Wenlock T. F. London???

Just remembered there is a Mascot for the Olympics. Allow me to introduce you to the actual OFFICIAL Mascot:

Attractive isn't he??

Created and designed by iris, a London-based creative agency, Wenlock and Mandeville are (apparently) two drops of steel from Bolton. Named after the Shropshire town of Much Wenlock, which held  the precursor to the Olympic games (There is still a society and some sort of games still).


There is a separate mascot for the Para-Olympics (I think they should only have one personally) this charming drop of steely determination and weirdness is Mandeville.

This year London decided to make this more like a gamer community and everyone can make their own. So, yeah - this happened:

At first, I thought, 'that is adorable' and then I realized that the OFFICAL merchandise can be customized.

Isn't the whole point of the Olympics, personal excellence uniting everyone in a glorious festival of  Abs athletic achievement? Apparently we all get to have unity under drops of steel that are not even all that unified themselves -  I find all of this sad, disheartening and super self-indulgent of our society. Not everything needs to be personalized and interactive.

Who the hell even needs a mascot??? (the implied undertone is "when you have people this attributive and incredible to look at")

But, Ugh - Challenge accepted. Allow me to introduce you to my charming contribution;  'Mande-Villian':

I won't remember these little nightmarish creatures after the 2012 games close. I'll remember the next Kari Strug, Michael Phelps (pot scandal), hot tennis player, and the next biggest underdog to achieve gold. I'll never forget the loss of the Georgian athlete at the 2010 Winter Olympics, but I sure as hell didn't remember Sumj, Quatchj and Miga.



So, London -  from now on I am going to consider this your mascot:  -  because, in the end London 2012 is proving that it is, indeed, "all about the Elizabeths"