Least I Could Do / YMMV

Anvilicious:
- A story arc that blatantly compares George W. Bush to Emperor Palpatine...published in 2011, three years after Bush left office.
- Also, did you know that Sohmer doesn't think very favorably of Christianity? He paints with a subtle brush. Seriously, we get it
Creator's Pet:
- A large part of the problem with Rayne's character is this: he will act like a selfish brat for the first 90% of any given storyline, edging about as close as he can get to the moment when any form of sympathy for the character is destroyed. Then, about three to five strips before the end, he'll have a Pet the Dog moment that makes the other characters forget or forgive all the rude/offensive/destructive/etc. things he did before. The problem, of course, is that the readers aren't inclined to let the occasional good deed make up for all the crap one has to go through to get to it.
- This is possibly best highlighted in a strip that attempted an Author's Saving Throw on some of Rayne's earlier Comedic Sociopathy, instead reframing all of it as noble pursuits that actually prove what an exemplary and wonderful human being he is. Did you have a problem with Rayne keeping a stereotypical Mexican orphan in the trunk of his car? Well, turns out you're a bad person, because Rayne's that kid's legal guardian and took him in off the street! (Which totally makes it okay to let him keep wearing rags and live in the trunk of a car.)
Ensemble Dark Horse: The Frog King was never drawn in the webcomic, and existed courtesy of a Memetic Mutation induced punchline. The store, however, sells a t-shirt and a plush toy in his image.
Hilarious in Hindsight:
- Rayne is seen here bashing webcomic artists for not being willing to put in the work for accolades and acceptance, and even makes fun of an artist in a later strip for not updating regularly. Then along came a little webcomic called Homestuck, whose updates can provide any reader with years worth of strips, if each one is read daily, even with Schedule Slip.
- Even more hilarious that after mocking other webcomic authors for not acting professional, he proceeded to lobby to be allowed to write for Deadpool in the most unprofessional manners possible, including petulant tweets and an internet petition.
  - To add to the hilarity, webcomic creators such as Brian Clevinger and Andrew Hussie have actually moved on to professional endeavours (the former with Marvel, even) without having to hamfist their ways into the business.
- This comic when compared to the LICD ads that portray Rayne as occasionally wishing his partner were Chewbacca^note
- Back in 2008, Sohmer would blog about how he hated webcomics with PayPal donation buttons and that anyone who asked their readers for money could not call themselves a professional. Years later, he became famous for his frequent Kickstarter campaigns and the Zuhfruh comic funded by Patreon.
  - Let's not forget The Gutters, where he guilted people into giving him money to make more comics... and then blew all the money commissioning single panel strips from famous comic book artists. He then begged for money again and finally just shut the whole thing down.
Ho Yay:
- The extremely straight Rayne has often been shown to have a mancrush on Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings.
- What about this and this?
- Even more.
- And... this.
- +1!
- 1+1=2!
- Um...
- It may not be intentional, but it'd be really easy to misinterpret this one.
- It looks like Rayne is bi, especially for Noel.
  - And another one.
  - Case in point.
  - In February of 2008, Noel stated that he and Rayne Summers were soul mates. Rayne did not disagree.
  - As ardent as Rayne is for women, this cements his attachment to Noel. Even Mick picks up on it, for MacGyver's sake!
  - And who could forget the Jamaican Vacation Story arc?
- Rayne will sucka the cock, but will only swallow if you cover the closing costs.
- This pretty much confirms the "crush on Aragorn" thing.
- Rayne attempted to host an orgy. Only men arrived. Some men went on regardless. Rayne decided to join in (receiving). He didn't like it, though.
The Scrappy: Rayne. That's right, the main character is the Scrappy. This mostly results from the inconsistent tone that often gives the viewer very few hints as to when the character is supposed to be comedic and when he's supposed to be taken seriously, with this taken up to eleven by Sohmer's tendency to put political rants in his characters' mouths that are non-sequiturs in the context of the character's normal behavior even when they aren't a bit absurd or intentionally offensive in themselves. Additionally, many of Rayne's redeeming qualities are never shown on-screen or even at all, leaving a character the narrative treats as a Jerk with a Heart of Gold Bunny-Ears Lawyer as more of a Jerk with a Heart of Jerk and General Failure.
They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot:
- A 2011 Strip on Emperor Palpatine as a "Empire as legitimate government" being Shallow Parody on George W. Bush made people wish that they go with the idea of difficulty in running The Empire rather than dated political satire.
- Pretty much every arc where Sohmer uses the comic to get on his soap box. While annoying some of his suggests could have led to interesting storylines... only for him to abandon them within days and never reference them again.
Tear Jerker: "Unca?"

YMMV / Least I Could Do

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