hey not to be gay and full of feelings but the importance of little reggie asking elton “when are you going to hug me?” literally cannot be overstated like
wow the rawness and the reality of what it’s like to be a queer kid and a victim of withheld affection from others in your youth only to realize you’ve grown up to withhold affection from yourself vs the beauty of the moment you finally realize you’ve always been worthy of the love you always craved but never received
the second you decide to love yourself despite everything you’ve been through? the second you embrace that child inside of you who’s been hurting since before you could even understand why? magical. healing. that movie really delivered
