What blows my mind about this odd animation twitter debate is this person thinks Lilo & Stitch ought to be about teaching a little girl how to be good, but it’s actually a story about finding healthy ways to cope with anger and grief, and found families. That’s much better! https://twitter.com/squigglydigg/status/1248572043345326082">https://twitter.com/squigglyd...

1. Lilo is acting out because she lost her parents, not because she’s a brat. 2. She’s six. 3. The movie ... does basically do everything they think it should have?

Maybe this person has yet to lose someone close to them? I don’t want to presume, but it’d be an easy explanation.

Also this is every executive’s nightmare note that a female protagonist needs to be likable. I like that Lilo is angry and weird and biting people because she doesn’t understand where her anger is coming from.

Oh, also I saw this movie when I was 27 and am now 37. My affection for this movie isn’t rooted in nostalgia for my childhood.

Or ... it is, but it’s a nostalgia for the people and places I’ve had to leave behind, which is the sadness and message at the center of the movie. So it’s not a “everything I liked as a child is good” mentality.

This is a total sidenote, but the representation of different body types is so refreshing. It’s not the usual animated style of thin-limbed, big eyed, egg head princesses. I love it.

I can’t stop adding onto this thread, but Lilo & Stitch happens to be one of my favorite movies.