I just found out that today is International Bat Day, so I'm going to write some headcannons I have about our beloved bat fae!!
Note: English is not my first language and for reasons of laziness I translated this with Google Translate
1- It's common to see bat decorations during Halloween and on this date scares are a frequent occurrence. And guess who loves to scare people as a form of prank?
1.2- It's seeing images of bats upside down, so I find it funny every time Lilia tries to scare someone, he does it upside down
2- I thought it was cool that in Lilia's last SRR birthday card (the 2025 one in case you're reading this in the future), the groovy guy in the card is him with a 'who opened the curtain' face, since the sun's rays in the morning are very strong compared to the darkness of his room.
The funny thing is that as far as I know, bats aren't the biggest fans of sunlight either.
3- Bats are nocturnal creatures, so I think it's cool to see that Lilia spends many nights awake playing games with her friend Gloomurai.
4- I have the headcanon that just like Malleus, all fae were born in an animal form, so… mini baby bat Lilia!!!!
5- It was Cater who introduced Lilia to social media on her first day at the pop music club, I mean, Cater definitely took a picture with her club on the first day and said something like "Wow, give me your @ so I can tag you guys in Magican"
Lilia asked questions about what Magican was and Cater had a similar reaction to when she found out Yuu didn't have a phone. Lilia bought a cell phone at Mr. S's store as soon as the club ended.
6- Can anyone else see Baul and Lilia exchanging ideas about Sebek and Silver's childhood? I can see it!!
7- No one will ever get it out of my head that Lilia sees Malleus as her son, but she never says it out loud because she doesn't want to be disrespectful to the royal family and Malleus's deceased parents.
(Malleus also sees him as a father figure, but he never said it out loud either. The end of book 7 proved it to me and now nothing will get this headcannon out of my head)
8- Many fae respect him for being an excellent general during the war, but because of fae traditionalism, they don't quite see the fact that Lilia socializes so well with human culture.
I mean, online games, different clothes and pop music!! are not really Briar Valley's style, right?
9- I imagine that when Lilia gives a birthday present to someone she cares about a lot, he puts nuts inside the gift wrapping.
10- I think Lilia catches herself humming the lullabies she sang to Silver every now and then
