There are a ton of CMOHs in the story...usually near the end of each year. And every one uses the Black Comedy set-up to do it. One almost thinks that Milholland should work for Bryan Fuller ...or vice versa.
This one confirms that, while also being a moment of heartwarming. Kharisma saying she values you enough not to be the worst person in the world? That she took enough time away from being into her own shit to actually value you? That she asks you to do something to make yourself less unhappy? That's both how bad the job is and how much she'd grown (not very, but it's there).
The last strip of Peejee remembering the day Chip took the photo Cab found after he died.
Peejee: Sit down, shut up, hug me close and let me remember that there are people who really love me. Please. Davan: ...Sure, Peejee. Anything you want. Anything at all.
Doctor: Sometimes it just doesn't seem fair. Fred: ... Miss, I had almost forty years with the most amazin' woman in the world...If life is unfair, it was unfair in my favor.
Mike: I guess it just surprised me. I was expecting you to make fun of me like you usually do. Davan: Haven't you noticed everyone gets made fun of around here by everyone else? It's not just you, Mike. We pick on each other because we like each other. In fact, if we didn't make fun of you it would probably mean we didn't like you.
Or, considering how she's looking at her watch, which insinuates that he doesn't have a whole lot of time left, could be seen as a Crowning Moment of Foreboding. Knowing Randy Milholland's penchant for doing terrible things to his characters (especially Davan), guess which one This Troper went with.
When in one of his VLogs R.K. said that a lot of what happened with Davan's parents are the fears he has about his own parents as they get old, and how he really doesn't feel prepared for when they'll eventually go away. He then goes on to say that his parents have actually set up a work station for him at their house and his dad sometimes watches him make the comic, and compares it to putting the artwork you do when you're a little kid on the refrigerator.
The naming of Choo-choo's last kitten might count.
Davan and Rory have quite a few — one example being in an UnshelvedBook Club.
Pythagorean: Yeah, you guys seem to think I'm respectable or something but just a heads-up. I tend to self-destruct, especially when I'm stressed. Factoid: We all have flaws, man. Pythagorean: No, see, I really screw up. Factoid: Everyone does. No one's perfect. We all fail, sometimes no matter how hard we try. You're human. The best heroes tend to be.
