She’s a purple raven. She does handsprings and shakes her booty. She hangs out with the fans. But the thing people seem most excited about when it comes to Violet, the new Golden State Valkyries mascot, is that she’s wearing glasses.

Vi, as she’s also known, made her debut during Monday’s halftime show between the Valkyries and the Connecticut Sun, doing this.

The online fawning began immediately.

This fan (@84hoopscrew on TikTok) quickly lapsed into giggles at the first sight of Violet, and just kept saying the word “cute.”

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A Valkyries fan named Tan (@failedviner on TikTok) processed his feelings in a video posted on Tuesday — and they mostly had to do with eyeglass representation.

“I’m excited as a glasses wearer,” he says. “I never considered the possibility of a mascot o

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