Talk:Zootopia/@comment-27926499-20160330111647/@comment-5294119-20160331035620

Ok I know I've posted this before, but I just want to voice my opinion about Bellwether being the big bad and why I think she doesn't fit the role of one.

" the whole revelation about her being the villain pretty much smells like Hans. There was no actual build-up to the character, she is a 3rd chameleon who perfectly fakes her emotions like Hans and Callaghan (although he did regret his actions in the end) and there was no insight into her motives for carrying out such a large-scale plan. Sure she may have endured harassment from Lionheart, but that's not enough to prompt someone who hold a large grudge against the predator community. Unlike Nick and Judy, we don't know her backstory and even still showing resentment to her would only fuel her prejudice goals.

I also agree that her own overconfidence brought about her own end, especially when she was doing a good job with all the hush-hush before the end. It just doesn't really fall in too well. She was never seen yielding a lethal weapon, she did not fatally injure or kill anyone and she basically handed herself over by waiting around for the police with the evidence and her thugs by her side and monologuing, which made things worse for her. On top of that, she never even had any contingency plan in case her basic ones went south. That's not how a criminal mastermind should work. It almost makes me think that she wanted to be stopped.

This is why I consider her to be a weak villain, who is not even evil and her design is completely contrary to the typical Disney villain trope. There I think I'm done.

I just hope that if we do get a sequel, we get an actual callous and grotesque adversary who does not relent in harming other people and have her reform after knowing her tragic backstory."