Nothing Simple

I bet it has something to do with koalas

Bagge

Or, let the boys do their own dang emotional labor instead of getting a woman of color to do it for them. Again.

KCkittysnores

oh god i have been brun in this situation so many times, oh WOW

Anna Phylaxis

Just TELL HER WHAT’S GOING ON, you big goof. “I like Clinton, he might like me, we both like you. Apparently, you don’t like Clinton that way, or me, and Clinton drowned his sorrows in beer and went home.” See? It’s not THAT complicated!

Joseph

I relate to Brun in a way I somehow always knew I would

Onedavewreckingcrew

Poor Brun

Brian

I have played Brun, Elliot, and Clinton in various versions of this over the last twenty-ish years. Big oof.

Derek Hassell

You can probably chalk it up to “people don’t always act in a logical way, or even in their own best interest.”

Tim Keating

Yeah, I see that too. She's smart, knows her limitations and makes an actual effort to overcome them.

Andrew Mitchell

It's complicated...

I just find a lot of this encounter really weird. Clinton seemed... odd... the whole way through, like, I don't remember him acting like this really ever, and while he can be weird and cute and awkward at times this felt really forced and mechanical. Plus the whole work-date thing is... ehhhhh. Am I the only one that feels like going to the place someone you're interested in works, while they're on the clock, and then getting sloshed when you explicitly know they both won't be and also be busy seems kinda off? Like, not in a this is a bad idea off, but in a "real people don't behave like this normally" kind of off? I dunno.

Alex Piskura

Brun's eyebrows seem to be growing more powerful

Fart Captor

I think Brun is showing the most emotional intelligence of the three, for all that it doesn't come naturally to her.

Clifton Royston

"Damn you, Jacques!" time?

Minzoku Bokumetsu

This is the perfect follow up to the previous scene, and i will fite anyone that disagrees

Thomas Halpin

I first read that as Faye turning up to offer advice. I'd pay to watch that show.

David Durant

"Elliot did not use his words..."

Grace Kieser

Second to last panel Brunface is mood.

Jonathan Marinaro

Good point.

Andrew Mitchell

It's almost like, the two scenarios are so simple and blunt, which would be preferable. But because it's so unusual in the grand scheme of human relations it feels like too much of a twist to comprehend in the moment.

BioYuGi

Use your words, Elliot.

Scott Gosnell

I love that Brun KNOWS something is up... but can't quite figure it out. XD

Shawn K. Younkin

I can't say I'm a fan of hearing it either.

Nikki

Someone give Elliot a hug. He's had a really bad evening. Again, I wonder if Yay will show up later on and offer advice and observation. (Hey, worked for Faye.)..Turn Clinton over to Renee and Claire to be set straight.

Michael Boettger

Is "Clinton got drunk and said too much" really as big a crisis as some of the commenters think? Or "Brun is really honest, which everyone knows and the two guys in this sequence clearly don't mind"?

Carl Fink

Could somebody just give Elliot a hug please? I'm in physical pain seeing him like this.

Rosilin

Situation and dealing with said situation aren't that far between, specially when yer right in the slurry of it! But yea, Jeph sure knows how to make us identify with characters! (* much identify with Elliot AND Clinton *)

Andreas "Rowas" Lind-Sahlin

Aw... Frack... :|

Andreas "Rowas" Lind-Sahlin

At least he hasn't said "Never mind." Or was that "Don't worry about it."

Matt Grayson

Oh god, she hates it when people say "it's complicated."

GregD

Months or years later...hardheaded enough to miss the clue by four.

Robert

Yes... Exactly this. I haven't been able to put my finger on why this arc just.... hurts (?) so much, but you are exactly right. It's like I'm watching all of my own dysfunctions, all at once, and they are all interacting with each other and hurting each other; and none of them actually know what they are doing to each other. :(

FeyOne

really, Elliot, the situation is NOT complicated. Dealing with it is complicated (isn't it remarkable how thoroughly we identify with these characters!-good job Jeph)

jimbo

don't drink and what?? but how will we ever have sex??!

jimbo

think i'm gonna cry

Tamara Temple

At first I was so 😀😀😀 about all of this. Now...this is hitting so hard in the feels. I have been Brun, Clinton, and Elliot in this arc so far.

Anthony Gaglianese

This arc had me excited. Now it has me sad.

Joel Bateman

Come on, Brun! Figure it out, then rescue the boys by explaining it to them.

Wolfger

I was Brun last comic, even though now it seems so obvious why Elliot was upset.

Skorpeyon

Heartbroken 💔

Alcaria Swain

Elliot makes a poor Watson.

Spoogle McGee

Oof

Nerves are tricky. We want the best for the characters …

Sparky

Rule of thumb: Don't drink and date. :P

Joseph Bonnar

You know .. I’ve been where Brun was. Not her situation but I mean.. having the clues late out for me about people and relationships and just not getting it. I feel for Elliot but also for Brun.

Lyman Green

Aw, Brun, I feel you...

Morgan Bauman

This storyline is kinda depressing because it’s just so so real to me :-(

Julian Leventhal Hicks

Poor Elliot

Michael