Regarding your 2/3rd panel, your ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I mean, don't get me wrong, this whole comic is screaming "right", but those panels really stuck out to me because big name characters from big name series' *cough*CLOUD FROM FINAL FANTASY*cough*
ALWAYS fall into the "sad back story" trap.
And don't get me wrong, I loveeeeeee sad back stories. I think they're the most interesting.
The part that frustrates me, that you cleverly analyzed, is that the characters NEVER. GET. OVER. IT.
HOOOOOOLY SHIET.
Alright! I get it that your whole family died from a nuclear attack from Mars! It's been 5 YEARS from that! You can stop having flashbacks and having people have a pity party for you!
Sorry about that rant, it's just that has always got on my nerves. Thank you for this reply to Spaz's comic