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


Friday, March 31, 2023

Ask Dawn and Vern; Zootopia doesn't have/isn't a Parliament?

 

Dawn: I mean, technically no...but to be honest, the Zootopian system of governance is a bit of a hodgepodge of multiple political systems. After all, with so many Roaropean nations coming together to found the city in the first place, all hailing from different types of governments, there were a lot of different ideas on how to run the city coming together in one place.

Vernon: Not to mention the effect North Mammalia's succession from Kingland's control would have on the city, and then o' course three hundred years of evolvin' systems on top o' that.

Dawn: We have our own baseline constitution, and bill of rights that we ended up adopting from North Mammalia, but I'm not sure I'd call us a full-on constitutional republic. Although there are some strong elements of that in the fact that our Districts have quite a bit of autonomy to them...

Vernon: But a Parliment wouldn't quite fit us either I guess...We have a main Mayor that our political officials sorta rally behind, and the Mayor has final say in most affairs. And our lower-level officials 'er not like...it ain't an equal party representation when they come to the table to discuss laws and other stuff regardin' how to govern the city. It's closer to a North Mammalian Congress just with more roles.

Dawn: At best...if you stretch it you could probably get away with calling us a Democratic-Republic-Parlimentary Hybrid...

(Wasty; Pardon me if I botch this...Government systems aren't my strong suit.)

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