"Well, there's still hope; once I've saved enough money to pay back my parents' debts to him-that should take another five or six years-I'll do it without fail. I'll cut myself completely loose then."

There is a short lived moment in the Johnny series when Johnny is truly free from the triangular desires. It is just after he has returned from Heaven and Hell, the effects of Mr. Eff and Psycho Doughboy, having been shed and the Moose having consumed itself. However, the moment is short lived with the introduction of a new character, the character of Reverend Meat.

Another minor character is reintroduced as well. A small cockroach which Johnny sees as the embodiment of complete desensitization. Although little is known about this mute character, he has constantly plagued Johnny by returning even after having been killed. However, rather than killing him again, Johnny now sees this character as a teacher, a thing to mimic and to embody.
Once again, strange parallels to Don Quixote seem to appear as this character of Mr. Samsa is introduced. In Don Quixote, the main character wishes to be like the greatest knight of all, Amadis of Gaul. Now if we remember, Amadis is a literary character, as is Mr. Samsa, coming from a short story by Franz Kafka, entitled "The Metamorphosis". Both characters are the same, as they are the embodiment of perfection, and thus, the mediator overshadowing the goal of perfection.
On the other hand, there is Reverend Meat, a character which is not mirrored in Don Quixote. He represents all that Johnny hates about himself, his emotions, his longings and his lust. These things that Johnny thinks of as "extraneous", become exactly that, personified as Reverend Meat. Therefore, as he struggles to become more like Samsa, he is, in effect, struggling against Reverend Meat, or his own biology, who has also becomes a mediator overshadowing the goal of perfection. However, unlike Mr. Samsa-who has no mediator, since his goal of desensitization has been achieved through desensitization-Reverend Meat is fighting to survive, to maintain his hold over Johnny's emotions, and thus, Johnny becomes his mediator.
Thus, we have two triangles which have formed just between these two characters: Johnny, who fights to rid himself of his "extraneous" emotions (Reverend Meat), and Reverend Meat, who wishes to survive, through keeping Johnny hungry. A duality which cannot exist without the other, and despite Johnny's attempt to distance himself, literally, from Reverend Meat, the effect of the mediator is still felt. The triangle is still in place.