How interesting would Miraculous Ladybug be if the show was focused on stereotypes? No, not the stereotypes you're thinking of, but, and just imagine, a story exploring the Fox Trifecta of Marinette, Alya, and Lila.
"But Storyline? Marinette is good as is with the Ladybug Miraculous!" or, you may alternatively think; "Storyline! The Mouse Miraculous screams Marinette!!"
Not to say that they don't, however I personally think if the show writers leaned more into (this slow transition they've been doing with Marinette...) the Guile Hero that I think adds that much more seasoning to Marinette's character and story arc, they could very very easily parallel her with Alya and Lila's already established "Fox personas"
Alya's the fox that breaks out of the stereotypes of the malicious trickster. She is cunning and mischievous, yes, but her love and loyalty to her friends directs her moral compass back to truth; using her powers for the truth (loosely, squint along Season 6, I have yet to properly even touch it). She is still genuine to others and herself.
Lila's the fox that cares not for the pre-established stereotypes, and actively plays into them for her own benefit. While she's not sneaky per say, she maliciously lies to get what she wants; paints a picture of what others believe her to be and uses a fox's cunning to benefit herself regardless of what's actually true. She is not genuine with others, but is still genuine with herself regarding who she is and recognizing that, yeah. She's not a good person. Who cares?
Marinette's the fox that plays into the pre-established stereotypes, not for her benefit, but for the benefit of others. Alya's transparent, Lila's opaque, Marinette is translucent. She still is morally "good", using her cunning and tricky ingenuity to save the day, but she hides the information that she believes her friends or allies (or Paris) would be harmed by. No, she doesn't use her friends like puppets in her schemes, like Lila might, but she doesn't fully snap those strings away like Alya would. She's not genuine with others, but she isn't even genuine with herself.
I just think the show would be a lot more interesting if we explored the concepts (whether the kwamis actual concepts or concepts of the animals that folklore has assigned them) of the Miraculous a lot more via these common trope parallels.
We already love to dissect Lila-Alya parallels because "Oo, they're both represented as foxes power-wise and lore-wise!!" or even Marinette-Lila parallels regarding life experiences and their relations with others. So make all of them parallel. I think it's be a fun character analysis.
















