that reprint of pug davis that removes the homophobia is rebecca sugar's worst moment, the original is so aching
the difference in impact is crazy...
another thing that's sad about this choice is that it really detracts from the tone and punchiness of the climactic scene; in the original pug is very obviously about to call blouse a slur again, but with the word cut from the earlier scene it's not clear he would have said anything harsh at all
in a "this is about my experience navigating a world in which my peers would regularly use homophobic slurs" way, despite the explicitness of this theme being cut in the release this forward was written for
















