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She looks cute and all, but why does she have wings sprouting from her roots.
Are they supposed to help her with something?

![mavis](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2Kw9igdzpnI/maxresdefault.jpg)


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Why does Mavis have wings in her hair?


I believe it is an additional accessory which is worn by her not for any
explicit purpose. Perhaps to resemble an angel or fairy.

Here are some pictures of Mavis Vermillion young without the wings

[![Mavis Vermillion
young](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QXXiV.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QXXiV.jpg)

[![Mavis
Vermillion](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IKp59.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IKp59.jpg)


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I would have to vote for the hair accessory theory. And, we know from the
_Fairy Tail Zero_ arc that she always wanted to meet a fairy. So, fairy wing
headband, with the headband part hidden in the hair? For most of the _Fairy
Tail Zero_ arc, she is shown with her hair wings. But in episode 97, shortly
after learning magic, she re-introduces herself as "Black Magic Mavis" .

[![Black Magic
Mavis](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HMzCem.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HMzCem.png)

After casting "Law" in episode 98 and 99, she is unconscious and in bed with
her tattered clothes having been changed and no hair adornments.

[![Unconscious
Mavis](https://i.stack.imgur.com/s88Jjm.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/s88Jjm.png)

After she regains consciousness, I don't believe we ever see her again without
her hair wings as far as I can recall except in some flashbacks to her youth
in the last episode of the _Fairy Tail Zero_ arc, episode 100.


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I think her wings are simply something to make her unique, but perhaps they
will later be revealed by the artist, creator, etc. ***Mavis is very unique
but she still has a plain character. If you think about it she probably could
be confused with an regular character. ***Most characters have something about
them: Natsu has his scarf, Lucy has her keys and devil tail whip, Grey has his
stripping problem. It is probably just one of these qualities each character
has.


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I know that it is not an accessory because in one of the scenes Mavis
Vermilion is in, her ears move up and down due to her reaction to a sour food
which means they are real. Also she keeps them on even in the water which
would get them soaked if just a prop. Even though when Mavis is in the
hospital they are gone, it is because as I said they move so they went back
into her hair. Still don't believe me? Well when she was a kid she had two cow
licks right where her ears would be in the future version of herself. During
that time they were still developing. And some other times her ears are down
is because she wants them to. And they never fell off when she fell at the
grand magic games. So that proves that she has wings for ears. And here is
proof:

![Bathing](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gNziC.png)

![Sour food](https://i.stack.imgur.com/X3N5v.png)


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