I can agree with you in a way. Much as I don't have a particular qualm against Zoodystopia in and on itself, I can understand why many people will consider that too depressing.Nevertheless, given that I have read a few Zoodystopia fanfics that actually managed to work without being way too angsty (as in, still depressing in some parts, but not too "OMGeveryone'semo" kind of thing), I guess Zoodystopia just needed.... I dunno, the right publisher? My theory is that Disney, despite whatever nasty crap they have managed to cram into their recent movies (Tangled, Frozen and Zootopia, for example), have been TOO well known as family-friendly entertainment studio, and thus Zoodystopia's dreariness is just too much for them. Had that script been handled by another studio that unlike Disney is well-established as gritty, I can imagine people are probably more accepting.Ah, theories