# Wings **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 9, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597 "2009-12-09T15:53:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597/21 "2009-12-09T21:34:08Z")
Leathery. Butterfly and dragonfly are way too flimsy, and I don´t want to deal with the [mess](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PerpetualMolt) of feathery wings. 'Sides, leather looks good with most things. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597/22 "2009-12-09T22:05:57Z")
What **MostlyClueless** said. If I had butterfly or dragonfly wings I’d probably cripple them the first time I rolled over in bed. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597/23 "2009-12-09T22:12:48Z")
What I’d expect to see on a polychromatic dragon. Kind of an iridescent leather that changes hue depending on how the light strikes them. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597/24 "2009-12-09T22:52:28Z")
Ah, so I’m the first to pick butterfly wings. I couldn’t resist the pretty. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BleizDu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@BleizDu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BleizDu)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597/25 "2009-12-10T00:32:59Z")
feathery, to keep me warm in winter. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597/26 "2009-12-10T00:35:18Z")
Leathery, I am crazy about bats. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597/27 "2009-12-10T00:46:58Z")
I want the ones Apocalypse gave to [Angel](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gWQaU40PH24/SfdT8-z1C9I/AAAAAAAAB-4/QeSr0Kf5Qb0/s400/archangel-0001.jpg)when he became his 4th Horseman… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597/28 "2009-12-10T01:26:48Z")
Dragonfly wings would be fun . . . sort of like riding in a biplane. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597/29 "2009-12-10T01:40:39Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > What I’d expect to see on a polychromatic dragon. Kind of an iridescent leather that changes hue depending on how the light strikes them. Oh yeah, that would be cool. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597/30 "2009-12-10T02:13:48Z")
Other, I want dragon wings, too - scaley, not leathery, and irridescent. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597/31 "2009-12-10T02:27:42Z")
I want dragon wings. Or maybe buffalo wings. I don’t know, I’m hungry. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597/32 "2009-12-10T02:40:30Z")
Another vote for Archangel-as-Death metal-awesome wings. You can fly, use them to block attacks, slice people in half with 'em, hurl poisoned shards, and they fold up neatly when not being used… and that’s all on top of just looking cool. I suppose it would make getting through the metal detector a pain, though. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597/33 "2009-12-10T02:43:12Z")
I’m gonna go for “_Paul McCartney and ----_” ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597/34 "2009-12-10T02:54:36Z")
When I was younger, I wanted wings so badly. Big, beautiful, white Warren Worthington III wings…and the ability to fly. I unfortunately will never be able to fly and soar under my own power. Though I very much want to go hang-gliding, as that seems like the closest one can get. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597/35 "2009-12-10T08:20:27Z")
Not sure of the exact wing shape, but something irridescent but of rich peacock colors, perhaps nonmaterial and just hinted at by shimmering in the air … Here are some nice wings I found online while trying to find wings I liked: [Aion angelic wings](http://us.runesofmagic.com/us/news,id421,lord_wings.html) [Barbie Mariposa doll](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/askville/9560280_24516772_mywrite/515eawdmwllss400.jpg) [Perfect World game character wings](http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/8392/20090907221001.png) [Luna moth](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Plants/LunaMoth4.jpg) [not for people with real bug phobias] [adorable bumblebee costume](http://emmabemma.net/images/Website%20-%20Costume%202.JPG) [dead beetle in a museum, pretty wings](http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gif) [not for people with real bug phobias] ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597/36 "2009-12-10T12:02:30Z")
The only reason I’d want wings is if they would let me fly. None of the wings mentioned seem to have magical properties, so I don’t think they could lift me off the ground, and still be small enough to not be cumbersome. Meh, what the heck. I’ll go with feathery, as they are the kind that I picture angels having. And when I think of a human with wings, I picture an angel. (or mutant freak, but I don’t want to be one of them.) Plus, they looked really cool in _Dogma_. ---
**Author:** ![badlyburnttoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@badlyburnttoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badlyburnttoast)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597/37 "2009-12-10T14:39:57Z")
I picked other. I want metal robot wings with jet engines attached. Something like this would be great: [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/paragon/images/thumb/4/45/Raptor\_Pack.jpg/160px-Raptor\_Pack.jpg](http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/paragon/images/thumb/4/45/Raptor_Pack.jpg/160px-Raptor_Pack.jpg) Bonus points if they have lasers or missiles attached and get good gas mileage. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597/38 "2009-12-10T21:27:05Z")
It’s a tough choice between feathery and leathery but I went with leathery because they have the advantage of folding around and looking all badass like a cape like in the Gargoyles cartoon. [http://www.retrojunk.com/img/art-images/garg.jpg](http://www.retrojunk.com/img/art-images/garg.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597/39 "2009-12-10T21:42:22Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Buffalo. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597/40 "2009-12-11T06:17:44Z")
I too thought this thread was going to be about buffalo wings. Feathery definitely seems the most awesome to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings/520597.md?page=3)