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
Monday, October 30, 2023
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Ask Kodi and Conner: Zootopian Reserve "Nation Building"
Kodi: I like the quotes around 'Building nations", I feel like there's an implication there. *Laughs*
Conner: The Zootopian Reserve's idea of nation-building isn't the old Kittish Army and Navy's idea of nation-building, that is to say razing and pillaging a newly discovered nation before installing some sort of puppet government in place. It's what it says on the tin, sometimes literally.
Kodi: A majority of the time it's helping impoverished nations build housing, or set up agricultural systems, and of course, we also help establish and organize medical care deployment when a nation suffers from some sort of horrible disease outbreak. Although that's not to say all those situations are...well...one hundred percent clean operations.
Conner: Depending on exactly what kind of trouble is occurring, firearms might be required to help keep order and make sure everything runs smoothly. You don't want a mob of sick mammals rushing a medical station and destroying it accidentally in the stampede because they are desperate for medical aid. You also don't want guerrilla gangs and warlords looking to take advantage of the aid we're providing by shaking down the citizenry of everything we've provided for them. Sometimes the job needs more than just mammalitarian aide, sometimes it needs peacekeepers.
Kodi: Then there are the actual hostile warzones. Usually our primary focus there is to help refugees get out of horrible situations like that while minimizing casualties. Although sometimes that requires us pushing back some sort of extremist faction and taking out their wannabe dictator of a leader in order to protect those mammals who are simply trying to live their lives.
Conner: Of course that's all still considered small-scale operations. If such a crazed militant faction is too large, or some dictator has got a deep enough foothold in controlling a nation while the populace suffers and struggles to fight back and is pleading for outside help, that's somethin' that...well I mean that's full-scale war at that point. That requires agreement from multiple mammals at the top, and multiple nations going in to topple somethin' like that.
Kodi: Basically, when countries ask us to help, we do our best to fulfill that request. And if we aren't enough to help, then it enters a larger discussion as to what Animalia can do to help as a whole.
Thursday, December 2, 2021
Friday, January 15, 2021
Ask Kodi and Conner; Coyotes vs. Wolves; Howling
Conner: If you want to get...technical...then...I mean, a true coyote howl, like a real primal call can carry about half a mile.
Kodi: Whereas a wolf's howl can travel nearly ten miles under optimal conditions and climate. Of course, that's an estimate based on calls carrying over arctic tundra. In a majorly congested city like Zootopia, I imagine a wolf's howl carries under a mile.
Conner: O' course that's not too much of an issue considering you wolves tend to amplify each others howls.
Kodi: Don't act like Coyotes don't have an innate urge to howl or 'scream' when they hear another coyote. Just because there are less coyotes in Zootopia then wolves doesn't mean you guys aren't just as bad as the rest of us.
Conner: Pft...Shows what you know. At least I can keeps my calls under control when I'm in the heat of a rut. You on the other paw, well you make sure the whole district knows.





