#zootopia thoughts

[dearhopps]

— wildehopps and their love language(s)

^_^ judy!!

quality time

as much as judy hates to admit it, there are times where she feels stressed by the day. judy tends to value times quiet and relaxing times, were she and nick can have a movie marathon without any interruptions, go out for a fun hobby, or even just lay in complete silence, enjoying each other's presence.

physical touch

judy loves her space, and usually tries to keep up that way for everyone else, which causes her to often feel touch deprived. i see her trying to keep it cool around others, but secretly loves it when nick clings onto her around their apartment. she feels the most loved when nick holds her hand while running errands, cuddles her after a long day at work, or pecks out of nowhere.

;> nick!!

acts of service

we all know nick spent most of his life working for himself and himself only. because of this, it means a lot to him when judy offers her help despite how small the issue is, especially if she was paying attention and stepped in to help regardless. small acts like that make nick feel "taken care of" in a sense.

words of affirmation

nick leans more towards the thinking type, i think (he's an entp for god's sake lol). if he gets judy a gift or does something special for her, he expects her to say something abt it, or give some sort of positive reaction! as much as he hates it, he can be a bit of an overthinker, so a few words of reassurance every now and them can take a lot of pressure off of his shoulders. he's secretly a sucker for random "i love you"s from judy.

[saiikavon]

I feel like when I tell people I have anxiety that colors their perceptions about a lot of my habits/reactions to things. I mention that I have difficulty sleeping, and yeah, I get that the obvious thought would be, “She can’t sleep because she keeps thinking about stressful things too much.”

In reality, I’m lying awake thinking about how Zootopia wasn’t just about racial prejudice, but gender prejudice, and also an illustration of why binaries don’t work. Because they have this predator/prey binary which only seems to affect certain species in certain ways; Chief Bogo classifies as a “prey” animal since he’s a buffalo and therefore an herbivore, not a predator, but he isn’t looked at as timid or weak like Judy is; Mr. Otterton is classified as “predator” animal but his ability to do harm is severely underestimated by even Judy herself and he’s overlooked for some of the more deadly-looking predators in the missing mammals case.

So like. This is my life.

[flaminaustralianthongs-blog]

Could you guys image a zootopia created in the same art style as 'Spirit and away' or 'My neighbour Totoro'

[k-she-rambles]

But Nick at police academy though.

Nick isn't like Judy. Someone tells Judy she can't do X because X has never been done before, she tries anyway. Not just tries, but works her tail off for a 110% try.

This exists on the weird border between character trait, choice, and habit. Importantly, it exists separately from other people's expectations of her. She's internally motivated, challenges and sets goals for herself, and comes to her own conclusions.

Nick, on the other hand, is externally motivated. He tends to live up or down to other people's opinions of him (that one's at the border of choice, habit, and character, too).

The fact that Judy believes that Nick would make a good cop (ie, aspire to be honest and brave, vs sly and untrustworthy) Means A Lot.

So police academy is going to be tough. A lot will be expected of him (good), but he'll also face prejudice from some of his fellow recruits who think he can't (or shouldn't) make it.

I just think it would be a 5+ month trial by fire for his decision to live up to his potential rather than expectations.

He'd come out of the academy with a way better knowledge of himself.

Also, any contact he'd be allowed with Judy would be So Important.

[k-she-rambles]

I mean, you can see Nick's attitude towards Judy change as he realizes she's facing prejudice from her police co-workers.

Up to that point, from his perspective, Judy is the antagonist. The cop with something on him, the blackmailer with a can of fox repellent on her hip and dogged determination to solve a missing persons case with a comical lack of resources.

The moment he realizes she's been pressured by her larger and more powerful higher-ups into staking her life's dream on solving this (and doing it WITHOUT the resources a rookie of another species would have gotten) is the moment he decides to help her of his own will.

He sympathizes. He steps in to defend Judy from prejudice that he's faced, gives Bogo and the other officers a scathing verbal shaming, and escorts Judy to the tram car with a very pointed "Officer Hopps."

(And note how Nick talks down to them, on their level: "Well, it's no wonder she had to get help from a fox," he says, both mocking and highlighting the disrespectful and racist tone they've just taken with him and implying that, according to their metric, Judy must have been desperate.)

(Also note: Nick steps in to help Judy defend her dream...after having said that she's foolish for trying, and before revealing that he lives down to other people's prejudice because it's safer.)

But, my point was, you can see Nick coming to all these conclusions onscreen, and Zootopia is a really good movie.

[ladydouji]

Quick Zootopia thought

So during the chase in the museum we saw a display of a group of prey animals fighting off a still savage predator with spears. I wonder if there are ever any petitions or protests to have it removed or changed. Because I keep thinking it’s equivalent  in our world would be an American History museum having a display of Native Americans attacking settlers or a wagon train, including scalping them.

It’s something may have happened, but the way it’s presented seems designed to inspire fear and prejudice, and doesn’t give the whole context and story.

[cracticusly]

some thoughts on zootopia

Interesting/noteworthy things in zootopia: Please understand that there probably some things i missed or misunderstood from the movie. These are just some of my first impressions and interpretations of the movie.

1) the movie characters were made up of Only land mammals. No flying/gliding mammals like bats or oceananic mammals like whales were in the movie.

2) Do not judge a book by its cover. This one’s a classic.

3) Discrimination and segregation of animals in a place meant to be homogenous because of “biology”. It’s a Predator vs prey world out there. There are also some Past vs present conflict what becomes more obvious during the scene in the natural history museum. The whole conflict could be put very easily in a human context such as males vs females. In fact, the genders of the characters do not even need to be changed that much for it to become such a conflict…

4) Naturalist club! The idea of unconfortable beliefs (to Judy at least) to be accepted because “anyone can be anything”

5) Gazelle playing a role as a celebrity, making a stand in a crisis.

6) children are little idiots and can be horrible, horrible monsters sometimes.

7) all knowledge might come in handy and the answer to things might be found anywhere.

8) Food was never addressed. A shame. Then again it could take a whole movie to explain. How does it work for the carnivores? Assuming fish are still normal fish, maybe they eat seafood instead??

9) Terrorism and the tyrany of the masses. Happens alot in real life. The perpetrators of a terrorist act or mass acts of violence (in this case seemingly the predators) belonging to a certain common minority is severely discriminated due to these individual’s behavior.

10) Discrimination creates monsters. The main villain became a villain because of the discrimination they faced.

11) Breaking unconscious stereotypes, as usual! Eg: Mr big. Flash being a sloth then turning out to drive very fast. (Best plotwist 2k16)

Congratulations to Rich Moore for being the coolest name in the credits!