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Ian Manachevitz is friend, roommate and potential love interest for Mark in Coming Out On Top.

Character Profile

Mark, Ian and Penny have been roommates since they started at Orlin University. Ian is a C-average Zoology student and works as a part-time Barista at the local college cafe hang out, JoJo's.

Ian is attempting to get into a graduate program that will send him to Brazil for two years to study Capuchin Monkeys.

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 oftentimes irritates his roommates.

He is portrayed as being 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.


Walkthrough

#1
I'm gay. (Proceed to #2)
I'm gay. High five! (Proceed to #2)
Uh, just a reminder. (Just pick one of the other for the sake of simplicity)
#2
All right. (Starts Alex's route, so for the sake of simplicity pick the other.)
Eh. (Proceed to #3)
#3
Fine, fine! (Starts Alex's route so for the sake of simplicity pick the other.)
No. (Proceed to #4)
#4
I bet it's nice... (Proceed to #5)
I wonder what your... (Proceed to #5)
I've got a lot on my mind... (Proceed to #5, recommended)
#5
Borrow his lube. (Just pick the other for the sake of simplicity)
Ew, are you kidding me? (Proceed to #6)
#6
Whack off. (Just pick the other for the sake of simplicity)
Sleep like an angel. (Proceed to #7, recommended)
#7
HELLLOOO Professor. (Just pick the other for the sake of simplicity)
Meh. (Proceed to #8, recommended)
#8
Penny! Enough with the orange photos! (Proceed to #9)
Please, can we beta test another time? (Proceed to #9)
#9
NO. (Proceed to #10)
Okay, okay, OKAY!!! (Proceed to #10)
#10
Sure, no prob. (Proceed to #11)
No. (Ends Route)
#11
Take a quick peek. (Proceed to #12)
Leave the box closed. (Proceed to #13)
#12
Snag an item. (Proceed to #13, unlocks #14 and #15)
Gross! (Proceed to #13)
#13
I'm bidding my time. (Proceed to #12)
I'm planning on telling them. (Proceed to #12, recommended)
#14
Thanks man, I appreciate it. (Proceed to #15 if stole the dildo, otherwise #16)
By the way, I may... (Proceed to #15 if stole the dildo, otherwise #16)
#15
It's going to me... (Proceed to #17)
No, just no. (Proceed to #16)
#16
Tell them. (Proceed to #17, recommended)
Oh, you know. (Proceed to #17)
#17
Tutor at the Student Learning Center for extra cash. (Proceed to #18)
Get a head start start on term paper. (Proceed to #18)
Watch the Horror Movie... (Proceed to #18)
#18
Beat off... (Proceed to #19)
Study... (Proceed to #19, recommended)
#19
Can you guys handle this? (Proceed to #20)
One of us should go... (Starts Jed's route, which can later be stopped, but for the sake of simplicity pick the other.)
#20
God, FINE! (Starts Phil's route, which can later be stopped, but for the sake of simplicity pick the other.)
You know who loves getting up... (Proceed to #21, recommended)
#21
Accept the job. (Starts Brad's route, which can later be stopped, but for the sake of simplicity pick the other.)
Tell her no. (Proceed to #19)
#22
Oh god! (Proceed to #24, recommended)
Thanks for listening, Slurpy. (Proceed to #24)
#23
All right, all right. (Proceed to #25, recommended)
Are you done with armchair psychologizing? (Proceed to #24)
#24
No thanks. (Proceed to #26)
GAWD, FINE! (Proceed to #25)
#25
A couple laps at the pool sound refreshing. (Proceed to #26)
Work up a sweat on the treadmill. (Proceed to #26)
Exercise? (Proceed to #26)
#26
Tutor at the Student Learning Center... (Proceed to #27)
Get some extra studying done. (Proceed to #27)
Accompany Ian and Penny to... (Proceed to #27)
#27
Fine, fine... (Proceed to #28)
I'm not interested... (Proceed to #28)
#28
Fine, fine. (Proceed to #29)
Not gonna happen. (Proceed to #30)
#29
You're here for a purpose... (Proceed to #30)
Maybe see... (Proceed to #30)
Hit the treadmill. (Proceed to #30)
#30
Tutor at the Student Learning Center... (Proceed to #31)
Get some extra studying done. (Proceed to #31)
Invite Ian and Penny to the beach... (Proceed to #31)
#31
Oh, why not? (Proceed to #32)
I'd rather not. (Ends Route)
#32
How are we doing tonight? (Proceed to #33)
Can I get either of you something to drink? (Proceed to #33)
What are respectable girls like you..? (Proceed to #33, Ends Route after that)
#33
You know, I had to drag... (Ends Route)
Hey, it's not his fault. (Proceed to #34)
Look, he's kind of a goofball... (Proceed to #36, necessary for a successful romance, unlocks CG#1)
Nine point five inches, ladies. (Ends Route)
#34
An Eastern Brown Snake. (Proceed to #35)
A Taipan. (Proceed to #35)
A Western Diamondback. (Proceed to #35)
A Death Adder. (Proceed to #35)
#35
Calf. (Ends Route)
Penis. (Ends Route)
#36
Attempt to sleep. (Proceed to #38)
Listen. (Proceed to #37)
#37
Jack off. (Proceed to #38)
Go to bed. (Proceed to #38)
#38
All right, Ian. (Proceed to #39)
I actually have other stuff... (Ends Route)
#39
Tutor at the Student Learning Center... (Proceed to #40)
Get some studying done. (Proceed to #40)
Invite Ian and Penny to... (Proceed to #40)
#40
Forget it. (Proceed to #41)
I don't want your "help" anymore! (Ends Route)
#41
I know the agenda, dummy. (Proceed to #42, unlocks CG#3)
It doesn't matter. (Proceed to #42, unlocks CG#3)
#42
Tutor at the Student Learning Center... (Proceed to #43)
Get some studying done. (Proceed to #43)
Since you promised the old lady... (Proceed to #43)
Unlocks CG#2
#43
Maybe a bit. (Proceed to #44)
All I was hoping was to meet somebody. (Proceed to #48)
Thanks for the apology. (Proceed to #48)
#44
I don't know. (Proceed to #46)
Er, what? (Proceed to #45)
#45
Yeah, prove it! (Proceed to #46)
Wow, you're so wasted. (Proceed to #48)
#46
Hell yes. (Proceed to #47)
Hell no. (Proceed to #48)
#47
Haha, I changed my mind! (Proceed to #48)
Remove your briefs. (Proceed to #49, unlocks CG#4 but Ends Route)
#48
No. (Ends Route)
Sounds like you want to tell me about it,... (Proceed to #49, necessary for a successful romance)
#49
Kiss him. (Ends Route)
Fall asleep cuddling with him. (Proceed to #50)
Extricate yourself, and sleep beside him. (Proceed to #50)
Wake him up and send him back to his room. (Proceed to #51)
#50
Jack off in the bathroom. (Proceed to #51)
Jack off next to him. (Ends Route)
This too shall pass. (Proceed to #51)
#51
Tutor at the Student Learning Center... (Proceed to #52)
Get some studying done. (Proceed to #52)
Treat Penny to a dinner... (Proceed to #52)


UNDER CONSTRUCTION












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 copule 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.
Tutor at the Student Learning Center for extra cash.
Do something else this weekend


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 causal 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.

Relationships

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.

If Ian's romance is pursued (see Walkthrough page), he will invite Mark to a frat party, where he spontaneously grabs Mark in a romantic kiss in order to prove to two women, Molly and Holly, that he is a non-masochistic kind of guy. He later has a threesome with them back at their apartment, and Mark has the option of jerking off to the sound of Ian's moans.

Ian later acts as Mark's wing-man at Charlie's to help him pick up a date, but it's a disaster. Ian acts overly judgmental and picky about the type of man Mark should date, even going to lengths of lying about Mark's penis size to attract a crowd of potential dates, and then having them go through an interview screening process where he rejects them one by one. Mark is furious, and they return home. During an argument, Ian kisses Mark again to try and prove a point, but Mark reciprocates the kiss. Ian is receptive at first, then freaks out and leaves.

After a few days of avoiding Mark, Ian returns to the apartment completely wasted late one night, and begins to drunkenly flirt with Mark. Ian admits he long wanted to kiss Mark, and even that he ejaculated during the threesome thinking only about their kiss. Ian passes out in Mark's bed, and to further the romance Mark can either spoon him all night, or give him a kiss. Either results in Ian freaking out later and avoiding Mark for the rest of the week.

On his birthday, Ian rejects the gift Penny bought him, a jerk-off toy that by complete coincidence resembles Mark's hand. Mark finally confronts Ian at the apartment, and can freely admit he has feelings for Ian, or that he wants their friendship to go back to how things were before the kiss. Ian doesn't want to talk, claiming he's getting back with Zoe, and to clear his head he sets off immediately on a road trip to Vegas.

Mark goes to return the birthday gift, and finds Zoe at the sex shop, where she reveals Ian is actually not in Vegas. Confused and worried, Mark visits her loft and finds Ian tied up naked and blindfolded. Zoe reveals Ian has had a deep crush on Mark for a very long time, and Zoe was going to help him fulfill his sexual fantasies about Mark. Mark is confused, and Zoe explains Ian doesn't want to act on his desires for fear of damaging their friendship. Trusting in Mark as Ian's best friend, Zoe leaves the two men alone, allowing Mark to either give Ian his fantasy anonymously, or pull off his blindfold and talk to him.

If either is chosen, Ian still finds out it's Mark, and the two reconcile and conclude it's perfectly alright to act on their attraction to one another without risking their friendship. The next day, Ian will come out to his friends in a similar way to Mark's own coming out speech. At the end of the semester, Ian will go out to South America, but later return and begin a relationship with him. Two years later, Ian and Mark are married.

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. Zoe was the first to know about Ian's sexual fantasy 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.

Phil

Phil and Ian meet in an unexpected way. Mark and Phil were having sex while he went home late, whether or not he sees them doing it is depending on the player.

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

  • If Mark manages to save $800 within the semester he might join Ian in South America, if they're on good enough terms.
  • 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."
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