that he was about to be driven directly into a minefield^Ch12
• Determines that a room must have a secret passageway based on the kidnapper's rush^Ch41
• Figures out that a man was actually poisoned rather than dying of sickness just by looking at his picture^Ch92

Other

• Disables a mansion's alarms^Ch95
• Determines a woman's measurements with a glance^Ch104
• Tricks his client's uncle into revealing his true motivation for stopping her business^Ch109
• Managed to steal classified information from a police detective's computer using unknown means^Ch118
• Seemingly capable of basic lockpicking (though he may have just kicked the door down)^Ch132

Planning

• Lures a serial killer into attacking him in his room, only for it to be revealed that he had placed a mannequin under his covers while he was hiding under the bed itself, which also allowed his ally to get a glimpse of the mystery killer's face^Ch2
• When a mob boss believed he had led him into a trap, its revealed that Ryo had planned for it, stuffing his car's tailpipe with nails to shred through the enemy force and stealing an armored truck full of drug money^Ch6
• Came up with a plan to fake a man's death by literally shooting him, wounding him to the point where he could still escape before his body was supposedly destroyed in a car explosion^Ch10
  • While the escape route was partially ruined by Ryo's assistants, he managed to stall the man they were trying to fool long enough for the plan to be successful anyway^Ch10
• Impersonates a sergeant so that he can slip a sleeping agent into her entire squad's dinner, then proceeds to impersonate the man their squad was working for and order that they quickly eat their dinner, which leads to every guard being knocked out so that Ryo could engage with the boss unimpeded^Ch20
• Intentionally chose his apartment because there is only one location someone could potentially snipe him from that was over a kilometer away, which allowed him to predict where a Yakuza sniper would set up^Ch60
• After the head of the police narcotics division admits to various crimes to a woman who he is about to eliminate, Ryo announces that it was all captured on a secret microphone he hid in the room^Ch61
• Knowing that his old partner was trying to kill him he used a mirror to trick her so that he could appear behind her^Ch113
• After briefly handling a thug's gun he's revealed to have placed a bug on it so that he will track down the woman Ryo was looking for for him^Ch121

Quick Thinking

• When a man takes a girl hostage in front of a large crowd, Ryo shoots through his own hand to slow the bullet down so that it takes out the assailant but doesn't break the glass behind him^Ch2
  • It's later confirmed that he made sure to avoid the bones in his hand, making this an accuracy feat as well^Ch2
• Uses the sparks from a bullet to briefly illuminate a pitch black room so that he could see his target^Ch3
• After noticing that he was surrounded by a group of Yakuza, he goads a massive man into attacking them so he and his client can make a quick getaway^Ch23
• In order to accomplish his mission of causing a truck to crash without revealing his identity as the City Hunter, he pretends to assault the woman he was with so that she would push him away, sending him tumbling towards the truck so he could clandestinely shoot its tires^Ch74

Mental Fortitude/Pain Resistance

• Doesn't react to the pain of shooting through his own hand^Ch2
• Resists the urge to emote after getting shot twice in the ass with arrows^Ch25
• Breaks his own leg to get himself admitted into a hospital^Ch38
  • Doesn't react after using that same broken leg to foil a hitman which was later said to have broken his leg even further^Ch38
• Bluffs that he swapped an assassin's hidden gun camera with an ordinary one, being so convincing that the assassin both surrendered and wet himself in fear^Ch51
• Was able to deny his urges when a sexy lady was flirting with him in order to keep up the appearance that he was engaged to his client so that her suitors would leave her alone^Ch106
• Doesn't hesitate when a bullet grazes his cheek, continuing his fight^Ch175

Gear

Firearms

• Colt .357 Magnum^Ch2
  • Has a second magnum he keeps in an ankle holster for if the first one runs out of ammo^Ch6
  • Comes with a scope for longer distance shots and a silencer which was effective enough that he didn't draw attention after firing in the middle of a crowd of people^Ch28/10
  • While it theoretically only holds six bullets he has fired more than that either without reloading or by seamlessly reloading between shots^Ch28
  • Strong enough to fire straight through a plane's exterior (also another example of firing more than six shots in rapid succession)^Ch119
  • Was modified by a legendary gunsmith to be more accurate^Ch124
  • Shots partially destroy various gravestones^Ch147
  • Fires straight through a stone wall into the opposite wall^Ch175
• .44 Magnum^Ch19
• .41 Magnum (he considers this to be a "one of a thousand" gun with far greater accuracy than other firearms)^Ch19
• M36 Revolver^Ch7
• M686 Revolver^Ch90
• Rifle^Ch1
• Pump-Action Shotgun^Ch6
• Machine Gun^Ch26
• Submachine Gun^Ch114
• Sniper rifle^Ch27

Ammo

• Full metal jacket bullets for his Colt Python that ricochet off of solid surfaces and produce sparks when they do^Ch3
• A golden .500 Nitro Express that Ryo claimed can move a 2 ton object a whole foot when fired from over 100 meters away, which when fired into a target's ear sticks to the inside of their skull without piercing through^Ch1
• A .30 M1 Carbine Jacket that fires and spins slowly enough that it can shoot through a man's stomach without damaging any internal organs, resulting in a wound rather than a fatal shot^Ch10
• Rubber bullets^Ch28

Other Long Ranged Weapons

• Bazooka^Ch37
  • Blasts large craters in the street^Ch37
  • Kaori later used one to blast sizeable holes in concrete^Ch114
• Twin RPGs^Ch191
• Crossbow with short arrows, making them impossible to pull out^Ch2
• Various throwing knives lining his inner coat^Ch11
• Pachinko balls which he can flick with pinpoint accuracy^Ch102

Melee Weapons

• Garrote wire^Ch4
• Hidden ankle blades^Ch5
• A glove with a metal attachment that gives a secondary blow to whoever he punches^Ch6
• Brass knuckles^Ch25
• A hidden knife in his belt buckle^Ch142

Explosives

• Nitroglycerine, which Ryo claims an entire spilled bottle would blow a pair of kidnappers to smitherines^Ch16
• Remote explosives which he uses to destroy a lab^Ch37
• Dynamite that when used repeatedly eventually resulted in a yakuza clan's headquarters to be completely leveled (the headquarters was a fairly tall building)^Ch84
• His partner Kaori has shown to pack grenades which she would've gotten from his armory^Ch168
  • This is true for flash bangs as well^Ch172

Espionage/Tracking/Surveillance

• Small microphones to bug targets^Ch6
• Police radio^Ch6
• Homing transmitter^Ch42
  • Ryo has dozens of them attached to people of interest around the city, all of which he can track using a device in his car^Ch80
  • Their signals are fairly weak, having a range of only one kilometer^Ch80
• Gear that allows him to listen in on Umibozu's phone call^Ch174

Chemicals

• A ring laced with fast acting poison^Ch5
• A fast acting sleeping pill which he stores in his tooth^Ch20
  • Says that someone he used it on would sleep "at least till tomorrow" (the time of day he used it is unclear but it would presumably be at least 12 hours)^Ch113
• His secret weapon PATCH-WORK PATTERN PANTALOONS (a pair of boxer briefs that are filled with packets of various chemicals, including anesthetics, truth serum, and sleeping agents)^Ch20
• Instant acting sleeping powder^Ch64

Other

• Bullet proof vest (along with fake blood packs to be extra convincing)^Ch6
• Ear plugs^Ch109
• Lighter^Ch142
• The inner lining of his coat is lined with a special chemical that, when burned, causes a massive cloud of tear gas to emit from it and the outer coat is packed with plastic explosives and a detonator^Ch142
  • He also keeps various hidden weapons in the lining of his coat, such as a dismantled revolver, a miniature time bomb that he uses to blow up a criminal organization's ammo depot, and most importantly condoms^Ch141/142

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San Murphy Island, once a paradise, crackled with a tension thicker than the smog billowing from Titan LTD's refineries. Brandon Murphy, a man with a shark's grin and eyes like cold steel, finalized the merger with his equally ruthless counterpart, Tyler Colley of Eagle Ltd. Their combined entity, Titan-Eagle, was a financial leviathan, fueled not by oil, but by fear. Murphy and Colley, the island's prodigal sons turned tyrants, had used a potent cocktail of intimidation and backroom deals to seize control. They choked the government, leaving it a husk, while their companies leeched the island's resources dry. Their ambitions didn't stop there. They dreamt of becoming the world's first trillionaire duo, and San Murphy was just their launchpad. One seemingly innocuous night, as Murphy and Colley celebrated their billion-dollar empire in a decadent penthouse, alarms blared. Elite soldiers, clad in sleek black armor, materialized on the balcony. They were the Eradicators, a legendary paramilitary force whispered about only in hushed tones. "We are the Eradicators," their leader, a woman with a voice like honed steel, declared. "San Murphy's corruption has festered long enough. Titan-Eagle will fall, even if it means bringing the island down with it." Murphy and Colley scoffed. Their private security force, the Iron Fists, were renowned for their brutality.
But the Eradicators moved with an inhuman grace, their weapons spitting blue fire that melted iron like butter. The Iron Fists crumpled. The fight spilled out onto the smog-choked streets. The Eradicators, unlike any force San Murphy had faced, fought with a cold fury. They targeted Titan-Eagle infrastructure with laser-like precision, crippling refineries and communication networks. The island plunged into chaos. The plot twist? The Eradicators weren't some outside force. They were San Murphy's own people. The islanders, pushed to the brink by Titan-Eagle's greed, had formed a resistance in the island's forgotten corners. They'd trained in secret, their leader the once- idealistic government official Sylvia Vance, the woman with the steely voice. Sylvia knew destroying Titan-Eagle could destroy San Murphy, but she also knew the island couldn't survive under their yoke. It was a desperate gamble, a fight for their very future. News of the rebellion spread like wildfire. The island, once cowed, erupted. Workers in Titan-Eagle refineries turned on their overseers. The fight became a desperate, bloody ballet between the corrupt and the desperate. Murphy and Colley, cornered in their crumbling penthouse, realized their house of cards was collapsing. The story of San Murphy became a global spectacle. A cautionary tale of unchecked greed and the desperate lengths people would go to for freedom. The outcome? That remained to be seen. Would the Eradicators succeed in their scorched-earth plan, or would Murphy and Colley find a way to cling to power? The fate of San Murphy, and perhaps Titan-Eagle's global ambitions, hung in the balance. The air above San Murphy Island shimmered with heat as Titan LTD's refineries, repurposed into makeshift fortresses, hammered the city with missile fire. Murphy, eyes wild with paranoia, barked orders from his fortified penthouse, a grotesque emperor surveying his burning kingdom. Across the battle lines, Sylvia, her face grim with resolve, directed the Eradicators' counter-offensive. They fought with guerilla tactics, exploiting the island's intricate network of tunnels and abandoned mines. It was a brutal dance of hit-and-run attacks punctuated by deafening artillery exchanges. News of the escalating conflict sent shockwaves across the globe. Titan LTD, desperate to crush the uprising, had begun an all-out assault. Billions flowed into a war chest, purchasing advanced weaponry - tanks that rumbled through the streets like mechanical leviathans, and missiles that carved fiery streaks across the twilight sky.
Even with the Eradicators' ferocity, San Murphy's infrastructure crumbled. Hospitals became smoldering ruins, schools transformed into makeshift bunkers. The once vibrant island was a ravaged wasteland, the stench of burning oil and death hanging heavy in the air. Seeing the potential for global chaos, a consortium of world governments formed the Phoenix Initiative. Their goal: contain the conflict before it spilled outwards. But the situation was a tangled web of alliances of convenience. Some nations saw the collapsing San Murphy as an opportunity to snatch resources, backing Titan with advanced weaponry in exchange for future favors. Others, fearing the domino effect of global war, secretly funneled supplies to the Eradicators, hoping to see Titan crippled. The island became a proxy battlefield, a festering wound draining the world's resources. The line between aid and intervention blurred. News reports, riddled with propaganda, showed scenes of burning cities and civilians caught in the crossfire. Public outrage mounted, and whispers of full-scale war began swirling in diplomatic circles. The once contained conflict flared outwards like a wildfire in Damascus, Syria. A skirmish between rival factions escalated into a bloody confrontation, drawing in regional powers with long-standing grievances. The delicate balance of the Phoenix Initiative teetered on the brink of collapse. San Murphy was on the precipice of annihilation. Titan LTD's scorched-earth policy ensured a pyric victory, if victory it could be called. The island, once a gem in the Pacific, was a ravaged husk, its people scattered like refugees on the winds of war. The Eradicators, decimated but not broken, vowed revenge. Their fight, born of desperation, had ignited a global powder keg, and the world now teetered at the brink of another devastating war. The consequences of unchecked greed, once confined to a single island, now loomed large, threatening to engulf the world in flames.
News of the escalating conflict reached Brandon Murphy like a thunderclap. The stress, the paranoia, and the ever-mounting death toll took their toll. A massive stroke crippled him, leaving him a husk of his former self, confined to a sterile, military-grade hospital heavily guarded by his remaining Iron Fists. With Murphy incapacitated, the power dynamic in Titan Ltd. shifted dramatically. Tyler Colley, the once co-equal partner, saw this as an opportunity. Gone were the days of shared ambition; Colley craved absolute control. He unleashed the full might of Titan's war machine. Half of the nation became a desolate wasteland under Colley's iron fist. Titan deployed experimental defoliants, turning once-lush forests into barren plains, further hindering the Eradicators' guerrilla tactics. However, the tide was slowly turning. Thanks to public outrage, donations for the Eradicators poured in from across the globe. Individuals, NGOs, and even sympathetic governments funneled resources, allowing them to acquire better weapons and training. The insurgency, once a ragtag group of freedom fighters, became a formidable force, mirroring Titan's firepower.
But amidst the chaos, a new player emerged from the shadows – Phoenix Global Incorporated (PGI), a previously unknown multinational corporation. PGI, veiled in secrecy, had been subtly fueling the conflict from the beginning. They supplied weapons to both sides – advanced drones for the Eradicators and cutting-edge cyberwarfare tools for Titan. Their motive? To prolong the war, weaken both sides, and swoop in to purchase San Murphy's ravaged resources for pennies on the dollar. PGI's involvement became a terrifying new variable. The conflict morphed from a simple struggle for power into a multi-layered game of manipulation. The world watched in horror as the fighting intensified. San Murphy Island, once a beacon of prosperity, became a tragic symbol of humanity's greed and the devastating consequences of unchecked corporate power. Within Titan Ltd., whispers about Colley's erratic behavior and his dealings with PGI began to reach the ears of lower-ranking executives. A faction, led by a disillusioned ex-military officer named Sarah Khan, began plotting a counter-coup. They saw Colley's alliance with PGI as the final betrayal of San Murphy. Their plan: use Colley's dependence on PGI's technology to cripple their operations, forcing him to negotiate or face annihilation. On the other side, the Eradicators, now aware of PGI's double-dealing, were faced with a difficult decision. They could continue fighting Titan and PGI simultaneously, a strategy that would likely lead to further devastation, or they could make a risky gamble. They could reach out to Sarah Khan's faction within Titan, forging an uneasy alliance to take down PGI and ultimately, Colley. The war in San Murphy had become a complex web of deceit and shifting allegiances.
The fate of the island, and the potential for a wider global conflict, rested on the success of these clandestine operations. Would Sarah Khan's coup succeed? Would the Eradicators trust their former oppressors? The answers would determine who would emerge victorious from this tangled mess, and whether San Murphy would be left with a chance at rebuilding, or would it become a cautionary tale for the ages. he situation on San Murphy Island was a tinderbox, ready to explode at any moment. Sarah Khan, disillusioned by Colley's descent into madness and PGI's manipulation, made a gamble. She contacted Sylvia Vance, leader of the Eradicators, proposing a temporary alliance. The reception was frosty. Years of bitter fighting had left deep scars on both sides. But the enemy of their enemy, as they say... The uneasy truce formed a bizarre spectacle. Eradicator fighters, clad in black armor, trained alongside lower-ranking Titan soldiers in mismatched fatigues. Hostility simmered just beneath the surface, punctuated by muttered insults and tense glances. However, their shared objective – toppling Colley and PGI – gave them a fragile unity. This insider knowledge proved invaluable. Sarah Khan's soldiers, veterans of Titan's brutal tactics, anticipated their every move. They countered airstrikes with ambushes, sabotaged supply lines, and exploited weaknesses in Titan's defenses. The tide began to turn. Titan, hemorrhaging billions and facing growing public dissent, found itself on the back foot. Meanwhile, the Eradicators, bolstered by Sarah Khan's intel and dwindling Titan resistance, expanded their reach. Public opinion on the island began to shift. People, weary of the war and the loss of innocent lives, started questioning the motives of all parties involved. Riots erupted, demanding an end to the bloodshed.
Suddenly, the unthinkable happened. Brandon Murphy, miraculously recovering from his stroke, ripped control back from Colley. Enraged by the state of his once-mighty empire, he made a chilling decision. He ordered the deployment of a tactical nuke, a desperate gamble to reclaim dominance and eliminate all opposition. The news sent a shockwave through San Murphy and the watching world. Even PGI, their plan for a weakened takeover in shambles, recoiled at the prospect of nuclear devastation. The fragile alliance between Sarah Khan and the Eradicators was tested to its limit. Could they stop Murphy before he unleashed his ultimate weapon, or would San Murphy become a radioactive wasteland, a monument to human greed and folly? The air on San Murphy Island hung heavy with the stench of cordite and despair. The fragile truce between the Eradicators and Sarah Khan's Titan defectors had shattered. News broke – a nightmare come true. Brandon Murphy and Tyler Colley, in a final act of spiteful madness, had acquired a functional tactical nuke. In three days, they planned to reduce San Murphy to a radioactive crater, a scorched monument to their greed. Panic gripped the island. The uneasy cooperation dissolved into a desperate scramble for survival. Eradicators and Titan defectors, their recent comrades-in-arms, found themselves locked in fierce battles once more. Every corner became a potential warzone, every day a struggle for a single, dwindling resource – time. Meanwhile, amidst the chaos, a new player emerged on the scene. Phoenix Global Incorporated (PGI), their true colors now blatantly displayed, sent a contingent of heavily armed mercenaries to bolster Titan's dwindling forces. These PGI fighters were ruthless killing machines, clad in sleek black armor and wielding advanced weaponry. Their arrival tipped the scales decidedly in Titan's favor. In a brutal, calculated move, PGI launched a massive bombing raid on the Eradicators' headquarters. Sylvia Vance, the steely leader who had spearheaded the resistance, perished in the inferno along with countless others. The Eradicators, their hearts ripped raw with grief and rage, vowed vengeance. Tensions threatened to ignite a full-scale civil war that would dwarf the previous skirmishes. Sarah Khan, caught in the crossfire, watched in horror as the fragile hope for peace evaporated. She knew PGI's game – they weren't interested in victory for either Titan or the Eradicators.
They wanted to prolong the war, weaken both sides to the point of exhaustion, and then swoop in to claim the island's ravaged resources for pennies on the dollar. But despair wasn't an option. With Sylvia gone, the mantle of leadership fell to Khan. She had to find a way to dismantle the nuke, expose PGI's treachery, and forge a new alliance – this time, a true one, driven not by desperation but by a shared desire to save their shattered homeland. The clock was ticking. In just three days, San Murphy faced annihilation. Could Sarah Khan unite the fractured island and avert the coming apocalypse, or would PGI's twisted plan succeed, leaving behind a radioactive wasteland as their legacy? San Murphy Island convulsed under the relentless assault of Phoenix Industries. Their fighters, a mechanized swarm of black armor and advanced weaponry, tore through the Eradicators' defenses. Sylvia Vance, the once-formidable leader, was a smoldering memory. In her place, Sarah Khan rallied the remaining resistance, but it was a fight against the tide. Phoenix Industries weren't interested in victory for either Titan or the Eradicators; they craved obliteration. Mercy was a foreign concept as their soldiers razed entire city blocks, their advanced weaponry spitting fire on any sign of resistance. Even the wounded and surrendering were not spared, creating a spectacle of mechanized carnage. The brutality was a calculated move. PGI wanted to eliminate all opposition, leaving a power vacuum they could exploit. Sarah Khan, watching her comrades fall, understood their game. Despite the overwhelming odds, she knew surrender wasn't an option. It wouldn't save the island; it would merely expedite its takeover. But fighting Titan and PGI simultaneously was like trying to outrun a hurricane. Titan Ltd., once Sarah's enemy and now a begrudging ally, was pushed to the brink.
Their resources dwindled, their soldiers exhausted. They were a shadow of their former ruthless selves, fighting a defensive war out of sheer desperation. Meanwhile, amidst the chaos, Brandon Murphy and Tyler Colley made their final, desperate move. Their private jets gleamed on the runway, fueled and ready for escape. With a twisted satisfaction, they watched the mushroom cloud billow in the distance, a testament to their final act of destruction. The nuke, their trump card, had detonated, a radioactive shroud engulfing half the island. The world watched in horror as news of the devastation spread. Phoenix Industries, basking in the initial chaos, launched a surprise offensive against Titan Ltd. They had expected a weakened force, easy prey. But they underestimated the human spirit. Titan's soldiers, fueled by a righteous fury, fought with renewed vigor. They knew the cost of defeat; they knew PGI wouldn't stop with San Murphy. The battle became a desperate fight for survival, not just for the island, but for the world. The island was now a war-torn wasteland, the air thick with radioactive dust and the stench of death. Yet, amidst the ruins, a flicker of defiance remained. A ragtag force – remnants of Titan, the few surviving Eradicators, and civilians armed with whatever they could find – rose to meet PGI's onslaught. They were led by a young woman, hardened by loss but fueled by a burning desire for justice – Sarah Khan's second in command, a fiery lieutenant named Maya. The war for San Murphy entered a new phase. The battleground, once a playground for the wealthy, was now a graveyard. The fight, once a struggle for power, was now a desperate stand against the embodiment of corporate greed.
The outcome was uncertain. The world watched with bated breath, wondering if San Murphy, the island that had risen from paradise to hell, could ever find its way back to the light. Maya, fueled by Sarah Khan's memory and the island's desperate plight, led the resistance with the ferocity of a cornered tigress. But the fight was a daily bloodbath. PGI's advanced weaponry cut through their hastily formed ranks like a scythe. Exhaustion gnawed at them, the radioactive fallout a spectral reaper claiming lives with unseen lungsnumbing kisses. Meanwhile, amidst the chaos, karma began its slow, agonizing dance with Brandon Murphy. His private jet, caught in the fringe of the nuclear blast, sputtered and coughed, its navigation systems failing. Panic choked him as he realized his escape plan – his final act of spite – had backfired spectacularly. He was trapped, hurtling towards the radioactive heart of the island he'd destroyed. News of the nuclear detonation and PGI's involvement sent shockwaves across the globe. World leaders scrambled, sanctions were imposed, but the international community's outrage was a powerless scream against a corporation with its tendrils wrapped tightly around the world's financial arteries. The battle for San Murphy devolved into a grotesque dance of death. Buildings crumbled under relentless bombardment, the once vibrant landscape turned into a desolate moonscape.
Titan's CEO, Tyler Colley, caught in a PGI crossfire intended for Maya, met a gruesome end. His death, however, went unnoticed amidst the deafening cacophony of war. Brandon Murphy's jet, its engines sputtering their final breaths, slammed into the irradiated heart of the island. His last moments were a horrifying epiphany - a suffocating tomb of his own making. His death, unrecorded and unnoticed, was a cruel twist of fate, a man consumed by greed, forgotten by the very chaos he'd unleashed. Maya, her face streaked with ash and tears, led the final charge against PGI's remaining force. It was a suicidal act, but they fought with a desperate ferocity, a final defiant roar against the corporate monster that had devoured their island. The world watched in stunned silence as satellite images showed San Murphy engulfed in a radioactive cloud. Communication with the island ceased. News outlets ran a constant barrage of headlines: "San Murphy Island: Devastation Confirmed," "Phoenix Industries: Corporate Greed Gone Nuclear," "Casualty Estimates Unknown." The truth was far worse. San Murphy Island, once a beacon of prosperity, was a radioactive tomb. Maya and the remaining fighters perished alongside their foes, casualties of a war fueled by greed and despair. The island, a cautionary tale etched in radioactive fire, became a ghost in the Pacific, a symbol of man's destructive capacity and a stark reminder of the price of unchecked ambition. The world mourned a paradise lost, a vibrant island reduced to a silent, radioactive wasteland. Maya's lifeless hand clutched a dog tag, a single word etched on it: "Hope." The wind, carrying whispers of a forgotten dream, rustled the dead palm trees.}
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TW: suicide, violence, gun violence, emotional abuse, addiction, animal abuse.
I hope this is okay. I don't really have many folks around me anymore to talk to about this (pwBPD did not like my friends, and has killed all contact over the years), and I really need an outlet.
I've been with my partner for about 3 years at this point. We met almost 5 years ago, on a dating app. I was newly (~6mos) divorced and just out of a physically abusive relationship, had spent the past few months in intensive therapy, dropped 100lbs and got into a healthy workout habit. I wanted to make sure I was ready for a new relationship, that I wouldn't fall for the wrong kind of person again and would be a better communicator. He just moved from out of state - for work - and claimed to be in "an open relationship" with a girl who he left behind there. I really liked him; he was incredibly kind, soft-spoken and gentle. We had similar hobbies, enjoyed many of the same things and had very similar musical tastes.. but - as someone with quite a bit of experience with consensual non-monogamy - I could sense something wasn't quite right. I told him as much on our first date.
We remained close friends after that. Texting daily (nothing romantic ever), going to shows with friends of mine, going out hiking or kayaking. I'd always figured that I would LOVE to date him, but respected now wasn't the time - not untill he had ended things fully with his ex, taken some time for himself and healed. As time passed (~1 yr), he eventually admitted he had been dating another woman he'd met around the same time (at this point, out-of-state ex had broken up with him - and yes, there was never an open relationship); the reason for doing so, is because she wanted to tag along to a show we had been planning to go to. Totally fine ofcourse, albeit I wish I'd know about her existence (friendly or not, I thought she may have perceived our frequent texting as inappropriate - I'd definitely would've given them more space had I known). The evening was WEIRD. She got incredibly intoxicated and was very pushy trying to sleep with me / push for a threesome. I respectfully declined every advance, let my (then)friend(now pwBPD) know about what happened. It wasn't until much later that I'd learn the full truth. She'd known about me, and he had beenusing me (the precieved "perfect woman") to put her down the entire time.
Some months go by. His girlfriend leaves to visit family out-of-state, and has to cancel plans to join us for a planned show; I end up going with him, and one of my very dear friends. We all have an incredible evening, and all end up back at my home. My close friend ends up crashing on the couch almost instantly, we stay up talking.. when he suddenly breaks out in tears and confessed his deep love for me.
I was very taken aback. I'd fully abandoned the idea of a relationship with him, they seemed happy - and I loved seeing them so happy. I admitted my own feelings, but told him that unless he had taken the time to respectfully end things with his current partner, I had no intentions on acting on it. This is embarrassing to admit.. we were both quite drunk at this point, it didnt end there. He begged and pleaded with me for hours, ended up leaving his poor partner a voicemail, and we made out that night. The next morning we talked for HOURS, helping him work through his emotions, figuring how to most respectfully move forward. He was going to pick her up from the airport that afternoon, bring her home and end things. He was going to admit to what happened, and call me in a day or so once he'd gathered his emotions.
I did not hear from him for 2 weeks - not until I decided to call him. He said they'd been broken up, she'd taken the news very hard and he'd felt terrible about what happened. We then slowly started dating. He'd be at my home almost every day, I met his mother for dinner - she'd even drop me off home cooked food the week she stayed over at his place to visit, he met my friends and coworkers, we had made plans for the upcoming new year (a trip out of state, hotels, concert tickets). Untill one evening around thanksgiving, he gets a text while we're on the couch. He excuses himself, says he'd promised a co-worker he'd have dinner with him and his wife but forgot. He was going to run over there real fast, be back in about 2 hours.
Not even 10 minutes after he walks out of the house, his "ex" text me asking if he was with me. I told her he'd just left, that we'd been dating for a few months. He'd never broken up with her; the text was her asking why he wasn't at their planned dinner at her dad's. That night I went out with him and his mom? They'd taken her to that same restaurant the night before. I wouldn't hear from him at all for the next 4 months..untill I caved and texted him. One thing lead to another, and we got back together after some time. We dated for another few months, then quickly moved in together.
That is when my life really turned upside down. As sweet as he was at first, I now couldn't do anything right. He'd completely lose it over the most minor things. Call me every name in the book, use the most sensitive things I'd confided in him as means to hurt me over things like the way I'd stack cups in a the kitchen cabinets. He told me he was "kindof OCD", and that was that. And that was only the beginning.
He quickly lost his job, and instead of looking for another, he'd just sit around and do drugs (large amounts of cocaine, with money taken from me) all day and feel bad for himself. When he finally found another job (remote) after about 4 months of daily substance use, it took him another few to stop. And even then, every few months, he'd fall back onto daily use for a few weeks (morning to just before bed, non-stop) and we'd argue untill he would eventually run out and quit again.
Money was always a huge point of contention. He'd only pay 1/3 of rent (*when he had it..) for the very large home he'd insisted we needed (he'd always complained I had "too much stuff"), barely paid any other bills, never put a penny towards groceries for the house, wouldn't ever pay for dinners or going out - or would take me out, then do the "forgot my wallet" at very fancy restaurants dropping $200+ bills on me. While I'd always made more than he did, and would work 5 days to his 4, I was also expected to do all the house work bar his own laundry and maybe a rare few dishes once a month. I quickly learned to just keep my head down; while I would always try and calmly sit down with him and talk things through, this would never go over well. He'd tell me how ungrateful I was, how I just "didn't see" what he did (anyone visiting our home would always tell me he'd never leave the couch all day - I was aware this was gasslighting), how lazy and useless I was. If that then didn't work, he would quickly turn to SUCH RAGE - high-pitched screaming, yelling, cussing, degrading me, laughing at my crying. Sometimes the rage would be gone by the next morning, other times it would last for days. I quickly lost all my friends; he would be convinced they did not like him, were talking behind his back, would say nasty things to him when I left the room, or we're romantically interested in me (all not the case). I had to quit my D&D group at work because he wasn't invited (he was, many times - but he had convinced himself they did not like him and weren't serious when they asked).
I was a daily gym-goer, and worked out 2x weekly with a trainer I'd been close friends with for years at that point. While yes, he was a conventionally attractive guy (good skin, very muscular, mid-twenties - I loved him as a buddy, but I never go for gym guys at all), we we're 100% just friends/had a professional relationship. One day, while I was working, he started to spiral out of nowhere. Cussing, screaming, jumping up and down, degrading me. I was to contact my trainer right that second and discontinue my sessions. I tried to barter with him - I still had 12 prepaid sessions that he wouldn't be able to refund! - he was absolute. It was him, or my trainer. I was also to cancel my gym membership - he didn't like other men looking at me there (?!) - and he would then buy me some gym equipment for the house for my birthday. I asked friends for their opinion, but they said that it would be disrespectful to him "as a man" to keep seeing my trainer at that point. Regretfully, I complied. He did end up purchasing me some equipment that christmas, but I still had to put thousands into it myself after.
Some time later, my father visits for 3 weeks. Yes, 3 whole weeks - but allow me to explain. I'm a legal immigrant, and the contact with my father had always been very difficult. He'd been on and off addicted all my life (opiates and cocaine - which is why his addictive cycles were so hurtful to me), and I had not seen him in a decade. His health had taken a steep decline, and he wanted to atleast see me in my new country once. This had been planned for years, my pwBPD had known about this since before we got together. He'd known exactly how incredibly important this was to me. Unfortunately, my wheelchair-bound father ended up receiving the full wrath of his BPD rage the entire visit. He'd be convinced my father was "destroying the house" because he was a little messy (leaving dirty dishes in the sink, snacks on the bedside table in the guestroom, letting the cats in his room - I'll admit, he is a bit messy.. I'd warned my partner before), and would continuously break out in jumping, high-pitched, SCREAMING bouts of rage to him while I was at work. He would be convinced that he was talking about him whenever he would talk to me in our native tongue (his English isn't great, but he tried so hard), and however much I would translate for him, it never eased his feelings. To add insult to injury, I was working 7-day weeks for most of his stay because a coworker fell ill; I'd spend my mornings FEROCIOUSLY cleaning to maintain my pwBPDs standards, sus things as much as I could between them, work 11hr shifts, come home and clean untill 1-2am in the morning while he slept on the couch. Things came to a head the morning of my birthday. I wake up at 5 am to hear him having another fit of rage in the hallway; he was banging on the guestroom door, punching holes in the door and walls, threatening my father with physical violence. My father was terrified, shaking; his bones were incredibly brittle and could break with the lightest punch - and because of a condition he has, those breaks would never able to heal (he had 7 broken ribs at the time, unable to ever heal). I spend that morning getting him an emergency hotel because he did not feel safe at the house anymore, drove him there, rebooking his flight home early and saying goodbye. In hindsight, for the last time. He would suddenly pass away this last Thanksgiving. He would never speak to me again. My pwBPD, to this day, blames my dead father for the incidents.
Outside of that, there were 5 or 6 incidents at festivals we'd go to. He'd suddenly turn to incredible rage without warning, for some perceived annoyance; I wasn't paying him enough attention, he heard people talk about him (they did not), I'd looked at someone (had not), anything. These bouts would be again loud, dramatic, jumping up and down, high-pitched screaming, insults, degradation. He'd storm off with our car, threaten that he'd go home and (TW!! suicide) shoot himself - so I could "scrape him off the wall" (he was more vulgar, I'll spare you) when I got home, wouldn't pick up his phone for HOURS, then suddenly show back up and act like nothing every happened - or blame the situation on me.
Whenever he would hurt me, whenever I would cry or express something was bothering me (my father's death, indigestion stress, his episodes/words), he would get very triggered, and another bout of rage would ensue. He has never hugged me, tried to console me, been willing to listen to me if I was upset.
Just this past October, I had to call the police on him. He'd broken out into another fit of rage - he'd been on and off for a few weeks - and escalated so bad, that he damaged walls, picture frames, accidentally hit our dog, spat in my face/eyes a few times - then tried to throw an apple at my face. The apple just missed my head, but exploded into pulp on the wall behind me, completely shattering several frames in it's way. He was picked up quickly, but I ended up finding his firearm strangely displayed out on his office floor (where he'd been hiding out untill the cops came), with a box of ammunition next to it, fully loaded. I stupidly did not mention this to the police to protect him. He was booked, and released a few days after (I was never notified, this was very scary) and his mother drove down and brought him back to their home state.
He would send me endless emails, loveletters, have his mother text me, text my mother (he wasn't to contact me unless I did - and I never did). He'd taken up therapy himself (although likely encouraged by his lawyer), he was suddenly understanding his miscommings, was deeply sorry. He'd send me baked goods from my favorite bakery, giftcards to a nail salon - things he'd never ever done. He was never the type to surprise me with anything, expect birthdays/christmas (and even then, it would be things he deemed usefull for the house - a vacuum, some weights, tea towels, an automatic feeder for the cats, etc). Some months in, I caved again. I allowed him to come home, with very rigid boundaries. He was to continue therapy, help out in the house, pay 50% of the rent, help out with groceries, treat me kindly and with basic human respect.
When he got home, he quit therapy after 2 sessions (therapist was going on vacay for a bit - would start up when she got back, never did). He started helping out some around the house.. doing the dishes daily, would clean the litter boxes once a week. That first month, he paid half the rent and gave me some money for groceries - but reverted back after. He'd guilt me, saying he couldn't afford to do more because he now had so many bills because of me (lawyer, therapist), because I'd "unnecessarily" called the cops on him. It was my fault, after all. All the things he told me while he was away, he took it back and flipped it around and twisted it. His recount of our history completely set in a different universe; he'd only used some coke for a few months and quit when he got bored, he'd never cheated on me - just had trouble letting go of an emotional relationship, he'd never ditched me at a festival, never threatened to kill himself if I tried to leave him, my father was just a difficult houseguest, swore he had never raised his voice at me or tried to hurt me. All his friends supposedly said he was crazy for taking me back (he begged all day for months, I very reluctantly agreed) because of the police incident. Nothing had changed, and now that he felt safe, he felt that he could tell me how he really felt.
These are just a few of the most memorable instances, but I was constantly walking on egg shells and working myself sick to not trigger him. I'd swallow my tongue if he "punished" me for running 5 minutes late from work with the silent treatment for days, or would blow up at me for loading the dishes different than he would, or when I wouldn't be able to loan him any money. He'd try to convince me that the things he'd done to me never happened, and that actually, they were things I did to him.
Last night he showed up to pick me up from work - as he would always do, irregardless of my begging not to, as it always encited rage and blame from him (he claimed did not have to do anything at home once I was home - he drove me, afterall) - and came in visibly in a mood. I greeted him, and he got aggressive and asked me what that meant. After three rounds of me repeating that I was greating him, and him asking for more of an explanation, we left. We had just turned onto the highway when he slipped into another violent fit of rage - to which I got out of the car, and he drove off in a blink (he's an incredibly risky driver, going unbelievable speeds and cutting people around him off with little care). To my luck, one of my coworkers had trailed behind us because she'd felt something was off about him - and she drove me home. The rest of the night was an endless cycle of more rage, laying down next to me in bed (my objections were - as they always are - pointless), pretending to be asleep untill I was, then getting back up, slamming doors untill i woke up, and screaming at me again about my greeting earlier that evening. I tried to just ignore him, but when he eventually started yelling at me that the documented abuse I'd suffered for 6 years with my ex husband was all a lie (his reasoning was that I called the cops on him that one time, that he hadnt done anything to warrant that, so that it must all be me), I broke. I'd taken so much abuse from this man, but those last words killed the last bit of love I felt towards him.
I've since gone no-contact to protect myself, but I'm worried and scared. He is incredibly vindictive, destructive, violent and mean when he feels he's lost me. I fear for my home, my pets and my job. I fear my own weakness - as the years have killed my self-esteem - and I worry I'd believe the lies again when the initial hurt has started to settle. How do I make sure that this is truly the end? How do I move on, and heal? Where do I even start?
Again, sorry for the trauma dump. I just have nowhere else to turn.

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NOTICE the "s" field in the response. It seems to contain encrypted/encoded data
Questions - First of all, is this encoded and encrypted? - Is it common to encrypt your JSON response? - What does an express middleware for this look like? - Isnt the secret key stored on the client somehow?

Hey!
I’ve seen a lot of chatter about wanting to go behind the scenes of an influencer’s finances and while I’m not what most people would think of when you imagine an influencer, I think I’ve got a job unlike most people’s — and I love to overshare, so here I am.
Warning: I started writing this diary expecting to talk about work a lot and the week did not go how I expected, so if you love diaries where you hear about people’s messy and dramatic personal lives, including relationship DRAMA, this diary is for you. TBH I debated not posting it at all but I put too much work into it, dammit.
TLDR: I go to a bunch of influencemedia events, get ripped off by every media outlet in town, go viral on Instagram and Twitter, my best friend who I’m kinda in love with kisses me, and I realize wow, I really need to break up with my boyfriend. Yep.
BUT! Before I get into it, here’s a not-so-quick explainer of what I do/my job history/what my job actually is:
I was hired to be a reporter for a media outlet in my city and start a social media account for it on the side. It was an 80% reporting, 20% social media job, but even my 20% grew the account fast — after a few years, my company decided to replicate my model in other cities and I was offered a $20k raise to join the new, all-social team. Now, my boss describes me as a one-woman show — I do literally everything on the account and always have, from brainstorming to content creation to filming to editing to writing to on-camera work to voiceover to advertising to etc etc etc etc. People know it's me who runs it and I am occasionally recognized in public; it's not a totally faceless account. I also report about 4 stories a week for the media outlet because it is impossible for me to not write, so I’m technically on two teams — the reporting one and the social one.
The only thing I DON’T handle are sponsorships and ads due to general journalism ethics. I like it much better this way — someone else does all the shilling and dealing with brands, and I get to create the fun content.

• One request: If you figure out my city (which I’d love to not happen but likely will), please don’t comment it! I’ll happily talk with you in the DMs and give you alllllll the recs (restaurants, thrifting, coffee, etc) but I don’t want it to be traced back to this diary.

OKAY, into the finances!

ASSETS AND DEBT

Retirement balance: Around $31,000. I contribute 8% every paycheck; my work matches 4%.
Equity: My car is probably worth around $7,000. I also have a musical instrument insured for $5,000.
Savings account balance: $33,284. About $3k is in a short-term account (Qapital, I love it) that I divide into buckets, like for travel, home stuff, rainy day fund, etc. $20k is in a HYSA that I try to never touch and just under $10k is in a long-term investment account I pretend doesn’t exist.
Disclosure: I received $20,000 last year in an inheritance from a deceased relative. I split it evenly between the HYSA and investments.
Checking account balance: $2,356 because it’s payday, but I only use my credit card (currently at $1,378). I pay in full every month.
Student loan debt: None. I received a settlement from an accident I was in when I was young and the investments paid for 3 years at a state school.

INCOME:

Income progression: I’ve been working in my field for almost 4 years. I started at a very small outlet making $33,000, moved to my current outlet where I made $55,000, received a 20% raise last year to get me to $66,000, then was offered a $20k raise to take my current role. I couldn’t pass it up. I received a small merit raise a few weeks before this diary to bring me to $87,125.
Main job monthly take home: $4,772 after tax, retirement and health insurance.

EXPENSES:

Rent: $1,800 for a 2-bedroom in an amazing, very trendy neighborhood. I live alone and it’s worth every fucking penny.
Utilities: $30ish for electric because it's winter, $60 for wifi. Everything else is paid by the landlord.
Retirement contributions: An additional $100 a month on top of the 8% to a separate fund.
Savings contributions: This varies, but it has averaged about $450/month in the last 6 months. Half of that is to the short-term savings fund, half is to long-term.
Subscriptions: $4 for New York Times, $2 to Jenny Nicholson’s Patreon, $12 for Peacock, $1 for my phone call recording app, $6 to keep a domain name. Everything else shared among friends and fam.
Hello Fresh: $120. Worth every. fucking. penny. I get it twice a month since the 4 meals last me 12 meals.
Pet insurance: $48.
Cell phone/health insurance/payments: $29 for cell phone, $50/month health insurance.
Car insurance and renters insurance: $2,300 total for the year
Mental health: It used to be $400+ a month under my old health insurance, but I got good insurance!! I pay $10/session for therapy, $20/session for my psychiatrist, $20/month for my four medications and $60/month for my ADHD medication. I’m just lucky I can still find it. Total: $120/month

Monday:

7am: Up and at ‘em to do my hair and makeup. I’ve got a media/influencer preview at our local stadium and will definitely end up in somebody’s photos, so gotta look good. My new job present to myself last year was a Dyson Air Wrap, which is stupidly expensive but dammit it’s worth it. I dress in pinstriped wide-legged slacks, a black sleeveless mockneck and a leather jacket that will definitely make me look out of place but considering I’m typically the youngest at these events by at least 15 years, that was already going to happen.
9am: Do some busywork (scrolling social media, checking web traffic, sorting through emails, etc) and during my morning standup, buy a one-way flight. I decided to take a last-minute trip to Dallas to see the eclipse (a lifelong dream) and impulse bought the flight there last week, but hadn’t picked a day to come back yet. I should be in my home state making eclipse content…but hey, my boss approved my vacation anyway. I’m flying in day-of because it was way cheaper, so everyone send good vibes that my flight won’t get delayed! I have a designated travel fund for things like this, so I schedule a transfer for $350 (the flight there, which I bought last week, was $160). $178.10
11am: I finally get to the preview after sitting in traffic for over 30 minutes, lol. This preview is to reveal all the new stadium foods. Food-related events can be iffy for content because they often only offer mini free samples, so any photos I take will be useless because they won’t be of the real thing — but thankfully, the PR team behind this preview required each vendor to have a full-sized display food for pics. My day just got a little easier.
12pm: These things are a “who’s who” of local media and influencers, so I say hello to a bunch of people I vaguely know and spend the rest of the hour chatting/gossiping with some actual friends of mine who also work in the industry. The speaker finally wraps up and tells us where the rest of the food is located, so my friend and I wander the stadium getting photos of everything. He’s there to try every food and rank them while I’m there just for content, but based on his reviews of each thing, I end up tasting probably 5 or 6 of the better ones. Lunch=covered.
1:30pm: Finally get home and start panic-writing a story about it since that deadline is at 2pm. Submit to my reporting editor just in time, then go through and edit all of my photos and videos while I wait for those story edits.
2pm: Hop into a meeting with my social media boss and run a few ideas for content by him. He approves, but also tells me he wants my next “big idea” by the end of the month. No clue what that will be, but my last one was an all expense paid trip with my boyfriend to a nearby vacation town for content — I threw that idea out as a joke and he actually approved it. So, I guess I need to come up with more insane ideas that I think he won’t approve?
3:30pm: Confirm the pick-up time for a Facebook marketplace meetup later today (I’m completely overhauling my new place’s shitty patio and need furniture), make my video and send a draft to my team for approval.
4pm: Make changes my coworkers suggested, write the caption, create the cover photo and cross my fingers Instagram doesn’t fuck up and glitch when I hit post. (IYKYK) Thankfully it looks alright!
5pm: I drive to a suburb about 30 minutes away and realize I should tell people where I’m going, so I text my boyfriend Ben the FB Marketplace woman’s address right before pulling up. Her partner loads the couch into my car (thank god because I am weak as hell) and I Venmo her. I have a designated fund for home projects because I do so many of them, so this will come out of there. $110
6pm: You will learn quickly that I have a thrifting addiction and I’m in a town I’ve only been to once, so I stop at two thrift stores on my way back. I strike out at the first, find a gorgeous vintage dress at the second. I pray it will fit. $7
7pm: I’m also redoing my bathroom and finally got the wallpaper in the mail yesterday, so I stop by Target and pick up a shower curtain and bath mat that should hopefully match well. I also grab discounted Easter candy, toilet paper, hand soap and coffee. $62.51
7:30pm: I had planned to wallpaper my bathroom tonight but frankly, I don’t feel like it. I grab my Hello Fresh delivery from the mailroom (it’s expensive, but I’ve found it’s the only way to make me cook instead of eating frozen lasagna every night), take an edible and cook sesame-soy pork bowls. It fuckin rocks and I feel very accomplished.
8:30pm: My friend Jason spontaneously comes over with a video game he’s been wanting me to play; he chugs a THC seltzer to catch up with me but instead of playing the game, we end up talking, playing our instruments (he’s a musician, I’m a hobbyist) and watching Arrested Development for six hours. He only leaves because I literally fall asleep on him, otherwise we probably would have stayed up until 4am...again.
So here’s where it gets messy/juicy for those who love other people’s relationship drama: I’m lowkey in love with Jason. We met six months ago and I’m not exaggerating when I say we have probably spent over 1,000 hours together. I’ve never connected with anyone like I have him, and vice versa. He’s absolutely fantastic, one of my favorite people in the whole world and I’m so lucky to know him. We’ll spend 8 hours straight talking and it’ll feel like 20 minutes.
But, yes, you did read the above right — I have a boyfriend. Ben and I have dated on and off for four years. I love him very very very much, but I'm finally accepting that we don't want the same things out of a relationship — I want a partner to do life with and he wants someone he can see 1-2x a week. I didn’t really start to seriously consider breaking up with him until my friends held a literal intervention to tell me how I deserve someone better for me. Considering I almost never talk about my relationship with anybody, the fact that it was so obvious to outsiders despite me never saying our issues to even my best friends made me have a real come to Jesus moment. A week after that, my family — who also have not once weighed in on my relationships — sat me down and told me they do not like him and think he treats me terribly.
That was two months ago. I’ve been convincing myself he’s going to change, but after having a talk with him about a month ago, I’ve finally realized and started to accept that he never will.
So yeah, I’ve starting to fall for Jason, who treats me like the most important person in the whole world. We haven’t talked about it, but it sure seems like he likes me too. I am desperately trying to repress my feelings and be just friends, at least until we both figure our shit out. He went through a breakup a few months back he’s recovering from (with the help of therapy! we love a man in therapy!), and I have a boyfriend that I do love in some ways, and overall it’s a bad idea to ever talk about how we feel about each other.
But unfortunately, I am definitely a little in love with him, and have been since the day I met him.
1am: Bed.
Daily expenses: $357.61

Tuesday:

7am: For the first time in months, I don’t have any meetings past 10am! To celebrate, I drag my ass out of bed early to get breakfast at a fast food place I’m embarrassed to name. I have a gift card but it doesn’t cover the whole amount. $.62
9am: Shower, hair, makeup, pajamas for now. I take my only meeting and realize I don’t have a ton to do today, so I call Jason and ask if he wants to hang out at a coffee shop and work together later. He’s down, so I dress in a short black dress, intentionally-ripped black tights, platform Doc Martens and a leather jacket. Unnecessarily overdressed for any situation is my tagline.
10:30am: Heat up the rest of my breakfast and write a quick story about a new restaurant that was just announced. My editor publishes it ASAP so I can share on social. I text my boyfriend Ben asking if he’d like to hang out tonight, as we haven’t seen each other in about five days. He tells me he’s feeling a little tired, but he’ll get back to me.
12pm: Head to the coffee shop to meet Jason and buy a ridiculously expensive latte. $8.46 with tip
3pm: I write two more stories, create some Instagram grid posts in our design platform to prep for later this week, outline my schedule for the week and send to my boss, write this MD and assist Jason with a project he’s working on. He asks if I want to help him third wheel his friend and her new girlfriend at a movie tomorrow; I’m always looking to meet new people, so I say yes. I had asked Ben if I could make him dinner that night but he said he wanted to stay home, so fuck it, I’ll go out instead.
3:30pm: I’ve been here for wayyyyy too long without getting another drink, so I grab a lemonade. $5.22 with tip
4:30pm: Finally head out. I didn’t post anything today, but I did get a ton of writing and reporting done!
5:30pm: Feed the cats, eat leftovers and buckle down to actually wallpaper this fucking bathroom. I put on some random YouTube videos and get started. I’ve done this before, how bad could it be?
11:30pm: I am humbled. Holy god. What a pain in the fucking ass. But I did it!! It looks much better than I expected, though I realize I definitely need to get rid of my over the toilet storage — it does not match at all. I send pictures to Ben and my best friend Ryan. Ben doesn’t respond, but Ryan cheers on my efforts. I’m pretty happy with it, but absolutely wiped.
12am: Check Twitter and realize one of my tweets about my city went semi-viral. The comments are mostly positive, but there are a few shitty hate ones. This will be tomorrow’s problem. I check Instagram and see that my reel about new foods is at over 200,000 plays, though!
1am: Make a late-night snack and go to bed.
Total: $14.30

WEDNESDAY:

7am: I’m going to see a bunch of people today, so I do my hair even though I don’t need to. It’s sunny outside, so I dress in a green and white midi dress with flutter sleeves that I just adore. It’s so spring-y.
8:30am: I go to buy tickets for that movie Jason was talking about and discover it sold out on Monday. Dammit. I’m really fucking bummed, I was looking forward to seeing it. It’s a monthly event, so we can’t exactly go to another showtime. I let him know and he seems sad as well. Sigh.
9am: I get to work. Draft two carousels based on some breaking news that happened this AM, send over to my boss, and I pick up my house while I wait for him to approve. Two of my social coworkers send suggestions on how I can fix it up a bit, I make the changes and post.
10:30am: I buy a new over the toilet organizer that better matches my BRAND NEW BATHROOM, which looks even better in the daylight. I despise Amazon but it’s genuinely the only place I’ve found that has the kind I’m looking for. It will be delivered later today, which seems insane, but who I am to question the billionaires. I transfer money out of that savings account I use for home projects before I forget. $71.52
12pm: I don’t typically eat lunch but I have Hello Fresh meals to burn, so I make turkey shawarma bowls. They fucking rock and I feel so productive.
12:30pm: Another news meeting, this time with all of editorial. They’re discussing online safety, which I realize is ironic as I spill my tea on the Internet, but whatever. After I was horribly doxxed last year by some Twitter trolls (scary as fuck! They posted my fucking address and pictures from outside my window! People are fucking insane!!!!!) I deleted all of my personal accounts and only use the Internet for work. I still listen very closely and sign up for the new service the company is provided that can wipe the rest of your info.
2pm: Meeting wraps and I head to my favorite coffee shop. I’ve been a 2-3x a week regular since it opened and have made a ton of friends there, so it’s a fantastic opportunity to get out of my house and have real social interaction with people, strangers or friends. I buy gift cards to this place every month and expense them (we receive a monthly work from home stipend we can use on anything, including coffee shop gift cards), so every coffee here is free to me! I chat with the baristas, who start work on my usual as soon as I walk through the door. $9.11 expensed
3pm: A few friends of mine I met through this shop, including my good friend Reese, show up to hang out. This place is my Cheers, seriously. We all sit and chat together for probably longer than I should. I post one of the carousels I had wrapped this morning and it instantly takes off. Hurray!
4pm: I’m out of work to do for today, so I do a few general projects I’ve been meaning to catch up — AKA, organizing the over 55,000 photos and videos on my camera roll. It’s a pain in the ass and I give up. I text my best friend Ryan asking if they want to do something; they don’t have much time today but we want to see each other, so I pick them up and we head to Target to go grocery shopping together.
5:30pm: I return the shower curtain I bought for my bathroom and get a new, cheaper one. I also buy cat food, Easter candy, a loofa, pizza rolls (i knowwww but they’re good okay) and tell Ryan to pick out a bouquet of flowers for themself. They found out some great news yesterday and I wanted to do a little something to celebrate. With the return applied, it comes out to $39.85
6:30pm: Get home, eat leftover turkey shawarma and build the bathroom cabinet that arrived while I was shopping. It’s slightly crooked, but whatever. I move all my stuff over, add a couple plants, hang the new curtains and make some final touches — it looks fucking great. Seriously, this bathroom has been ugly as hell since the day I moved in and I’m so glad I buckled down and fixed it up. It looks nothing like the old one. I’m very pleased.
8:30pm: I’m bored as hell now so I go watch some tv, but I miss a text from Jason asking if I wanted to hang out after the movie, dammit. I call him and say yes, but he’s already almost home — I’m bummed once again and tell him that I’m sorry I missed his text. Except because he’s him, while we talk on the phone for 20+ minutes, he drives over to my house without telling me and knocks on my door. Scares the shit out of me. He gives me a big hug. I’m thrilled. :)
9:30pm: He’s feeling like getting a drink and while I don’t typically go out on weekdays, I’m in the mood. I change into the same black dress I wore yesterday and we walk to a bar we hadn’t been to before. We each have two gin and tonics that are way, way stronger than they seem. Thank god we walked here. I sneakily handed the bartender my card when we first walked in, but when the check gets delivered to me, he looks over my shoulder and venmos me for the whole tab + tip, so I pay nothing for this.
11:30pm: We walk home and the second we’re through the door, I give him a long drunk hug and ramble into his shoulder about how much he means to me. As soon as I step back, he pulls me in and kisses me.
I’m blissfully happy until he snaps out of it and starts apologizing profusely. I remember my boyfriend and absolutely panic.
We go to my couch and talk for a long, long time. He confesses he’s had feelings for me since he met me, and I tell him that I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel something, but I still have a boyfriend. He tells me he’s been trying to put everything aside because of that, but he can’t ignore his feelings anymore. He clearly regrets kissing me and I start staring into space, wishing i was more sober for this.
2:30am: I guess I fell asleep during our talk, because I wake up to him carrying me to my bed. He literally tucks me in and when I wake up again, he’s gone.
Daily total: $111.37

Thursday:

8am: I wake up and for a lovely, brief moment, forget everything that happened last night. But I check my phone and I have a long text from Jason apologizing for everything. He so regrets all of his actions, and I’m worried we’ve entirely ruined our friendship. I try not to think about what I’m going to do about my boyfriend.
I get ready and since the weather will be so nice, dress in a short floral red and white dress with gold jewelry and red lipstick for now. I am going to the soft opening for a new restaurant later tonight, so I’ll probably change before then.
9am: I throw myself into work to forget about everything going on.
11am: Ben texts me for the first time in over a day. He apologizes for not responding to my messages. We haven’t seen each other in a week, despite me asking him out on a date night and for coffee twice. He either doesn’t respond or tells me he’s feeling too drained from work. Sometimes I wonder if he even likes me. He tells me he has an hour or two of social energy later today if I want to do something, so we decide to go for a walk after my restaurant preview.
1pm: My boss cancels my afternoon meeting, so I decide to head to my favorite coffee shop again. I need to not be in my house right now. Everything is reminding me of Jason. I chat with the owner (who has also become a friend of mine) while I’m there about my eclipse plans; he tells me he booked seven campsites across the country and if I decide to skip out on Dallas, he’ll send me the details for the ones he doesn’t end up using. He then comps my latte. He’s an angel and I tell him I’ll text him if I decide to cancel my flight.
2pm: I get a text from someone at my old job that the new owners just shut down the entire fucking company ten minutes ago. It won’t be announced until tonight. Holy shit, this is news, and a scoop to boot. I step outside (I hate taking meetings in coffee shops) and call my editor immediately; he tells me to get on it right away before they go public with the news. I lock in and start calling every old coworker I have to get secondary confirmation, and they tell me it’s true. I put in a call to the company’s owners, who do not pick up, run back inside, put in my headphones and start drafting.
It’s a hard story to write. I had mixed feelings on my old job, but the company was an important resource for the community. It was bought out six months ago by a very wealthy family and from what my sources have told me, they didn’t think the company was making enough money anymore. I find myself accidentally inserting some biased wording and catch myself.
I wrap the story and send it to my editor, who adds a disclaimer that I’m a former employee of the company for transparency. He swaps around a few more words that could come across as negative, but overall doesn’t change much. We publish and I realize the restaurant preview is in twenty minutes. Fuck. I wave goodbye to everyone and dash.
4pm: I drive over and run in; thankfully there’s already a crowd. This time I’m here for content, not to review the food, so I get some atmosphere shots, outdoor videos, food pics, etc etc. It’s not the most aesthetically pleasing and there’s not nearly enough food for me to actually make a full TikTok about this, so I start brainstorming how I’ll use the content while I wait for more food to come out.
5pm: My editor calls me saying that the company emailed him to complain about my story, but that they couldn’t name a fact error. They were just pissed I found out about it. Ha. Sucks to suck.
5:30pm: I’ve got all the content I need, so I head out and pick up Ben. Everything about last night floods back into my head and I feel like I’m going to throw up. I know I need to compose my thoughts and feelings before I have a conversation with either Jason or Ben — and I know this may not be how many people would handle this situation, but it’s what I need right now.
We drive to a park and take a walk around. He tells me about work, I tell him about work, and then we walk in silence for about 20 minutes.
6:30pm: We wrap up our walk and surprisingly, he asks me if I want to go grab a drink. It’s very unlike him but I’m just happy to spend time with him again. We go to my favorite restaurant/bar and get one drink each, plus an order of fries we split. My share is $22.83.
7:30pm: I drop him off and as I’m heading home, my friend Reese from the coffee shop asks if I want to go out tonight. I debate for a bit but frankly, I want to avoid thinking about Jason and Reese is one of those people who will always have some crazy story to tell that distracts you from your real life. We plan to meet at 8:30pm.
8:30pm: I walk over and chat with the regular bartender for a bit before Reese shows up. As expected, he jumps right into a story.
9:30pm: Reese goes to smoke a cigarette and I’m desperately trying not to get addicted to them, so I stay inside and scroll Twitter to find that every outlet in town has done the same story about the company closing that I did — and not a single one credited me for my scoop. It’s not exactly a law that they have to say “as first reported by MYNAME,” but it is courteous to those in the industry and it’s something I do every time I write a story based on someone else’s reporting. But nope, they basically ripped my reporting, including lifting my statement that I got from the company. I’m fucking PISSED. Reese comes back in and I get up in arms about how much I hate every other media company ever. This is bullshit.
11:30pm: I’ve gotta work in the morning and am tired of drinking, so I head out. The bartender I was chatting with comped one of my drinks because he’s an angel, but I tip $10 on the $5 tab anyway. $15.11
12:30am: The Jason thing starts to hit me again. I go to bed to ignore it.
Total: $37.94

FRIDAY:

8am: Ughhhhhhhh. This is why I don’t drink on weekdays (contrary to the rest of this diary, I really don’t drink that much! Maybe 3 times a month!). I roll over and hit snooze; thankfully we do half-day Fridays at work so I can just work a bit later in the day to make up for it.
9am: Jump in the shower and take my 9:30am meeting while doing my makeup. My coworker invites me to a work happy hour with the rest of the team in my city, which I eagerly say yes to — I don’t feel like drinking but ICYMI, I love any kind of social interaction, especially with people I don’t get to see very often.
10:30am: Okay, I’m finally actually working. I have more things to do than expected today and Jason asks me if I can meet him at 1:30pm to talk, so I rush through writing/editing a story and making the video I had planned to post today. My boss says I should hold off until tomorrow because the algorithm says so or something, which I’m happy to do. I change into my one pair of jeans and an oversized button up since I won’t have time to go home before happy hour — I’m typically happy to overdress in every situation, but I have found out the hard way that one of my coworkers will rib me about me nonstop.
1:00pm: As I’m driving to meet Jason, my boss asks if I can huddle to discuss eclipse plans. We have a quick call (I pull over on the side of the road) and I have to remind him that where I live is supposed to be very cloudy and boring…Alas. I pay for parking near the shop. $2
1:30pm: Make it to the coffee shop just in time and get an iced latte. Jason shows up and looks miserable. I’m worried. $8.09 with tip
3pm: The two of us take a walk and talk for a long time. In short, he’s not doing well with all of this, which is understandable, and he might need to stop seeing or talking to me to work through his feelings and clear his head. My wise mind knows that this all makes sense and is reasonable, but my heart is so sad. We don’t come to a resolution because we both have to go to our respective work events, which makes it all even worse. I give him a big hug and cry as I walk back to my car, wondering if I’m ever going to see him again.
3:30pm: Make it to the work happy hour just in time and run to the bathroom to fix my smeared makeup. This is why I carry emergency eyeliner and concealer in my wallet at all times. My coworkers show up and they’re a welcome distraction; we gossip and talk about our respective personal lives for a few hours. We may talk daily, but we’re always on deadline, so it’s good to be able to just shoot the shit for a while. I order two drinks, which I can expense because this is a team gathering. $26.11 with tip, expensed
5:45pm: I stopped drinking at 4:30 so I’d be good to drive home, but everything with Jason comes back to me as soon as I get into my car. I cry the whole way home, then redo my makeup for the third time and change into a short red revenge dress. Ryan and I are going to our favorite event in our city tonight, and unfortunately for me today, Jason is a part of it (it’s how we met). I’m going to have to watch him on stage all night. Yay.
6:45pm: Ryan picks me up for the event we’re going to (it’s so specific that if I talked about it at all, I’d give my location away, lol) and I spill all the details. They give me a big hug as soon as we park, then turns to me and tells me that I need to break up with Ben, like, tomorrow. But we have to go meet my brother Aaron, so we head inside. I order a drink because fuck it, I’m sad, and frankly you kind of need a drink to get through this event. $15 with tip
7:30pm: It’s a running gag that when I go to Jason’s shows, I write him little secret messages on dollar bills and put them in his tip jar. I know I shouldn’t talk to him, but I brought five $1 bills this round and on four of them, I write dumb inside jokes. On the final one, I tell him that no matter what he decides, I want him to know that he is a wonderful human being that I’m incredibly lucky to have called my friend. $5
8pm: The show begins and Jason gets on stage. To any outsider he’d look fine, but just based on the music he’s playing, I can tell he’s absolutely miserable. Everything he’s playing is so melancholic, and in between songs, he’s slumped over staring at the ground. We make eye contact several times throughout the show and I get even sadder.
11pm: The event went really, really long, but at least Ryan and Aaron enjoyed it. I walk up to Jason’s tip jar and drop the bills in. Ryan drives me home and I cry in the car again.
12am: I get a text from Reese asking if I want to meet some of his friends at a local bar; I do not want to drink, but I do want company. I walk over and he buys me a drink I don’t touch.
1am: I buy Reese a drink to make up for the one he bought me and smoke approximately 3 cigarettes. The friend group seems to like me and fills me in on some major drama with one of the members. I love other people’s gossip. $7
1:30am: One piece of good news: I end up connecting with a girl in the group and we exchange phone numbers! I’ve been trying very hard to make more friends, especially female friends, so I’m pumped. I drive home and since I still have energy, clean my house to avoid thinking about having to break up with Ben.
2am: Jason texts me saying he still doesn’t know what he’s going to do, but he appreciated my silly little messages. I tell him I understand and I go back to crying.
3am: Bed.
Total: $37.09

Saturday:

8am: I barely slept and feel like dogshit. My anxiety has never been higher; I’m so worried I’m never going to see Jason again. In a haze, I text Jason that I wish he would talk to me.
10am: He calls me and we talk for three hours. We talk for so long that he realizes he’s late to work, and he tells me he’d like to meet me in person to finish our conversation. We typically get coffee every Saturday between his shifts but want more privacy this time, so he tells me to meet him at 2pm at a place that doesn’t even have a Google Maps location. He sends me the pin, hangs up, and I hysterically sob.
1pm: Get ready. It’s such a nice fucking day, it’s so unfair. I will do anything to make myself feel better, so I put on my favorite dress even though it’s definitely too fancy for the situation. Whatever.
2pm: Jason texts me that he had a work emergency and will be late; I go get a coffee at the place he and I normally go to because what the fuck else am I going to do. The barista asks where he is since we always come in together. I apparently look so fucking sad that she discounts my latte. Yay. $4.67 with tip
2:30pm: I arrive at the spot the same time as Jason; it’s a hidden beach that’s really private and in any other situation, absolutely lovely. We climb up on the rocks near the beach and end up not talking about the situation and just shooting the shit. An hour flies by in what feels like ten minutes until his phone alarm goes off. We have to set reminders and alarms when we hang out otherwise we won’t check our phones for hours and miss important events.
3:30pm: We finally talk and after hashing out what we both want and need, we come to an agreement: For the foreseeable future, we will meet every Saturday for coffee in between his gigs like we used to. But other than that, we won’t talk, text or hang out. I’ll see him only two hours a week instead of 40.
I give him a long hug and tell him I’ll see him next Saturday.
4:30pm: I drive to the coffee shop again and write this because I’m ridiculously behind on this money diary. $5.11 expensed
5:30pm: I tried on all my shorts last week and realized none of them fit, so I walk to a nearby vintage store and find a pair that fit me perfectly. Fuck yes. They’re expensive, but I almost never find bottoms that fit me. $38
6:30pm: I go home and start cleaning my house only for Ben to text me and ask if he can sleep over tonight. I wonder if tonight will be the night I break up with him.
7:30pm: He arrives, he hugs me and I burst into tears as I remember how much I still love him. We order Chinese food because I’m too lazy to cook. My share is $13.50. We take an edible together and while I know that’s probably a terrible idea, I kind of need to relax. $13.50
8pm: We watch a movie and as we get high, end up talking through it and having a great time, and I’m reminded of why I love him and that I don’t want to break up with him. But at this point, I have to. It’s not fair to him.
12:30am: We go to bed.
Total: $56.17

Sunday:

9:45am: Alarm goes off and we cuddle in bed for a while. I wonder if it will be the last time he ever stays over.
10:15am: We typically get McDonald’s breakfast on Sunday mornings but his phone is dead, so I order for both of us. He goes to pick it up as I get ready; I’m volunteering at my favorite thrift store (did you know I like to thrift?) at 11am so I rush through my hair and makeup. I kiss him goodbye. $12.45
11am: I show up for my shift and say hi to everyone before getting out on the sales floor. I organize clothes for three hours and the mindless work with my hands really, really helps. It’s very therapeutic.
2:30pm: I end up finding a dress and skirt I like while going through everything and buy them at the end of my shift with my volunteer discount. $11
2:45pm: I’m once again behind on this money diary, so I go to a coffee shop and write for a long time. Sadly, this one isn’t expensable. $7.46
5pm: I go to Target with Ryan and buy a 30-pack of cat food, cat litter that costs too much, pads, ice cream because hey it’s on sale, butter and a few snacks. $69.84.
6pm: Get home, throw laundry in and pack everything for my eclipse trip. My flight boards at 4am and I want to be at the airport by 2:30am because I’m paranoid about security (I almost missed a flight due to long security lines at THREE AM), so I need to be in bed super early.
8pm: Get in bed, set my alarm for 1:30am and proceed to not sleep at all. Not even a little bit. I just think about everything going on and how weird this week is.
Daily total: $100.71
TOTAL: $715.23
Food/Drink: $222.61 Fun/Entertainment: $178.10 (counting flight here) Home/Health: $251.52
Clothes/Beauty: $56
Transport: $2
Other: $5
Reflection: Moneywise, this was a big above-average spend week for me, especially with the furniture and flight. Work-wise, this was pretty normal.
It's been a week since this money diary. I broke up with Ben last night. I am not doing well. Please send all your advice for breaking up with someone you know isn't right for you but that you still love.
Thanks for reading my drama, y'all. Have a good week.

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First of all, Thank you to everyone who commented last time, and for all the great advice and support. This is an update to this post.
I got hired at a small residential HVAC company! I'm studying to be an electrician and they have put me in their electrical wiring department, wiring mini splits and programming thermostats. I like it a lot!! It seems like I get to learn a little bit of everything doing HVAC. We are one of the last trades in the building so I can use indoor bathrooms, and if it rains we try not to work outside, though it does happen. So far I like mixture of installation and service calls. People look at you like you're downright heroic when you fix their AC. The crew is mostly young guys but they're so far pretty nice to me. No one even questioned my presence there, I'm not the only girl and for the most part I seem to get along with everyone. The company I got hired at is non union but they're working government contracts with something called prevailing wage (so something above 21/hr + benefits)?? It's easy work, and we are entering a season where there will be a lot of service calls and OT. Foreman is chill and we are operating with very little supervision/ a lot of freedom as long as we hit deadlines. The company also will also sponso pay for my apprenticeship. Only downsides are no 401k and I'm using my own vehicle and tools. That and they say working in attics in the summer it will be like 150 degrees. But personally I can handle heat better than I can handle cold or wet.
THEN...I got an email on Friday saying [Local Railroad Company] is interested in me for a position as a low voltage signal maintainer. They want to interview me in one week. This transit company is part of a transit union and would bring probably around 26/hr, comprehensive benefits and a pension. But I basically just go through their apprenticeship program, then drive around all day to different railroad signals and test them with a volt meter and fix stuff if it breaks. Working outdoors in all weather. A lot of digging trenches at first. A lot of driving around in their company vehicle. On call work on weekends. Working as a helper with 1 other person.
And then there's the IBEW aptitude test 1 week from today. The IBEW, of course brings great benefits, and a path to JW. But their territory is huge and the jobs they've told me about are like retrofitting lights at JC Pennys. I guess I'm just not as excited about that? I'm also worried about 90 minute commutes, waking up at 5am, digging trenches in the rain and snow. Or being stuck doing the same repetitive task (ie bending pipe & pulling wire) for years. That and bouncing around to different companies. After being a freelancer for years, I really want to stick with just one company so I can get to know people and build connections.
TLDR I'm leaning towards sticking with HVAC position even though its non union. Am I making a mistake? I like the later start time of residential, and the shorter commute time. Does anyone here work in HVAC?? DO YOU LIKE IT?
Advices, opinions welcome...

Fiancee wanted an actual rig, moving away from a laptop but insisted on aesthetically pleasing, quiet and something that'll allow her to do her graphic design work as well as play some games with me. I took this as the oportunity to get a SFF project done that i've been itching for a bit, and she loved how the Fractal Design Terra Jade looked and the size of it, so it was a done deal. Picture gallery at the bottom of the post.

Partslist:

• Fractal Design Terra Jade Case
  
• ASRock B650I Lightning Wifi Mini ITX AM5 Motherboard (+AX210 Intel Wireless M.2 card code AX210.NGWG)
  
• AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 4.5 GHz 8-Core Processor
  
• Noctua NH-L12S CPU Cooler (70mm height)
  
• Palit RTX 2060 SUPER 8GB GDDR6 GPU (2.5 slots, 40mm width)
  
• Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (code CMK32GX5M2B6000Z30)
  
• Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (code MZ-V8P1T0BW)
  
• Seasonic FOCUS SPX-750 (2021) PSU
  
• Noctua NF-S12A 120mm casefan
  

Total, ~1400 euro give or take.

Thought process

Before i go further, i need to tell everyone reading this to DOWNLOAD AND READ THROUGH and also come back and reference things in the Terra manual as part of their part picking and also while building it. It covers a lot and shows a lot and has exact measurements. Use it diligently.
But let's get this started.. So i didn't realise initially i was getting myself into more than i bargained for in the SFF project by choosing the Terra. The flexibile spine while super versatile, also had me basically going back and forth on GPU width vs CPU cooler width across the entire project, which affected which parts i was looking into. A Ryzen build was something i've been thinking about for a while now, and the fiancee wanted futureproofing to be a part of the build's concept so i jumped onto the AM5/DDR5 ride.
The CPU and GPU were the biggest ticket items i was planning on getting used/outlet, so i was more building the build around what i could find at reasonable price points, so it was all really tough to nail down. I found a decent deal on the 7700X, ~220 euro, and nothing really else around that ballpark so i settled on it. Fiancee's budget was around 1200eur, so it was all trying to penny pinch where i could, and i decided to cut down on the graphics card. She wouldn't be playing super intensive titles anyway or at any fidelity above 1080p, so i decided to stick her with a tried and true 2060, 2070 or 2060 Super, somewhere around there. Made a list and decided to come back to it after i sorted out the cooler.
Once i realised the maximum amount of 'height' i can have in the Terra for cooling would be 77mm on spine setting 1, i was shopping around for coolers, but PC Part picker didn't know how to handle the Terra's movable spine and other manufacturer's websites weren't great at making it easy for me to figure out what i needed, sometimes not mentioning sizes or even if they have a SFF compatible type of cooler. But not Noctua.
Noctua was /fantastic/ and their compatibility center was instrumental and beyond all reason of helpful to honing in on exactly what i needed. Between their motherboard fitting compatibility list, their CPU 'how good does it cool' list, they even had a specific page for the EXACT case i was looking at. Outstanding.
The L12S was the chonkiest cooler that fit at max spine in the Terra set for CPU cooling (with it in the low profile mode with the fan under the cooler), and i saw it can do a good job for the 7700x and that it fit the B650I. I wanted it to be really good, as for most of my fiancee's time, the computer will be in desktop handling emails and browsing, and i wanted to make sure it can keep it as quiet as possible. I would be sacrificing GPU width space, locking it at 43mm max width (for a sub 131mm lenght), but that would end up not being a huge problem thanks to this subreddit's great SFF masterlist. I ended up actually not finding one or two GPUs there but it helped a lot. Settled on a Palit 2060 Super at 40mm width with 8GB of memory at 170 euro.
With the biggest part of the parts sorted, i went deep diving into the other two big ones. Motherboard and powersource. Cost was a real problem here. I realised i had severely underbudgeted for these and i should have known better, but decided to gift her the cover cost for whatever over 1200e it would end up costing.
PSU wise, i knew that it was smart to overbudged wattage and efficiency, as those both play a part in keeping the PSU from going full blast on its own fan and keeping it as much as possible in the 35% load 'passive' mode. But my choice was mostly made for me as for PSU there were no stock/availibility of SFF PSU's over here for some reason, so i had to actually wait to have it shipped in from outside the country. After back and forth over Seasonic's SGX/SPX 2021 line (confusing as it's also the most recent but still named "2021", that was not fun to sort out and understand) as well as the coolermaster v750, decided on the Seasonic FOCUS SPX 650 2021. It'd be smaller than the older generation, and hopefully it could keep passive as much as possible. I wouldn't have went for platinum necessarily but it was the same price for some reason as the old version gold so whatever. This ended up being around 160 euro.
Motherboard ended up being on the big ticket items without me necessarily wanting to, at 210 euro. Checked CPU compatibility and Ram compatibility thoroughly as i didn't want to have issues of flashing the BIOS without a compatibile CPU, but even so, cutting out the super expensive options, i was set between the Asrock the MSI one and the Asus ROG one (also the Gigabyte but that felt really cheap and saw a few issues from people). I couldn't explain the cost for the ROG one, and the final factor between the MSI and the ASrock one ended up being the audio codec chip used in the onboard audio. I read way too much into the differences between the 'old' style one i had on the Asrock and the 'new' style one that used different a different bus and whatever. A lot flew over my head, but i saw a lot of mentions of audio issues with the new one so i just went for the Asrock. However, it also apparently had its own set of possible issues with the Mediatek wireless/bt module, but at least that one could be fixed by replacing it with the Intel AX210. That bumped the total cost up another 12 euro, but it was worth it for the peace of mind, as the computer WOULD have 100% to be using wireless as its main internet and i didn't want any of that.
The rest would be somewhat trivial.
I'm a fan of Samsung's SSDs and after consulting with the fiancee, 1TB really is enough for her, so i grabbed her a quality M.2 NVME SSD. Ram wise, after reading up on the AM5 and 7700X specifically, apparently 6000mhz CL30 was the sweetspot for running sync with the Infinity Fabric with EXPO (and checking EXPO support). Went for the relatively cheapest AND LOWEST PROFILE set of 2x ram that i could find. Grabbed the Corsair Vengeances 6000mhz cl30 and called it good, but they ended up arriving a month late, delaying the entire project. To top it off while i wated, decided on a Noctua case fan too to make sure there's a lot of inflow. Didn't spend much time thinking on it, the Terra case manual probably had sizing recommandations there and i followed those.

Install

Once everything arrived, i started with the first thing i'd need to do, replacing the Mediatek wifi module on the motherboard. I had to remove the Asrock B650I's heatsink next to the IO and then undo a few more screws to unplug the M.2 case/board combo from the motherboard and the Mediatek chip from the enclosure. Slow and steady wins the race here, being very careful with the tiny antenna plugs on the chip. Also took great care to reapply a small rubber 'pressure' block that was on top of the antenna plugs to not 'unhook' during transit or shocks. Put the enclosure back on, and plugged it into the board, reattached heatsink and it was all good to go. While i was doing heatsinks, also removed the motherboards m.2 heatsink and put in the Samsung SSD. (remembering to remove the sticker on the drive as well as the sticker on the heatsink to just have a clean surface to pad to heatsink heat transfer)
Memories next, decided to bring the fiancee in to have her plug them in just to give her a feeling of ownership and collaboration over the process (as well as expecting her to freak out a bit at the hard 'clicks' of ram). I'd say everything went fine, click and seated and all, but even after i checked on the spot, on my second check a while later there was another slightly gentler click that happened. Not sure what that was but i was glad i did it.
Next up would be the processor and cooler. Watched enough LTT videos to know the tiny triangle goes towards the other triangle so that was a sinch, though i was careful as i hadn't put stuff in pins for a while now. Asked the fiancee to push down the prybar just for a reaction but she set it down like a champ. Cooler wise, i was surprised just how much /stuff/ Noctua coolers come with. Between y splitters and something called a 'low noise adapter', which is basically just a thing that makes the fan run slower (i'd assume for non pwm designs), it had a lot. The manuals for each were great at getting me set up and understanding of what i needed to use and to make happen. I had to pick the AMD brackets from the box, then from those only use a specific set of them, then figure out in what orientation i want the cooler (spoiler, it only fits with the heatpipes towards the motherboard heatsink), and then whether i needed to use the -7mm offset setting on the brackets or not. I think it was an AM5 thing to use the offset, but the manual held my hand gently and i could follow it along, but i felt i needed to pay attention. It was at this point i realised there was a very small tilt in the cooler, having the fan clear about 1-2mm on the left side of the Veangeance RAM stick and barely a paper's width on the right side. I feel the cooler will just sag with time and the fan edge/corner will just end up sitting on the stick of ram anyway, but it really shouldn't be a problem. Also, the cooler overhanging the ram means hot air being pulled away from them so that's great.
With the main motherboard all set up, i started on the Terra case following its manual like a good boy scout, removing the transport screws and other trivia. It was at this point i realised there were no rear rubber feet on my case, even though the slots for them were there and the case was obviously sitting a bit tilted without them. Sorted it out in the moment, and after contacting Fractal Design, they shipped me a new set of feet so 10/10 on that side, not that the feet were mission critical.
Coming back to the case itself, i had never worked on a SFF but i found it super easy to access and work in, given everything but the bottom just comes off. For some reason it also asked me to remove the GPU bracket in the manual early on but honestly i feel that's really not needed at all for anything, but they put it in there like that to make sure you don't damage the PCIE extension cable as you're installing stuff on the other side of the case (we'll call motherboard face side /top as front/top and gpu-side as 'back' or 'down in the future in this guide). I knew where i wanted the spine, max cpu clearance, 77mm on the cooler and 43 on the gpu, so set it to position 1 and then i just plopped the motherboard in, pre-checking the standoffs are in the correct spot and not rubbing on chips they shouldn't.
At this point i wanted to continue, but as i was plugging in front IO (btw, the USB3.1 header is reversible unless it isn't, in one position it went in 60%, in another it went in 90%), i had my first taste of what cable managing will look like here. I decided to skip ahead in the manual to see where i'd put in the case fan, and good thing i did, as it's in a position where it's absolutely best to install it before you draw any wires. The NF-S12A was a snug fit to even jam in, and after making sure the airflow goes the right way (god bless Noctua for having actual airflow arrows and direction arrows on their coolers), i was looking at where i can plug it on the board. The chassis fan on the Asrock B650I were allll the way to the bottom left near the PCIE slot so that was a no go as i'd need to use the extension cable (provided by Noctua, god bless x2) to get it there, while crossing diagonally the entire board. Thankfully there's a CPU2 fan header right at the top next to the cooler position on the board, which is PWM 4 pin, and also, i wouldn't know it then, but in the BIOS there's exactly a setting to make the CPU2 fan run off of motherboard temperature, not cpu temperature, which is /fantastic/ as a use case. However, running it to come from the 'back' of the motherboard and plug in at an almost 180 degree angle wasn't fun. Also i rotated the fan in such a way that the cable ran alongside itself and then to the CPU2 and i had no slack to tie up. (PS: it's fine to 'bend' low power wires like the 12v low amp fan ones)
With the fan in, i also was able to route the front IO over the fan casing itself, the one facing myself ( power button relative to the case would be alongside the 'face'/top of the motherboard). The power pin was not fun to put in at this point but long tweezers helped. The real issue came when i wanted to put in the powersource. I ziptied the slack of the front IO using one of the holes in the bottom of the case, somewhere just above the motherboard.

A Seasonic intermission

The Seasonic PSU i used basically had no manual, and everything was guesswork. Between it and Terra's manual, i had to realise that i couldn't use the back bracket supplied by Seasonic, as it just didn't physically fit or was needed. Then had to decide between orientations of the PSU fan, towards the back/bottom of the MOBO/spine or towards the top/front. Given i had an intake fan there it mattered little. Decided to have it face the top as facing back it would hit about half of the GPU once installed, and also it'd screw up the pre-arranged extension cable for the power-in on the back of the case, as it'd rotate the orientation of L shape to plug in 180 degrees. Used case screws to strap it in, and then i realised just how little space there is to route wires into the PSU, especially with a case fan down there. (PS, there's compatible holes for a second case fan 120 and smaller on the bottom, but no real room on the inside.. maybe on the outside in a different mounting position?)
The EPS/CPU cable was easy to route over the case fan chassis again and have it come up and into the PSU from the front side of the case. The issue was the 24pin mobo one, and in more ways than one. I ran it 'up' towards the face side of the motherboard, and sitting against what would be the side of the case, then over and down. Annoying but should have been simple. But Seasonic screwed up.
The PSU side of the 24pin moterboard cable was formed of a set of connectors, one 18 and one 10 pin one, arranged horizontally (with the cables 'glued' flat) to plug into the PSU, and lock into it with the clamps. In short, i assume some older iterations of the PSUs... the 18 and the 10 pin one instead of plugging in side by side 10-18, i needed them 18-10, otherwise they don't key into the connectors and the locking clamps are on the wrong side. Also, by default, they are glued side by side in the 'correct' orientation, just for a different/older orientation of pins on the PSU, with the clamps away from me in the picture. You can understand why i quadriple checked everything before i plugged anything in, but nothing could be done. I unglued/debraided the 'band' into individual wires and bunched them together to be able to actually plug them where they needed to be, and ALSO to be able to route the wires as i wanted to, otherwise it would have been a mess and looked terrible, let alone the strain on the wires. as i'd have to basically 'twist' the two straight bands together.
A mess really, and it didn't stop there. Next up was the GPU.. and while everything almost worked out fine there, though i was really frustrated i didn't get any 1x 8 pin connector cable, and i had a jumble of a 1xpcie into 2x8pin... it almost worked out fine. After installing the cable, two of the doublepacked wires in a single hole, one set that'd daisychain to jump to the second 8pin connector i wasn't using.. the cables just came out when i was putting memory into the wire along the route. I wasn't at my place, where i did have the tools to strap both of them back in (though if i was at my place, i'd just remove the second 8pin altogether and recrunch the pins).. so i had to use the spare pcie to 2x8pin connector and handled it with more gentleness.
I have contacted Seasonic and they said they'd get the cables to me but it's a bit of a lost cause right now and that's even if they understand what the 24pin problem was and they send me a correctly oriented cable, it's going to be a hot minute before i want to go back into the case to do anything to actually refit cables.
I had to use a good number of zipties to make sure the psu cables don't 'sink' into the bottom intake fan, and also agressively flatten the psu cables coming out from the PSU straight into the fan, to the 'front' of the case. So far so good, but the clearance there is just a few millimeters. Hopefully it holds.

Install: Finale

With the front side all set up and ready, i turned it around and reinstalled the GPU bracket (still following the Terra manual btw). That went just fine, though i feel the thumbscrews that affix the bracked were unnecessary as thumscrews, but the case overall had enough 'helpful holes' to make sure a screwdriver can be used freely no matter what/where you're screwing and the thumbscrews had phillips PH2 heads. The PCIE extension cable felt fragile and very 'hard' at the same time. Thankfully i didn't need to tug on it too much after i had put in the GPU but i urge caution when you bend it to the motherboard, as the aluminium 'wide hole' for it can sink into the cable itself if you strain it. Try to create as much slack for the motherboard side as you can, is what i'm saying.
GPU in i did some final tidying and i was done. It ended up looking mostly neat, if i don't care too much about the PSU cables running alongisde the side of the case, but i'd rather not obstruct airflow too much from the bottom fan. I did the overconfident thing to put on all the sides and close it up before first boot, but after the always-sketchy-but-expected memory training, it booted to BIOS and i felt a great wave of relief.

BIOS, Software, Fancurves and Temps

Tinkering time. After EXPO failed to set for 6000 i realised i was on the oldest 1.28 bios. Downloaded the new bios from the website, put the InstantFlash version on a fat32 formatted usb stick, FOLLOWED THE DIRECTIONS TO DISABLE SECURITY AND BITLOCKER, really, the BIOS itself mentions all of that when you even want to start upgrading. After that was done, EXPO for 6000 took instantly and all was fine.
I realised i could set the CPU2 header to motherboard temp, which was great given i had the chassis fan in CPU2 header. Infinity FCLK autoset to 2000 and i didn't care to touch it tbh. I don't remember what else i tweaked around the BIOS but i found the BIOS to be relatively good and easy to use, casual mouse/keyboard support and overall super neat. Once i stopped fiddling with memory stuff it booted relatively quickly and i could disable the ASROCK logo. (fiancee was laughing at how it was saying AssRock, and i can't say i blame her)
In Windows, the 'auto driver update' thing that was supposedly disabled in BIOS activated once then never again? Guess that's how it got some drivers, but overall i had to do very little once in Windows 11 to have everything show up and just work and be fine.
I started stresstesting and figuring out how i want things out of it. I left the BIOS fan curves set to Silent, which put the CPU at around 50-60ish C idle, but for most of the time using it for browsing/productivity it actually was very quiet. In load, CPU goes to 75C max and GPU almost hits 80C. I'm not sure what's going on GPU-wise, it's seeming to run a bit hotter than i have checked online, but it's not really problematic, and there's fan headroom, as it never goes over 70% even when slamming it with Furmark. I might go in and manually adjust fan curves at one point for it, as the 70% ain't actually louder than what the L12S goes to when it needs to /go/. I've also seen people see less temps on the CPU, but because it meets a super hard wall at 75C and is performance stable, i feel that's very much in the clear and mostly a matter of the Silent bios curve.
To note, the ASrock bios allows custom point fan profiles, i just didn't feel like i really needed to bother with them. I might tune CPU to Standard to raise the base noise floor but make sure that any file copying doesn't provoke it to spin up, but i'll have to consult with the fiancee as to if she'll find that annoying or not or something to adjust.

Final thoughts

Minus the Seasonic cable issues, i was surprised just how easy it overall was. My last full build was ages ago, but i did keep up to date on tech and build practices. But i was surprised just how accessible manuals have become for everything. Back in the day everything was very arcane but i could legitimately follow all the manuals to do everything that i needed to do. (minus Seasonic's lack of /any/ manual)
The entire thinking bit of the build took me about 15-20 hours, the install about 5 hours, and software tweaking and bios stuff maybe another 3-4. So for ~1400e total cost and about 30 hours of time, i managed to get my first SFF project off the ground. I greatly appreciated how size was something most/all part manufacturers listed off, and how much compatibility and interoperability generally is in the space now.
Pictures:
https://imgur.com/a/46czm5b

Introduction

Devin Townsend has had a storied career spanning 30 years, 50+ albums, and 65+ hours of music. With a name as discussed as his in the progressive metal space, yet with such a lengthy discography, naturally I’ve seen the question “Where do I start with Devin Townsend?” quite a bit. I also realized that I myself had plenty of blind spots when it comes to his music. And so, I listened to all of it: Steve Vai’s Sex and Religion, Strapping Young Lad, Devin Townsend Band, Devin Townsend Project, Casualties of Cool, Devin Townsend’s solo material, DreamPeace, and all live recordings. After hearing it all, I wanted to put together a simple guide so that you can feel better prepared to explore his material!
Devin has made music in many different spaces, and so I separated the albums into different categories based on feel, atmosphere, and intensity:

1. Punchy Prog
2. Eclectic Endeavors
3. Soft and Relaxing
4. HevyDevy
5. Ethereal and Spiritual
6. Live Recordings
7. Ambient Albums

Each album that I feel is best described by the respective category are put together with others sharing the same. Every section contains the following:

• Start With - what I think is the most accessible album that represents the sound described.
• Favorite - my personal favorite of the category, whether or not this matches up with the most accessible.
• Albums - the albums that are best categorized by the description of the section, with the album name, artist name, genre tags from RateYourMusic.com, and links to selected songs from the album that I think are either good representation of what you'll hear or of one of my favorites.
• Notes - any additional notes that I feel helps justify any peculiar or odd choices for album categorization.

Now, before we look at the categories, let's discuss the album that I think is the #1 best place to start when giving a recommendation to anyone interested in Devin Townsend.

THE #1 DEVIN TOWNSEND ALBUM TO START WITH: EPICLOUD

In my opinion, the number 1 Devin Townsend album to start with is Epicloud! This record feels like the culmination of all of Devin's ideas, interests, and genre explorations. If there is a song on this record that you click with, then there is likely a release that will scratch more of that same itch. To help out a little bit with direction, every track in Epicloud is linked to one of the respective categories.

Track You Like	Category You Might Like
1. Effervescent!	Ethereal and Spiritual
2. True North	Punchy Prog
3. Lucky Animals	Eclectic Endeavors
4. Liberation	Punchy Prog
5. Where We Belong	Soft and Peaceful
6. Save Our Now	Ethereal and Spiritual
7. Kingdom	Ethereal and Spiritual
8. Divine	Soft and Peaceful
9. Grace	Ethereal and Spiritual
10. More!	HevyDevy
11. Lessons	Soft and Peaceful
12. Hold On	Ethereal and Spiritual
13. Angel	Ethereal and Spiritual

Onto the different categories of albums!

DEVIN TOWNSEND ALBUM CATEGORIES

Punchy Prog

These albums are a little more straightforward progressive rock or metal. These are very clearly Devin Townsend records, and the album structure, composition, and themes are a little more in-line with popular progressive music. If you’re comfortable with progressive metal as a genre and are looking for something in a similar vein, then this is the place to start for you.
Start With - Addicted: One of the most consistent records that Devin has released to date, the songs on Addicted give a great example of Devin's approach to progressive rock and metal blended with his signature sound. This is a great jumping-in point for those that want some fun tunes without anything too demanding of the listener.
Favorite - Ziltoid the Omniscient: A memorable progressive metal space opera in the universe of Ziltoid, ZTO was a major turning point in Devin's career and has influenced so much of his work since, with the titular character making appearances every so often. Tracks like Ziltoid Attaxx!!, Planet Smasher, and Color Your World makes this a must-listen for me.

Album	Artist	Try This Track	RYM Genre Tags
Steve Vai	Sex & Religion	Still My Bleeding Heart: Youtube, Spotify	Hard Rock, Art Rock, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Funk Rock, Glam Metal
Terria	Devin Townsend	Stagnant: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Post-Metal, Art Rock
Accelerated Evolution	Devin Townsend Band	Deadhead: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Post-Metal
Synchestra	Devin Townsend Band	Triumph: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog
Ziltoid The Omniscient	Devin Townsend	Ziltoidia Attaxx!!: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Rock Opera, Comedy Rock, Industrial Metal, Rock Opera
Addicted	Devin Townsend Project	Supercrush!: Youtube, Spotify	Alternative Metal, Pop Rock, Progressive Metal
Dark Matters (Z2, disc 2)	Devin Townsend Project	Deathray: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Rock Opera, Comedy Rock, Avant-Garde Metal, Pop Rock, Alternative Metal

Notes: While the Ziltoid albums are comedic and quite silly, the structure of the albums feel right in line with a stereotypical progressive metal space opera. They may be a little more strange than the others here, but if you enjoy the cheesy side of progressive metal, then these ones should feel right at home!

Eclectic Endeavors

These are experimental records that are a little hard to pigeonhole. Ranging from progressive metal, avante-garde, pop punk, death metal, operatic showtunes, and a healthy mix of each, Devin has taken inspiration from many different sources and blended them together into the unique albums below. If you appreciate his “wall-of-sound” style and want it paired with something more experimental, then I recommend checking out this set of records.
Start With - Ocean Machine: Biomech: Ocean Machine: Biomech is Devin's first release as a solo artist after Sex & Religion with Steve Vai and while the Strapping Young Lad band was ongoing. While not as "out-there" as some others on this list, Ocean Machine still takes inspiration from a myriad of sources. Tracks like Night, Bastard, Voices in the Fan, and Thing Beyond Things feel like early prototypes of sounds revisited and refined in subsequent releases while each being unique entities from one another.
Favorite - Empath: I am biased; this is the first album that truly got me into Devin Townsend after I had heard a few singles here and there. This album has a wonderful metaphor for understanding and empathizing with one another wrapped in tracks that embody progressive metal, opera, thrash metal, and dreamy pop. This remains one of my favorite records of his to date.

Album	Artist	Try This Track	RYM Genre Tags
Cooked on Phonics	Punky Brüster	Ez$$: Youtube, Spotify	Musical Parody, Satire, Pop Punk, Heavy Metal, Sketch Comedy, Punk Rock, Death Metal
Ocean Machine: Biomech	Devin Townsend	Bastard: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Alternative Metal, Post-Metal, Industrial Metal, Shoegaze
Infinity	Devin Townsend	Noisy Pink Bubbles: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Progressive Rock, Dream Pop
Ass-Sordid Demos 1990-1996	Devin Townsend	Thick Stock: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Industrial Metal, Avant-Garde Metal
Empath	Devin Townsend	Genesis: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Rock, Orchestral
Nightwork	Devin Townsend	Starchasm, Pt.2: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal, Dream Pop, Pop Rock
Infinity (Remastered 2023)	Devin Townsend	Bad Devil: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Progressive Rock, Dream Pop

Notes: The Infinity albums were being passed around between the Eclectic and the Ethereal categories for me. The strong instrumentals, full atmosphere in the higher register, and layered vocals makes this feel like a “proto-Epicloud”. However, considering the differences between Truth, Bad Devil, War, Ants, Unity, and Noisy Pink Bubbles, Infinity truly is a wild ride that takes too many different stylistic cues to belong anywhere else! Also, Ass-Sordid Demos is a little odd, as it is just a collection of demos of a variety of sounds, so it just somewhat ended up here. Oh well!

Soft and Relaxing

We all need to rest, and these records hit you (or, don't) where it counts. Chill, acoustic, and featuring a range of instruments and genres outside of the rest of the usual discography, these records are good for winding you down or taking in a peaceful vista.
Start With - Lightwork: The albums in Soft and Relaxing span country, blues, dream pop, acoustic arrangements, and more. In contrast, Lightwork is a pretty familiar sounding record, as it uses more progressive rock album structures to deliver uplifting and heartfelt messages. I would recommend Lightwork for getting a feel for Devin's approach to peace.
Favorite - Lightwork: In line with the above, I adore Lightwork for its accessibility. When I'm feeling down or stressed out, it's one of the first records that comes to mind for recentering. The other records listed may help fit a specific mood better, but Lightwork is always there to pick me up.

Album	Artist	Try This Track	RYM Genre Tags
Ki	Devin Townsend Project	Coast: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Ambient, Progressive Metal, Post-Rock
Ghost	Devin Townsend Project	Heart Baby: Youtube, Spotify	New Age, Ambient, Ambient Pop, Dream Pop
Unplugged	Devin Townsend	Ih-Ah!: Youtube, Spotify	Acoustic Rock, Progressive Rock, Chamber Folk, Ambient
Casualties of Cool	Casualties of Cool	Flight: Youtube, Spotify	Alt-Country, Ambient, Blues Rock, Ambient Pop, Gothic Country, Ambient Americana
Lightwork	Devin Townsend	Call of the Void: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal, Dream Pop, Pop Rock

Notes: Ki may seem like a strange choice for this category initially. There is a push and pull through the album that represents negative emotions surfacing and retreating, at times exploding into metallic climaxes. Songs like Disruptr, Gato, and Heaven Send may break up the peace, but the remaining tracks have enough bluesy rock that I think it belongs here owing to the majority of quiet moments.

HevyDevy

Resulting from youthful angst and disillusionment of the music industry, Devin has a healthy set of records that are fast, intense, and heavy. Featuring more industrial or thrash metal influences, this set of records are great when you need energizing. While most of these albums come from Devin's early career in Strapping Young Lad, these sounds are revisited from time to time later later on.
Start With - Alien: One of Strapping Young Lad's most popular releases, Alien sacrifices some of the barrage of industrial rage in favor of better pacing, giving the listener time to breath between heavy hitters. Alien is a great place to start for a mix of heavy Devin music with less silliness than The New Black or Deconstruction and not as front-to-end intense as City or Heavy As a Really Heavy Thing.
Favorite - Deconstruction: By favorite album by Devin Townsend, and my singular favorite album. Deconstruction is a silly and nonsensical romp through circus prog/death/symphonic metal that is truly a one-of-a-kind experience, even wrapped up in an inspiring message. The Mighty Masturbator is my favorite track; it feels like a "mini-album within an album" and earns its 16 minute runtime. Deconstruction might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I adore this record to the moon and back.

Album	Artist	Try This Track	RYM Genre Tags
Heavy As a Really Heavy Thing	Strapping Young Lad	S.Y.L.: Youtube, Spotify	Industrial Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal
City	Strapping Young Lad	Oh My Fucking God: Youtube, Spotify	Industrial Metal, Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal
Physicist	Devin Townsend	Irish Maiden: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Industrial Metal, Thrash Metal
SYL	Strapping Young Lad	Dirt Pride: Youtube, Spotify	Industrial Metal, Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal
Alien	Strapping Young Lad	Skeksis: Youtube, Spotify	Industrial Metal, Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal
The New Black	Strapping Young Lad	You Suck: Youtube, Spotify	Industrial Metal, Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal
Deconstruction	Devin Townsend Project	Juular: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Symphonic Metal, Death Metal, Electronic

Notes: Unsurprisingly, all of Strapping Young Lad is included here, as well as Physicist, which was described as “SYL-lite”. I also included Deconstruction as well for a couple reasons. It is definitely weird, and if you liked the Eclectic releases, you might like this too. But first and foremost, this album is heavy. The oddities do not really begin until The Mighty Masturbator, and even then, the album remains intense and bombastic all the way through.

Ethereal and Spiritual

Devin has always utilized a "wall-of-sound" to make his records feel more full, yet there are some that feature this technique in a thick "transcendent" sense. Low and powerful instrumentals, soaring choruses, and operatic vocals, these albums mix progressive with an ephemeral blanket that culminates in a unique niche in Devin's discography. It’s likely that some of the singles from these records initially caught your interest in Devin Townsend in the first place!
Start With - Epicloud: As well as the reasons listed above with the overall "start-with", Epicloud features a spread of the ethereal and spiritual sound while remaining engaging and interesting. Not as slow as Transcendence and not leaning into the sound as much as Sky Blue, Epicloud once again is the place to start.
Favorite - Sky Blue: I always find myself coming back to Sky Blue. It is a refinement on the spiritual sound while remaining an incredibly easy listen, with incredible consistently all the way through.

Album	Artist	Try This Track	RYM Genre Tags
Christeen and 4 Demos (Infinity EP)	Devin Townsend	Om: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Industrial Metal
Epicloud	Devin Townsend Project	Kingdom: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Alternative Metal, Pop Rock
Epiclouder	Devin Townsend Project	Heatwave: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Alt-Country, Dream Pop
Sky Blue (Z2, disc 1)	Devin Townsend Project	Warrior: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Pop Rock, Alternative Metal
Transcendence	Devin Townsend Project	Failure: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal

Notes: Epiclouder is a companion album with Epicloud with the deluxe edition of Epicloud. This contains some more wacky detours, but overall still fits the bill of this section.

Live Recordings

The live albums feature sets of a single album playthrough, acoustic arrangements of popular songs, or 2 hour romps through a feverish circus act. In the midst of the lengthy amount of studio recordings, these live recordings hold their own and are well worth the exploration.
Start With - The Retinal Circus: While chaotic and silly, The Retinal Circus gives the listener a feel for Devin's live performances. The banter is fun, the atmosphere is playful, and the songs are performed to studio quality. If there is one live recording to check out, it's this one.
Favorite - Devolution Series #3: Empath: This recording is an hour long, has Ché Aimee Dorval on backup vocals, has Devin's most relaxed audience interactions, and features the "greatest hits" throughout the longest chronological time period of any of the live set lists. This also has far-and-away my favorite version of "Ih-Ah!"!

Album	Artist	Try This Track	RYM Genre Tags
No Sleep Till Bedtime	Strapping Young Lad	All Hail The New Flesh: Youtube, Spotify	Industrial Metal, Thrash Metal, Groove Metal
By a Thread: Ki	Devin Townsend Project	Terminal: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Ambient, Progressive Metal, Post-Rock
By a Thread: Addicted	Devin Townsend Project	The Way Home!: Youtube, Spotify	Alternative Metal, Pop Rock, Progressive Metal
By a Thread: Deconstruction	Devin Townsend Project	Pandemic: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Symphonic Metal, Death Metal, Electronic
By a Thread: Ghost	Devin Townsend Project	Feather: Youtube, Spotify	New Age, Ambient, Ambient Pop, Dream Pop
By a Thread: Encores	Devin Townsend Project	Life: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Industrial Metal, Progressive Rock, Avant-Garde Metal
The Retinal Circus	Devin Townsend Project	War: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Industrial Metal, Progressive Rock
Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall	Devin Townsend Project	Deadhead: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Comedy Rock, Progressive Rock, Rock Opera, Avant-Garde Metal
Ocean Machine Live	Devin Townsend Project	Funeral: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Alternative Metal, Industrial Metal, Symphonic Metal
Order of Magnitude	Devin Townsend	Sprite: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Jam Band, Progressive Rock, Symphonic Metal
Devolution Series #1: Acoustically Inclined	Devin Townsend	Hyperdrive: Youtube, Spotify	Acoustic Rock, Art Rock, Comedy, Ambient, Progressive Rock, New Age, Post-Rock
Devolution Series #2: Galactic Quarantine	Devin Townsend	By Your Command: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Industrial Metal
Devolution Series #3: Empath	Devin Townsend	Why?: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Symphonic Metal

Notes: By a Thread: Encore does not necessarily have an independent release. By a Thread was released as a compilation of the four full album playthroughs with an additional fifth disc that contained all encore songs from each day. This entry is for these remaining songs specifically. I also used the studio recording genre tags for these individual albums. It feels a little odd for the representative song for Ziltoid Live to not be a Ziltoid song, but since Deadhead at the Royal Albert Hall is one of Devin's most popular live performances, it would feel wrong to not include it!

Ambient Albums

The ambient albums arguably cover the greatest length of time throughout Devin’s discography. Serving as an avenue to manifest peace (or chaos), the ambient projects can be great for focusing, sleeping, or getting lost in a multitude of textured layers.
Start With - Beautiful Day: A stripped down version of Snuggles, Beautiful Day has enough layers to remain engaging with proper ambient drone to ease the mind and relax the heart.
Favorite - The Puzzle: An odd one in Devin's discography, The Puzzle is packed to the brim with interesting layers in both low and high registers, making for some of the most engaging listening of any ambient record I've listened to.

Album	Artist	Try This Track	RYM Genre Tags
Devlab	Devin Townsend	Devlab X: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Noise, Experimental, Drone, Dark Ambient
The Hummer	Devin Townsend	Equation: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Spoken Word, Drone
Guitar Improvisation #1	Devin Townsend	Guitar Improvisation #1: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Drone
Guitar Improvisation #2	Devin Townsend	Guitar Improvisation #2: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Drone
Guitar Improvisation #3	Devin Townsend	Guitar Improvisation #3: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Drone
The Puzzle	Devin Townsend	Mother: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Experimental, Experimental Rock, Electronic, Sound Collage, Avant-Garde Metal, Avant-Prog
Snuggles	Devin Townsend	Blue Dot: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, New Age
Beautiful Day	DreamPeace	The Ocean: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, New Age
Dawn Shifter	DreamPeace	Jarrah: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Drone
Pond Skimmer	DreamPeace	Building A Deck: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient
Sky Gods	DreamPeace	Aafika: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Drone
Snow Day	DreamPeace	I Remember This Path: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Drone
Space Oyster	DreamPeace	Nebula: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Drone, Space Ambient, New Age
Tryptophan	DreamPeace	Dusts and Chasma: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Drone

Notes: There is a variety of sounds covered in this ambient group. If you want something in the background for a pleasant wave of white noise, try the Guitar Improvisations, Snuggles, and the DreamPeace releases. For ambient that is more of a soundscape or a bit more chaotic, then Devlab, The Hummer, and The Puzzle are what you're looking for. I also did not think too hard about which track I chose to recommend for the DreamPeace suggestions, since this is meant as background music and doesn't necessarily have standout songs.

EXTRAS

When going through and listening to each, I also reviewed each release and put everything together in a tierlist. If you are interested, feel free to pop over and check it out: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/beepboopcompuderatings-and-thoughts-devin-townsend-complete-discography/
If you also want to listen to everything yourself, here's my playlist of every release by Devin Townsend, ordered chronologically: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2vRYbhd2ojgyC3b5ZNhKOx?si=470fabcc4b1647f4
Lastly, user u/Elaxian is doing an in-depth discussion of each Devin Townsend release. Give them a look if you want more details on each of these records!
Thanks for reading, and let me know if you have any feedback or suggestions on the grouping or assessment of the discography. Have fun listening!

Introduction

Devin Townsend has had a storied career spanning 30 years, 50+ albums, and 65+ hours of music. With a name as discussed as his in the progressive metal space, yet with such a lengthy discography, naturally I’ve seen the question “Where do I start with Devin Townsend?” quite a bit. I also realized that I myself had plenty of blind spots when it comes to his music. And so, I listened to all of it: Steve Vai’s Sex and Religion, Strapping Young Lad, Devin Townsend Band, Devin Townsend Project, Casualties of Cool, Devin Townsend’s solo material, DreamPeace, and all live recordings. After hearing it all, I wanted to put together a simple guide so that you can feel better prepared to explore his material!
Devin has made music in many different spaces, and so I separated the albums into different categories based on feel, atmosphere, and intensity:

1. Punchy Prog
2. Eclectic Endeavors
3. Soft and Relaxing
4. HevyDevy
5. Ethereal and Spiritual
6. Live Recordings
7. Ambient Albums

Each album that I feel is best described by the respective category are put together with others sharing the same. Every section contains the following:

• Start With - what I think is the most accessible album that represents the sound described.
• Favorite - my personal favorite of the category, whether or not this matches up with the most accessible.
• Albums - the albums that are best categorized by the description of the section, with the album name, artist name, genre tags from RateYourMusic.com, and links to selected songs from the album that I think are either good representation of what you'll hear or of one of my favorites.
• Notes - any additional notes that I feel helps justify any peculiar or odd choices for album categorization.

Now, before we look at the categories, let's discuss the album that I think is the #1 best place to start when giving a recommendation to anyone interested in Devin Townsend.

THE #1 DEVIN TOWNSEND ALBUM TO START WITH: EPICLOUD

In my opinion, the number 1 Devin Townsend album to start with is Epicloud! This record feels like the culmination of all of Devin's ideas, interests, and genre explorations. If there is a song on this record that you click with, then there is likely a release that will scratch more of that same itch. To help out a little bit with direction, every track in Epicloud is linked to one of the respective categories.

Track You Like	Category You Might Like
1. Effervescent!	Ethereal and Spiritual
2. True North	Punchy Prog
3. Lucky Animals	Eclectic Endeavors
4. Liberation	Punchy Prog
5. Where We Belong	Soft and Peaceful
6. Save Our Now	Ethereal and Spiritual
7. Kingdom	Ethereal and Spiritual
8. Divine	Soft and Peaceful
9. Grace	Ethereal and Spiritual
10. More!	HevyDevy
11. Lessons	Soft and Peaceful
12. Hold On	Ethereal and Spiritual
13. Angel	Ethereal and Spiritual

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Onto the different categories of albums!

DEVIN TOWNSEND ALBUM CATEGORIES

Punchy Prog

These albums are a little more straightforward progressive rock or metal. These are very clearly Devin Townsend records, and the album structure, composition, and themes are a little more in-line with popular progressive music. If you’re comfortable with progressive metal as a genre and are looking for something in a similar vein, then this is the place to start for you.
Start With - Addicted: One of the most consistent records that Devin has released to date, the songs on Addicted give a great example of Devin's approach to progressive rock and metal blended with his signature sound. This is a great jumping-in point for those that want some fun tunes without anything too demanding of the listener.
Favorite - Ziltoid the Omniscient: A memorable progressive metal space opera in the universe of Ziltoid, ZTO was a major turning point in Devin's career and has influenced so much of his work since, with the titular character making appearances every so often. Tracks like Ziltoid Attaxx!!, Planet Smasher, and Color Your World makes this a must-listen for me.
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Album	Artist	Try This Track	RYM Genre Tags
Steve Vai	Sex & Religion	Still My Bleeding Heart: Youtube, Spotify	Hard Rock, Art Rock, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Funk Rock, Glam Metal
Terria	Devin Townsend	Stagnant: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Post-Metal, Art Rock
Accelerated Evolution	Devin Townsend Band	Deadhead: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Post-Metal
Synchestra	Devin Townsend Band	Triumph: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog
Ziltoid The Omniscient	Devin Townsend	Ziltoidia Attaxx!!: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Rock Opera, Comedy Rock, Industrial Metal, Rock Opera
Addicted	Devin Townsend Project	Supercrush!: Youtube, Spotify	Alternative Metal, Pop Rock, Progressive Metal
Dark Matters (Z2, disc 2)	Devin Townsend Project	Deathray: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Rock Opera, Comedy Rock, Avant-Garde Metal, Pop Rock, Alternative Metal

Notes: While the Ziltoid albums are comedic and quite silly, the structure of the albums feel right in line with a stereotypical progressive metal space opera. They may be a little more strange than the others here, but if you enjoy the cheesy side of progressive metal, then these ones should feel right at home!

Eclectic Endeavors

These are experimental records that are a little hard to pigeonhole. Ranging from progressive metal, avante-garde, pop punk, death metal, operatic showtunes, and a healthy mix of each, Devin has taken inspiration from many different sources and blended them together into the unique albums below. If you appreciate his “wall-of-sound” style and want it paired with something more experimental, then I recommend checking out this set of records.
Start With - Ocean Machine: Biomech: Ocean Machine: Biomech is Devin's first release as a solo artist after Sex & Religion with Steve Vai and while the Strapping Young Lad band was ongoing. While not as "out-there" as some others on this list, Ocean Machine still takes inspiration from a myriad of sources. Tracks like Night, Bastard, Voices in the Fan, and Thing Beyond Things feel like early prototypes of sounds revisited and refined in subsequent releases while each being unique entities from one another.
Favorite - Empath: I am biased; this is the first album that truly got me into Devin Townsend after I had heard a few singles here and there. This album has a wonderful metaphor for understanding and empathizing with one another wrapped in tracks that embody progressive metal, opera, thrash metal, and dreamy pop. This remains one of my favorite records of his to date.
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Album	Artist	Try This Track	RYM Genre Tags
Cooked on Phonics	Punky Brüster	Ez$$: Youtube, Spotify	Musical Parody, Satire, Pop Punk, Heavy Metal, Sketch Comedy, Punk Rock, Death Metal
Ocean Machine: Biomech	Devin Townsend	Bastard: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Alternative Metal, Post-Metal, Industrial Metal, Shoegaze
Infinity	Devin Townsend	Noisy Pink Bubbles: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Progressive Rock, Dream Pop
Ass-Sordid Demos 1990-1996	Devin Townsend	Thick Stock: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Industrial Metal, Avant-Garde Metal
Empath	Devin Townsend	Genesis: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Rock, Orchestral
Nightwork	Devin Townsend	Starchasm, Pt.2: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal, Dream Pop, Pop Rock
Infinity (Remastered 2023)	Devin Townsend	Bad Devil: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Progressive Rock, Dream Pop

Notes: The Infinity albums were being passed around between the Eclectic and the Ethereal categories for me. The strong instrumentals, full atmosphere in the higher register, and layered vocals makes this feel like a “proto-Epicloud”. However, considering the differences between Truth, Bad Devil, War, Ants, Unity, and Noisy Pink Bubbles, Infinity truly is a wild ride that takes too many different stylistic cues to belong anywhere else! Also, Ass-Sordid Demos is a little odd, as it is just a collection of demos of a variety of sounds, so it just somewhat ended up here. Oh well!

Soft and Relaxing

We all need to rest, and these records hit you (or, don't) where it counts. Chill, acoustic, and featuring a range of instruments and genres outside of the rest of the usual discography, these records are good for winding you down or taking in a peaceful vista.
Start With - Lightwork: The albums in Soft and Relaxing span country, blues, dream pop, acoustic arrangements, and more. In contrast, Lightwork is a pretty familiar sounding record, as it uses more progressive rock album structures to deliver uplifting and heartfelt messages. I would recommend Lightwork for getting a feel for Devin's approach to peace.
Favorite - Lightwork: In line with the above, I adore Lightwork for its accessibility. When I'm feeling down or stressed out, it's one of the first records that comes to mind for recentering. The other records listed may help fit a specific mood better, but Lightwork is always there to pick me up.
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Album	Artist	Try This Track	RYM Genre Tags
Ki	Devin Townsend Project	Coast: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Ambient, Progressive Metal, Post-Rock
Ghost	Devin Townsend Project	Heart Baby: Youtube, Spotify	New Age, Ambient, Ambient Pop, Dream Pop
Unplugged	Devin Townsend	Ih-Ah!: Youtube, Spotify	Acoustic Rock, Progressive Rock, Chamber Folk, Ambient
Casualties of Cool	Casualties of Cool	Flight: Youtube, Spotify	Alt-Country, Ambient, Blues Rock, Ambient Pop, Gothic Country, Ambient Americana
Lightwork	Devin Townsend	Call of the Void: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal, Dream Pop, Pop Rock

Notes: Ki may seem like a strange choice for this category initially. There is a push and pull through the album that represents negative emotions surfacing and retreating, at times exploding into metallic climaxes. Songs like Disruptr, Gato, and Heaven Send may break up the peace, but the remaining tracks have enough bluesy rock that I think it belongs here owing to the majority of quiet moments.

HevyDevy

Resulting from youthful angst and disillusionment of the music industry, Devin has a healthy set of records that are fast, intense, and heavy. Featuring more industrial or thrash metal influences, this set of records are great when you need energizing. While most of these albums come from Devin's early career in Strapping Young Lad, these sounds are revisited from time to time later later on.
Start With - Alien: One of Strapping Young Lad's most popular releases, Alien sacrifices some of the barrage of industrial rage in favor of better pacing, giving the listener time to breath between heavy hitters. Alien is a great place to start for a mix of heavy Devin music with less silliness than The New Black or Deconstruction and not as front-to-end intense as City or Heavy As a Really Heavy Thing.
Favorite - Deconstruction: By favorite album by Devin Townsend, and my singular favorite album. Deconstruction is a silly and nonsensical romp through circus prog/death/symphonic metal that is truly a one-of-a-kind experience, even wrapped up in an inspiring message. The Mighty Masturbator is my favorite track; it feels like a "mini-album within an album" and earns its 16 minute runtime. Deconstruction might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I adore this record to the moon and back.
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Album	Artist	Try This Track	RYM Genre Tags
Heavy As a Really Heavy Thing	Strapping Young Lad	S.Y.L.: Youtube, Spotify	Industrial Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal
City	Strapping Young Lad	Oh My Fucking God: Youtube, Spotify	Industrial Metal, Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal
Physicist	Devin Townsend	Irish Maiden: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Industrial Metal, Thrash Metal
SYL	Strapping Young Lad	Dirt Pride: Youtube, Spotify	Industrial Metal, Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal
Alien	Strapping Young Lad	Skeksis: Youtube, Spotify	Industrial Metal, Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal
The New Black	Strapping Young Lad	You Suck: Youtube, Spotify	Industrial Metal, Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal
Deconstruction	Devin Townsend Project	Juular: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Symphonic Metal, Death Metal, Electronic

Notes: Unsurprisingly, all of Strapping Young Lad is included here, as well as Physicist, which was described as “SYL-lite”. I also included Deconstruction as well for a couple reasons. It is definitely weird, and if you liked the Eclectic releases, you might like this too. But first and foremost, this album is heavy. The oddities do not really begin until The Mighty Masturbator, and even then, the album remains intense and bombastic all the way through.

Ethereal and Spiritual

Devin has always utilized a "wall-of-sound" to make his records feel more full, yet there are some that feature this technique in a thick "transcendent" sense. Low and powerful instrumentals, soaring choruses, and operatic vocals, these albums mix progressive with an ephemeral blanket that culminates in a unique niche in Devin's discography. It’s likely that some of the singles from these records initially caught your interest in Devin Townsend in the first place!
Start With - Epicloud: As well as the reasons listed above with the overall "start-with", Epicloud features a spread of the ethereal and spiritual sound while remaining engaging and interesting. Not as slow as Transcendence and not leaning into the sound as much as Sky Blue, Epicloud once again is the place to start.
Favorite - Sky Blue: I always find myself coming back to Sky Blue. It is a refinement on the spiritual sound while remaining an incredibly easy listen, with incredible consistently all the way through.
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Album	Artist	Try This Track	RYM Genre Tags
Christeen and 4 Demos (Infinity EP)	Devin Townsend	Om: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Industrial Metal
Epicloud	Devin Townsend Project	Kingdom: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Alternative Metal, Pop Rock
Epiclouder	Devin Townsend Project	Heatwave: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Alt-Country, Dream Pop
Sky Blue (Z2, disc 1)	Devin Townsend Project	Warrior: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Pop Rock, Alternative Metal
Transcendence	Devin Townsend Project	Failure: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal

Notes: Epiclouder is a companion album with Epicloud with the deluxe edition of Epicloud. This contains some more wacky detours, but overall still fits the bill of this section.

Live Recordings

The live albums feature sets of a single album playthrough, acoustic arrangements of popular songs, or 2 hour romps through a feverish circus act. In the midst of the lengthy amount of studio recordings, these live recordings hold their own and are well worth the exploration.
Start With - The Retinal Circus: While chaotic and silly, The Retinal Circus gives the listener a feel for Devin's live performances. The banter is fun, the atmosphere is playful, and the songs are performed to studio quality. If there is one live recording to check out, it's this one.
Favorite - Devolution Series #3: Empath: This recording is an hour long, has Ché Aimee Dorval on backup vocals, has Devin's most relaxed audience interactions, and features the "greatest hits" throughout the longest chronological time period of any of the live set lists. This also has far-and-away my favorite version of "Ih-Ah!"!
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Album	Artist	Try This Track	RYM Genre Tags
No Sleep Till Bedtime	Strapping Young Lad	All Hail The New Flesh: Youtube, Spotify	Industrial Metal, Thrash Metal, Groove Metal
By a Thread: Ki	Devin Townsend Project	Terminal: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Ambient, Progressive Metal, Post-Rock
By a Thread: Addicted	Devin Townsend Project	The Way Home!: Youtube, Spotify	Alternative Metal, Pop Rock, Progressive Metal
By a Thread: Deconstruction	Devin Townsend Project	Pandemic: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Symphonic Metal, Death Metal, Electronic
By a Thread: Ghost	Devin Townsend Project	Feather: Youtube, Spotify	New Age, Ambient, Ambient Pop, Dream Pop
By a Thread: Encores	Devin Townsend Project	Life: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Industrial Metal, Progressive Rock, Avant-Garde Metal
The Retinal Circus	Devin Townsend Project	War: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Industrial Metal, Progressive Rock
Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall	Devin Townsend Project	Deadhead: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Comedy Rock, Progressive Rock, Rock Opera, Avant-Garde Metal
Ocean Machine Live	Devin Townsend Project	Funeral: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Alternative Metal, Industrial Metal, Symphonic Metal
Order of Magnitude	Devin Townsend	Sprite: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Jam Band, Progressive Rock, Symphonic Metal
Devolution Series #1: Acoustically Inclined	Devin Townsend	Hyperdrive: Youtube, Spotify	Acoustic Rock, Art Rock, Comedy, Ambient, Progressive Rock, New Age, Post-Rock
Devolution Series #2: Galactic Quarantine	Devin Townsend	By Your Command: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Industrial Metal
Devolution Series #3: Empath	Devin Townsend	Why?: Youtube, Spotify	Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Symphonic Metal

Notes: By a Thread: Encore does not necessarily have an independent release. By a Thread was released as a compilation of the four full album playthroughs with an additional fifth disc that contained all encore songs from each day. This entry is for these remaining songs specifically. I also used the studio recording genre tags for these individual albums. It feels a little odd for the representative song for Ziltoid Live to not be a Ziltoid song, but since Deadhead at the Royal Albert Hall is one of Devin's most popular live performances, it would feel wrong to not include it!

Ambient Albums

The ambient albums arguably cover the greatest length of time throughout Devin’s discography. Serving as an avenue to manifest peace (or chaos), the ambient projects can be great for focusing, sleeping, or getting lost in a multitude of textured layers.
Start With - Beautiful Day: A stripped down version of Snuggles, Beautiful Day has enough layers to remain engaging with proper ambient drone to ease the mind and relax the heart.
Favorite - The Puzzle: An odd one in Devin's discography, The Puzzle is packed to the brim with interesting layers in both low and high registers, making for some of the most engaging listening of any ambient record I've listened to.
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Album	Artist	Try This Track	RYM Genre Tags
Devlab	Devin Townsend	Devlab X: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Noise, Experimental, Drone, Dark Ambient
The Hummer	Devin Townsend	Equation: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Spoken Word, Drone
Guitar Improvisation #1	Devin Townsend	Guitar Improvisation #1: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Drone
Guitar Improvisation #2	Devin Townsend	Guitar Improvisation #2: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Drone
Guitar Improvisation #3	Devin Townsend	Guitar Improvisation #3: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Drone
The Puzzle	Devin Townsend	Mother: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Experimental, Experimental Rock, Electronic, Sound Collage, Avant-Garde Metal, Avant-Prog
Snuggles	Devin Townsend	Blue Dot: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, New Age
Beautiful Day	DreamPeace	The Ocean: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, New Age
Dawn Shifter	DreamPeace	Jarrah: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Drone
Pond Skimmer	DreamPeace	Building A Deck: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient
Sky Gods	DreamPeace	Aafika: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Drone
Snow Day	DreamPeace	I Remember This Path: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Drone
Space Oyster	DreamPeace	Nebula: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Drone, Space Ambient, New Age
Tryptophan	DreamPeace	Dusts and Chasma: Youtube, Spotify	Ambient, Drone

Notes: There is a variety of sounds covered in this ambient group. If you want something in the background for a pleasant wave of white noise, try the Guitar Improvisations, Snuggles, and the DreamPeace releases. For ambient that is more of a soundscape or a bit more chaotic, then Devlab, The Hummer, and The Puzzle are what you're looking for. I also did not think too hard about which track I chose to recommend for the DreamPeace suggestions, since this is meant as background music and doesn't necessarily have standout songs.
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EXTRAS

When going through and listening to each, I also reviewed each release and put everything together in a tierlist. If you are interested, feel free to pop over and check it out: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/beepboopcompuderatings-and-thoughts-devin-townsend-complete-discography/
If you also want to listen to everything yourself, here's my playlist of every release by Devin Townsend, ordered chronologically: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2vRYbhd2ojgyC3b5ZNhKOx?si=470fabcc4b1647f4
Lastly, user Elaxian is doing an in-depth discussion of each Devin Townsend release. Give them a look if you want more details on each of these records!
Thanks for reading, and let me know if you have any feedback or suggestions on the grouping or assessment of the discography. Have fun listening!