#I headcanon fairy wings as being cartilaginous ball and socket joints btw

[overlyimmersed]

I can see why Gloxinia doesn't bother wearing shirts...

So my dumb ass is over here neither sleeping nor accomplishing all the things I'm staying up to accomplish. Instead I'm...trying to design a shirt for Gloxinia????

Like, I know the anime and manga don't actually bother wondering if fairy clothes are practical or make physical sense for them. They just...it's all kinda drawn as if the wings are pure magic so the clothes are just normal clothes.

I don't! I love designing clothes and when I design clothes for Fairies I do so with the physiology of the wings in mind. Which means shirts are usually some variety of backless for the sake of ease and comfort.

What does this have to do with Gloxinia to the extent that I have to make a vaguely exasperated post about it?

His wings are weird.

Like yes, we know they're fucking huge. That's not even the primary issue. It really is no wonder at all that he just doesn't bother with shirts.

Not only are the larger then average, they're also set high. The joints are positioned...I'd say 2-3 inches higher on his back then the average fairy. Just as well, his upper set seem to be wider at the base then his lower set. And while that last one doesn't have much of an effect on clothing design, it's still atypical.

So his entire wing configuration is weird. The only thing I can tell that's normal about them is how they move. The actual function of the joints seems to be perfectly average for his natural resting position. Which, for reference, is about the same resting position as a butterfly.

Why do these facts make it hard to design him a shirt?

Well, it really only does if you want the shirt to be comfortable.

Because of the high setting of the joints, even typical backless tops are not quite suited. The only thing that would really work is a sort of backless halter type. And it'd have to tie or otherwise fasten around his lower back, rather then something he could pull on because no way in HELL could you pull anything over wings that size.

Trying to create a garment with these necessary qualities that is also fashionable is just kicking my ass...

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AND THAT'S NOT EVEN WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE DOING RIGHT NOW