[ text | un: trickster ]

[dothelokimotion]

[ The best way to deal with crippling revelations is to make inane posts. Well. Maybe not so inane since he is genuinely lost. ]

What is the different between a boyfriend and a boy friend? Are there various levels of friendship that are distinguished by sex? The online literature on this subject is perplexing in nature. How does one earn these titles?

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text » @LOKIOFASGARD

[ikols]

WHY AM I LIKE THIS

[dothelokimotion]

I was not aware that you too suffered from a lack of midgardian culture and boyfriends.

[ikols]

shut up SHUT UP
Why can't you just ask me about Midgardian culture!!

text; @angela

[hevenly]

[ Oh! Oh! Angela knows this one! She's actually lived on Earth for some time and has heard the things they call each other. ]

A boyfriend is a lover, while a boy friend is a boy who is a friend, without any romantic implications. The same applies to girlfriend/girl friend. Though some Earth women do refer to their girl friends as girlfriends. That is where it gets truly confusing.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki can't help a faint fond smile to himself. ]

You are a fountain of true knowledge, sister.

So a girl who is a friend can be both? And yet there is no way to distinguish the romantic context?

[hevenly]

Earth women are truly confusing. One once referred to my beloved as my "gal pal," even when it was heavily implied that we had romantic feelings for one another.

[ AKA they were being blatant with the PDA. ]

I think the concept of same-sex romantic affection still baffles them, largely.

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[aeturnus]

> "Are there various levels of friendship that are distinguished by sex?"

Friends With Benefits are gonna blow your mind.

[dothelokimotion]

I was led to assume friendship is a benefit. Certainly people harp on it all the time.

[aeturnus]

Yeah, they're not wrong. Friends with benefits (FWB) is when you've got a friend you also have sex with but don't romantically pursue.

video; un: sg.rogers

[livingsymbol]

[What in the world? He takes a moment to review the conversations going on and almost shakes his head.]

Like most titles, it's more at the discretion of the other person to decide when they consider you a boyfriend. It's a personal expression of how they feel about you. It doesn't have to involve sex at all.

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[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki hesitates before switching to video while locking it as well. He mostly left the responses to text so that it would be difficult to interpret to strangers. Loki did not mind looking clueless or ignorant about something as banal as slang and interpersonal customs.

But talking to his other self was . . . odd. Another oddity among a pile of events Loki was trying to decode. ]

Then it is a formal title only when both parties have agreed on it?

private; video

[livingsymbol]

Right.

[Would it be weird to guess that Loki met someone? Probably. Steve doesn't think the question necessarily implies that he is asking out of an interest in using the term, but now that he's looking at it, he doesn't know Loki's personal life. Maybe there's a nice friend Loki actually opened up to. Best not to assume.]

It's a level of commitment. You can have a lover that isn't a boyfriend and have a boyfriend you love but don't have sex with. And you can have a friend that is just a friend that happens to be a boy. You don't have to call them any of those.

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[metalmenace]

There are multiple levels depending on amount and type of attraction. It can be sexual or purely platonic no matter what point you're at.

The best way to put it is that a boy friend is your ally through thick and thin and a boyfriend is someone you'd want to be a better person for.

[dothelokimotion]

That seems like far too much effort for a title like boyfriend.

@LOKIOFASGARD

[ikols]

[ This smells like revenge for Loki calling Victor out earlier and he sees you. ]

DON'T FEED HIM SUCH BROAD DEFINITIONS!!!

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[amelioraate]

[ look, he hasn't talked to you much but... um...what? Tony looks torn between amused and suspicious.

more amused though since he stalked the whole exchange between you and your other self.

don't worry, he isn't going to try to explain the difference to you. someone else with better expertise can tell you.]

I have to ask, is that a legitimate question or are you trying to give the other you a small heart attack? I mean I have to say, if it is the latter I think you might almost deserve a high five.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki shrugs. ]

I am curious and mortals do tie themselves in knots over such matters. My other self's frustration was merely an added bonus.

[ A confusing bonus, though. He'll have to think about what it means. ]

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[deathkid]

Isn't a boyfriend someone with whom you're romantically involved? Whereas a boy friend is just a friend who happens to be a boy.

[dothelokimotion]

Is it? Honestly, it is very murky. Why is the space so important?

@dodger/text

[smokedout]

seriously?

if you don't understand the labels don't bother with them. just go fuck someone.

[Advice from essentially a friendless serial killer. Classic.]

[dothelokimotion]

That is a terrible idea on multiple levels.

text; @fromTV

[spellslots]

Did someone solve this mystery for you, pumpkin?

[He's being a lil shit but that's just how he rolls.]

[dothelokimotion]

It wasn't that much of a mystery. Though the responses were far too earnest for my tastes.

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[bestrobin]

A space between the words.

Not having any friends simplifies the problem of separating them from one or the other.

[dothelokimotion]

The space seems mostly arbitrary at times. And not well communicated verbally.

Do you not have any?