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


Sunday, December 4, 2022

Ask Wasty; North Mammlian Colonialism

 

Wasty: I'd say fairly similar. Although Zootopia being founded was the 'joint effort' of multiple nations and so it remained a sort of neutral, sovereign place, North Mammalia was still colonized by the Kittish, at least on the east coast. The Mexicat and Prench weren't traded to North Mammalia, but agreed to join into a coalition with the colonies once they had broken away from Kitten after the revolutionary war. This would essentially end up laying the blueprint for how North Mammalia would go on to function in the future, with groups of states making up 'regions' largely created by previous territorial lines.


The civil war still happens, though it's less about slavery and more about economic priorities and representation in the United New Kingland government. Slavery does exist, but what with it being scattershot among a variety of different species it was...significantly harder to justify why one species should be slaves and another shouldn't. Thus slavery was less popular and largely looked down upon by both sides of the conflict. I imagine slavery, in terms of Alambtic Corridor States was probably more akin to the Roman version, whereas slaves could earn freedom and become naturalized citizens. But the United New Kingland region of North Mammalia would take the position of slavery being an absolute non-starter, and the Atlambitc Corridor maintained that 'earned freedom' form of slavery in a very limited capacity for several years after the conflict.


I wouldn't say the south won in this war, more like both sides reached a point where they were willing to agree to make what would become the "Atlambtic Corridor States" its own grouped region after significant losses on both sides. In the end though, it only took about another fifty years for the "Atlambtic Corridor States" to largely align with the United New Kinglish States in terms of economic pursuits and their stances on slavery.


Kitten meanwhile would continue to colonize much like its real-world counterpart, squatting in Bindia, and taking Hog Kong. It would largely still be unpleasant for Bindia, and reflected on guiltily by modern Kittish folk. Great Kitten would, however, have had a great deal less colonized areas in Afrikat in this universe, as South Afrikat played the role of competing colonizer when it came to that continent. And despite how big and developed South Afrikat is today, it is still plagued by a host of Mammalian Rights issues and other horrors. They even had their own version of an Arpartied, the effects of which are still being felt today.


Oh also, Alaska and Hawaii are not part of the NMU in this universe. Pawaii is considered part of Japanda, and Alaska is partitioned into the "Klondike Region" and Sibearia, with sibearian soil spilling onto the North Mammalian continent. Naturally, this made the cold war that much scarier with having Grussian outposts on North Mammalian soil, and also made Canidea and its regions more war ready and on-guard than its counterpart in our world.


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