Why I actually like the new Ahri splash art more than the old one

So over the past couple days/weeks I've seen a lot of discussion on the boards about the new and old Ahri splash arts, and how some prefer one more than the other, and the new one having flaws (THAT CHIN THO).

I personally prefer the new art. To me, it represents what Ahri actually is. To show what I mean, lets take a look at the old art first: http://i.imgur.com/woNW0Tt.jpg

To me, this art shows in all her glory. She's beautiful and elegant, with lovely clothing. You can see her whole body, and she's there posed wonderfully.

This is an alluring piece of art, I won't deny that. But to me, it isn't Ahri. Ahri is a fox turned human. She's LITERALLY a fox. The way I picture her, she's a gal worth chasing after and following, someone extremely captivating, someone you'll never quite understand. A beautiful mystery, a seductress, a girl who will tease you and mess with you, etc.

That is what I think of when I think of Ahri as her personality, and I think her voiceover and playstyle ingame captures this image extremely well. "Shall I make your pulse rise....or....stop. giggle"

And this old piece of art....this isn't the Ahri I picture as far as her personality goes. This Ahri is more like a greek statue, someone to admire, someone who is there, someone who draws you in while being stationary. This is more like that one girl at the bar that everyone comes up to eventually but nobody gets. This isn't a fox, this is a goddess. This isn't Ahri.

Now look at the new piece of art, keeping in mind what I've just said. http://i.imgur.com/P7wQuME.jpg

The leaves and trees bend around her, giving her a feeling of movement combined with her legs. She draws you in, but not like a statue, more like someone you're chasing, someone you know you'll never catch but you want to try anyway, someone alluring who's messing with you. She has part of her body covered, but I view this as a good thing - the art shows you enough that you can imagine it, you don't see everything, parts of her are a mystery. Her more ruffled hair creates a more "wild" appearance, which I see as a good thing, and her tails feel a lot more foxlike and furry to me, rather than the old art which had them looking smooth like the electron orbital clouds your chemistry teacher makes you draw.

I am not going to deny that the new splash has some annoying little flaws. But in my opinion, the old splashart also had flaws, the tails being one, and I was never happy with the way her hair and ears looked - they looked more stuck on, somewhat unnatural, the hair looked really stationary as if someone had used hairspray to mold it into that exact shape and didn't want it to budge and inch. They both have some flaws, and obviously some people are going to prefer one over the other.

But to me, the new splash shows Ahri the way she should be portrayed - a fox - rather than the image the old splashart put into our heads.

prepares for hate