Feature suggestion: custom symbols for "progress = dot" in .wgetrc

I'm writing a new .wgetrc (partly because I prefer the old school dot
display to the progress bar), and while trying to type "progress =3D dot", =
I
accidentally typed "progress =3D dog". And I thought how funny it would be =
if
that resulted in the dot style progress using "=F0=9F=90=B6" instead of "."=
 for the
dot progress display style. Now, if it were exactly this then that would
just be a fun easter egg, but I think there may be some merit in having an
option in the .wgetrc to change what character the progress dot is, like
"dot_character =3D =F0=9F=90=B6". If that feature were implemented you'd wa=
nt to filter
out any control characters just to prevent mischievous or malicious
shenanigans, but I think it would be worthwhile, and it would definitely be
pretty cool to see a line of dog faces in my (emoji-compatible) terminal as
the progress dots for a download.

Thanks for decades of providing a great downloading tool!
Marianne