WT: Actually, this isn't entirely off the table...I mean Gazelle and Finn having a kit or calf or whatever. What I mean to say is, that Gazelle has the kind of money to pay for the most cutting-edge pregnancy treatments in all of Animalia, which would be slim pickings when Paige is first born, but as the years go on, Zoot medical and fertility experts would be able to get better and better at helping hybrid couples conceive as they grew to understand the process.
That said, I don't see Gazelle and Finn pursuing it for quite a while...more than likely even starting to toy with the idea fifteen to twenty years after the first pred-prey hybrid. (Paige). But before then, I can easily see Gazelle and Finn getting married and starting a family...primarily through adoption. Gazelle would keep her career, of course, sticking mostly to Sahara Square performances like a Vegas act, and Finn would continue to work for the ZPD. I could see them adopting several pups, of varying species, similar to what our celebrities do, barring the difference that Gazelle and Finn would earnestly want to give their calves better lives, and not see them as just a fashion accessory and means of virtue signaling.
These kids' interests would be all over the place, some taking after their adoptive Mom or Dad, and taking an interest in music or law enforcement. Others would stray to different interests and careers. But regardless all would be fully supported and loved by their odd parents. I don't see Gazelle or Finn pushing for a specific career like Dorian did, but nurturing whatever interest their pups have to the best of their abilities.
When most of those kids are grown, and the tech has improved enough, that's when I could see Gazelle and Finnick taking a stab at having a hybrid and pursuing cutting-edge fertility treatments to make it happen. By this point, Finn would be looking at early retirement, and Gazelle probably would have put a pin in her nightly stage shows to become more of a support or guest singer and lyricist on other younger performer's songs, allowing the both of them to be nearly full time stay at home parents. As for what a hypothetical Gazelle and Finn pup would look like, that's all over the place...they could be lanky and canid looking, tiny and antelope looking...who can say? But regardless, Gazelle and Finn would have pups in my lore down the road. The means and desire would be there.
That said, I took a stab at some designs for some 'theoretical hybrids', and as per usual, as I crafted these two I came up with personality stuff for them.
Gabriel Finnley - Awkward, lanky, and very insecure about his hybrid identity, Gabe is somewhat of a social recluse and introvert. His interests are all dorky, and very self-involved, which makes connecting with either of his parents very difficult a lot of the time, though they try to be supportive. Gabe has a hoof full of real-life friends that get together at that gaming store run by that weird older goat couple to play BnB. This is because as much as Gabe isn't very keen on being out in public, the store is relatively quiet, and having sessions in the family 'manor' just feels awkward, as it makes him feel less like he's normal, and on equal footing with his other equally dorky friends. That said, his favorite pastime, as well as his method of running BnB sessions when he's feeling too agoraphobic to leave the house, is VR sessions. In the VR space, Gabe can 'choose' how he looks, and that suits him just fine.
Frankie Finnley-Gazelle - Frankie is the polar opposite of her older brother. An energetic extrovert who copes with being teased over her hybrid status by sharply leaning into whatever 'hybrid rumors' other mammals are tossing around (Short of myths that could get her hurt.) This includes threatening to eat other mammals, pred or prey. , As well as cackling madly and claiming the conflict between her pred and prey brains are driving her 'Loco'. Needless to say, save for a few mammals she managed to befriend in kit-hood, most of the Zootopian populace gives her a wide berth whenever she passes by. But it's no skin off Frankie's nose, as she has more than enough blessings in her life to make her happy.
So that's some brief, rough run-downs of these two. Are the canon? Aren't they? Who cares, it was a fun exercise regardless...
Thanks for your ask!
-Wasty
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