Maybe. The poetic workings of envy date back at least to Ancient Greece where a poet named Sappho, from the island of Lesbos described envy as making the sufferer "chlorodotoros" which can translate as either "greener than grass" or "paler than grass" depending on how creative and smart and classics-y you are.
(Left) Grass by Ed Markovich. Image is in the pblic domain.
In Sappho's world, jealousy was oriented around romantic love, which is generally limited to the one romantic object, except in the case of jerky people who are not fun to date because they are very busy also dating (read "copulating with") others.
However, friendly love should be more flexible. I'll spare you the discussion of Plato and C.S. Lewis, erstwhile author of the Narnia books.
(Right) Plato from "The School of Athens" (detail) by Raphael painted in 1509. (No--not the ninja turtle). Fresco, Stanza della Segnatura, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican.
So, does MightyIsis have enough love for all?
(below) Image by Johntex. Used under gnu license.
The world may never know.
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