A bit late writing this, I watched it two days ago, but I highly recommend this movie, it was great though *slight spoilers* one scene really hit me hard for a few reasons. The flashback scene with Nick Wilde and the muzzle really brought out some strong emotions in me. I dont keep it hidden why I feel strongly, but I dont like to show it either. Just seeing the fear in his face, terrified, betrayed, confused, all those emotions at once.


There was a nightmare I had years ago. i lived on a small chicken farm with my mom, dad, and one of my brothers. In the dream i woke up and decided to go for a stroll outside, when i was outside i walked along a small county road. During that stroll i ran into a talking fox and soon afterword i met his family, himself, the vixen, and their three fox cubs. We became great friends and i came back to visit them often. But eventually my parents found out that i knew where the foxes were, so they gave me a gun and told me i had to kill them to protect the livestock. So i went to the den and told them what my parents said. After the story the father fox lowers his head and tells me to do as i must because he doesn't want me to get in trouble. That is where the dream literally blacks out, or my mind has blocked it out and left darkness in that spot. When the dream started up again they were all dead, blood was everywhere, i can still vividly see their mangled bodies, especially the 3 fox cubs. Every time i remember the dream it tears me up inside. I have had the dream twice, the first time was when I was around eight. I have promised myself that when I get a pet fox I will give it the best life I can, and do everything I can to protect it.


Years later, though I still dont have a fox, I have planned a lot, and thought about the best and worst possible scenarios. One of the worst case scenarios was that, what if someone filled a false police report and had the fox taken from me and put down? Though I feared it, In my mind I thought it would never actually happen. Then one day it did happen to someone else's fox. Vader the fox was ripped away from his home, after a false bite report, likely confused and scared, before he was put down.


During that scene in Zootopia, I almost lost it, I can't stand to see, hear or think about foxes being hurt or in distress. So seeing him like that, that look of fear and confusion in his face, it hit me really hard.