Something*Positive/YMMV

• Complete Monster: The appalling Avagadro Pompey manages to go too far even by Sadist Show standards. And yet, by Ollie's admission, his own father was worse. Not that Ollie is a very good judge of character, or particularly all there.
• Die for Our Ship: Word of God has it that Vanessa's introduction was delayed for four years in order to minimize this. She was initially supposed to be brought in later that year (post-breakup).
• Fan-Preferred Couple: Milholland gets a lot of mail asking if Davan and PeeJee are going to hook up, so he recently did a Q&A strip saying no, the woman whom PeeJee is based on asked him not to. Doesn't stop the shippers, though, but then nothing would.
  • Of course, this isn't helped by the amount of Ship Tease Randy puts into the comic to begin with, meaning that if he is tired of being asked about it he really only has himself to blame.
• Fridge Brilliance: Avagadro complaining about the lack of specific torments in hell is meant to showcase his Complete Monster and Depraved Bisexual status. But then again, the fact that he wants these torments (as indicated by the apparent erection he gets when describing them in the 3rd panel), and then being denied them, is Hell's way of inflicting torment upon him!
• Hollywood Homely: Despite looking pretty average when compared to the rest of the cast, people treat Davan as if he is one of the most disgusting, grotesque person in all of human creation. One girl actually started screaming in fear when she saw him for the first time.
• Ho Yay: A number of fans saw this between Davan and Jason. Word of God confirms that it's just wishful thinking on the slashers' parts.
• Jerk Sue: A resultant of reaction between Slice of Life and supersaturated Comedic Sociopathy solution. The only question is "who?", with Davan and Aubrey being main candidates. Maybe it's a tourist trophy bludgeon.
  • Nothing says it has to be just one character. The preferred castmembers can all be Jerk Sues, especially since they just reinforce each other.
• Magnificent Bastard: Randy himself. Word of advice: if you're going to send Randy flame emails, make sure that googling your email address doesn't lead to your phone number/address/embarrassing information about you. This is partly on the YMMV page because this makes him either a Magnificent Bastard or just a petty Jerkass depending on how big a fan of his you are.
  • "Damn you Milholland!" is the fandom's catchphrase. That's not a particularly good example, but trust in the fact that he's earned the title.
  • In-story, Fluffmodeous is starting to shape up like one. Imaginary, perhaps, but still terrifying.
• Nightmare Fuel: Catgirls, here.
  • Even though Fluffmodeus is usually cute, he turns it up to 11 for his "New Friend".
  • In-universe, watching Choo-Choo eat.
• Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: Both Mike and Kharisma.
• Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped: Yes, sometimes Milholland ladles it on with a trowel, but a number of times it's entirely justified.
  • The Hell House arc as explained here.
  • Faye's excoriation of the Reverend for selling out.
• Tastes Like Diabetes: Lampshaded in this strip.
• Tear Jerker: How Milholland revealed that Faye had died -- after having Fred wemble all day the day before about telling her he has Alzheimer's and spend a great day with her.
  • Monette calling home in tears and Fred not realizing it's his adopted daughter because of the Alzheimer's.
  • Faye and Fred seem to have a lot of these moments... such as Fred confusing PeeJee for Faye after a roleplaying session, or the end of the 'Hell House' and 'Easter carnival' storylines, or Faye waiting outside the pearly gates.
  • This comic