While I was completely immersed in the Sherwood and Novgorod stories, Suki didn't consult me about the holiday events. Though, she did try — there are a few missed calls from her as proof. Let's just call it a surprise in honor of Zootopia 2's release.
Yeah, it’s a bit confusing, but come on! What are assistant directors for, right? If Porsha wants to perform with Gazelle for our audience — why the hell not? Let’s pay her!
(Yeah, this is just me lightly playing off a real-life moment — I went bankrupt on New Year gifts XD It’s temporary, though.)
As for how Gazelle feels about PAS and why she asked to be paid partly with her membership:
Gazelle is extremely wary of humans. In her opinion, humans are the strangest creatures on the planet. Despite being almost identical to each other (unlike the citizens of Zootopia), they somehow always find reasons for xenophobia and racial conflicts in every century. Furthermore, Sherwood's story will reference mass pogroms and genocide perpetrated by humans and the Church. Of course, throughout history, humans have repeatedly attempted to stigmatize anthros or control their populations through reservations. (Sherwood was one such project.) But to avoid mirroring the behavior of those she considers strange, she supports PAS’s ideas about equal rights and peaceful coexistence between beast-morphs, anthros, and humans. In our world, there aren’t many social funds that actually invest in such equality and peace. So for her, PAS is like an island of hope — its own little Zootopia where beast-folk and humans protect each other and keep the place safe together. She also highly appreciates PAS’s creative contribution to the shared history of our species living on one planet — through films where humans and anthros team up against xenophobic, Nazi-like evil. The number of her fellow beast-morphs who trust the organization and even work for it convinced her to get Gold Membership in PAS. Gold Membership gives her a ton of privileges:

- Real estate on PAS-controlled territories

- Legal protection and guarantees

- Political asylum in case of conflicts

- Access to the PAS internal news network

- Priority medical care in PAS clinics

- Exclusive invitations to closed events and premieres

- Personal security detail when on PAS territory

- Voting rights in certain organization decisions

- Discounts on PAS-produced media and merchandise

Despite her tours and packed schedule, Gazelle will remain a permanent privileged member of PAS.