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Portrait of an Honest Liar
by Zaeryn
Traditional Artist
4 days ago
This story is a fairly naturalistic exploration of how an ordinary fox learned to lie, cheat and steal like humans. We’ll begin with a quiet valley in Tuscany—vineyards, low stone houses, and the old Roman road half-swallowed by grass. From there: a fox-kit, born not quite like the others, already watching. Then his mother, a creature of caution and instinct; a father who is present mostly as rumor and scent. Early lessons—hunger, cunning, performance. A first lie, small but important. A traveling fair. A human voice that lingers. And finally, the first hint that John is not merely surviving—he is learning to shape the world.
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harmonyroot
~harmonyroot
This felt less like reading a story and more like watching a legend slowly learn how to breathe. The way you turned Honest John’s cunning into something almost poetic was genuinely mesmerizing.
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~doktorhaus
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Thank you!
harmonyroot
~harmonyroot
Aaa I’m glad honestly the way you write characters feels very alive, especially John. He doesn’t just feel like a villain or trickster, he feels like someone slowly becoming the role the world expects from him, and that makes him weirdly fascinating to read.
