Quick update on the flag:
According to a random image I found on Google Search, it was originally a fan design. Supposedly, anyway.
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&sou...48302126577827
In regards to flags...
http://40.media.tumblr.com/0363f2479...0vho7_1280.jpg
http://41.media.tumblr.com/b7bbde2a2...0vho3_1280.jpg
It's obviously changed over the years, but the original design is the most appealing to me. Maybe if you swap out the brown for purple it'd be more well-received, but it just looks better to me personally.