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Ari the Gorgon and Tess the Succubus have this dynamic in The Demon Mages, according to the Character Blog.As said by Deadpool himself during Way's run: "There is nobody I hate more than my friends." Deadpool's "friends" are usually either maiming, insulting, trying to kill him, trying to arrest him, or just getting away from him.Logan genuinely wants to protect Scott from dirtying his hands and conscience with the ugly things that Logan generally does on the X-Men's behalf. In fact, Logan's entire position over Schism is revealed in Wolverine and the X-Men #40 to ultimately come down to Logan believing Scott actually is the better man, and that it's not right for him to be taking the darker approach. Somewhere beneath the bickering, insults, fights, differences, and rivalries are two men that actually do respect one another, care about each other, and are even friends. At times, the role of The Joker has been replaced by The Riddler (not the first time this has happened in a Batman franchise) as best frenemies with Penguin. When he found out Penguin was Faking the Dead he did try to murder him for real, but this being the Joker the Penguin was lucky it was only a token attempt. Joker even cried when he thought Penguin had died and worked with Batman to catch the culprit. Between regularly scheduled betrayal, multiple acts of attempted murder, and verbal and physical abuse (both men seem to really enjoy watching each other suffer), they still insist they're friends. The Joker and The Penguin, believe it or not.Of course they make up like they always do and go back to their Ho Yay-filled friendship. Then they started beating the crap out of each other. When Roy badmouthed Batman Dick responded by badmouthing Green Arrow and brought up Roy's heroin addiction. When they were both on the Outsiders an argument concerning how the team was run devolved into petty insults. This isn't the first time these best friends came to blows either. The page image shows Dick Grayson (during his Batman days) and Roy Harper at the lowest point in their friendship Roy was tripping on drugs and attacking civilians, and afterwards Dick abandoned Roy in prison.
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Compounded when they casually throw racial insults at each other. Granted, it's not clear just how much of his willingness to help the group comes from thinking Sue is hot. No matter how many times they seem to clash, the Four still come to him if he can help them, and vice-versa. Namor is also strained friends with the Fantastic Four, in spite of fighting against them countless times.However, Doom's a true villain and Namor's just determined to protect his people, so they often wind up on the opposite side of conflicts. Both are leaders of small, isolated nations, and both are considered ruthless by the outside world, so they relate to each other quite well. Sub-Mariner - Namor and Doctor Doom have had this going for decades.Additionally, Betty and Veronica are close friends, yet are regularly seen fighting, often over Archie himself. In the Archie Comics, Archie and Reggie are sometimes described as being friends, but Reggie is very antagonistic towards Archie, verging on bullying.(Arguably, this trope describes nearly all of Constantine's relationships, be they friends, relatives, or lovers, but Chas, being practically the only person close to John who's still alive, is the prime example.) John Constantine and Chas Chandler in Hellblazer.May be due to coming from a Friendless Background. Contrast Who Needs Enemies?, where two characters really ought to be friends given their similar goals, but somehow aren't. Compare Vitriolic Best Buds and Odd Friendship. Compare/contrast Friendly Enemy which has enemies acting like friends. For the romantic version, see The Masochism Tango and Belligerent Sexual Tension. Not to be confused with Don't Shoot the Message. Note that the conflict does not create serious problems when dealing with worse enemies - that is Divided We Fall (which is often enough also polite). The other option is that one will eventually go for a Uriah Gambit. Once in a while, they'll have a heartwarming moment which will make the audience go " Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other." Then it's back to business as usual. They're always bickering, insulting each other or outright whupping each other, which leaves the audience wondering, "How the hell are these people friends?" This is often because one or both are Jerkasses, though sometimes it seems that they reserve all their hostility for one other. Two people are supposedly friends, except they seem to hate each other.