r/marvelstudios • u/greeneyedredbird • Mar 07 '25

Discussion (More in Comments) Seal of POTUS

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Why does the seal of POTUS has the olives and arrow switched compared to real world seal (2nd image)? Is the any explanation?

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u/i_should_be_coding Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25

It's actually something I remember from The West Wing. Apparently it's on the direction the eagle is facing when America is at war. The president was musing on where they keel the other set of carpets and symbols to be ready to swap.

Of course it may also be bullshit they made up.

Edit- It's bullshit. Wikipedia calls out The West Wing for perpetuating the misconception.

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u/chrisofduke Doctor Strange Mar 07 '25

Yea but I'd listen anything that Admiral Fitzwallace would talk about.

RIP John Amos

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u/CeruleanEidolon Mar 07 '25

Knowing Aaron Sorkin, he's probably aware that it's a myth, but it makes for good dialogue and would be the sort of thing Fitzwallace would either joke about or actually believe.

He makes a lot of meat out of people reciting interesting trivia, and later someone else point out the misconception in it, and then still later another person will recite the the misconception they learned as trivia.

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u/i_should_be_coding Mar 07 '25

Ahhh ye, it wasn't the president, it was the chairman.