I like the update to Dave's personality with the pilot, actually. The personality of Dave in the comic would not translate well from 2009 to 2025. I don't think a lot of us want to remember just how homophobic and crushing 2009 was for young queer men, but it was pretty bad. Pilot Dave being far more open and animated(ha) makes more sense in a world where it isn't a social death sentence for guys to tell their friends they love them.
Also if you think of a terminally online guy who refuses to admit he has emotions and loves swords in the year of our lord 2025, what do you think of? Cause I see red flags for some wannabe school shooter. That is NOT how that archetype read in 2009.




















