Editing Disney Villains Victorious: Gridlocked K/L/Rs (section)

== Mayor Dawn Bellwether of Zootopia State (Zootopia, 2016) ==

King - Mayor Dawn Bellwether
 
Initially Assistant Mayor of Zootopia, Bellwether's rise to power began after her predecessor was caught hiding away predator animals that'd reverted to their savage ways. Though the city was struck by unrest, it wasn't until the highly-publicized murder of a police officer by a feral predator that Bellwether was able to manipulate Zootopia's terrified animal populace into giving her permanent power. While Bellwether has addressed the people’s fears with a simple evening curfew, the tensions behind the scenes are only rising in large part due to her own efforts. Bellwether is a cunning, careful, and disarming sheep, using fear and perception to shift public opinion closer to where she wants it without ever putting her own neck on the chopping block. Even now, as mayor, many can’t help but see Bellwether as a sweet little sheep, doing her best but easily cowed. This is a mistake few will get the chance to make twice, as Bellwether can end political careers in a week’s time. So long as she can keep enough of the city’s overwhelming prey population afraid of the predators ‘in their midst’, Bellwether can continue to remain in power and continue her policies of quiet prey supremacy. 

Land - Zootopia State
 
Zootopia and its surrounding areas have fallen on harsh times ever since the country’s economic collapse. Once a prime tourist destination on the west coast, the city has turned into a crumbling, economically downtrodden metropolis plagued by problems both internal and external. Increased gang violence, coupled with rising tensions between predators and prey, have combined with the city’s decaying climate systems to create a city in the throes of recession. Well-educated citizens with means to move often turn to the rest of the country for greener pastures, the once-thriving art scene has dried up, and every year sees fewer and fewer tourists arriving. Elusive mafia don Mr. Big has consolidated great swathes of organized crime in the area, leading to increased tensions with police and the occasional act of violence against anyone who denies him protection money. The presence of ‘Primal’, a crystalline drug made from refined Night Howlers, has been making the rounds all over the west coast and has only led to further urban decay. Overall, Bellwether acts with a subtle hand and never lets anyone know the true extent of her feelings- by distancing herself from followers on the political fringe, she is able to make her own policies seem all the more tolerable in comparison, and doesn’t fear downplaying her rhetoric for a while so as to keep up the facade. Very few, if any, know what Bellwether is like under the mask.

Rule - Fear Always Works

Anti-predator sentiment has increased ever since the incident, with tacit discimination from the city in areas that predators usually live; increased police presence, subtle reduction in service of city utilities, even construction of new power plants in certain sections of Tundra Town. All of this adds up to a slow but inexorable encouragement for predators to go elsewhere without outright stating the mayor’s intent. Prisoners on parole or dangerous, repeat offenders are forced to wear Tame Collars that zap them whenever their 'feral emotions' are expressed too freely. Despite this Bellwether is easily able to fake a friendly front and fool all but the most perceptive or paranoid.
Zootopia still technically possesses a tourism board, though the slew of problems plaguing the city have reduced sightseers to a trickle. Humans will always stand out against the anthro majority, but their presence is not unexpected. Anyone attempting to make waves, however, is likely to attract the ire of the government- the lack of naturally occurring metahuman powers in the anthro population means that most looking to stop or commit crimes are reduced to technological means barring exceptional circumstances. An undercurrent of fear runs through the city, especially among the prey population- it’s not uncommon for many to give a predator the side-eye, given that the fear of one ‘going feral’ is a theoretical yet extant threat for many. If that threat ever becomes too distant, Bellwether can always apply another dose of Night Howlers to an unsuspecting predator. Mr. Big is able to capitalize on this sentiment, drawing more to a life of crime in the hopes of gaining whatever advantage they can, or that things will go back to the way they once were, should the current administration ever be removed.

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