[Eng] Eyyyyyyy I haven't abandoned this au! This next (and last) part is A DOOZY and I've been kinda busy with some stuff in real life, which is why it's taking so long lol. Thank you all so much for being patient with me despite my radio silence on this! I'm aiming for getting it done some time before July, but NO PROMISES!
[Esp] Eyyyyyyy no abandone este comic! La próxima (y ultima) parte es BASTANTE por hacer y e estado medio ocupado con algunas cosas en la vida real, y por eso es porque me e tardado tanto lol. Muchas gracias a todos ustedes por ser pacientes conmigo a pesar de la falta de noticias! Quiero ya terminar esto antes del mes de julio pero NO HAY PROMESAS!
I’m not even the biggest Zootopia fan but fucking PAWBERT has me. I love him so much why does he look like that- he’s trans now. He’s a trans masc icon look at his fucking sweater that’s a fucking dysphoria sweater and I stand by this.
I’m gonna go on a tangent rn about the one and only,
Pawbert Lynxly
Pawbert, my god, his betrayal comes right on scene with one warning, Judy (and funnily making fun of the betrayal trope that everyone saw coming with him) and he stabs her! His betrayal comes on scene and for a split second I felt like, “aw man, the betrayal came! I should’ve seen that coming.”
But then he catches her
And the entire time he’s apologizing while dragging Gary onto the snow to die, pleading for them not to hate him.
Instantly he becomes such an interesting character, instantly we start to see him in a new light that isn’t “wow ok, twist character what’s new.” He’s conflicting with his role right out the gate! He betrays her but cares for her??? He stabs her with venom that will surely kill her but doesn’t let her fall too harshly??? Fascinating!!!
Judy starts pleading for him that he could still change and Pawbert, looking into her eyes, sad but honest, says “I don’t want to be different.” He instantly transformed from a kid trying to do good despite what his family is, and into a kid who was raised with neglect and fear, wanting desperately to belong. He outright states that actually!
He looks into her eyes and basically tells her, “There’s nothing you can do to stop me from killing your loved one and I’m sorry you had to be caught up in this.” All with his eyes!!! His face!!! He genuinely feels sorry but it’s not gonna stop!
Then it pans over to this glorious scene
I won’t lie, I forgot he was a predator. Yes the first movie made it clear on the racism between predators and prey and the like but during the second movie, I forgot? about it? It wasn’t in the forefront of my mind and it became instead a small part of their characters (ofc I know it’s not small, the movie just did a good job in making me focus on the plot).
It wasn’t until this scene, with him shrouded in darkness, with only his yellow iris’s glowing, stalking towards the light, that I was harshly reminded that he is a predator. The scene succeeded in making me feel threatened at that moment. At that singular, small moment, he wasn’t the awkward dork I was coming to love, a harmless animal who could never harm anybody, he was a predator with the intent to kill. (And technically already did with how he just left Judy and Gary with nothing)
He quickly finds the Beaver and he pulls the awkward, trusting guy act again! Almost easily in fact! It disarms the Beaver just long enough for him to strike. And I especially love the way they did it. They didn’t take forever for him to stab her. He stabs her immediately (we see him moving his arm!!!) and proceeds to keep trudging on, not even looking back!
Another thing I love is how the creators put in is the detail of him continually changing out the cartridges of poison. In a way it further cements the cold hard fact that he is continuously making his choices. He reloads the syringe, (not even looking at it mind you!), and proceeds to hunt for Nick.
Every move he makes, every step he takes is purposeful. He doesn’t feel like a villain who needs a good talking to from the main character to redeem himself. He doesn’t even feel like he’s one step away from backing out. Even though he obviously doesn’t like causing unnecessary harm to Judy or Gary, (or even the beaver,) he has a purpose and it makes him even scarier, even more threatening and it’s beautiful.
There’s a point that’s made when Pawbert is being thrown across the room by his father in the next scene. We saw glimpses of his abuse from his retelling of his relationship with his family and when we first meet them. It’s what I love about this scene, that they don’t shy away from how uncomfortable and sick it is. You even see the two sibling’s in the back not enjoying it. They are victims too. They just were able to get Daddy’s approval. It’s the way Pawbert still seeks out his fathers approval even after getting tossed across the room that pulls at my heartstrings.
The slow descent into insanity is pretty funny, especially with the “The Screaming” reference, but regardless, in the end he doesn’t change. He became the twist villain and he didn’t even fully remove his defining characteristics. He kept his awkwardness, he kept his kindness, and he kept his one true goal; the goal he told us from the beginning in fact; he wants his fathers approval above anything.
Thanks for reading, I made this cause of the one scene of his eyes glowing and I knew I had to talk about it. :>
Spoilers for zootopia 2 (yes I know it came out a month or so ago but the dvds recently came out so urh) , so if you've seen th movie or don't care for spoilers and just wanna see some kid Yap about a new interest keep reading:3
trigger warning for child abuse
So I really liked zootopia 2 and THIS GUY
Pawbert MY GUYYY hes my favorite character OF ALL TIME at the moment :3 and hes a favorite to the fandom (from what I've seen)
and along with being a rather popular character, theres obviously gonna be criticism
Ive seen comments of people saying 'he shouldn't have been evil!' Or 'they should've helped him' and stuff like that, which I agree yeah MOSTLY
I think that people just expect the trope of 'abused character moves on and is better :D', but forget that someone who's been abused won't always choose to be better, theres a reason 'the abused become the abuser' which might be a lil too mucn to describe pawbert, but not all who were abused will be good people. Yes he could be redeemed, but in the movie he says it himself: 'I don't want to be different', meaning he WANTS to be like his family to be accepted by them, he absolutely could've gotten a redemption arc, Id love that, but NOT completely erase his actions.
I genuinely think Pawbert was remorseful for his actions against Judy and Gary, but to him (and many people), being accepted by family is the better option. Not every abused character will be able to see the better (or refuse to see it) and will decide stay. I think he was trying to do good in the first part, but slowly realized that he could do something (burn the patent) to be accepted by his family, and went with that.
Ive also seen comments talking about he's a jerk and stuff by the end of the movie and stuff, but I personally saw it as just him having a psychotic breakdown, trying SO hard to be accepted by his family and for his plan to fail at the last minute, dedicating his life to be accepted and the only chance he got, he lost. Yes, he's still accountable for his actions, but he definitely needs help, which I'd love to see something about (redemption arc is definitely deserved PLES ❤️🩹)
Also apparently Pawbert x Gary is a thing, personally I don't see it, but hey, headcanons exist and I'm not one to judge people's doomed yaoi, I personally didn't see him being shipped with anyone? The most I'd probably see is some oc x canon, or just see him as aroace, which YEAHHH ACE AND ARO REPRESENTATION YEAHHH
I just wanted to get my opinions out there about this guy, he absolutely deserves a redemption arc, but I dont like it how people act that him being a evil character is completely terrible
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