So something that has always bothered me about the original presentation of Warren Worthington III as Angel was that they specified that he had hollow bones like a bird to allow his wings to carry him.
This suggests that his wings lacked the raw power to carry simply himself.
So how could he possibly carry one or two people that would probably each weigh twice what he did as normal people don’t have hollow bones like birds.
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> This suggests that his wings lacked the raw power to carry simply himself.
Might suggest, but doesn’t prove. His hollow bones could just be another adaptation, and unnecessary to flight.
At the end of the day, his wings do appear strong enough to carry people, so they are.
They didn’t understand everything about the X-gene and we’re only going off what the modern technology at the time could tell them about their mutations. Yes his bones were hollow but also incredibly durable. If this weren’t the case he would have been horribly maimed after his first failed landing or first punch taken.
Muscles are pretty important for carrying things as well id assume he has super muscles and thus that’s how he can carry people.
Even if he was like half the weight of a man due to hollow bones, his wings wouldnt be enough to make him fly. He clearly has some sort of superstrenght in his wings, and some other power that helps him fly beyond that. (which is probably why he cant fly when under the effect of a power dampener)
for comparision, angel has a wingspan of like 5 meters, and weights around 70 kg. (the bones doesnt make up that much of your body weight anyway) An albatross, one of the largest seabirds, has a wingspan of 3 meters and weights 8-12 kg. Quetzalcoatlus, the largest flying dinosaur and largest flying creature ever, weighted around as much Angel, and the wingspan needed to get them to fly was 11 meters, and even then they could most likely not take off from flat ground but needed a cliff. So, Angel clearly has something more going on than just natural adaptations, and that makes it so he is strong enough to carry people while flying
Birds bones are connected to their respiratory system due to their increased need for oxygen (and tendency to be at altitudes with reduced oxygen density.) The bone density differences we see in Angel could just as easily be to support his respiratory needs, considering we do see him carry others.
To say nothing of the fact that bird bones are more dense than human bones in order to deal with the torsion forces they experience.
Comes down to you not understanding his biology, not his biology not making sense. You’re just inferring things incorrectly.