137 – Friendship
I promise, there’s more to Ben’s character than “Uncle Ben” jokes, and his “Captain Friendzone” status.
For those who wonder about his “Princess Yuki” line… That’s a nickname Marie-Neige used to go by. Ben is still calling her that way because they’ve actually known each other for a while. It’s also a subtle jab at the fact Marie-Neige used to be named Yuki Himezaki when I created her all those years ago. “Yuki” means “snow” in Japanese just like “Neige” means the same thing in french. The “Hime” part of Himezaki means princess. I’m so clever and stuff.
Poor Flore. We’re so getting used to her antics they’re relegated to background gags, now.
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Friendzone, I remember when it was called unrequited love.
It’s still called that. I’d say “friendzone” is something your average sad unpopular internet dude would call it… It’s got a rather bad connotation now. XD
They need to understand that love ain’t always a two way street.
It’s a fourway intersection with no stop lights!
What about 4 way intersections with traffic lights all set to green? Those get pretty messy & lots of people get fired up. Does that count?
Love is, more often than not, a bitch.
And she’s crazy!
Win
This is the truest statement in the history of ever.
ive only ever known the friend zone its the home that is no home
Because home is where the heart is.
‘Captain Unrequited Love’ had too many syllables.
You can have unrequited love without being in the friend zone, though.
At least it’s not like everyone hates him… and is it just me, or are things getting a tad slightly itty-bitty more “serious” in recent comics? What with Ben being a bit on the edge in this one, and Mireille’s mom who kinda hates Liliane, and a slight down moment with Clementine… I’m just wondering if I’m imagining too much or not reading the way you intended it, or maybe I’m just overthinking this WAY too much…
Nah, things will be more positive soon I’m sure. ^^
But it’s how interpersonal relationships go. There’s some positive stuff, and there’s some negative stuff too.
Ben seems on edge because he just took a stealth barb about his crush from Marie-Neige, that’s super-effective thanks to Chloe’s total obliviousness of it. And Agnes certainly doesn’t kinda hate Liliane, they just started on a (quickly defused) wrong footing. That Mimi defused it with peace & pizza shows it’s no biggie.
Flore might have a future in architecture. The speed and accuracy of which she can analyze hieght differentials would come in very handy.
She’s really skilled at estimating height.
And silently angsting at it. :P
now i wonder what’s on Flore’s mind :D
Probably not much. While taller than her, he’s shorter than Conroy.
Oh Flore, dear girl, you really need to try and stop obsessing about your physical limitations. (and if you succeed, tell me how you did it) As for Ben, there must be some interesting history between him and Marie, given the mutual evil eye they are exchanging in the last scene. But this is a good opportunity to see more of the Ben/Cloe dynamic at work, and there aint nothin’ wrong with that.
It’s too late for Flore. She’s been obsessing about her height for at least 15 years.
Ben, Marie, Chloe and Frederic have been friends for years. I think Marie always loved to poke fun at Ben whenever she could.
I’m trying to work out if she is just poking fun, or if she’s also throwing a few subtle clues in there for Chloe to pick up on (or have them go right over her head so high she never even saw them, that works too).
On a side note, Chloe’s & Princess Yuki’s names have kinda linked in the appearing characters tags. Clicked Chloe’s name to make sure I was using the right one, made things interesting till I noticed…
Oops. Sorry for the weird tag thing. And thank you for mentioning it. I fixed it.
And now I know people actually use those things. :)
I really don’t know what Marie-Neige’s intents are. I think she likes to poke fun at Ben, but also wishes her friends could be happy together. I guess?
*Looking around for Clem*
Oh well, I like Flore, too. I hope she finds a nice woman, someday.
Do you think Flore goes for girls too?
No….
But I can dream….
Flore has build her whole life around her dreams.
Just because M-N and Clem are gay doesn’t mean everyone is unless this comic is a yuri one.
A lot of readers wish it was one.
That’s what fanfics are for. :D
Well, yuri IS the PUREST FORM OF LOVE. So yeah, it would be nice, especially with the large number of women and effeminate men.
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Oh yeah, that.
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It’s back in the Top 100 at 95th place.
I voted again and Frivolesque soared up to 31st PLACE, holy crap that’s impressive.
Disloyal Indeed
Flore in the first panel is me around this year’s round of freshmen.
I used to be so tall~
It felt the opposite for me back in the day. Every new freshman batch seemed shorter than the previous one…
Parents must be bonsaiing their children or something.
Like i said when i see ben the first time is totally like me. Funny fact girls also refer to me as the sweetest guy arround and i got “friendzoned” all the time never even kiss a girl. It kind of sad but that the kind of thing that happen to sweet guy a suppose.
God i have a nack for getting heart broken girl at my place. Always the first one they crawl back to when they get dump by their crazy muscle head boy friend. Kind of funny because i don’t have any relationship experience.
That was me too. In another life. The thing is… don’t befriend a girl hoping to end up dating her later. It will rarely work. Be honest about your feelings from the get go and take the hit like a man if she rejects you. If she thinks you only want to be friends, only to change your approach later, you’ll just end up making things awkward for her if she’s not interested. Especially if she genuinely appreciates you as a friend.
I know all too well how this feels though, but such is the way of life. And my advice doesn’t cover the likely scenario that you might actually develop those feelings for her after being friends for a while. I have absolutely no advice for that one. T_T
It’s taken me forever to learn that. Problem is, being a genuine “nice guy” means ladies never take one seriously even when one mans up from the get-go. :/
Harder said then done i kind of fell in love with a person life and personnality so prety mutch no way to know if i like some one at first glance. And to put thing harder on me i’m kind of realy craving for sex and I like making friend. So most off the time i’m friend with a girl way before I began to fell for her.
Oups tham phone i’m not craving for sex (that french auto correct is killing me some time)
Nice guys do not get girls’ panties wet and unless you’re blessed with things like great looks, charisma and status, niceness will pretty much leave you friend-zoned.
I keep hearing anecdotal stories that being an asshole works, I’m not certain if it’s really much truth to it or not but niceness does tend to fail as a strategy to hooking up/dating/scoring with women.
I at least get their mouth wet. I’m probably the best cook around. But your right.
So we’ve paired the “marriage on the rocks” lady with the “just dumped” lady … perfect!
Those two could make a comedy duo.
It is interesting that in the life of Marie-Neige this happened, that it is so fixated on sexuality? The hobby is not very erotic and manga, fetishes and strange manner of inconstancy in dealing with people it’s okay, it happens. But it has dakimakura with her best friend! It’s … well, at least not typical.
Marie-Neige is quirky like that!
Marie-Neige is a criminal that promotes the friend zone.
How come Ben and Marie-Neige have coordinated stripes?