Ian

Ian Manachevitz is a major character and potential love interest for Mark in Coming Out On Top.

Character Profile
Ian, Mark, and Penny have been roommates since they started studying at Orlin University and over time have grown to be each others' best friends.

Ian is a C-average Zoology student and is attempting to get into a graduate program that will send him to Brazil for two years to study Capuchin Monkeys. He works as a part-time Barista at the local college cafe hang out, JoJo's.

Ian is a typical laid-back slacker college student who loves to party and have fun. He is the comedic relief of the roommate trio, a goofball with a big sense of humor, who rarely takes anything seriously, even himself. Ian lives mostly by his own rules and instincts, which frequently gets him into trouble and often irritates his roommates.

He can be quite immature and ditsy, often ending up the butt of jokes between Mark and Penny for his poor performance in academics and outlandish ideas. Mark even believed Ian was high the first time they met, but later realized it was just his goofy personality. However, Ian can be quite knowledgeable when least expected and has a knack for dishing out solid advice exactly when it's needed.

Ian has a big heart and values his friendships above all else, especially his friendship with Mark. However, Ian is emotionally immature and out of touch with his own feelings. He has difficulty reconciling his romantic desires towards Mark, acting childish and jealous or becoming defensive when Mark pursues other dating routes. In the end, however, Ian will begin to support Mark no matter whom he chooses to date.

Appearance
Ian has a dark brown tussled mop of hair and light blue-green eyes. He has a toned muscular body with a dark furred happy trail leading from his navel to his nethers (regardless of body hair choices). He often wears an olive tee for casual occasions. When he is in the apartment he sometimes wears a black tee with green details with a picture of a pink bulldog wearing a cape. He wears a blue polo tee to parties, and during Amos' route will begin wearing thick rimmed "hipster" eyeglasses.

Route
When Mark comes out to his roommates Ian is very supportive of his decision. He says he would like to stay and celebrate with him and Penny but he has to go to his on-again off-again girlfriend Zoe's place and expresses his wish that she would break up with him.

Walkthrough
  CG#10 Quick Guide

Ian is unique in that he has a friendship ending, corresponding on the gallery to CG#10. To unlock it you need to have 800 dollars by the end of the game, not been dating anyone, including Ian, and you need to have a good friendship with Ian. They are many ways to achieve this but the guide bellows is one the quickest ways:

I'm gay. Eh. I don't feel up to it. No. I want to stay in. I've got a lot on my mind tonight. Ew, are you kidding me? Sleep like an angel. Meh. Please, can we beta test another time? Okay, Okay, OKAY!!! No. Maybe I have something to do. I'm planning to tell them. Soon. Tell them. Tutor at the Student Learning Center for extra cash. Study, for the love of Christ. Can you guys handle this? You know who loves getting up at the crack of dawn? Tell her no.

Oh god. I have no idea why I'm pouring my soul out to a fish. All right, all right. A couple of laps at the pool sound refreshing. Tutor at the Student Learning Center for extra cash. Fine, fine, I'll take a look at, but only to help you find bugs. Tutor at the Student Learning Center for extra cash. Not gonna happen. Tutor at the Student Learning Center for extra cash. Tutor at the Student Learning Center for extra cash. No, just no. Do something else this weekend. Tutor at the Student Learning Center for extra cash. Do something else this weekend. Dude's Day out with Ian. Do something else this weekend

Mark
Mark and Ian met during their first week of college, at a dorm mixer in which Mark had difficulty socializing. Ian was first to break the ice by asking Mark if he knew what the secret to meeting people was. Pulling out and wearing a very large furry trapper hat, Ian said the answer was 'funny hats.'

After becoming room mates, they became best friends. Ian often invites Mark out for parties, and they have a habit of going to the gym on Saturdays. He and Mark also confide more personal details to each other. However, Ian will often get defensive and judgmental whenever Mark talks about his possible romantic encounters with other men.

Penny
Although Penny and Ian have lived under the same roof for a few years, their starkly differing personalities clash repeatedly, and they tease one another and get into quarrels often encountered by college roommates. Regardless, the two are friends, and come together to support Mark. Penny grabs weekly lunch at the cafe Ian works at. If given the opportunity, the two of them will frequently join Mark for weekend fun.

Zoe
Zoe is Ian's sexually experienced on-again off-again girlfriend. At the beginning of the semester Ian breaks up with her, but maintains a friendship afterwards and seeks her advice and help during his romance route with Mark.

Brad
Ian and Brad briefly met when Brad was invited by Mark to hang his apartment while working on his English essay. Ian is immediately defensive towards Brad, thinking him a typical airhead jock who uses people. Ian interrupts their work session by trying to act intimidating to protect Mark and scare off Brad. It doesn't work, of course. At the end of the semester, Ian accepts Brad and hangs with his athletic buddies on their last night of college. The two jokingly threaten to throw Penny in a dumpster.

Jed
Ian and Jed only meet when Jed brings "peace offering" pizza to the apartment. Ian will become overprotective and jealous if Mark tries to have sex with Jed. He suggests Jed is whoring himself out to other guys, and that Mark is being taken advantage of. After graduating, Ian expresses regret in not being able to see Jed's band perform due to moving to Brazil.

Trivia

 * Ian speaks Esperanto.
 * Ian likes wearing superhero underwear.
 * Ian is a connoisseur of outlandish behaviors, such as biking while masturbating, coined "masturbiking," and masturbating while shitting, coined "masturshitting." He also once drenched his naked body in maple syrup in the apartment bathtub, because he "wanted to know what a waffle feels before it gets eaten."
 * Ian is possibly bisexual, as he seems to prefer the company of women prior to admitting his attraction towards Mark, and doesn't express interest in other men. At the end of Ian's romantic route, he will come out to his roommates, but it is left ambiguous whether he comes out as gay. The game's author has said in a Q&A that Ian is "figuring [his sexuality] out, and he's fine with that."