Oh yeah, it's quite often very bad. Although not always!

Heh. This is the Wikipedia definition of wingfic, which is quoted in five of the first ten Google hits:

Wingfic is a specific type of Slash fiction in which one, and sometimes both, of the two characters (usually both from a fantasy novel) grows wings. Usually the stories will involve the character who has grown wings feeling disgusted with their new form, and the other character must show them they are beautiful via sexual intercourse (sometimes in midair).

Isn't that an X-men thing?

Definitely not limited to that, but I can see where that would be top notch fodder.

(Someone get SA here to give her defense of Popslash (boyband) RPS wingfic.)

oh, dear lord. And I worry about what *my* body looks like.

the other character must show them they are beautiful via sexual intercourse (sometimes in midair).

t blinks

And here I thought the wackiness was just confined to, hey, woke up with wings!

There is not enough WTF in the world.

You know what's great?

The concept of wingfic makes me laugh and laugh without even having to read any of it.

That makes me think... if I were to wake up with functional birdlike wings some day, there would shortly be a whole lot of flaky evangelists and bible-thumping neocons running into some serious difficulties with their more zealous followers.

Now that's a story, Matt. Seriously.

Wow...my initial guess was West Wing fanfic. Couldn't have been farther off, huh?

And ITA with erika that Matt's idea is a story.

Definitely not limited to that, but I can see where that would be top notch fodder.

Oh, I didn't mean fan fic. I thought it was a canonical X-Men character. Why I thought that, I don't know, because I haven't read X-Men or seen the films.

it was a canonical X-Men character

It is. Warren Worthington III a.k.a. Angel. You might have seen him in the trailer for the new one. [link]