lilac wings

[10:52 PM] Leafia_Barrett: at some point I need to hash out the remaining details for Lilac's design
[10:52 PM] Leafia_Barrett: the wings, for example
[10:52 PM] Leafia_Barrett: do I want to go with birdlike wings, or something less elegant to match the corrupt arms, like bat wings?
[10:54 PM] Kiri: spider legs that inexplicably climb air
[10:54 PM] Leafia_Barrett: pffft
[10:54 PM] Kiri: realistically insect wings is probably the 'smart' route since she's already kinda bug-ish
[10:54 PM] Kiri: like, dragonfly wings
[11:01 PM] Leafia_Barrett: ...mmh. I'm trying to envision it in my head and... I dunno. the only insectoid wings I can see working on a humanoid design are butterfly/pixie wings, and those never give a sense of actual flying in my experience so much as "being airborne and mobile", if that makes any sense?
[11:02 PM] Kiri: I was thinking just, a set of 3 dragonfly-ish wings
[11:02 PM] Kiri: like, the really long and translucent type
[11:02 PM] Kiri: all independantly vibrating in pairs to keep her up and moving
[11:09 PM] Leafia_Barrett: ...yeah, it just doesn't work in my head. the mental image I get just looks... awkward, I guess? and that aside, I feel like insect wings wouldn't fare well for the kind of airborne maneuvering I have in mind for her later on
[11:09 PM] Leafia_Barrett: less range of motion
[11:09 PM] Kiri: boy have you ever seen a dragonfly move
[11:09 PM] Leafia_Barrett: have you ever seen a dragonfly fold its wings, because those wings don't work that way
[11:10 PM] Kiri: have you ever seen a human being with wings
[11:10 PM] Kiri: we're already taking creative liberties here.
[11:10 PM] Leafia_Barrett: jointed dragonfly wings... that one would be interesting. I can't really picture it in my head at all.
[11:11 PM] Kiri: I mean they don't need to 'fold' all pretty-like
[11:11 PM] Kiri: I mean hell Lilac has two right arms and they're both spider limbs, she doesn't gotta be pretty in every way
[11:12 PM] Kiri: like I was wondering if they just kinda... retract into her body
[11:12 PM] Kiri: just kinda 'schloop' like her spine is eating noodles
[11:19 PM] Leafia_Barrett: that's a sentence
[11:20 PM] Leafia_Barrett: man, why is character creation so difficult?
[11:39 PM] Leafia_Barrett: I should pose this question to the rest of the group, see what their feedback is on the dragonfly idea