Talk:Bellwether/@comment-26450181-20160308215707/@comment-26864513-20160401152745

Hey, I'm not telling you how you should feel, all the more power to you for having a different opinion from me. Thing is, Bellwether had more than enough screentime to warrant her to be the villain. She's an Assistant Mayor. In the movie's lore, in order to make her a believeable Assistant Mayor, she would have to be busy with tasks that are not related to Judy or her case.

The filmmmakers were not "building up the villain", what they were building up was the assumption of prejudice, and by having a red-herring through Mayor Lionheart, that prejudice message is implemented much more strongly. With Lotso, his facade was revealed halfway through the movie for the sake of the plot. Bellwether's facade had to be revealed during the climax in order to drive the message of Zootopia's prejudice moral by having the literal wolf in sheeps clothing. Is it predicatble? to some, yes, but it's the ambition that's the true curiousity.

Hey, you have to understand that Disney movies have always been in a reflection of modern society. During the Renaissance Era, Disney women were a lot more curious and exploratitive (a trait common with a lot of 90's female characters like Ariel, Belle and Mulan), and now, the Disney Revival female characters are strong willed and dream orientated (Rapunzel, Anna, Judy, Moana). Sure, you may not like that but that's the reality of Walt Disney Animation Studios movies. Now, I'm not against traditional villains, I'm just welcoming of the surprise villains.