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The realest part of this was that afterwards Owen has to just resume working as if nothing happened

This absolutely broke my heart. This is true horror. The desperate slow-moving horror of knowing you've taken the wrong path, knowing that the person you were meant to be is slipping through your fingers. It's almost more awful that, as the sidewalk chalk says, there IS still time. But you're too trapped, too scared to ever change. So everyday you lose that better path, over and over again. Absolutely stunning.

Easily the most disturbing thing about this scene to me is the fact that everyone just goes blank. No reassurances, no looks, not even a gasp. Everyone is indifferent to his pain and just wants to get on with it. Terrifyingly relevant.

The way that everyone just goes limp and slack-jawed is crazy. It's like this world that is built to break him down and erase his identity knows that the best way to bring him back to complacency is to just sit there and wait for the breakdown to end. Because having the people around him react to it in a meaningful way would make his feelings seem more real

"sorry ignore me I..." And then just more desperate screams. This is an instant classic of queer cinema.

I like the fact that they kept saying happy birthday faster and faster like how Maddy said that for her time was going too fast earlier in the monologue. Before you know it, a chunk of time was consumed and you end up where you end up no matter what choices you did or didnt make.

"Im dying right now!"

Being an extra in this scene must have been exciting but also so hesrtwrenching. That Mommy alone would have pulled me out of my seat.

This scene broke me.

i cannot describe how many times ive felt like this. this is it for me. "Im dying right now" in a body that is not mine. ive screamed like this too. transitioning is going to save my life.

the scream that owen let out is the scream ive been wanting to let out for my entire life. this scene is just so... you can tell its the culmination of everything before it. pure, utter anguish. what a masterful film

I come back to this scene a lot. I think a lot about how after she tries to regain her composure and apologizes she screams again for help from her mom, its so human and sad. What a movie.

This was one of the saddest scenes in the entire soul crushing movie

Love you Isabel. I hope she'll be okay in the end.

Watching this scene reminded me of a time when I was 16 and broke down in front of my dad, sobbing so hard I couldn’t breathe and just telling him that I was sorry I couldn’t be the person he wanted me to be. I had to call my mom to pick me up. The symbolism of her screaming but no one reacting, seeming like they’re not even there, really resonated with me. Begging for someone to reach out and help you but not wanting to bother anyone, and even if you did bother them they don’t care anyways. It’s as if they’re not even there.

Everything about this scene is what I champion the most about this film. It has stayed with me.