YWS Needs A Mascot!

I like the idea of a squid, especially the fact that it squirts out ink, very good idea.

Go the squid (well since its obvious that it isnt going to be a horse )

Does anyone remeber when I proposed the idea for a mascot months ago, when the YWS logo was to be created? No? Thought so... ::sigh::

I voted for other. Dragons are overused. Im thinking spirits. Im thinking living masses of creation, materialized imagination. Im thinking a chimera-like-chibi-thing that would embody ALL aspects of writing creativity, not just fantasy/scifi/whatever.

EDIT: Name....how about Quillyn? I think its better than Squill. Squill reminds me of an octoupus (sp) Does anyone know the names of mythological creatures/gods that symbolize creation, fertilty, or scribing/writing?

Squids represent binding, imprisonment, deception. We need something that would represent endless creation, liberation, imagination.

you know what i think would be awesome, is have like an ape or 'bigger' monkey hunched over a desk with bifocals on, writin on something.....cool huh??

MONKEY!!!!

Chuck Norris!

Chuck Norris?

I voted monkey. If you give a dragon a keyboard, they'll just destroy your computer. Give a keyboard to a monkey and you'll eventually have Shakespeare's Hamlet.

I rest my case.

Hehe, have a kangaroo, for originality because that is what writing is, right? We like being origional!

A teddybear is too childish

A chimp would be good

Dragon, ugh...

How about a pencil with a happy face and sunglasses? I dare someone to make the connection between a writing site and a pencil. That's right. You can't.

I'm horrible at ideas.

Is there going to be a competition to draw the mascot?

Does Aquill HAVE to be an animal/person or can it be a quill or something?

I like Inertia's pencil idea.

A rat, no a DANCING rat.

Doe wrote:Is there going to be a competition to draw the mascot?

Does Aquill HAVE to be an animal/person or can it be a quill or something?

There will be a competition to draw the mascot.



I'm gonna skip having a second poll of different choices which I mentioned earlier since, overall, people seem to generally like the suggestions offered. Besides, a squid would be kind of hard to draw, and an owl or pencil or quill is overdone on writing websites.

Soon I'll start up a poll between the top three choices (kangaroo, dragon, and monkey). The winner of that poll will become the mascot.

VOTE NON-DRAGON OR DIE, PEOPLE!

I'm going to have a hard time choosing between the 'Roo and the monkey. Both would be awesome.

It should be a devilish-looking bulldog...
(Unoffcial USMC Mascot, lol)