#dontkillmeforthis

Zootopia 2 spoilers, but

Im not crazy, i cant be the only one who sees similarities in pawbert and barkovitch... right?? They remind me a lot of eachother, obviously not in a "same character, different font" way but they have many similarities:

Both leave off-putting, awkward or bad first impressions, even if pawbert didnt react to it the way barko did. They both suffer with (at least implied) alienation, bullying and/or lonliness and not fitting in. They both strive for validation although its moreso implied with barkovitch rather than out there like with pawbert. Guilt- see pawberts panicked reaction after poisoning judy & barkos reaction after rank gets his ticket. Barkos breakdown and pawberts body language when getting arrested + in jail. Pawberts guilt and mental turmoil isnt out there like barkos, but its a kids movie so im presuming there was restrictions. They both wanted a friend, how pawbert tries to relate with judy and barko tries fo be accepted before his death....

Dammek: Just today you were crying about slitherbeasts.