YMMV / Trying Human

• Crack Pairing: A lot of fan art pairs Rose and Shade or Walter and Dr. Glasner, both of which are homosexual relationships that have absolutely ZERO hints in the comics. Even the CREATOR of the comic drew a Rose x Shade piece.
  • Except there is this talk between Hue and Shade where Shade says that it's Hue who's trying to take Rose away from her. That can be interpreted as jealousy of a sort.
• Catharsis Factor: After seeing Fatima behave very callously towards Rose and her late lover Jacob and outright describe Rose as 'damaged' due to being half human, however Innocently Insensitive she might be, it's highly satisfying to watch Shade flatly tell her that Rose's issues come from Fatima abandoning her, and that everyone around Fatima has suffered so that she can be happy.
• Hate Sink: Fatima quickly became this to the fandom, due to her complete lack of any kind of empathy or regret towards leaving Rose, her own daughter, and the fact that after she left, Rose's father drank himself to death and Fatmina showed no care that he was dead and it was partially her fault, as Rose points out. It's also shown Fatima left her human family without any hesitation to go back into space, even hugging her Nordic partner crying about how she thought he was dead, rather than comforting her obviously distressed daughter. While Roger and Glasner are both assholes, at the very least they show strong emotions and a few Pet the Dog moments, with Roger's stress and Sanity Slippage being due to Hue not leaving Rose alone; Fatima, while not being evil, is shown very quickly to be pretty heartless.
• Ho Yay: Blatant with obviously gay couple Longus and Don.
• Jerkass Woobie: EBE1 is an asshole... who saw his planet and nearly his entire species die around him.
• Moe: Admit it, Hue is adorable.
• Moral Event Horizon:
  • Glasner crossed it in one of his first appearances, as he was willing to send Phillis in to where EBE1 was as a Sacrificial Lamb and locked the door. Glasner, in many opinions, has zero redeeming qualities.
  • Glasner just keeps Jumping Off the Slippery Slope even more as the series progresses. He keeps Phillis ALIVE IN A JAR in his office and pretty much lies to Roger about why he was chosen as part of Majestic 12. He also knows about Rose, and apparently plans something for her, which upsets Jar!Phillis enough that she uses the printer to communicate "LEAVE ROSE ALONE!" to which Glasner simply states "You stay out of this."
  • And yet again when chapter 26 shows in a flashback that he knocked Phillis unconscious and then raped her.
  • Let's face it, Herr Doktor is just not a good guy.
  • Speaking of the slippery slope, Roger's been sliding down it ever since he entered Area 51. But shooting 6 dead then quipping at 8 as she yells and breaks down... that's a whole new low.
• Not Quite Human: Even with the circuits, none of the aliens appear to be human at all except at first glance, which is apparently all that is needed to 'mingle' on Earth. Longus is good enough at it to DATE humans, although Don knows there is something weird about him. Recently, Longus has revealed himself to Don. Don's cool with it, in an adorkable, fascinated teenager sort of a way.
• "Reason You Suck" Speech: Shade, living up to her name, threw a measured but brutal one at Fatima, Rose's Mother, over the clear and present fact, that while everyone around her suffered, she has remained safe and happy, and that most of Rose's issues don't stem from Rose's Half-Human Hybrid status, but by Fatima abandoning Rose, As well as the fact that Shade wants to help Rose but doesn't not have the emotional range to help.
• Strangled by the Red String: Rose seems genuinely disturbed and haunted by Hue's harassment, so she ... asks him to accompany her for a walk on the beach? This might actually be justified; apparently Rose and Hue have known each other for a real long time, even if they don't remember.