Behold, the most damaging deleted scene of all time.
The removal of this scene fundamentally alters the relationship Lilo has with Stitch in their early stages, reducing her affection to Stitch to her simply being a nice girl.
This scene establishes her patience and always blindly optimistic attitude towards Stitch as transference from her parents, contextualizing their entire relationship.
“I needed you.”
As for the sadness of the scene, it is nothing that can’t be found in Fox and Hound, or many of the other Disney Renaissance Film.
If this scene was in the final cut, I would’ve outright CRIED
Oh
my
god.
tears
legit
tears
“He was part of our family, you don’t let them die!”
Lilo feels somewhere deep inside, a pang of guilt from what happened to her parents. Be it she forgot to feed Pudge, and he in turn forgot to make it a peaceful day in weather, or simply because she was in the car too. She felt guilty and used Pudge as a type of coping tool to let her know her broken family couldn’t be torn apart any further, even though the stitches were unraveling right before her eyes.
Currently wiping the tears streaming down my face
im like tearing up
WTF?! THEY KILLED PUDGE!!!
(via themasimofiles)
Source: crashic
