Lilia's Last Name (why No Silver Vanrouge)

lilia's last name (why no silver vanrouge)

started looking a lot of stuff up after thinking about reasons why silver doesnt have lilia's last name

and then its especially when we got told in the latest book 7 update (part 4) that its a courtesy name

so

im just. gonna copy paste here...

SPOILERS for the latest Book 7 update. (Part 4)

I think the reason Silver doesn't have Lilia's last name is because Lilia refers to 'Vanrouge' as a courtesy name. In some places it's a name given when of age. Alternatively, it's something that represents or describes the person [usually sorta connected in meaning to the first name?], as like a sign of adulthood and respect (but supposedly isn't like an actual family name, although maybe it could turn into one? I don't know), as another way of referring to them without being rude, since apparently it used to be that referring to someone by their given name who you aren't close to was seen as rude. (Then the family name is apparently what people closer to you use, but say, in a professional setting, would use the courtesy name.) (I really need to go back and see how they refer to him. If it's just 'Vanrouge' or Lilia, both in ENG and JP since I can't recall.)

Note that I only just found out that courtesy names even exist, so I might be way off the mark.

But like. For example, Lilia's name means night (which could be a reference to him being a nocturnal fae?). Rouge is red (closest to Vanrouge I can find is Vin rouge which is red wine, so dark red?). Which the red is represented in Lilia's General Armor, where he has red in his hair instead of magenta.

He's also 700 years old, and given he got an acceptance letter 500 years ago, it's likely that means it was around that time that he sort of grew 'of age'? Or maybe he already was of age but only got a courtesy name bestowed upon him in reference to his time as a general later after he proved his worth. (Since we know he got a letter while he was a general, or at least before he was one. And it's minors who get letters ofc, so it likely means Lilia wasn't technically of age, or was at least close to it around that time, and since then grew of age.)

I HAVE HIS AGE

IRL he's 700

He got his letter 500 years ago so thats 200

so then 100 years later so he's already grown at that point right? or at least-ish

..Or I might be looking way too into it, since a lot of names in this game are literal. Like Silver, Deuce, Trey, Ace, Cater, Ruggie, Rook HUNT, Jack HOWL, so I mean...

book 6 spoilers

someone has probably thought 'why doesnt vil use the serum again'

here. (this is from the optional PTMs)

[Epel: What do you mean? Oh, hey... Isn't that the serum Rook brought?

Vil: It is. If I pour this on the edge of the cage...

Epel: Whoa, it's dissolving!

Vil: I'm afraid I only have enough left to weaken part of the outside, though.]

I FINALLY DID IT

I BEAT ALL THE SUBCHAPTERS OH MY God

(i just realized i have one missing STOP IM BLIND)

my gojo keychain is just staring at me with 'you crying?' YES.

OKAY. THEre.

*fades from existence*

its always cool when vignettes link together

like iirc malleus and leona's ceremonial robes (there was a mix up on whose robes belonged to who by the staff lol)

and then trey and jade's ceremonial robes (before orientation. riddle's planning the welcome party. but floyd keeps getting in the way. so riddle went to jade to ask him to keep floyd away)

ive only done the first part of trey and jades vignettes tho

(Trey)

[Riddle: If only Floyd had not meddled, we would have finished most everything yesterday. [...] I pleaded with Jade to ensure that Floyd would not show his face around Heartslabyul today.]

(Jade)

[Riddle: That is exactly why I was looking for you. Please do something about Floyd.

Jade: What do you need done with him?

Riddle: He is interfering with Heartslabyul's welcome party preparations!]

the boys are fighting 😭

(also bonding)

book 6 spoilers

[Jamil: LEONA! You aimed at me on purpose, didn't you?!]

[Jamil: You know... Your spell left a deep gash on the side of the cage. What do you think it would've done had it hit me?

Leona: If you're so worried about that, then you shouldn't turn your back on me.]

[Jamil: Are we really on the same team here...?]

[Jamil: Hey, that grazed my hair! I was already on my guard, but I didn't think he'd aim a literal hair's breadth away from me...]

[Jamil: May I ask why you're firing spells at me?]

[Leona: Simple—if you relax your guard and assume someone's gonna cover you, it could be the last mistake you ever make.

Jamil: Your concern is unwarranted.]

[Jamil: Wait, this is my fault?]

[Jamil: If I've inadvertently made things more difficult for you, um...

Leona: *sigh* Now you're mopin' like a scolded puppy? You can't let some random quip destroy your self-esteem. You know better than that.]

STOPP HIS YAWN IS MAKING mE SLEEPY

[Leona: Tch. Not even worth the effort. *yawn* ...I'm startin' to feel a little sluggish. Whew...

Jamil: Leona, why are you sitting on top of the open cage? Are you seriously about to fall asleep?]

[Leona: It's just you're showin' your emotions more. You're not bothering to hide your annoyance.]

[Leona: It's a lot better than your usual sycophantic attitude.

Jamil: My what?! I don't act that way toward anyone... Let's just move on to the next cage!]

Book 6 spoilers

someone PLEASE tell me you've beat the other stuff in the containment facilities (besides the one you need to move on) of chapter 67 so i can add it to the wiki (..im just. going to be staring at the navbox. and the very noticeable bits of red are just going to bother me eternally.)

my characters are too weak. ..and i dont have that much commitment to spend retry tickets on fights i dont actually need to beat to get through the story :'D

(also part 23-8 of tower 2 exists because my dumbass made a mistake and went on the wrong tower and then i already re-beat it since it was set to auto while i was being confused so i just added it anyway while i was there)