Talk:Bellwether/@comment-26450181-20160308215707/@comment-5294119-20160402121141

Hey1234, I'm really glad that there's somebody else out there who feels that Bellwether is underdeveloped as a villain and that too very weak. Her revelation at the end came off too abruptly. What's more, we don't even know what drove her to this position. Nick and Judy were given backstories and that's what made them believable as protagonists. Dawn on the other hand, is not given one, which really doesn't make her believable as a villain. We have also seen how Lionheart abuses and harasses her just to get work done for himself, the office and the city as a whole. It would make sense for her to feel disheartened for not being treated as an equal member of society. But it just doesn't assure her spot as a cruel and callous villain. Think about it, she never threw a punch, never yieled a real lethal weapon and none of the infected killed any of their victims. I think either something tragic must have happened in her past, which I hope the upcoming graphic novel prequel will hopefully bring to light, or that she's actually being manipulated by someone who truly sinister and mailcious.

Her being labelled as a mastermind really is out of context, considering she was the one who put Judy on the case that she was responsible for and inadvertantly, put her much closer to solving the case rather than keeping Judy out of suspicion.

The ending is where it all botched up. After darting Nick, she could have just run away from the scene after calling the police over, but she didn't. Instead, she just stood there with the dart gun and briefcase in her hooves, her henchmen right by her side and went monologuing for no reason. I also find it really weird that after the revelation, Nick and Judy made a huge gamble in having to make Bellwether believe that she had darted Nick after switching the ammunition of the dart gun with blurberries and get her to spill her plans out in a gist of the moment. To make it even more strange, after she was foiled she treathened to frame both Judy and Nick instead of killing them on the spot to cover up her trail. Wanting to frame Judy didn't make any sense in her predator prejudiced scheme and she had nothing to pin Judy on.

She could have used this time to escape, but still stood there as if she was waiting for them to arrest her right through the entrance of the museum. Criminal masterminds also have contingency plans in case their plans took a noosedive, she didn't have one. That is how and why she fails as a believable villain, who was twarted in the last few minutes of the movie.

Anyway, we still need to know her backstory and what exactly made her go off the deep end. If there is a sequel in the making, I envision Judy and Nick to try and connect with her since they all share the same backstory. Maybe there is something that is darker from her side as we know how easily oppressed and harassed sheep are in Zootopia as seen from Judy's past. Having to focus on the themes of kindness, humility and forgiveness with some character development for Bellwether is the only way to do her justice.