Not the friends themselves - the innocence of the age, the ability to not only think up something so unique to yourself, but believe in it so hard that you feel you're willing it into the world.
That the entire world can be shaped by you if you just try.
I think we can all collectively agree this is the saddest scene in Inside Out 1.
Head canon, everyone who cried in this scene is because subconsciously we also mourn for the loss of our own imaginary friend.
Not the friends themselves - the innocence of the age, the ability to not only think up something so unique to yourself, but believe in it so hard that you feel you're willing it into the world. That the entire world can be shaped by you if you just try.
Yeah. I think that was the intention.
Real. 🥺