Manly Guys Doing Manly Things/Heartwarming

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  • Awwwwwww... - when the Commander's two young children ask to sleep in his bed after they have nightmares and slowly take up all of the room. He retreats to their bed and they follow him after they have nightmares, eventually falling asleep on top of him.
  • Panels 3 through 5 are made of d'aaaaaaaww, when Mr Bubbles (from BioShock (series)) is caring for children at a school he works at.
  • "Hey, Jonesy, quit talkin' about Jem fer a sec." When the Commander interrupts her and kisses her.
  • Dream time with Mr. Fish (also might qualify as Sugar Bowl), where Mr Fish has a happy dream of hugging Jared.
  • Not a test, where the Commander buys Jared a sack full of Beanie Babies for Christmas, as it's his first Christmas away from home. Jared worries if it's some kind of test and it isn't.
  • YMMV, but the speech about Poison's gender. As a person with a lot of transgender friends, it was greatly appreciated.
    • The Commander's response to Jared "outing" Poison in general -- he seems baffled at the idea that her real gender might bother him at all.
  • Awwww, the Commander really does care, and is trying to be a parental figure for Jared (who suffers from Parental Abandonment).
  • While small in comparison to the other things the Commander has said, saying that he will still defend Chuck Norris' nondescript spacefuture freedom to say whatever he wants (including that said nondescript spacefuture has a stupid religion) is still heartwarming.
  • This moment, where the Commander (realising that Jared is useless as a fighter) tries to make him a part of the team (as the potion holder), is oddly heartwarming on The Commander's part.
  • Jones and Commander have a moment when scaling Gackt's castle.

Jones: Just make sure you get me a nice steak or something when we get back.
Commander: Jones, I'm huntin' you a goddamned shank'a wolly mammoth with my own two hands after this.

    • And considering he's a time traveller he may be completely serious about that.