A picture that is only slightly more allegorical than literal, but still gets the idea behind the characters.
On the left, Gareth Ovine really grew up into his own ram. Healthy wool covering, proper demeanor, and horns he keeps intentionally short, so no one thinks he wants to scrap. He is the keeper and worker on the Ovine farm. The name has become *A* name, said in passing in the company of the likes of Weaselton and Hopps. ... Because of his sister, the ewe who came back. Small towns die blood drop by blood drop and even a transpo hub like them could become nothing more than a depot if they're nothing but old folks and temp workers. Sharla chose to come back. Like Travis Dreyson nee Blackpaw and Jaguar Manchas, those who come back matter. And his brother-in-law is an Ovine now. Gideon. Golden boy of the Tri-Burrows, hometown hero. Gareth's an Ovine. He runs the farmstead. His sweat makes food they ship out. But he's not why his name is good as gold.
Speaking of gold, his new hire from the city is unique. Gisela Howlmeyer. She roared into town one day on a throaty and powerful Snarly-Dholeson Bristleback motorcycle, from the city. No one comes from the city on the road unless they have to, if they need to take everything and go. She asked for work, any work, offered by a ram. Her foreignness was written plainly across everything. Her accent, her gear, her clothes. Mein Wolfsrudel wird deine Herde beschützen. Her family business. From the Old Country to the new, even if only her brother was a soldier and her sister worked with him at his personal protection company, she learned. A young woman, she should be in college. But she flees a city that swallowed her family whole, put her siblings in cages for taking the wrong job. Now she works for Gareth. She will do anything he requires. Work the soil, fix equipment, guard his land and his home. In a very odd way, Zootopian wolves have self-domesticated. Those who choose to walk a good road, be especially positive, are basically dogs. Gisela is almost literally a German shepherd.
A couple of characters from my series The Burrows. These two folks may not have many chapters on them, but they do have some nice interactions. They're really a nice pair.
Zootopia and Gareth © Disney
Gisela is mine
Art by capt_hairball
On the left, Gareth Ovine really grew up into his own ram. Healthy wool covering, proper demeanor, and horns he keeps intentionally short, so no one thinks he wants to scrap. He is the keeper and worker on the Ovine farm. The name has become *A* name, said in passing in the company of the likes of Weaselton and Hopps. ... Because of his sister, the ewe who came back. Small towns die blood drop by blood drop and even a transpo hub like them could become nothing more than a depot if they're nothing but old folks and temp workers. Sharla chose to come back. Like Travis Dreyson nee Blackpaw and Jaguar Manchas, those who come back matter. And his brother-in-law is an Ovine now. Gideon. Golden boy of the Tri-Burrows, hometown hero. Gareth's an Ovine. He runs the farmstead. His sweat makes food they ship out. But he's not why his name is good as gold.
Speaking of gold, his new hire from the city is unique. Gisela Howlmeyer. She roared into town one day on a throaty and powerful Snarly-Dholeson Bristleback motorcycle, from the city. No one comes from the city on the road unless they have to, if they need to take everything and go. She asked for work, any work, offered by a ram. Her foreignness was written plainly across everything. Her accent, her gear, her clothes. Mein Wolfsrudel wird deine Herde beschützen. Her family business. From the Old Country to the new, even if only her brother was a soldier and her sister worked with him at his personal protection company, she learned. A young woman, she should be in college. But she flees a city that swallowed her family whole, put her siblings in cages for taking the wrong job. Now she works for Gareth. She will do anything he requires. Work the soil, fix equipment, guard his land and his home. In a very odd way, Zootopian wolves have self-domesticated. Those who choose to walk a good road, be especially positive, are basically dogs. Gisela is almost literally a German shepherd.
A couple of characters from my series The Burrows. These two folks may not have many chapters on them, but they do have some nice interactions. They're really a nice pair.
Zootopia and Gareth © Disney
Gisela is mine
Art by capt_hairball
Category Artwork (Digital) / Fanart
Species Unspecified / Any
Gender Multiple characters
Size 970 x 1280px
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Bunnyburrow has done well for itself given the husks that so many small towns have become of late. (At least in America, not so much in my own country.) Some deserve better, some should have died long ago, but there's a reason Zootopia focused on a big city and why BB was but an afterthought.
The Tri-Burrows has a weird advantage in the stories I made. They're an independent municipality that is still in the aegis of the Zootopian city-state. It's why they have the sheriff's department and a Burrow council but not a mayor for the towns. And their own jail but they can still send people to Zootopian high security prisons (as happened to Rob Hopps). They're also a big transportation hub, so the economy is slightly more stable. And there's some tourism dollars. But still, the ones who come back are big time hometown heroes. And those who convince others to come there. Someone like Kenny raising the population by 1+, with his wife from the city and extra little tagalongs. Duke and Muffin get to count on the census because they own property, and get big ups for injecting a ton of cash while doing it. And now, Gisela is another one-up for the Burrow, even when her family is freed, she has new obligations.
Howlmeyer Personal Protection. They're still around, in a sense. Her brother-in-law Councilor Seedsworth holds the company and maintains all stored assets and previously extant liquid capital.
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