Contest: Pick a New Lady for Our Costumed Mascot Line Up!

*sigh*

I loathe Facebook.  I don’t use FaceBook.  Would it really be so much trouble to have a contest mirror set up on Google+?  Really?

I don’t have Facebook (or Google+, for that matter), but if Martha Jones is on the list, with her red leather jacket and spiky hair, I’d vote for her.

I have a facebook. That’s about it. I sign in maybe once in six months. So I agree with you, hate facebook. 

I was never a big FB fan, but fater repeatedly proving that they have a tenuous grasp on both privacy and not screwing people over, I deleted my account.  That was about a year ago.

I’m just kind of tired of so many other sites automatically defaulting to FB as the automatic contest go-to.

I feel like Katniss is only winning because Hunger Games is big right now, though I guess she is kinda a Mary Sue…

I just think if you’d asked in six months, Katniss wouldn’t be so far ahead.

Ok yeah, Katniss is great, sure.  I won’t dispute that.  But here’s the thing.  Oracle!  She’s awesome.  Once I transubstantiated myself into an issue of Birds of Prey (it’s very complicated, you know, technically, so don’t ask for a ton of details), and I met Babs.  She was very down to earth, very nice, and she let me raid her fridge.  I ask you, what other fictional character can save the world, be awesome, and hook a guy up with free food all at the same time?  Oracle 2012. 

For the record, I made a sandwich. Transporting oneself to a fictional (and 2 dimensional) universe makes you very hungry.

Awesooooome! Great mascot nominees, really hard to pick just one! But pick one I did. ;)

Fingers crossed, these prizes are kick-ass!!

I chose more than one. Hopefully that doesn’t break any rules. ;)

I don’t do facebook. But how about:

1. Ellen Ripley (Aliens)
2. Buffy The Vampire Slayer
3. Jane Goodall (Scientist)
4. Captain Janeway (Star Trek Voyager)
5. Dana Scully (X-Files)
6. Clarice Starling (Silence of the Lambs)
7. Princess Merida (Brave)
8. Janet Wolfenbarge (First woman nominated to be a four star General)9. Gabrielle Giffords (US Senator from Arizona)10. Nancy Pelosi (First female speaker of the house who finally made nice with Stephen Colbert ;-))

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Ellen Ripley for the Win, definitely.

By the way, I don’t think I realized there were already 15 mascots. I don’t know that I’ve seen them all, and I don’t recognize all of the ones I have seen. Is there a list of the current mascots on the site somewhere, like a FAQ?

I’m going to nominate Ripley right now, along with Samus Aran, if they haven’t already made the cut.

I was insanely excited until I saw ‘Facebook’.
Ugh. I despise those kinds of social sites. :(
Now I’m insanely un-excited, and sad I won’t be participating. Good luck with the contest.

Facebook?! FACEBOOK!? Surely you don’t expect us paranoid techno-geeks to be poked, messaged, and liked by the unwashed muggle masses?! But in all seriousness, Battle Angel Alita is sorely missed from the costumed mascot gallery. Easily the strongest and most interesting female comic character out there.

So is Leia not already a mascot? Because she’s in the running, but I always thought the girl with the vague cinnamon bun and the vague blaster was supposed to be Leia. Is it someone else? Confused.    

Question: Can we vote for more than one category?

I assume we’ll only get entered once, but there so many awesome gals on there I want to vote for, and the way the poll is set up, you can vote for more than one…

Honestly, I’m surprised Katniss is even on the poll. I think she’s a great new role-model, but in no way does she compare to people as iconic as Uhura. RABBLE RABBLE.

 Going to second that Ellen Ripley.

I couldn’t help myself. I voted for Arya Stark.

Added an entirely pointless write-in vote for Asuka Langley Soryu. You wouldn’t believe how much it bugs me that Rei is represented in the banner but Asuka isn’t. It’s just not fair!

There are so many I want!

Lots of good picks on that list already. Any chance you’ll use more than one? I love all of them.

Aww, I wanted the David Tennant cut out. That’s way cooler than the rest of the prizes…not that they’re bad, it’s just, well, David Tennant.

Ugh, Facebook :( I am disappoint. 

The Mary Sue, I love you, but it kind of sucks that you won’t ship prizes internationally.

It would cost about $26.00 to ship to Canada. Surely that’s not insurmountable for a contest? Heck, if I won I’d even pay the shipping. So there.

Hermione Granger was the one first badass female characters I discovered as a wee geek-child and therefore, she holds a special place in my heart :D also holy crap, I want that  lightsaber :O

 Ripley. YES.

LOL, I was getting ready to post something along those lines, too!

Glad I’m not the only one!

SOMEONE ELSE IN THE WORLD KNOWS WHO WENDY WATSON IS!

When I’m scared or faced with a difficult choice or decision I simply ask myself “What would BUFFY do?”

Yes yes yes to this list! AND how about keeping ALL of the ones you have listed!

 I love The Middleman! It’s the best thing ever! I made all my friends read the comics!

I was the Middle Man for Halloween one year in college.  Highlight of the night was when a drunken Raggedy Ann accused me of being Hitler, and that Hitler isn’t cool.

And that’s the story of how I learned not to be obscure things for Halloween.

I’m surprised that no one has pointed out that most of the nominees are female “sidekicks.”  Katness, last I checked, is the furthest ahead who is her own hero, and she’s in 4th place.

http://simurl.com/zedpuz

Hermione is way not a ‘sidekick’. She’s more competent in every way than the main character, and I always saw her and Ron as the ones who actually carry the story, as opposed to Harry who frequently just wanders around, obsessing over Malfoy/Snape/Voldemort/his father/Sirius and having things happen to him. Also no one likes him.

Also she was the only female role model I had growing up as an extremely nerdy book-worm who had mental curly hair, and being told by mainstream media that curly-haired people are either evil or don’t get taken seriously, I relished that.

Hermy needs to be a mascot. Unruly locks and booksmarts rock.

Sorry, rant over.

ahhh sooo many good choices! But what about tank girl?

While I agree with everything you just said, I think TKS’ point was that a lot of the characters including Hermione are in supporting roles instead of protagonists, not necessarily that they’re sidekicks in the traditional, goofy comic relief and unfortunate costume choices sorta way. Which is indeed food for thought. 

But I also want to see more book characters represented, so I’m voting for Hermione because of that in addition to how much I related to and adored her as a kid. 

Good thing we can vote more than once!

I think she’s already a mascot here.

Primarily due to privacy concerns, I don’t do any of the social media.  I surf the web, email and text from my phone.  Sadly, more and more sites are ignoring users like me in favor of FB or G+.  I believe I registered this gripe during the last such contest, but it doesn’t seem to help.

I’d still like to see more color up there, so I’m writing in Zoe (Gina Torres) from Firefly

So many good choices; I wish we could have them all!

One little request, though:  could we have a section of the site with a who’s who of all the mascots?

Agree with the “No thanks” for Facebook…but would love to say:
1/Uhura
I wanted to grow up to BE her when i was a wee, pale canuck sprat. Eventually my career path led to communications. Co-incidence?  I think not. The woman who made first contact with so many species is an inspiration to all and beyond boundaries. Ps – my spell check wants to change “Uhura” to “Hurray”! I concur.) 
2/Ripley, 3/Buffy, and um, and all the other choices in rotation.
But mostly Uhura. :D

I’m still hoping someone else will toss in a vote for Julie Winters from the Maxx, unless I’m simply dating myself with the suggestion.  

 I went onto facebook thinking I would look at the choices but not necessarily vote. I just wanted to see who was in the running. Then I saw Zoe’s name and suddenly I went from apathy to, “wait, is this how I vote? Is it counting my vote? I didn’t know we could vote for Zoe! Count my vote faster, damn you!”

I agree.

Also, thanks for locking those out whose countries block face book. Like me.

Sarah Jane Smith, in memory of Elisabeth Sladen, followed by Faith from BTVS and Zoe from Firefly xxx

Since Uhura was already drawn as a logo (the picture leading to this article) does that mean she’s already going into the rotation? Or should I add her to the poll?

 Can we get the top 4 added to the rotation?