And is there a special word for that sort of person you regularly hang out with and talk to, but you're not really friends with? They're just in your line of sight because you go to the same places and know the same general crowd? You're generally civil with one another, but you don't really LIKE each other? Weird phenomenon. I think only women do this, but I'm probably wrong.
I think it's pretty obvious by this page that Curio's tits are fake. But then, half of the webcomics I read slap perfectly sperical boobs on all their female characters, so I guess no one will notice.
This weekend will be dedicated to getting the making-of page off the ground, drawing new cast shots, and answering email. You guys have swamped me with your good will, and I'm utterly grateful for it and humbled by it. You each deserve a response, and you'll get one.
It's not just women.
I call those 'locationships'
Acquaintance? You know of them, you see them around, but you don't really have a deep meaningful or trusting friendship in any way. I just call them friends because I like to sound more popular than I actually am.
Traditionally? Acquaintance. I'm sure there's a hipper term. Me, I just call it "Oh, him."
Yup, aquaintance. My question is, what do you call someone you've talked to online but are unlikely to ever meet in real life? I've got too many of those now to not have a term for them. "Friend" doesn't seem to cut it. I'm tempted to go with "imaginary friends."
Yay, stage make up! Does the fake blood taste disgustingly minty? 'Cause mine sure does.
Also: Does everyone in Templar have those pickle-phones..? I kind of want to be super hip and get one myself.
That first panel was an excellent little surprise, by the way. (Even if the black eye wasn't real.) My first thought was "Boxing. No wait - DIESEL. YAY, DIESEL."
(I am so excited for Diesel to show up in the comic. If it ever does.)
There's a bit about relationships like this between men in the underrated UK raver movie "Human Traffic," which everyone should, incidentally, see.
Oooh, "locationships!" I like that one!
What about 'coworker'?
I tend to go with the term "Friendly Strangers". You don't know anything about them, don't particularly care to, they have one to many habits that bug you just a little to ever consider thinking of them as a friend, and if they died the next day all you would think would be "Well, thats a shame. Never got to know them that well. Oh well."
I'm quite familiar with those deals. Being a navy brat that moved once every 18 months(15th of every April and September) for the firt 10 years of your life tends to be a strain on your social development. Only 'friendships' I've ever had that lasted longer than a few months have always been that kind.
They have a certain appeal in the low risk of getting hurt by that person, but still are very stagnent and unsatisfying, no?
No, it ain't just women. Join any social group, committee, event, class, situation etc. and there will always be at least two people who don't gel. Thank god people are different. And thank god most people are civil enough to coexist in the same social circles even if they don't really click with each other.
BTW, if you do find yourself in a situation where you are in perfect harmony with every single other person there, you've joined a cult... and should mix your own drinks.