#z2

[writerxwren]

The way Gary has only known them for like two days and yet he knows 😭

[epicloud]

*the most euphoric metal melody*and the song is abt an alien puppet preparing himself for battle against a planet smashing monster.

[writerxwren]

Rewatched the GOAT of Disney sequels aka Zootopia 2 and...

It cannot be said enough just how much Disney went crazy with this movie. I know everything works out in the end but the part when Judy is paralyzed and is gasping Nick's name over and over because she thinks he's going to die and she can't do anything to save him? Insane work 😭

Then this part when Pawbert lies and says Judy didn't make it is also absolutely insane. First Nick is devastated, but then you see him look at the venom syringe as if he's actually considering letting Pawbert kill him????? If Judy's really dead then he has no reason to live either

And ofc this hug after all that trauma 😭

They're still not officially a couple but this movie managed to tell a better love story with animals than 99% of the nonsense Booktok has been spitting out recently

[toonsforkicks22]

WildeHopps VS WildeHogg

(I saw the post and just had to draw this. And we don’t get any Captain Hoggbottom fanart, dang it!)

[toonsforkicks22]

“I like to hustle, sweetheart”

[writerxwren]

The most underrated detail of Zootopia 2 to me is the scene where Nick and Judy "break up" at the Honeymoon Lodge over their differences. While Judy's view of the world is still filled with hope and optimism, Nick--who, remember, is canonically older and therefore has a bit more life experience than her--is broken. Judy's friendship has healed him significantly, but it hasn't erased all the trauma he's endured and it likely never will, at least not completely. His outlook on life is that sometimes the world can't be saved and things can't be changed because so much of it is beyond your control, even if you do everything right. YOU can make changes, but you can't force anybody else to do so. That's out of your hands. So maybe yeah, you don't always have the power to make the world a better place. Maybe nothing you do will be enough. Maybe some people will never change.

And while Nick may not necessarily be 100% right about this, the movie doesn't actually demonize him for maintaining this view. Given his experiences it is a perfectly valid, albeit depressing, viewpoint for him to have. While Judy doesn't agree with him, she doesn't shame him for it. The film itself doesn't shame him for it. It just lets him feel that way for the time being. And I think that this choice was genuinely groundbreaking because many stories try to force a hopeful view onto both the characters and the audience without acknowledging the pain that got them to a point where they either hate the world or people or both. And if they don't hate, they're at the very least just tired of trying when nothing seems to come of their efforts. Losing faith in people is a valid reaction. Losing faith in the world is a valid reaction. Losing faith in the idea that you can make a difference is a valid reaction. Maybe the goal isn't to stay that way, but if that's where you're at right now, that's okay. That feeling isn't going to change overnight, and nobody can or should make you change it. It can change with time and connection to true community (as we see later on in the film), but it's not something that happens right away.

As someone who constantly struggles with a similar outlook on life due to both the state of the world and personal issues, I cannot begin to sum up just how SEEN I felt by the way Nick was written in that scene. When you're in Nick's place, having people shoving hopeful rhetoric in your face trying to get you to still hang on and trust people and believe that you can make a difference and that the world can be better if we all just try harder, etc., actually has the opposite effect. It often just makes the despair and bitterness worse. I know that people feel an obligation to cheer people up, to spread hope, to be positive around those who feel like they have nothing to be positive about. But a lot of times it doesn't help, because in those moments what we really need is to first have that pain and bitterness and despair ACKNOWLEDGED rather than it be immediately dismissed because "oh you can't lose hope." Hope isn't genuine if the despair that precedes it isn't first recognized for what it is. So I am deeply grateful to this movie for somewhat understanding that in a way I feel like most people don't.

[rashardmro]

Zeke on the Traktor Kontrol Z2

[hexeyduh]

Embarrassing heart attack