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A webcomic written by K. Sandra Fuhr about a bunch of people, but mainly Collin Sri'Vastra and Fox Maharassa, two best friends who happen to be dating (they originally appeared as minor characters in Sandra's other comic, Boy Meets Boy). It's quite possibly the most kick-ass comic of all time. It's utterly hilarious, sorta goofy, incredibly sweet, surprisingly clever, and at times, very sad. The art is fantastic and the writing is even better.
Characters include (***shitload of spoilers!***):
- Collin Sri'Vastra, self-proclaimed people hater, but actually quite a sweet character. His ambition is to become dictator of a South American country (preferably Venezuela, though he switches to Nicaragua at one point). He has a weakness for lime jello and for his boyfriend, Fox.
- Kailen "Fox" Maharassa, hates his real name, and so goes by Fox. Bisexual and gregarious, he sometimes seems like Collin's exact opposite, but that doesn't stop him from loving Collin deeply. Works as a reporter at a tiny newspaper--his job often gets him into danger. Has been known to drive to LA on a whim, and to chase after pirates for the sake of his job.
- "Bootsie"/Ann, Collin's slave (he won her in a poker game). Winds up as a friend/sister figure to Fox and Collin. She's 16 at the beginning of the comic, and 21 when it ends. Has a sometimes naive view of love and romance, but sticks by her strong ethics, and winds up the better for it.
- The Demon, was living in Fox and Collin's fridge until they kicked him out. He has large rabbit-like ears, a tail, and wings (that sometimes get used as an umbrella). Though originally on bad terms with Collin, he befriends all the characters (except perhaps Arath).
- Arath, Collin's emo douche of a friend (he grows on you, I promise). Is often presumed to be gay, and so has a bit of discomfort around gay guys (this was kinda an issue with Collin at first). He meets Collin at college, and their mutual intolerance for stupidity and most people makes them fast friends.
- Leslie Rudd, Fox's rugged/slobby boss. Divorced, often drunk, and rarely clean-shaven, Leslie can appear to be without morals or cares, but in reality he cares a lot about his friends and the people he works with. Despite his propensity for sending the people who work for him off on pointless voyages, and often gets Fox nearly killed.
- Kitty, Leslie's fake/sometimes real girlfriend. She was hired by Leslie to act as a stand-in girlfriend to make himself look better to his ex-wife, but she develops real feelings for him and winds up sticking around.
- Derringer, the photographer at Leslie's newspaper, in love with Leslie. Though this is mostly just a joke at first (Derringer makes out with Leslie while he's unconscious, and tries to pass off massaging his feet as a Japanese tradition), the two wind up sorta together-ish. Kitty and Derringer end up "sharing" Leslie. It sounds weird, but I promise it's not as bizarre as it seems. It's two people in love with one guy, and that one guy feeling enough for each of them that it all work out.
- Fatima Maharassa, Fox's kick-ass feminist older sister. She refuses to conform to contemporary expectations for feminine beauty, and has a sometimes strained relationship with her mother, who embraces her femininity fully. Later in the story, Fatima marries a man because she wants his dog and house.
- Padma and Nefertari Maharassa, Fox's parents. Nefertari's an ex-dancer, Padma's a crazy scientist (his experiments include making a missile that also toasts bread, and attempting to impregnate Fatima's stalker with Fatima's DNA...and accidentally shooting her into space). Nefertari is often the voice of reason, despite the fact that she once bit Collin's mother's hand.
- Rafi, Fox's "uncle," a short and sleazy satanic priest. He's actually just a friend of Nefertari and Padma who showed up, crashed on their couch, and never really left. Loves Fatima and Fox, though sometimes his satanism gets in the way of his uncle-ry duties.
- Collin's evil parents. The classic Christian couple who freak out when they discover their son is dating a guy (and is an atheist! and a democrat!) Collin has a tough tough tough time with them, but gets effectively adopted into the Maharassa family, which helps him deal with his judgmental parents.
...and then other people I'm too lazy to list.
Basically, it's an awesome comic and everyone should read it.
Person 1: "I was reading Friendly Hostility the other day--"
Person 2: "Dude! It think you mean, 'I was reading Friendly Hostility the other day, the FUCKING BEST WEBCOMIC OF ALL TIME EVER!'"
Person 1: "....yeah."
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When you take control of a business situation by forcing your way in because it isn't up to par with your company's standards, or you buyout or buy in to a company in order to take control of it, often done by the company's competition in order to either shut it down or forcibly make it an asset or ally.
Person: Why does the sign outside say "under new management"?
Person 2: Hostile takeover, they swooped in and booted the old guys.
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1. a badass song by one of the greatest groove metallers of all time, Pantera.
2. very very angry
3. how every american felt about muslims/islams in the following days of 9/11
1. To see
To bleed
Cannot be taught
In turn
You're making us
Fucking hostile
2. Guy A - "I CANT BEAT THIS FUCKING GAME"
Guy B - "Chill bro, hit the bong again"
Guy A - "I CAN'T, IM TOO FUCKING HOSTILE"
3. -an american watches a towel head walk down his street. the date is 9/12/2001-
American (to themself) - "Think i'm fucking hostile now, ill show you fucking hostile you god damn towel head"
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Whenever there is an aggravated opinion on someone that sometimes devolves into death threats, doxxed info, blackmail, etc.
"Man, there's a lot of Internet Hostility towards this JellyBean person"
A form of sexism which promotes negative stereotypes or disparaging views about members of an entire gender. This can apply to sexism against women or against men.
Some sources provide a very limited definition of hostile sexism by claiming that it should only refer to sexism in which people who do not conform to traditional gender roles are viewed in a negative manner, with the goal of oppressing the targeted gender.
However, since hostility can take on many other forms, and since sexism has many goals, and since sexism can be targeted at any gender, it would be a very narrow-minded oversight to limit the definition of hostile sexism by applying it only to situations in which the sexist is disparaging members of the targeted gender specifically because of them not conforming to traditional gender roles, and/or because the sexist specifically wants to promote oppression.
Disparaging a person simply for being a member of a particular gender is always sexism, even if the sexist's motivation is not caused by their target not conforming to traditional gender roles. And it is clearly hostile to encourage others to view the targeted gender as inferior, even if oppression is not the stated intention. Therefore, all disparaging of an entire gender should be defined as hostile sexism, no matter what the stated motivation or goal is.
A female talk show host stated that women are superior, and she lectured that all leaders should be women, and then she called for a campaign to make it happen. Her male guest stated that women are trying to oppress men, and that there are already enough women leaders. It is baffling that only the guest was accused of hostile sexism, and not the host.
A fart cloud that lingers with hostile intentions and an unsuspecting person who stumbles into the middle of it.
When someone farts in public areas assuming they are alone, and out of nowhere another person appears and walks into your toxic cloud. Just stand back and warn them of a Hostile Ghost in the area!
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We’ve all then them, young girls foundation troweled on so thick it might as well be the concrete footings for a new extension on the house, eye brows that look like they were drawn on by the Rt Hon Lord David Blunket (MP for the Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency for 28 years). Eye shadow like Pete Burns after a four day bender in Benidorm for our Karen’s 60th and eye lashes with more holes than the Mccann’s holiday Albi.
Fucking sweet baby Jesus and the orphans Dave she’s got that much on she’s looks like she’s been bought out by Ru Paul in a hostile makeover.