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- Lila – “And we'll end up being the best friends in the world, since we're going to see it all together!”
- Félix – “I hope so with all my heart.”
- — Félix and Lila in "Strikeback (Shadow Moth's Final Attack - Part 2)"
Felila is the het ship between Félix Fathom and Lila Rossi from the Miraculous Ladybug fandom.
Canon[]
Lila is an Italian student attending Collège Françoise Dupont. She is in Miss Bustier's class. Félix Fathom is Adrien Agreste's cousin and the son of Amelie Graham de Vanily.
Lila and Felix are two intriguing characters who are yet to be understood in full depth. In the past, they shared a lot of similarities. However, the two of them began to branch out into their own unique arcs throughout the events of Season 5. Despite this, their foundation remains the same: They are both skilled manipulators. They have both done similar things, such as impersonate Adrien, exploit people for their own personal gain, and lie to their parents. Along with their similarities, their key differences remain: Lila is extroverted and narcissistic. Her initial goal is to reach success through fame, and be loved by everyone around her. She exploits any tools she may find along the way, and attempts to dispose of any threat to her image. Her success stems from her adeptness at exploiting people's emotions. She is shown to have a very thin skin, as her sense of identity relies solely on other people's opinions of her. She has formed numerous transactional relationships, but friendship is lacking in her life. On the contrary, Felix is quite reserved. He has frequently lied in support of causes he deeply cares about. When he has to be manipulative in order to get where he wants, he does so by twisting the facts rather than exploiting emotions. He prioritizes meaningful connections over superficial relationships, remaining loyal to a small circle of loved ones.
Considering this, it's unclear whether the two would make a good pair or not. In one instance, it's easy to assume that they'd work well together because they're good at plotting things. However, on the second hand, they are both extremely arrogant when it comes to how things should be done. In addition to this, it turns out that Lila is way more complicated than she appeared to be. With her "Lila" identity killed off, it appears that this ship will likely never become canon.
Season 3[]
Lila is aware of Félix's existence, due to that very time when he dressed up as Adrien and recorded himself saying rude comments to all of his friends. She was on a call with them when it happened, and she was the one who sent his video to Gabriel Agreste. That's how Hawk Moth knew to akumatize them in the first place. It's fair to say that in some sense, Lila and Félix had already subconsciously worked together, causing three akumatizations due to each other's inputs.
Season 4[]
In Strikeback, the last episode of Season 4, Félix meets Lila on the Startrain, while pretending to be Adrien, who is supposed to be going on a round-the-world trip with Lila. She didn't know Félix was deceiving her, and told "Adrien" that they were going to become the best of friends by experiencing their long trip together. Félix responded with a seemingly genuine smile, and told her that he hopes so with all of his heart. He then got up and left to go to the bathroom. Lila countered his kind remark with a confused expression on her face, considering she knows how much Adrien truly dislikes her. While Félix is known to be a clever guy, he doesn't seem to know much about Adrien's relationships, aside from his childhood friend, Chloé Bourgeois. Due to the little time he spent with Lila, and being too distracted by his own plans, Félix never seems to suspect Lila's bad nature. While nothing is confirmed yet, his comment to Lila may have blown his cover, considering Lila is aware that Adrien has a physically identical cousin.
Season 5[]
Félix is now the owner of the peacock miraculous, and Lila is the holder of the butterfly miraculous.The fact that Hawk Moth and Mayura, the original holders of the butterfly and peacock miraculous were a duo themselves is important. It means that Lila and Félix may fall into a parallel where the two of them form a corrupt alliance one day, although Félix's new relationship with Kagami may mean that he will only ever use his powers for the greater good.
Moments[]
Strikeback
- Felix meets Lila on the StarTrain while pretending to be Adrien
- Felix smiles at Lila
Fanon[]
Despite the two characters having hardly interacted in the series, Felila has gained a great amount of shippers. The long list of traits they share has caused many fans to envision them as a couple and/or evil duo. Lila constantly lies and manipulates people to get her way, and prefers to dispose of those that stand in her way, while Félix is a skilled liar and thief, having easily stolen one of the Graham de Vanily rings, despite Gabriel having it in his grasp. Most villain duos have a master liar and a slight of hand thief, and this is why many fans believe the two antagonists would have a great dynamic as an evil team themselves. Some fans like to note the fact that both Lila and Félix are green eyed villains, which is just another one of the many things they have in common.
Felinette fans, on the other hand, like to picture Félix helping Marinette to expose Lila for the cruel liar she is, after harmfully lying about Félix.[1] However, some prefer to see Félix as a key to Lila improving as a person, because they believe that Félix is a far worse person than her, and his actions may lead her to understand the effects of her own harmful behaviors, by projecting them onto Félix.[2] This ties in with fans who want Lila to be redeemed, and the idea works vice-versa with Lila helping Félix to realize the harm he has done, and that he can still improve as a person and strive to become more empathetic. Along with featuring both Lila and Félix being redeemable, this idea may not appear to be possible, considering how they have been presented in the series so far. Still, some fans enjoy the idea of the two turning over a new leaf, whether it's separately or together as either friends or lovers.
There are currently over 80 works on AO3 for this pairing, as well as having a well-formed fanbase on DeviantART, Tumblr and YouTube. However, interest in Felila seems to have waned with the release of season 5, which recontextualizes Félix as a misunderstood hero and presents Lila as the next "big bad".
Fandom[]
FAN FICTION
- Lila/Félix tag on AO3
TUMBLR
- Felila tag on Tumblr
- Lila x Félix tag on Tumblr
