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okay which love square side do you guys want to see out of me most atm?

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I THOUGHT THIS POLL WOULD BE MORE DECISIVE

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Lila/Volpina and the Fox

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Now before I start I will say that everyone has their opinion on Lila and I’m not telling you what you should think about her.

Now onto the show.

Never once did I agree with Fanon!Volpina. When I was younger I looked into the animals in Japanese mythology/folklore because of shows like InuYasha so the second I heard she was based on a fox a big red flag went off in my head.

Foxes in folklore and mythology across the world are thought to be cunning and sly.
Often times a fox is portrayed as a liar who tricks someone into giving them what they want.
This is every common in children’s books and fables.

In Japanese mythology, foxes are thought to have magical powers and to be wise creatures. In Japanese culture, often seen in anime and manga, a character with the powers of a fox can shape shift or create illusions.
Specifically in Yokia folklore, all foxes are thought to be able to shape shift into a man or a woman.

From the very beginning it was known that Volpina was based off a fox. So of course she would have characteristics of a fox.
The problem is that most fanon did not portray her in what is seen as the negative aspects of being a fox.

Lila’s actions go perfectly with those of a fox.
She was cunning and sly when it came to her lying.
She tricked people into getting what she wanted.
Her lying was to shape herself or create an illusion of what she thought others would like.
Her powers as Volpina were to create illusions which makes perfect sense since the show has taken inspiration from anime and Japanese culture in general multiple times.

Fanon!Volpina is very different from canon. Fanon portrayed her as clever, not cunning. It portrayed her with the attractiveness of a fox. It almost always portrayed her as an immediate ally.

Lila/Volpina is a fox.

This should have been expected.

But it wasn’t.

Which is where the problem lies.
Lila has much room for character development and the show is far from over so maybe we’ll get to see her change into the good fox everyone was rooting from her.

Though what she did was in no way okay, she was doing what a fox does. With character development, the very skills she has that make many hate her my help our Miraculous Heros.

Lastly shout out to @zenwisterias for encouraging me to write this ^-^

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THIS IS GREAT AND EVERYONE NEEDS to reAD THIS

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Writing advice you’re not going to like.

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People sometimes send me Asks wanting writing advice. I suck at it. I don’t really know how I do the writing, or how one should do the writing, or what one should do to get better at the writing. All I can ever think to say is “write a lot of stuff and you will get better at the writing.” Which is true, but hardly a bolt from the sky.

Well, as it turns out, I do have one piece of Legit Writing Advice, and I am going to share it with you, right now. If you were in any of my writing workshop groups at a con, you’ve heard this advice already.

Warning: you’re going to fucking hate it. But if you do it, you will thank me.

If you have a piece of fiction you’re serious about, something you might want to actually shop around, or just something you really are into and want to make it as good as you can…do NOT edit it.

Repeat. DO NOT EDIT.

REWRITE.

As in, print out the whole fucking thing and re-enter it, every word (or use two screens). Retype the whole thing. Recreate it from the ground up using your first draft as a template. Start with a blank page and re-enter every. single. word.

I hear you screaming. OH MY GOD THAT’S INSANE.

Yes. Yes, it is.

It is also the most powerful thing you will ever do for a piece of fiction that you are serious about.

Now, let’s get real. I don’t do this for most things. I don’t do it for my fanfiction. But if it’s something original, something I might like to get to a professional level - I do it. You absolutely COULD do it for fanfiction. It’s just up to you and how much time you want to sink into a piece.

You can edit, sure. But you WILL NOT get down to the level of change that needs to happen in a second draft. You will let things slide. Your eyes will miss things. You will say “eh, good enough.”

The first time I did this, on someone else’s advice, I was dubious. Within two pages, I was saying WHY HAVE I NOT BEEN DOING THIS ALL THE TIME. I was amazed at how much change was happening. By the time I got to the end, I had an entirely different novel than the one I’d started with. When you’re already re-entering every single word, it’s easy to make deep changes. You’ll reformat sentences, you’ll switch phrases around, you’ll massage your word choice. You’ll discover whole paragraphs that don’t need to be there at all because they became redundant. You’ll find dialogue exchanges that need reimagining. Whole plot points will suddenly be different, whole story arcs will reveal their flaws and get re-drawn.

You cannot get down to the fundamental level of change that’s required just by editing an existing document. You have to rebuild it if you really want your story to evolve. You will be AMAZED at the difference it will make.

It will take time. It will seem like a huge, Herculean task. I’m not saying it’s easy. It isn’t. But it is absolutely revolutionary.

Try it. I promise, you will see what I mean.

*PSA: Tipsy!Lori wrote this post. In case you couldn’t tell.