Heritage

[Basement Cat]

This was one of the best and most straight forward story arcs in the strip's history.

What about a few strips involving Penny and the rest of the long lost cast? They showed up for that one pic strip recently but we never see them at the office anymore.

 

[Skeleon]

Erin looks really scary in the last panel.
Cute (and sad) arc, though. They don't just see her as a goddess to be worshipped but also as their charge to be protected.

 

[BishopofAges]

The Flying Dutchman must always have a captain.

There is always another Dread Pirate.

There will always exist another Suchong.

 

[Boba Frag]

That was really cool, Corey! I really liked the arc and the 'passing of the torch' to another Suchong.
There's always a Zorro, and there's always a Suchong to watch over our favourite game critic.

Bring on the next Rydell arc, I say!

 

[ThunderCavalier]

So it was a conspiracy!

... So, how many rats has Erin gone through that she hasn't noticed?

 

[Griffolion]

I guess the question is, how many Suchongs have there been? The original may have gone already!

 

[GrimHeaper]

I'm pretty sure they are dying of diabetus.
Skittles tends to do that

 

[Demonjazz]

dymne thats sad, still, it got me thinking how many of these rats have been with her. In any case good bye Suchong and good luck Suchong #2

How do we know this is only the second?

 

[Aankhen]

Really great arc.

 

[darksakul]

There some really great comments here. I wish the escapist has a Like Button or a +1 button or something of that effect, as you dear Gentlemen and Ladies of the Escapist deserve a free internewebs. Except that one dude who we shall not name.

So the torch of the Suchongs been passed, another mouse is chosen for his holy quest as Skittles Knight to aid the goddess Erin in her daily toil. So it the ways of the Mice of the Fire.

The Fire Mice, Cult of Erin and the Mice of the Knights of the Skittles have a saying.

"Brace yourselves E3 is Coming"

 

[KarmaTheAlligator]

What exactly is new Suchong getting painted with? Magical paint? Strange, rat-made chemicals? Normal paint shouldn't burn like that.

What's the exclamation mark for?

It looked to me to be Okami's paintbrush. Could be wrong, though.

Erin is a sucky animal owner. Why this doesn't surprise me?

She feeds them Skittles, what did you expect?

OT: Now I'm wondering, since there was a strip where Erin explained to Molly (was it Molly?) that she sometimes had to chew the Skittles for Suchong due to his age, how does she not notice that she doesn't have to do it anymore?

 

[1337mokro]

OH MY GOD!

Suchong.

Yi Suchong!

Is that a Bioshock reference? Is the rat named after the insane Chinese doctor in Bioshock? It just dawned on me?! Suchong has always been a slimy fucker, he transferred his mind into that of a rat!

 

[Techno Squidgy]

...Unless there's some sort of secret agenda with the elders, possibly involving keeping the worthwhile mates in circulation and giving the "blessing" of being the next Suchong as a way of getting rid of them to a chocolate death? Only other option is that they avoid telling them that chocolate is poisonous to ensure that Suchong always looks as young as he is, due to more young rats to take his place?

But Skittles aren't chocolate. They're sugar and some kind of fruit flavoured stuff that may or may not actually come from real fruit. HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT SKITTLES ARE? GO BUY A PACK OF SKITTLES RIGHT NOW.