lb_lee: Rogan drawing/writing in a spiral. (art)
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Mori: So, my headmate Rogan grew wings at the start of this year, and he's been indignant about it ever since. At the very end of August, they gruesomely abscessed, rendering him a human pancake for weeks on end, and we didn't mention it in public because why would we? But now he's recovered enough (though still not capable of walking or standing) that I feel okay posting sketches of it. Compare and contrast with how they were previously.

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The injuries. Click to make them bigger, ain't nobody need to see that if they don't want to.

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The bone shards I pulled out of them. Ditto.

Pencil sketch of Sneak flying Rogan's gurney over zer head so he can pretend he's flying while being unable to move. Both zer and him are going NYOOOOM!
When Rogan was finally well enough to do any movement, we got him an adjustable, crankable gurney. Everyone always thinks Sneak is tiny and scrawny, but ze is not. Ze is Amazon giantess.

Ink drawing of Rogan, pancaked on his gurney, extending his wing over Mori sitting on the ground so she doesn't get rained on.
Umbrella Rogan.

ink sketch of Rogan's wings retracted under his back, leaving it lumpily weird, with huge scars. The wing bone contuors are just visible through the skin of his back. When he stretches them underneath, it looks really icky and painful, but it doesn't hurt him at all!
Rogan with his wings retracted. The scars are way more obvious when he does this. HOW DO YOU DO FELLOW HUMANS I TOO AM HUMAN.

ink sketches of Rogan with itty bitty baby wings in 2004, and his current self. Of the current self sketches, two are while he's completely pancaked, stuck using his wings for gesturing or grabbing for things. There's also another of him standing up so as to show the wing membranes extending down past his knees, forcing him to wear loose overalls with accordion pleats at the hips so as to pull in the membranes without squishing them uncomfortably.
Rogan's wings used to be a lot smaller (back when he still had them at all). At least healing from those abscesses meant his left wing now has full range of motion, and both are more dexterous now.

More ink sketches of Rogan now, all standing up even though he can't yet. In two, he's naked, back to the camera, with wings shut and open so as to show how big and silhouette-changing they are; he basically can't wear pants now with his wings out. There are also sketches of him attempting to wear a shin-length dresslike thing that's open down the sides, only to make Rogan go noooo people can see my butt! There's also a doodle of the mostly-backless wheelchair we've been pushing him around headspace in, the past week or two.
He's going to have to ask Sneak to completely remake his wardrobe. Now we know why winged people on TV always have the membranes nice and short; you can't wear JACK with them long. He's working on being able to furl the membranes a bit so at least they won't drag on the ground so much if he tries crawling with them. We still doubt his heavy ass will ever fly.
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