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blondechinesehair t1_iqpoq63 wrote

Why is their mascot a troll?!?

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Kdean509 t1_iqr4sd1 wrote

He’s a cousin of the Fremont Troll.

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luckydice767 t1_iqr6asw wrote

That doesn’t really answer the question lol

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wifespissed t1_iqsa36q wrote

There's a massive concrete troll under the Fremont bridge in Seattle. Almost everybody knows about it and most have went to see it. It's a local thing that makes sense to me as a local. I love it.

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Hispanicatthedisco t1_iqrx4p1 wrote

Because it has ties to the city's local flavor.

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luckydice767 t1_iqrzruj wrote

And Seattle is well known for its Troll population?!

This isn’t Nilbog bruh

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wifespissed t1_iqsa7ch wrote

Google Fremont troll. Been a part of Seattle for years.

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Hispanicatthedisco t1_iqubmn9 wrote

Seattle has a troll population of one. But that one is well known and loved by the locals.

It doesn't have to be "well known". Almost nobody outside of Cleveland knows what the hell "Guardians" has to do with the city or the team, but here we are.

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GhazgkullThraka t1_iqrfnkg wrote

Because this will make way better merch than a kraken. Every kid will want one of these stuffies.

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benignalgorithm t1_iqrj747 wrote

If they’d done it right, every kid would want a stuffed kraken too.

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Rustmutt t1_iqs2krk wrote

You underestimate how much kids love cephalopods and sea monsters

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md222 t1_iqr8nop wrote

Why is their team name the Kraken?

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Hispanicatthedisco t1_iqrx6sl wrote

Because that's what they picked.

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md222 t1_iqrxyi7 wrote

Obviously, just never made sense to me since kraken has no connection to the Pacific Northwest. Legendary sea monster off the coast of Norway? Sure. Lol

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winkinglucille t1_iqs2yma wrote

We have the largest squids in the world living out in the Sound?

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