Don't Interrupt Her
let her finish!!
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I'm really digging where this story line with Brun is going. So often autistic characters are relegated to white men who are robotic and/or rude and do everything wrong romantically. It's almost like... autistic people are PEOPLE. I really appreciate this.
Be nice, Faye...
Oh Faye, I have missed your face. ❤️
Not just her face.
“On the other hand, I guess I should be glad she didn’t vibrate. I bet she could squarely hit 440 Hz”
and I thought Meatsacks were complicated
And all of these comments helping Jeph mull over next steps... Jeph? How far ahead are you at this point? Do you know the answer yet?
Dates aren't necessarily romantic thing anyway. Not anymore.
The real question isn't whether it was a date; it's whether Millie _wants_ it to have been a date.
Narrator: Millie wants it to have been a date.
If Faye were still working at Coffee of Doom ... she'd be grabbing the Malaysian Battle Spatula.
Better ask Brun
Panel 2 is adorable.
Holding hands doesn't feel like Brun. This feels forced. Or maybe it feels rushed. Yea rushed is my final answer. Also out of nowhere, left field, other unexpected places. I don't have a problem with it other than the suddenness.
If she's autistic or an aspie, it kinda does. When i met my husband, he was very no-touch to everyone. Within an afternoon, he was quite comfortable touching me, to the point of hugging me and sitting on my lap without asking. If Brun is that kind of touch-sensitive/avoidant, then connecting with someone like that could be the same way.
OK, a counter-balancing story. While in the Navy a buddy asked me to be his wingman, my mission being to separate his date's friend from his date and try to avoid pissing her off. I was asked because I was "nice" and "safe". I was socially anxious and inhibited, but I could fake a good-enough conversation. OF COURSE I was still a virgin, despite having been a Sailor for 3 years. Date or not-date? Definitely not-date. Not even 'blind date', because there was no hope for any future between us. I was on a mission, not a date. The thing is, despite the evening starting as horribly as could be expected (a truly funny story), the two of us wound up hitting it off. In a big way. To the ultimate embarrassment of my buddy and his date. Yes, we planned a next date (another great story), but not a double-date. After which I was no longer a virgin. And we always called that first evening our first date.
My spouse didn't realize that our first date was a date until months later. I mean, I asked her out to dinner, just the two of us, and she kissed me goodnight after I walked her to the door... but she had been thinking that it was odd that there was no-one else along on the "let's get dinner outing". She just hadn't been on a date in so long that she hadn't even been thinking that way. Even though I drove a couple of hours to her house, and brought a gift. That was over 30 years ago, and we've been married for over 25 of them. We've gotten a lot better at the whole communication thing. ;-)
As I said before, they can be platonic BFFs who sleep on one another without pushing it past that.
You're asking the wrong being, Millie. You need to be asking Brun, FFS! But first, you need to determine if you WANT it to have been a date (pleasepleasepleasesayyes).
I'm certainly no expert, but the fact that they were holding hands when they separated has me thinking it's potentially likely.
Now the possible polycule has evolved past a triad ^^ the more the merrier
I had a feeling this was where this was going. Honestly though (on Brun's end at least), I think it was more of a friendly hang out. I feel like Brun was trying to be a good friend, but some of her actions could be misconstrued without her realizing it. That, and I feel like this is probably a typical hangout for Brun and Renee.
Oh, Millie...
I can feel Faye's expression boring through the fourth wall and into my soul.
Either that or: Why does EVERY sentient being in this town have to be so damn weird!
BTW, in the interests of full disclosure, I would SO be Millie in this convo. ADHD does that to people. "Wait, that was a DATE??"
It's like when you realise waaaaay after the fact that somebody was flirting with you and you totally missed it, only it's 'you went on a date and didn't realise'.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAH AHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHHAHA HHAHAHAHA
hmm does Faye actually know Brun? i can't recall if that link in this comic's convoluted social net exists or not
Brun once slept on their apartment floor after a night of drinking, so Faye met her at least once. But I don't think that she knows her well.
OMG SO MANY SHIPS MORE SHIPS THAN THE ENDING OF TROS AAAAAAAAH i love it so much thank you Jeph
No, but it might have been a meet-cute.
I think that was Brun sleeping on Millie’s butt. 😎
Schrodinger's date.
You don't know it was a date until you text them about when the second one is?
Sorry, Millie. Only you and Brun can decide - together - whether that was a date. Faye can offer an opinion, but she can't speak for Brun. Hopefully Faye has the sense to say that, <i>instead of</i> offering any opinion.
Jeph, thank you for giving me such a good comic to bully several friends with.
Look. It was not a date. A date is when two people agree to get together to do something with a major motivation being establishing romantic compatibility. Brun's "We have to go get brunch." doesn't count. She's reading off of her Renee script. I met my wife in such circumstances. I then had to ASK HER OUT. THAT was the date. Millie's problem is making the first date clearly a date and not "just another walk" unless she doesn't want to date Brun (I put that as low probability). That doesn't mean that dating is the only way to slip into a romantic relationship. Faye and Bubbles never went on a date. Tillie and Station... uh.. I dunno... :-)
Tilly & Station was less a series of dates than a large data stream that ended with them confirming that they were compatible for each other. And then there were lasers.
These 2 have gotten quite close in a short span of time. Then again, the fate of Millefeuille's butt meats was literally in the palm of Faye's hands, so that's bound to invite familiarity.
Also: it makes sense that an AI would seek out the only person she knows in a Human/AI relationship for advice.
It couldn't be more of a date if it was a fruit that's popular to eat in the Arab world.
And yet, at the same time, it might not have been a date at all.
As someone who can be clueless... (and was when hanging out with man who is now my husband) this really could be either and the only way to know for sure is to ask the person you were hanging out with.
Well, my calendar watch says it was both a good date and a good time.
That was a DOUBLE PUN folks! Where's the love? Don't make me eat dates with thyme!
No, this was a first meeting between new friends. A date, at least here, will probably involve at least one buttock on fire.
Unfortunately with brun that probably wasnt. Just think of it as friends till you can ask her
Yes, dear, that was a date And Faye has that "How did I get roped into the whole "personal advice for robots" look on her face?
But also "New profit stream!"
These situations give me so much anxiety. So much gets left unsaid... but Brun is so atypical that I don't see Faye's advice being much use. Brun likes friends and hasn't shown any interest in dating. I guess we'll wait and see.
Ooh! If Brun is off the market, Elliot can focus on Clinton!
Nah. A date needs to be a date from the outset. This was a fun impromptu outing that could possibly lead to dates in the future. ;P
This is generally correct, but I've personally had a fun impromptu outing turn into a date halfway through. That involved an unexpected kiss, however, so I'd rule in this case you are correct. Also, I'm slightly drunk and therefor wordy as fuck.
My favourite part is that Brun is probably having the exact same conversation with Renee at this very moment
Possibly so, but in reverse. I am sure Brun hasn't even considered this could have been a date, but Renee sees the potential that it might be!
Tomorrow: Steve goes to the grocery store. He gets to the cereal aisle. They are out of cereal. But the next aisle over, they have all the toilet paper.
@Jeph please do this
I can sympathize. Emotional cluelessness was my standard mode of operation back in the day.
Well? WAS it????
Totes.
Does anybody really know?
(what time it is)
Faye is 110% done atm
Yes yes it was a date
god i love this comic so much.
oh god shes such a cinnamon roll PROTECT MILLEFEUILLE
If Elliot is a cinnamon roll as well, maybe they should open a new bakery in town.
Yes. It was a date. It's just that neither party realized it.
It was technically a date, which is the best kind of date!