From a writing mechanic, your narrator is either going to be the kitsune him/herself, in which case you're going to be going with the 'alien trying to fit in' route -- hide your magic, avoid discovery, avoid the temptation to use your magic.
If your narrator is someone who is mortal-normal who meets said kitsune, then it's going to be either friendly (benevolent magical encounter that people don't believe the narrator when he/she tries to retell of the encounter), or evil (lending itself to the witch hunt style storyline).
And of course, there's Allen's 'discovery of a god that is like us but not like us' angle gifting the lucky follower with some benediction, which begs the title:
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A lot of it depends on who the main character POV belongs to.
Date: 2008-12-05 21:01 (UTC)If your narrator is someone who is mortal-normal who meets said kitsune, then it's going to be either friendly (benevolent magical encounter that people don't believe the narrator when he/she tries to retell of the encounter), or evil (lending itself to the witch hunt style storyline).
And of course, there's Allen's 'discovery of a god that is like us but not like us' angle gifting the lucky follower with some benediction, which begs the title:
"Inar' I, Mage."
-Traveller