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27 . by: Watcher January 25, 2018, 11:47 pm

Mind-Fig deserves to be humbled. Not destroyed or removed, but she definitely needs to be taken down a peg or two, if for no other reason than to prevent her from killing and mutilating others.

However, she's clearly too arrogant and haughty to accept being humbled; Smoothie won't get anywhere by addressing her that way.

An "Art" school? Now that's a different approach.

Mind-Fig will likely find it boring if it isn't sex-related and thus won't learn anything. But Mind-XX probably can't wait for the first lesson...
26 . by: Sunnybrook1 January 25, 2018, 8:17 pm

So excited to see where these characters are going, I really do want to see them all grow, and am still sad about those we've lost...

Off-topic: Found a piece of art that reminded me of Syconium today, thought you comment-readers would like to see & not sure where else to share, so here you go:

URL : http://fav.me/d9r813b
25 . by: January 25, 2018, 8:10 pm

If this is the college, he is quite literally giving her the tools to escape the labyrinth.
24 . by: January 24, 2018, 10:21 pm

Fig is a murderer and she did it to show off
23 . by: January 24, 2018, 9:20 pm

Maybe we'll have a tri-Fig thing going on after she starts learning about Art. The aggression of mind Fig is given an outlet. Mind XX is given an opportunity to come out and flourish. Womb Fig is nurtured by her weird, bickering mothers. Sitcom of the decade.
22 . by: January 24, 2018, 9:19 pm

@ Seven
comments like this always make me smile.

my favorite character is that Fig. I don't believe she's nothing but something to be cut off!
21 . by: Seven January 24, 2018, 3:06 pm

I'm glad he's still helping her, but after that message I kinda want to see parasite!Fig tell Smoothie to go eff himself (haha) and make peace with XX instead.
20 . by: January 24, 2018, 12:07 pm

@19, it seems there’s a scent on the other side of the card, and she’s rotated her wrist to turn the page upside-down, so she can smell.
19 . by: January 24, 2018, 11:42 am

Can anyone help me figure out what XX's hand is doing, on panels 6&7? Having a hard time figuring it out, exactly.
18 . by: January 24, 2018, 5:05 am

I agree @Hemlock ! I really like him essentially being her patron in the old fashioned artist sense and funding her education, for her to navigate without him babysitting her personally into his specific convictions. He should by all means be using his distinct privilege/funding to give her access to tools to better her life.
17 . by: hemlock January 23, 2018, 11:16 pm

i've been regularly uncomfortable with smoothie's overall attempt at his experiment, but i like this; enabling her using his resources without making it about him or his theories. good choice.
16 . by: camila January 23, 2018, 7:59 pm

FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT
15 . by: Starry January 23, 2018, 6:46 pm

ohhhhh this is so good
14 . by: Dani January 23, 2018, 9:17 am

@June UGH I always miss the most obvious clues. "Art" is capitalized so it must be fighting/College, not architecture school :P

@10 it doesn't exactly strike fear into your heart, does it! lol
13 . by: January 23, 2018, 1:21 am

oh MAN i did not expect this to play out with fig going to the College! this leads to SOOO many possibilities. maybe this will lead to her finally figuring out the fake lightning, and being able to resist against fig trees? ohhhhh i'm so excited
12 . by: Juna January 23, 2018, 12:56 am

When he capitalized Art in "this Art" I figured he was talking about -the Art- (ooh ahh). The bit about "our origin" too. So maybe we'll get a bigger perspective on how Art first arose? We saw in Secretary about early Art and its focus on physical intuition, but of course at that point the College was already established.
11 . by: Kaidona January 23, 2018, 12:35 am

Today's minutes: Scholarship

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10 . by: January 23, 2018, 12:20 am

It does look like human architecture. Perhaps the College, or a part of the College uses an abandoned structure?

Also Smoothies drawing of mind Fig is precious
9 . by: January 23, 2018, 12:05 am

@7 I think because "different kind of artist" and "this art". Since she could give the hatch brush a physical form he probably thinks she has latent talent maybe?
8 . by: Dani January 22, 2018, 11:43 pm

I actually thought it was showing some architecture...art of building structures?
7 . by: January 22, 2018, 11:16 pm

How do we know it's fight school?
6 . by: January 22, 2018, 10:25 pm

i hope this foreshadows an epic X vs Cherry II beatdown, i'm so excited
5 . by: January 22, 2018, 10:23 pm

FIGHT SCHOOL!!
4 . by: January 22, 2018, 10:05 pm

The plant themes make “You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think” such an apt joke even if she isn’t dumb
3 . by: Papeipou January 22, 2018, 9:51 pm

Damn. If that’s not love then I don’t know what is.
2 . by: January 22, 2018, 9:28 pm

Oh wow, this is certainly not a development I expected!! This is really exciting for her!
1 . by: Furrama January 22, 2018, 9:09 pm

Did... did he just pay to send her to college?

Good friend, 100 stars.