mascot

There doesn't seem to be any real pattern when it comes to deciding mascots for middle and high schools. It just seems like the school boards pick whatever they think sounds/looks the best. So you have a derpjillion schools with 'Tiger' or 'Hornet' or 'Bear' or 'Pirate' or 'Knight' or any other animal or character that's deemed appropriately badass. I'm not sure whether it's a regional/cultural thing or how common it is, but all the schools in Montgomery County seem to pick mascots that start with the same letter as the school's name. So my middle school mascot was the 'Neelsville Knight' (okay, technically it doesn't start with the same letter but it's pronounced like it is). In high school, the mascot was the WMHS Wolverine.

Wolverines always seemed like a semi-obscure name because it's not an animal most people will immediately recognize. But since the name of the school started with a 'W', they had pretty slim pickings. I can't think of too many other animals that start with a 'W'. Whales, warthogs, weevils, wookiees. That's about it.

I never had any school pride or anything, no particular loyalty to the 'community'. But I was always kind of weirdly proud that the mascot was a wolverine.

Because wolverines are fucking insane.

They're one of the few animals in the world that is actively aggressive. Most animals will fight back only when they're provoked or can't run--the wolverine starts fights because it wants to, often with opponents significantly larger than itself, for no reason at all. And it will fight with a disproportionate amount of brutal violence. Wolverines are even known to challenge mountain lions and bears for food. And they win.

The wolverine is a BAMF.