There are quite a few though this is unsurprising for a book dedicating a lot of pages to talking about the victims of horrible deaths and contemplating over their lives.
- Though Freddy Lounds was a major jerkass his death still tugs at the heartstrings. His lover, Wendy stays with him until he dies and tries to comfort him the best she can.Wendy of Wendy City held Lounds's blackened claw and looked straight at him. He stirred once, a little before noon."It's gonna be just fine, Roscoe," she said. "We'll have us some high old times."Lounds stirred again and died.
- Dolarhyde's backstory and mental illness. Born disfigured, horribly abused as a child and now suffering from major delusions of being possessed by some otherwordly monster. His interactions from Reba show that were it not for his mental illness he could have been a normal, kind and loving man.
- After Dolarhyde spends the night with Reba, he's compelled to 'consult' the Dragon. The Dragon demands he kill her but, for the first time, Francis defies it, asserting that Reba is harmless. Ultimately the Dragon tries to force him into submission, only for Francis to defiantly shove a shotgun barrel in his mouth, making the Dragon subside. It just goes to show that Francis was only ever a little bit of love away from being a caring, loving man, and his abusive childhood and delusions were only things burying that natural part of him.
- In the final showdown, Dolarhyde holds Josh at knifepoint. Will decides to bait Dolarhyde into attacking him instead by yelling the same threats that Dolarhyde's grandmother used. Watching Dolarhyde go from threatening Josh with a knife to protectively hugging him to shield him from his father's "abuse" is a rather crushing display of Francis' pain and the good man he might have been if hadn't had such a horrible life.
