Ask the BellHunters

Hello, I'm Dawn Hunter-Bellwether...er, formerly Dawn Bellwether if you didn't recognize the added surname. And before you ask, yes 'that' Dawn Bellwether. Ex-Assistant Mayor, Ex-Mayor, Ex-Criminal Mastermind (Reformed thank you very much), City Savior, Controversial Author, and Predator/Prey relationship advocate. I'm also, as you probably guess by the hyphenated last name, married, and happily so to my mate Vernon Hunter, a gray wolf. I'm also a mother to three wonderful pups, something I never thought I'd ever have the chance to be! But, lamb sakes, I've gushed enough about myself here without explaining exactly what this blog is for. You see, after the release of my book “Predator Seeking Prey”, our little family started to get a lot of public attention again, and with it came a lot of question from curious mammals and other pred/prey couples from all over Animalia. My best friend and mate Vernon thought it would be a good idea to deal with these questions directly by opening a sort of blog/forum and taking those questions about our lives directly. Since then, I'd like to say our little blog has been quite successful, with even members of our family and friend circle pitching in and taking a few questions as well. So with all that said., please feel free to Ask Away!


Oh, and also, feel free to check our old location for previous asks until we can get a better archive system in place!


The original Ask Dawn And Vern Tumblr! This blog is a continuation/reboot of the "AskDawnAndVern" tumblr, as I am permanently locked out of the Tumblr at present.

https://askdawnandvern.tumblr.com/


(Blog Author Note: This blog is based on the fanfiction “The Rehabilitation of Dawn Bellwether” as well as it's pseudo-sequel “A Lamb Among Wolves”. If you haven't read them, it'll probably help you better understand what's going on here if you do. I'll link both stories below. Oh Also, I'm open to questions as well. Simply direct “Author” emails to “WastedTime” when composing them. And before I forget, I have a Patreon! Five dollars gets you access to in progress fics, Ask priority, and art previews of both SFW and NSFW art. Of course, even a dollar would help. Seriously, it's how I keep projects like this alive.


The Rehabilitation of Dawn Bellwether:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11999389/1/The-Rehabilitation-of-Dawn-Bellwether

A Lamb Among Wolves:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12364172/1/A-Lamb-Among-Wolves


Wasted Time's Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/wastedtimeee


And Finally, Please Submit your asks to this email address!
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If the link doesn't work for you, send those emails to "Wastedtimeee@Askthebellhunters.com"

Friday, July 31, 2020

It's like I'm not even here...



WT: That face when your girlfriend would rather snuggle up with your tail...

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Father's Day


Vernon: Well, technically this here's my second father's day. Got to experience my first one last year just around the time we found out my Honey Lamb was carryin' Paige. O' course, I didn't exactly know much about celebratin' Father's day from the Pa's side of thangs and all, and with everythin' that was goin' on at the time it was a kinda a subtler celebration.

Dawn: With Ulric and Honey in jail in Norwulff, and me spending a few days in the hospital while they continued to run tests on me, Vernon didn't get the father's day he deserved. Granted, I had been putting plans together with the pups to surprise Vernon, but...well...those kinda changed during the chaos of that few weeks.

Vernon: Aw hush now Honey Lamb, it was more than fine. I mean, what better present could a Pa possibly ask fer than knowin' his mate is carryin' his pup. Havin' a nice hospital cafeteria dinner together and gettin' gifts from my pups was more than fine considerin' the circumstances.

Dawn: Thankfully, this year we got to make up for it big time. Our pups and I brought my Puppy Love breakfast in bed.

Vernon: Y'all really pulled out the stop with that one. That stack o' pancakes was as big as Paige.

Dawn: *Giggles* Well, it was two father's day breakfast's worth after all.

Vernon: Still, I only got one stomach. *Chuckles* The me from a year weren't still hungry fer the meal he missed.

Dawn: Later in the day we ate at the Grazer's Green, And Allison, Edison and I gave him his Father's Day gifts.

Vernon: *Chuckles* Yep, I got a great MASA tie from Edison, and a fancy wolf coffee mug from Alli, the 'traditional' Pa's Day gifts as my own Pa warned me about.

Dawn: *Giggles* Puppy, don't say that. You might discourage our pups.

Vernon: Hey, I love those gifts! But my Pa did predict purty well what I'd be gettin'. *Laughs* Only thing I didn't get was a new tool set.

Dawn: Well...I hope my and Paige's present defied his predictions.

Vernon: *Laughs* Ah yes, I love my new sheep bandanna. I'm keen on wearin' it as much as I possibly can.

Dawn: Of course, that was only part of my present. Thee other half came...later...

Vernon: And so did I. *Chuckles*

Dawn: Puppy! Shush! *Blushes.

Vernon: What? Ain't like we off handly mentioned doin' that a bunch o' times on this thang. We're still young after all... Sides', what better way to celebrate the six month anniversary of gettin' my plumbin' all stopped up with a vasectomy then givin' it the ol' thorough 'stress test' to make sure it's still holdin' in place.

Dawn: *Giggling* *Intense Blushing*


Breaking the Fourth Wall



Misfit: I tend to come to this universe for the food. And as long as I cover up my feet I can generally pass for one of those...fox things in public.

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Good Ol' Fashioned Hopp's Family Shotgun Wedding




Nick: Well, the odds of me putting a bun in the bun's oven are extremely low.

Judy: Though not impossible!

Nick: Well, it isn't the kind of odds I'd be taking if I was going to spend a day betting at the Oasis Hotel and Casino that's for sure. As for whether ol' Mam' Hopp's would wedge a shotgun between my shoulder blades over defying the laws of nature...well...I don't want to stereotype but...

Judy: Oh no, he would. He absolutely would. He's done it before, with seven or eight of my sisters.

Nick: Wait? What!? You're serious!?

Judy: Oh deadly serious. He's got a special shotgun specifically for weddings. With a white wood polished stock and everything.

Nick: I er...um....*Begins to sweat* Mam', I better be more careful from here on out then. *Sighs* I'm going to miss not using condoms.

Judy: What about those steep odds?

Nick: You said it yourself Carrots. Steep, but not impossible. And knowing that Ol' Mam' Hopps threatening to mount me in his study is on the table, I'd like to keep those odds as low as I possibly can.

Judy: Well, if you want to obliterate those odds altogether, putting a ring on this paw would spare you two barrels aimed at the back from 'Ol' Mam Hopps'.

Nick: Ugh, not you too. I get enough of this from my Mom as it is...

Horn Handling



Vernon: I'd have to defer to the...horned members of my friend circle fer an answer to that question.

Melanie: Well...as much fun as it would be, it...isn't really feasible.

Gus: Yeah...I mean, one of my horns used to be too fragile to handle with anything more than a medium degree of pressure.

Melanie: The doctors said there was a very real risk of Gussy's bad horn splitting down to the root if it experienced too much trauma.

Gus: Not that we...directly posed the question “What if my mate wants to grasp my horns while mating?”

Melanie: And now that it's been replaced with the prosthetic, well...

Gus: There's a risk of uprooting it if we aren't careful. I mean it's in there pretty good but...er...I'd be foolish if I underestimated Melly's grip. At the very least, there's a chance of snapping the screw that holds the horn to the base.

Melanie: *Chuckles* You only have yourself to blame for that cause you rut me so good.

Gus: Geeze Melly...*blushes intensely*

Samson: We...also can't do any...horn holding during...

Delilah: I uh....well, y'all know how it is. Bear strength and all that.

Samson: Even moose antlers would be rendered as resilient as toothpicks when you've got a lovely lady bear taking you for a ride.

Delilah: *Giggling*

SCPs and CreepyPastas



Gus: Passively. Some of them are interesting, some of them less so.

Vernon: As a fan of weird Sci-Fi and Paranormal horror like readin' material, them SCP case files can be a real fun read.

Dawn: I think so to, and the fact that a bunch of them are all compiled together while being written by various authors gives the whole thing that sort of old Pulp Fiction kind of vibe. Like reading and old “Weird Tails” magazine. It's just a huge swath of a bunch of really cool concepts and collaborations all wrapped up under one big banner.

Vernon: I think my personal favorite has gotta be that one with the “Infinite Iflea”. A neat combination of humor and a bit of an unnerving atmosphere.

Dawn: I always like that one with the multi-colored stone? I forget the name exactly, but I remember someone did a read of it, and it was like an hour long.

Vernon: The stone one? The one where it would change color and open some weird portal to a paralelle universe filled with brown goo and giant shadow monsters?

Dawn: That's the one! Oh, and another good one is “The Hangmam's Tragedy”. The one with the obscure play that when performed drives everyone within range of the performance into a psychotic and violent rage.

Joel: Pft, SCP is old news...the only good spooky content you get now is Creepy Pastas. And that's once in a full moon these days.

Broomie: You hear about that recent ARG one, where they are saying every copy of Mewrio 64 is personalized?
Joel: Oh heck yeah, that's a great one! I love supplementary visual stuff to convey a spooky story. Granted the whole Wareowr Apparition thing kills it. I mean, the mammals playing it wanted to see Wario so much he just appeared? Most Cria's playing video games back in the day barely knew who Wareor was. And they were too busy spreading rumors that Mewuigi was in the game! If anything, Mewigi would be the character that showed up. *Sigh* A stain on an otherwise pretty serviceable ARG.

Lily's Secrets (Found AU)



WT: This is a post related to Elite Shade’s BellHunterverse AU “Found”. Check it out on Fanfiction.net and Archive of our own.


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Vernon: Welp...I mean...
Dawn: It has led to a few rather embarrassing public exchanges, especially the...er...'cowboy' incident...

Vernon: Yeah...Lily sorta caught us in the middle of bein'...well...intimate one time.

Dawn: And of course, we couldn't exactly hide everything quick enough...like the western clothing...I mean, I was dressed as a saloon girl, it would have taken me a good two to five minutes to get out of all those frills.

Vernon: I was dressed in...considerably less...

Dawn: Just chaps and a cowboy hat. *Giggles*

Vernon: So when she asked what we was doin... me and Dawn just said 'we was playin' cowboy.”

Dawn: And Vernon told her to keep it under her hat.

Vernon: An expression she didn't exactly understand. So I guess it shouldn't have been all that surprising when it came out at the last Hunter get together.

Dawn: We spent the rest of that trip trying to live that down.

Vernon: Admittedly though, it does has it perks.

Dawn: Mostly when Lily inadvertently embarrasses someone else, like Yuri for example...

Vernon: Heh heh, yeah, we was visitin' them up in Seaotter a few months back. We were takin' Trevor and Alice to see a movie that Lily wasn't all that interested in.

Dawn: We didn't want to cause any friction between the pups, so we elected to still see the film with Trevor and Alice, but leave Lily with Ada to spend some time bonding with her aunt and Uncle when he got back from work.

Vernon: O' course the messages had already been sent out that'd us and the pups would be out fer part of the day and I guess yuri figured that meant he and Ada could get in some 'private time'. So...S-os- *Chuckling* Y-yuri he...*Shakes head* I can't, Honey Lamb, y-you have t-o *Cackling*

Dawn: *Giggling* Apparently Yuri rolled into the apartment on roller skates, in rainbow suspenders. *Laughing* Apparently he was trying to do a sort of...' disco hunk' thing. Of course, much to his chagrin, he quickly found out Lily was there, and everyone was laughin'....well everyone but him.

Vernon: *Chuckling* Now, despite Yuri's best efforts and showerin' her with gifts, he still hasn't been able to keep her from bringin' it up now and again. *Laughs* The best part is watchin' him struggle to keep his composure outta fear of losin' his 'favorite uncle' status with her. *Chuckles* Certainly managed to put an end to Yuri bringin' up Me and Dawn's 'Cowboy time'.

Dawn: I only wish Ada took photos. *Giggling*

Ulric and Honey's 'Humon' Analysis (Found AU)



WT: This is a post related to Elite Shade’s BellHunterverse AU “Found”. Check it out on Fanfiction.net and Archive of our own.


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Honey: Well, if you want my take-
Ulric: The wrong take.

Honey: *Chuckles* Hey my take is the end result of doing a bunch of research, looking through archaeological and paleontological records and scouring ancient folklore from across Animalia to try to pinpoint a proper origin point for the species! Whereas your 'take' is almost nothing but baseless conjecture!

Ulric: *Huffs* Baseless conjecture. Surely when you were looking at some of that ancient folklore and depictions of these 'humons', you saw the depictions of those 'unknown crafts'? And what about all the sheep turning up in the same passages as these humons?

Honey: First off, those 'crafts' are hieroglyphic separators. Second-

Ulric: That's just what 'they' want you to think!

Honey: *Sigh* Let me just state my case, alright?

Ulric: Fine.

Honey: Based on everything I could scrounge up, to me it looks like these 'humon's' were a species that preceded the “mammalian explosion' during the previous ice age. From what I can gather, I believe they split from the great ape family and evolved much more slowly than mammals did. This of course, would make them rather easy pickings during the 'great mammalian explosion', as out more intelligent ancestors presumably hunted and chased a great many of them out of their habitats as they expanded and eventually drove them into hiding. Of course, since this preceded written language for most species of mammal, accounts of the humons quickly faded into little more than folklore without mammals to see them first pawed. A cryptid up there with the likes of the Loch Neighs Monster and CatSquatch. Any rare sighting post that time was relegated to hoaxes and fairy tales. Of course, how they managed to eke out a semi-modern existence in terms of cultural development without ever revealing themselves still has me scratching my head. I mean, how did they manage to hide their cities for so long?

Ulric: If I may?

Honey: You're going to say it anyway, so...

Ulric: First off, the 'humons' are not related to the great apes. I mean, look at Marcus and Lilly! You can see the sheepish bone structure, and their hide is the exact same pink tint that most sheep's are under their wool!

Honey: I really don't see the bone structure thing. And I mean, lots of mammal's have pink hides under their fur. What exactly are you getting at?

Ulric: 'Humons' we're clearly created in a lab by sheep, using a portion of their DNA as the base and combining it with several other species to create some sort of...' super mammal' foot soldier, ordered to lie in wait until the time is right to strike and help them finally take of all of Animalia!

Honey: Are you sure that's what happened, and not a nightmare you had?

Ulric: If they can hide their cities, they must have hyper-advanced technology! And the fact that they could hide themselves for this long among us I mean, who's to say the 'sheep overlords' aren't hiding in a moon city!? HA! I used to get laughed at for that one! But not so funny now is it!?

Honey: While I'll admit I'm not sure how they've managed to stay hidden for so long...I mean, that boat Marcus came in was about as advanced as stuff from the early last century. And based on his descriptions...I mean it seems like they are behind us by a good century in terms of technology. I really can't imagine them being a real threat to us. If they tried anything now, it would just be the first Zootopian's versus the native wolves all over again.

Ulric: Well if Dad and my brother would let me actually investigate that boat I could find the cloaking mechanism that is clearly hiding its true form! Then we could actually start reverse engineering and preparing for the coming war!

Honey: *Shakes her head, planting a soft kiss on Ulric's forehead that causes the wolf to recoil.* Oh, my sweet Ully, You are lucky you are so cute...*coughs* and hung...