2011-10-26, 08:17 AM
SaptaZapta Wrote:I admit English is not my first language, but in every context I have ever heard or read the term "sidekick" used, it always referred to the inferior of the team, the hero/protagonist/main-char/villain's friend/helper/follower/lackey. The lesbians referring to themselves as each other's sidekicks might be some kind of joke or a jab at the male obsession with hierarchy, just a wild guess here.
CarrionCrow Wrote:No, you are right. A sidekick is the lesser in a hero-sidekick relationship, hence "side". Just like a sallad can be the sideorder for the main dish, actually.
english isn't my main either, i am wondering as you do. heck, after writing sidekick so much i am now reading it as "side kicks" (i.e. kicks to the side) and is throwing me out of whack.
i also know of the hero-sidekick relationship, i was just wondering if "sidekick" couldn't be "mutual" so to speak.
as for the lesbians, they were the main character, and the guy that drew the webcomic is insane, so lol