aw, man, him and Jacob are just friends.
Yeah, and that guy who drove Liberace onto the stage was just his valet.
Belle, Levy is an old, jaded, man of ideas, John an young exotic -- it's totally Death in Venice.
I think that in context "fanboyish" refers to Mr. Levy's youthful love of comic books, rather than his current love of John. That doesn't detract from the fact that the use of the word should arouse suspicions in a general sense.
Also, rambling posts of often excessive length are "stylish" now? Duly noted.
I'm pretty sure John and I got our doctorates the same year, so we're pretty close to the same age. How come he gets to be the young exotic and I'm stuck with being old and jaded?
Surely you will confess that Chicago is less exotic and more jading than Singapore? Also, it made the joke work.
[your previous (learned!) discussion of comics on the volokh conspiracy strongly suggested you weren't much older than John.]
But whose powers are mightier? Levy's or Holbo's?
Wait, FL. The Fantastic Four were three men and a woman, right? But John et al. are three women (incipiently anyway) and a man. From this we infer that John's superpowers are attention-getting and lurid display.
Whatevs, y'all. All I can say is that Jacob should just get a room next time.
New John Holbo action figure-- with special PIMP POWERS(tm). I can't wait.