Limyaael

I like the idea of wings as a limitation as well as an advantage. Too often, fantasies seem to add a nonhuman trait and assume the humans will get all sorts of good from it and no worries (especially in the sense of having to take extra care of the additional feature).

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In one piece I never actually wrote, one of Jason's brothers met a winged woman in med school. She was wary of him at first, because she was so used to non-winged guys exoticizing her. Then he talked to her about growing up with his little brother, and how they'd all have to take turns grooming him, and how it took him so long to learn to walk, and how awful it was when he tried to fly too young and broke bones and pulled muscles and they weren't sure he'd ever be able to fly.

Then there are things like Liam having to go to flight camp in Eire, because of the airspace restrictions in Northern Ireland, or Afghani girls getting their pinfeathers clipped when the Taliban was in power.

You've prompted us to put the wingfic pieces we have complete up on our website--here, if you're interested.

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In one piece I never actually wrote, one of Jason's brothers met a winged woman in med school. She was wary of him at first, because she was so used to non-winged guys exoticizing her. Then he talked to her about growing up with his little brother, and how they'd all have to take turns grooming him, and how it took him so long to learn to walk, and how awful it was when he tried to fly too young and broke bones and pulled muscles and they weren't sure he'd ever be able to fly.

That's exactly the kind of character interaction I love to read about- people having reasons for their misunderstandings and friendships (instead of having the plot proceed by not talking to each other). Thank you! I'll check that fic out if I get a chance.

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Then there are things like Liam having to go to flight camp in Eire, because of the airspace restrictions in Northern Ireland, or Afghani girls getting their pinfeathers clipped when the Taliban was in power.

Mmmm, delicious worldbuilding. :D *checks this out*

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