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1''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11700722/1/ Letting go of Hate]]'' by [=veronica.toon.7=] is a ''Franchise/TheLionKing'' fanfic that acts as a Zira redemption arc.
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3The story starts with Kiara saving Zira from falling. Zira is reluctantly let into the pride, but lions keep their distance from her. Kiara isn't satisfied with this and decides to help Zira become a normalized member of the pride. Part II deviates from this by being from Zira's POV as she continues her CharacterDevelopment.
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6!!''Letting go of Hate'' provides examples of:
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8* CallingParentsByTheirName: Vitani switches between calling Zira by her name and [[ParentalTitleCharacterization using a distant, formal "Mother"]].
9* ChildhoodFriends: Cheka is a childhood friend of Zira's. He's from her original pride.
10* DarkAndTroubledPast: Zira wasn't born a Pridelander. She was a rogue who arrived during Scar's reign, explaining [[RememberTheNewGuy why she wasn't in the original film]]. She and several of her pride ran away after rogues usurped the pride. The new leaders were abusive and cruel, so the lionesses left.
11* DarkFic: The story tries to be close to canon's tone, however it does cover darker elements. Lions are also shown hunting.
12* DecoyProtagonist: Kiara is the protagonist of Act I but Act II is from Zira's POV.
13* EmotionalRegression: Zira temporarily regresses into her cubhood self after her RepressedMemories resurface. She snaps out of it after seeing her reflection.
14* InnocenceLost: Zira considers her innocent lost when the rogues took over her original pride. It led to her life being turned upside and most of her loved ones dying.
15* LongLostRelative: Zira reunites wih her sister Zula in Act II.
16* MeaningfulRename: Zira was originally named "Ziva" (which means "alive"). She renamed herself after leaving her pride.
17* MisplacedRetribution: While hunting, Zira single-handedly kills an antelope. In her rage, she imagined it was Simba.
18* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname:
19** Scar's original name Taka is a shortened version of "Takata".
20** Nuka's name is a shortened version "Nukato".
21* ParentalSubstitute:
22** Kovu sees his father-in-law Simba as the dad he never had.
23** Vitani is closer to Nala than she is her biological mother.
24* RepressedMemories: Zira repressed most of the memories between the rogues attacking her pride and her joining Scar's pride.
25* TheSociopath: The writer sees Scar as a sociopath, or more specifically as having antisocial personality disorder, and writes him as such. He didn't love Zira back despite her MadLove.
26* TameHisAnger: The plot revolves around Kiara helping Zira tame her hatred and rage.

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