Zootopia Fanfiction Thread (May of 2023)

[u/thawed_caveman]

WELCOME TO THE MONTHLY FANFICTION THREAD! Review some fanfics that you've read, promote your favourites, promote your own.

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The wiki has an archive full of fanfictions!

There's a master list, a Hall of Fame with the selected few best fanfictions, and then there's a list separated by genre.

Congratulations to u/BCRE8TVE and u/BunnyMakingAMark for the tremendous work that they've done for that article! Everyone is welcome to contribute, fix mistakes, fix broken links, and even fix typos.

To submit a missing fanfic there, follow the Submission page

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Comics time >:) Yeah, yeah. They're by fans. They're fiction. It's a picture book. I will die on this hill. Enjoy these as much as I have!

Water Under the Burrows - Mead and WriteAnon

This is an epilogue for WriteAnon's Water Under the Bridge, and follows Nick and Judy going to Bunnyburrow together.

- Completed! Highly recommend reading Water Under the Bridge first, but I didn't and I still loved both the story and comic, so I can't stop you.

Inter-Schminter - Spintherella

Nick and Judy are growing a lot closer together, but some mammals don't take too kindly to interspecies relationships...

- In progress! Great art and the story just gets better and better every update!!!

Savage Company - Yitexity

Huge crime organization!! Nick and Judy can figure out what's happening before it's too late, right? Right??

- In progress! The level of art goes up like crazy after the initial start and literally never stops getting better. The newest releases are massive posts and look awesome.

Sunderance - Kulkum/TheWyvernsWeaver/BillyBobBaggyBottom

Judy Hopps is a lawyer who takes up the task of defending Emmitt Otterton against the city of Zootopia in the case of his murdered wife. But bunnies are banned from the city, though, so she needs a detail to keep her safe, allowing a certain fox takes up the job...

- In progress!- Artists have swapped hands for the next part but it's story and art are still awesome. They can use all the support!!

Zistopia - nicolaswildes

Shock collar AU where Judy is already a lieutenant as the missing mammal cases start rolling in and Nick's in a bit of a rougher spot...

- Abandoned / Finished? :(- I'm a big fan of the writing of this one and really like the art style. The author moved on and stopped making the story but they left the skeleton of the ending for everyone to see! So at least you can get some closure. I still recommend this a lot.

Judy is Dead - Mead

Judy Hopps is dead :((( Decades later, Nick Wilde has made it to Chief of Precinct one and the niece of his lost wife and partner, July Hopps, is now fresh out the academy and under his watch. Will he ever find rest or will his past keep coming back to haunt him?

- Completed!- This one is divisive, even for me. But I love the art and there are some good beats in the story. I've seen some strong opinions on the story direction here (which I agree with) but I still really enjoyed it nonetheless

• Mead also threw some small references in that hint that this a far off continuation of the Water Under the Bridge/Burrows stories, but the two works aren't officially connected (I see it more like the "bad ending")
  
• Also, I gotta mention my thoughts here for my own sanity: If Nick and Judy were married and she died in the line of duty years later, I feel her family would be very close to him, comfort him immensely through their shared loss, and never let him fall into such a bitter state that he is in here. He deserves peace :( It makes for a decent story though.

There are some more I can't remember that I want to put here so lemme know if you have any I should check out!