Zootopia 2 is officially in theaters, bringing Disney’s juggernaut of an animated franchise back onscreen for the first time in a decade. In the time since the release of the first film, the titular world and its anthropomorphic animals have lived on in theme park attractions, plenty of merchandise. and one comic that has become notorious in certain parts of the Internet. Recommended Videos Titled I Will Survive and brought to life by artist William Borba, the webcomic might be best known to the chronically-online by its unofficial name: “the Zootopia abortion comic.” Yes, you read that combination of words correctly. Published between March and June of 2017, I Will Survive stretches through a total of 25 issues. and it tells quite a story within that span of time. In it, happy-go-lucky bunny Judy Hopps discovers that she is pregnant with the baby of Nick Wilde, her witty partner who happens to be a fox. While fan works about characters having non-canonical pregnancies are certainly nothing new (especially in the furry community that has co-opted a lot of Zootopia‘s hype), the direction I Will Survive takes is something unexpected. It not only gets into the specifics of inter-species sex in that universe, with Judy admitting that she didn’t think they could even have children, but it gets into the moral dilemma of whether or not to keep the child. Nick and Judy do not agree on that topic, and she wants to have an abortion. After a tearful and shockingly adult debate on the topic, the two of them eventually break up. It needs to be seen to be believed. I Will Survive has endured, in part, because of the tonal dissonance of its subject matter and characters: the idea of two animated animal Disney protagonists needing to have this debate at all. Its legacy also lives on in some of the deathly-serious tone that its dialogue takes at one point, Nick calls Judy’s decision a “premeditated sin,” a line that has ascended into meme status in the years since its publication. People have even cosplayed as the story’s specific version of Nick and Judy, down to sporting Planned Parenthood merch and a pregnancy test. Borba eventually published two sequels, titled Born to Be Alive and Never Say Goodbye, which somehow took things even further. Judy is established as bisexual, Nick’s emotional maturity is put to the test, and the entire thing culminates with. Judy almost dying in a take on the JFK assassination. We don’t have enough time to unpack the content of these comics, and what Borba is ultimately trying to say with them. But as it stands, you could argue that I Will Survive (as its title suggests) was never truly going to die. Outside of judyhoppsl0vr69, it was easily the most infamous thing to spin out of the Zootopia fandom. The release of Zootopia 2, however, has only exacerbated things. As soon as the movie’s marketing campaign began, eagle-eyed fans noticed that Nick is sporting a novelty t-shirt that says “Foxy dad.” Could it just be a pun for the sake of puns? Yes. Could it also hint at a less-problematic depiction of Nick and Judy potentially being expecting parents? Maybe. Zootopia 2 is now playing exclusively in theaters. (featured image: Walt Disney Studios).
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