Talk:Zootopia/@comment-4861270-20160414193951/@comment-5294119-20160415051047

Dan1394, I know what you mean. Bellwether is not exactly how you would picture a callous, sadistic and cruel criminal mastermind as the film desperately makes her out to be. Think about it, she saved Judy from being fired and literally put her on the case that she was responsible for in the first place. If she really did despise Lionheart that much, she could have easily darted him and be done with it instead of arresting him. She said that she wanted to imprison or segredate predators from prey, but instead had Judy free them from Lionheart and get them hospitalized, which was dooming her in having her plans exposed eventually even before Judy would discover that it was a flower.

She could have fleed the scene after she darted Nick instead of staying there literally exposing herself with the dart gun and case in her hooves as well as her henchmen right by her side. In fact, she could have darted Nick at any point in the film since she obviously was tailing them through all the cameras in the city, but she didn't. It would have made perfect sense to do so. She also could have darted Dr Honey Badger and prevented the cure from ever being concocted, but she didn't.

Even when Judy and Nick were faking, why would she threathen them with framing rather than just killing them to destroy any leads to her? At this she still had time to run away before the police could arrive. But no, she still stood there, further wasting time monologuing and bickering and without even having a contingency plan in case her first one took a dive. This is not befitting for the description of a criminal mastermind or even a terrorist, who do whatever they can to cover their tracks.

It is either because of lousy writing behind her character, or perhaps she wanted all of this to happen in the first place because she felt bad for what she did or that she just wanted out of Lionheart's mane.

I just hope we get more closure and insight into Bellwether's character and motives and let us know why she did what she did, because I think Disney owes us one after Judy and Nick's. Since they both share the same prejudiced background, they are the perfect people who can relate to Dawn's situation and pain. This is perfect for character development and a good moral lesson of humility, forgiveness and kindness.