a shaggy orange Wookiee-esque grotesqurie

[sciatrix]

Via WaPo: hen everything is bad in the world, Gritty is good’: A Philadelphia love story - The Washington Post

“Went right to murder, apparently,” Raymond said. “And then [for Flyers fans], that’s it: Don’t mess with our guy. He might be ugly, but he’s our ugly. … That’s what Philadelphia is all about. It’s us. We may not be pretty; we may not smell good; we may not look good. But guess what? We’re going to kick your ass.”

I have a certain fondness for Gritty, although nothing on the level of roommate M (who may yet request a knit Gritty-style hat with which to terrify strangers and roller derby players). But frankly, as someone who grew up sort of... peripheral to Philly, this sounds about right. Not gonna lie.

(And if you haven't read the Philadelphia resolution honoring him, you really ought to.)

WHEREAS, Gritty may be a hideous monster, but he is our hideous monster; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED...

Comments

[sylvaine]

Oh my gosh that resolution! What an absolute delight :D

[sciatrix]

I KNOW RIGHT imagine being able to write and vote on that as part of your JOB!

[sebenikela]

WHEREAS, Gritty has been described as a 7-foot tall orange hellion, a fuzzy eldritch horror, a ghastly empty-eyed Muppet with a Delco beard, a cross of Snuffleupagus and Oscar the Grouch, a deranged orange lunatic, an acid trip of a mascot, a shaggy orange Wookiee-esque grotesquerie, a non-binary leftist icon, an orange menace, a raging id, and an antihero. He has been characterized as huggable but also potentially insurrectionary, ridiculous, horrifying, unsettling, and absurd;

this is art

[sciatrix]

PURE ARTISTIC WORDCRAFT

[cbrachyrhynchos]

Awesome.

Delightful!

[jesse_the_k]

I'm also well-pleased that the Inquirer lives still.