You all know how much I'm obsessed with the "Winged Lisa" idea. I will try to explain my thoughts about it, and I will do it... later. While I'm still struggling to find the right words, tell me what you think about it, about that "trend", especially in fanart and fanfiction!

Dagdamor
I don't think it's anything odd or unusual, though I will admit when I first joined LTS I was a little confused as to what a "Winged Lisa" was I don't think it's really unoriginal, I've never seen any other winged Lisas except here... and it's taking it a step further than just "she's a girl with wings", writing fanfiction based on how she got them, and attempting to live with them, I think it's quite interesting.

Dagdamor
Shame on me, I never had read that round-robin. And your great fanfic I've read much later after I saw all winged-Lisa pics. So, for me at first it was aesthetic pleasure. I saw brilliant pictures with her, and I was really impressed. And I hope someday you'll find time to add new masterpieces to "Lisa's Wings" projects

So, I liked Lisa as a unique person and these wings were really beautiful. I prefered to think she is not angel, but... more a bird, I think. As a metaphore, you know... Lisa's abilities to find happiness through all problems, to struggle - what that wings mean to me. Later my opinion changed, but wings still really good symbol to show what a unique and great person Lisa is.

Yggdrasill
Ooh, I can definitely say what have turned me into the whole idea - this drawing by Marco. It was the first "winged" picture of Lisa I've ever seen. It was something charming, something you wanted to see for a very long time, but didn't have a chance to. I'm perfectly serious here - it was a real shock for me, after looking at this picture for hours I've started seeing that in my dreams! Nothing ever affected me such strong way before. And only one picture had nearly the same effect afterwards.

janglewolf
I agree about the GFWC Round Robin - it was a great inspiration to many people, and it was really well written, if only way too angsty in places. I hope that piece of writing will resurrect someday, because it still has its best times ahead. Turning Lisa's gift from curse to bless, allowing her to use it in purpose... the descriptions of little Lisa enjoying the flight, the total freedom... that would be the real gem of the story, to my opinion.

True they make her look so special.

brakusaetsya
I was chatting to another fan of Lisa once, and he said that Lisa reminds him of a sparrow sometimes. A little bird that's full of energy and enthusiasm, and is never down. I personally don't choose between the "angel Lisa" and "bird Lisa". Both things make sense... angels are a symbol of kindness and care, and that can be applied to Lisa. Birds are a symbol of creativity and freedom - and that can be applied to Lisa too!

P.S. I will update my site someday, I promise (again)

janglewolf
That's really... creepy, almost... but interesting in a bizarre way Hm, if a gene mutation like that could happen to a cat, what stops it from happening to Lisa?

Yes, I'm pretty sceptical about the genetic mutation theory.   Graham posted this Wikipedia link which I found interesting.   It gives some logical explainations.     

All kinds of phenomena are reported from around the globe daily... who knows if it's real or fake, most of the time people admit to fraud but sometimes they don't, and sometimes we never know for sure. It's like crop circles, you get to make the call.

Dagdamor
Hm? Which episode was this from?

"Quoth the Raven on my chamber door"
 "Never more" 


Love that episode

Dagdamor
Simpsons Christmas Stories, one of my favourite
She's so touching, when she tells Homer not to strangle Bart (and he is with the halo )

DagdaVacation
First reaction would be definitely tactless curiosity Realising, that it isn't a fake and asking permission to examine them - touch feathers and muscles, watch the flight, if that winged person can fly and then investigating, how that person got that wings and is it possible to grow them too I doubt I can be a friend of such a unique person, because, I suppose unordinary people bored to death of tactless curiosity and I just won't be able to control it, I think

Hmm... I'd definatly be spooked upon first sight. There are certain things you have in your head that tell you whats real and what isnt. Once you see something that 'isnt real', then what other things arnt real? I think it would mess with my head. 
Guess it depends on the winged persons current emotions. Might be shy, in which case I wouldnt ask to examine them. After all, they're still human beings with feelings and emotions, and dont want to be treated like an alien. Maybe just crack a stupid joke, and talk about junk. Like brakusaetsya and Yggdrasill said, too much curiosity doesnt go down well.

Certainly like to find out how they managed to aquire wings though... Just imagine how many new skateboard tricks you could be able to learn! 

GeorgeHarrison
Yes, of course, unique people deserve not worse treatment, than usual. But when you don't know person well it'll be hard to stay calm and try to learn about his/her character before you find out all about these unusual limbs. If some of friends or relatives get wings, then, of course, it will not spoil relations when learning about wings. But when you see winged stranger... Maybe he/she will say "leave me alone" when you just coming up and will not trust you, if you say that interested not only in physical differences... Who knows, who knows...

Quite simply, if i happened to meet such a prodigy, i'd think i died and gone to heaven. Seriously.

  Couldnt think of a better reason to befriend a winged person!

Something not Simpsonic at all - but it caught my attention, so I decided to make a short AVI and to share.
It's a fragment from one old cartoon (I'm sure we all know it ). Although it's a comedy in the first place, the sequence looked strangely deep and believable... I couldn't stop myself from imagining Lisa on Tom's place. Enjoy

www.simps.net.ru/video/tomfly.avi (2.7 Mb)

P.S. I'm not sure the audio will work... I failed to recompress it from the original DVD-audio format.