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So fluffy..!One of the cutest characters in Zootopia
MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!Β Even though she is the so called villain of this movie, I still think she is one of the most innocent characters I have ever seen. You can't just not forgive her.
Still not happy with the coloring, as always, but I don't want to upload nothing all the time.
Constructive criticism is welcome!
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I forgive her and I still sympathize with her, knowing she possibly had a hard life herself with not that much comfort, love, support, or encouragement, even broken dreams. Forget the people who carry on the melodrama of her crimes that they seem to wanna focus too much on while giving other far worse villains a free pass. It's so annoying when someone treats it like it was real and may accuse someone like me of being in support of terrorism or Hitler just because I mention how much I love and feel sympathy for her? 
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Probably was the most innocent... until she let her anger and hatred took her over. Which at times what bullying can cause.
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Wow, that comment made my day, thanks!
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I know we're supposed to hate villains, but like some of them, I can't find it in myself to do that, especially not Bellwether. Somehow she ended up being one of those villains you can't help but feel sympathy for like Randall Boggs, Lotso, Mr. Freeze, Baby Doll, Bushroot, Tai Lung, Lord Shen, Agatha Prenderghast, Princess Azula (despite hating her throughout Avatar until her breakdown), or even Professor Callaghan. All these villains had their reasons and issues, and even if that doesn't condone what they did, a lot of them have done wrong for the right reasons. And I still suspect/believe that Bellwether had her other reasons other than just Lionheart, possibly viciously bullied and harassed by other predators in her youth for being "easy prey" that sheep used to be long before both sides evolved. While Nick and Judy had it all tough, who knows if Bellwether had it much worse, even if she might have had one friend or two before. We'll never know what happened in her home style either since movies are known for releasing only one lousy detail of what drives the antagonist off the deep end, just to make the audience hate all villains entirely.
Sure she could have found another job, but it probably wasn't that easy since she might have been under a tight contract that expired in a couple of years, so she was stuck being Lionheart's assistant, pushed aside like some throw rug who serves no big importance. If Bellwether had any killing intentions, she could have killed all those predators herself with a rifle instead of using the serum to make them savage. I suspect she is someone who is lost in her own fear, confusion, emotional scars, prejudice, and self hatred, and it would take a miracle for someone to save her from only hurting herself, even if she had succeeded. Still placing her in jail was for her own good, just like it was for Callaghan's own good when he might have destroyed all of San Fransokyo had he not been stopped.
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Wow, you mentioned everything what I think of "villains" such as her or Callaghan. For example, after seeing more of Princess Azula's past (which I'm thankful for that the producers decided to show it to us), I can understand why she did what she did, and the reason why she snapped in the end. I'm sure more people would also feel the same about Bellwether if the movie had shown us bits of her past, but then again, I don't think it would have fit if it did. I'm just glad we got to see young Nick and Judy.
Do you really think rifles and other weapons even exist in the Zootopia universe? They would seem a bit out of place to me...Β
Sorry if there are any mistakes in my writing, I'm not a native speaker, but I hope I got my point across
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That's how I feel about Bellwether, she's someone I can't really bring myself to hate entirely, no matter what the movie reveals. I can say the same about Randall Boggs, Baby Doll (Batman), Lord Shen (for some reason the movie people foolishly changed his background story which would have made much more sense about his descent into madness instead of one lousy detail). We still don't know that much about Randall Boggs, other than he used to be someone else before. As much as I hated Princess Azula throughout Avatar (not to mention she seems to be worse than Bellwether when using fear to control people), I started feeling some ounce of sympathy for her when she lost her two close friends and having a meltdown while looking at her reflection, even at the very end when Katara restrained her. That's what sucks about some movies, us knowing only one thing about the antagonist as if they're only manipulating the audience to hate every single villain we see enough to want them dead. Regardless of how we feel toward them, it still would have helped to know about Bellwether's past and where her prejudice of predators all started from. She could have had it far worse than Judy and Nick for being "easy prey" as sheep are known to be, and didn't know how to overcome all that, and tried running away from who she was. At least that is my guess. Who knows what the sequel will bring.
I really wouldn't know if other weapons would exist in Zootopia, but what other weapons would the police force use if not guns with bullets?
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Isn't Bellwether also indirectly using fear to control people? By using the serum and turning predators into beasts, she makes prey fear them again and tend toward Bellwether instead of Lionheart or others. And by doing this she's "gaining control."
I don't know, I don't think they would ever use something that would just outright kill other animals. Something I could see being used is something like tasers or some sort of cannon that shoots nets which immobilize others (similar to those seen in other cartoons). We know there's jail and people have to be stopped in order to get them in there.
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Princess Azula had been doing it for a very long time, probably longer than Bellwether (who started months before the film), and caused more than one or two deaths. If Bellwether had not been stopped, she would have likely ended up like Azula and made the same bad choices she made if it kept on going for more than a year. Plus who knows if she could have had a meltdown herself anytime if she ever realized she was more alone, scared, and confused than she was before coming into power.
I could be wrong then, as I sometimes miss a few details when watching a film the first time.
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What an adorable little bigoted sadistic would be tyrant.
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Haven't seen Zootopia yet. Is it any good?
I'll assume the answer is yes, but, yknow.
Nice job with the coloring/shading on that wool!
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Yes, it is! If you like other animated movies I'm sure you will like this one too.
If you don't... well you'll have to decide if you wanna watch it or not.
And thank you!
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1. She betrayed Judy
2. She tried to make Nick eat her. That's messed up
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Yeah, that's negligible though... Look how cute she is!
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Betrayal is negligible? Didn't you think her getting Nick to eat Judy and gloating at the and time seem sick and twisted?
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Not always, but she's had it hard her whole life, her actions aren't completely irrational, at least in my opinion.
I admit that isn't a nice thing to do, but Nick and Judy outsmarted her anyway, so it's all good in the end.
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Of course betrayal isn't excusable, but if one heard where she was coming from, it would be understandable, even if that doesn't make it alright. That is something all villains, regardless of their background, have done to all the heroes. I've seen much worse villains that don't deserve forgiveness like the Joker or Frollo. But with "tragic villains", it makes sense to understand why they did what they did, even if it doesn't mean they should get off easy, and still have to serve time in jail for their own good. Truth is, that the heroes always make it alive in the end, so I see no reason to not forgive the ones who are still lost in their own fear and confusion, unable to escape reality.
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Betrayal is the most disgusting thing a person can do to the people that consider them as friends. What's worst? Her betrayal makes sense but that doesn't mean it's okay. Just because you don't have enough money to feed yourself, it doesn't make it okay to steal
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"Just because you don't have enough money to feed yourself, it doesn't make it okay to steal"
Really, not even if it was more out of survival when you're living in a cruel society that treats orphans like scum and less human in the streets of London, like Oliver Twist where legitimate agencies fail the children and just don't care? Of course it's not ok, but books like that were written for a reason. There is always a cause for these events. The same is how a villain is made, not born.
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Maybe so, but don't forget in Avatar, Prince Zuko was a villain at first who betrayed Aang, Sokka, Katara, and the rest of the gang sometime in the midst of the show, even turning his back on his own uncle. But he later reformed and admitted how wrong he was, regretting every bad choice he made. That doesn't make his betrayal ok, or his earlier actions, but in most ways it was understandable why he did that. He was able to gain the trust, of Aang, Toph, and Sokka, although Katara was a different story until the third season was almost over and she was finally able to forgive him. Even Gantu (Lilo and Stitch) was intent on capturing Stitch and later tried to destroy him, caring little about Lilo or what he was destroying to target Stitch, turning his back on the Grand Councilwoman. In the series, we see how he continues to try and capture all the experiments at all costs, still intent on eliminating Stitch, or even those dear to him that got in his way for all we know. But when "Leroy and Stitch" came out, Gantu was able to reform and be welcomed back by the Grand Council woman.
Regardless of how you feel about any antagonists, any one of them can reform. It doesn't mean we justify their actions, but we can understand why they did what they did. All villains have done things life threatening. Some reform, while others don't.
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You're right about reformation but Bellweather hasn't done anything yet. The characters you talked about earned their forgiveness. She might do something in the future but for now, she better stay locked up
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Maybe not right now. But who knows if she'll have a chance of earning it, even if she and Callaghan (others haven't forgotten how he ironically killed Tadashi with no remorse and almost made Hiro go off the edge at turning Baymax into a killing machine to destroy him) still have to stay behind bars to serve their full sentence and learn that trust, forgiveness, and kindness must be earned, not taken advantage of.
I haven't forgotten in the first Kingdom Hearts gameΒ how Riku betrayed Sora just like that and allied with Maleficent, evenΒ willing to put other innocent people's hearts at risk just to save Kairi's (Riku, what the hell were you thinking) and helped her capture the princesses of heart without thinking that he could be causing grief to someone else, or the destruction of other worlds. He allowed himself to be easily manipulated, that it even got him possessed by Ansem (Xehanort's Heartless of course). After that, it was hard for me to forget what he did, even if he later reformed at the very end and joined Sora again in KHII. After the first game, he somehow disappeared and went into hiding before the end of the second game.
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I guess we'll just have to wait and see then
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Also what do you think of President Business' (The Lego Movie) reformation? Was it done right, or did you think he got off too easy? Considering he imprisoned all those master builders and killed Vitruvius? It's still my favorite movie and the speech at the end was a powerful one, but in real life, no dictator would get off that easy and it would take more than a simple SORRY to fix it all. Still, it got me hooked on Legos.
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A character who did something wrong doesn't necessarily need to be punished. As long as the character learns his/her lesson and makes an effort to fix it; it's okay.The point of being punished is to think of what you've done to deserve the punishment. Also The Lego Movie was awesome
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Yeah there was no necessary punishment needed for President Business because that strong speech really hit him, representing father and son reconciling.
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You're also forgetting that she never actually killed or hurt anyone seriously. Despite what she believed to have made Nick do, she wanted to frame them afterwards instead of killing them with a real lethal weapon, because that would have eliminated any possible lead or witnesses. She didn't do any of that and she never fled the scene after calling the police over, even though she had the evidence in her hooves (the dart gun)
It leads me to believe that she actually does feel bad for what she did and wanted to end it before it got worse with more prejudice.
Also, hating her will not solve anything since it will only fuel her motives even more. After all, she is a victim of prejudice itself just like Nick and Judy. We still don't know what exactly pushed her to do this, but it can't only be because of the harsh treatment from Lionheart.
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Turning animals savage doesn't count as hurting them? Also making Nick eat Judy is worst than just shooting them off in my opinion. I'm not hating her because she's a sheep I'm just saying I can't forgive her for what she did.
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I know exactly what you mean. I guess drugging them does count to an extent as hurting, seeing as how they'll never see their families again. Still, it was under her that Judy recovered them and had them hospitalized, which is better than being imprisoned and the opposite of whats he wanted. Also, framing Nick and Judy after foiling her is where it makes me question her intent to want both of them dead.Β
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She never hurt anyone physically, not even with her own paws since she is not strong enough to choke anyone instantly, and is not the kind to stoop low into stomping any small civilians or throw them into a machine of death. It was only a matter of time before doctors and scientists did any blood test samples and surely not all of them were totally ignorant of night howler plants. She's not even the type to ever think of darting predator children in school zones as it was never mentioned and if anyone died, they would have said something about it. We don't even know if she made requests, but her henchmen went against her wishes on what to avoid and who not to target. Something still doesn't add up and people are still making quick judgments about her being born evil with an appetite for money and power, but I know it's all wrong. A burning subway car nearby, never knowing if any evidence flew out of a broken window, unburned. And exposes herself to Judy instead of staying in hiding while sending her other henchmen after them. Of course she would have made a run for it and hidden the evidence after darting Nick, to make it look like to the police she called as soon as she heard something inside the museum. But instead she wasted time with a monologue with the evidence in her hooves and would have no explanation for that or have nothing to frame the two with.
We know what she did was not ok, but she is still underdeveloped where it raises more questions than answers such as never keeping the predators hidden to later use as weapons against a huge crowd, or unleashing them in a school zone, like part of her was having second thoughts about it and secretly wanted to get caught, unable to carry on pretending to be something she's not or not wanting to follow the real mastermind's plot anymore.
It's weird how people hate her for being a twist villain, yet still give other far worse diabolical villains a free pass, and still treat it like her actions really happened, taking it way too seriously like it's never happened with the other villains before, the ones who are far better at showing true terrorism like the Joker. I find that kinda odd.
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I get it but just because Judy fixed everything doesn't make Bellwether's actions okay. If I were to break someone's nose and was caught and the guy made a recovery, it still wouldn't make my actions okay
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I'm not saying that it is. And we still don't know what exactly happened to her that made her go off the edge other than being "unappreciated" and underestimated".Β
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Yeah but a sad backstory won't excuse her of drugging all those animals in my opinion and the law
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Nobody is saying that a sad tragic story will excuse every "tragic" villain of what they do. It's meant for viewers to understand why they did what they did and where it all started. Like when I hated Princess Azula all throughout Avatar, until watching the moment with her breakdown after seeing an image of Ursa talking to her about using fear to control people. It was understandable, but I could never forget or forgive what she did, deserving none of that. You can feel sympathy for them in a way, but not forget what they did before. She had to be locked up for her own good, just like Callaghan and Bellwether. All villains have done something against the heroes and the law, which is what they are expected to do in the film. But what is stupid is movie studios changing things in the villains' background just to manipulate audiences into thinking they deserve no ounce of sympathy and are only there to be evil for the sake of being evil with no real reason why. That's what they did with Lord Shen and Lotso, big mistake! Even tragic villains deserve their side of the story told without releasing one lousy detail of their background. We know the heroes' side already, so who's to say villains don't deserve to tell their story.
On another note, whether or not any of them do something to earn forgiveness, anyone can still forgive them either way.
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Yeah I know I just misunderstood that person's comment. Also sympathy doesn't equal forgiveness but your right about people forgiving them anyways
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No offense, but sometimes this whole "I'll never forgive him/her" for this or that with every single villain gets pretty overrated and overdramatic that I can think of far worst villains to hate and never forgive like Master Xehanort, Vanitas, Firelord Ozai and Kuvira.
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There's always worseΒ
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Of course it shouldn't. Everyone has to do their time for the wrongs they have done. But even so, you can't help but feel strongly for someone who's bared the biggest brunt of the prejudicial angle. I wish the sequel shows us more about her and that Nick and Judy help her out of her slump so that she can reform the rest of the community understands and forgives her that it was her hard work that was keeping Zootopia afloat.
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