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- During the party scene, both Heather and Veronica get moments by themselves when they let their guard down. It's heartbreaking to watch such beautiful girls engage in such destructive behaviour. First Heather performs fellatio on a guy she clearly has no interest in beyond being an older man, then washes out her mouth and spits at her own reflection; she's angry at herself rather than at him. Then Veronica, also angry at herself after another older man tries to bed her, lights her drink on fire and sticks her hand in it. Anyone with experience with Self-Harm can relate to the depression, anxiety, and self-loathing that lead to this type of behaviour.
- Heather Chandler's scene echoes well with her earlier supposed Badass Boast: "Like I give a shit what anyone thinks. Everyone wants me either as a friend or a fuck!" Except that people only want those things from her as a way of boosting their own social reputation. Hell, even Veronica. Nobody really cares about what she wants or who she is. Unlike in the play, this strongly implies that Veronica's fake suicide note for her hit pretty close to home.
- As funny as the quote is, seeing Kurt’s dad break down as he says "I love my dead gay son" is pretty heartbreaking. It sort of seems like he might have some latent homophobia, but it's clearly outweighed by his despair over his child's death.
- And a little bit afterwards, when Veronica laughs during the funeral (something JD said), a little girl hears and looks at Veronica...with tears in her eyes and her nose running. It's unknown what kind of relationship she has with either Ram or Kurt, but the look on her face causes Veronica to freeze up.
- When Veronica fake hangs herself and J.D. walks in, it's the only death that actually rattles him. Somewhat a subversion since he snuck into her room to do the deed himself, but he made it clear he only wanted to should he have failed to win her back.
- Veronica's mother's reaction, too, when she pleads with her daughter and berates herself. She's been mostly cool towards Veronica up to this point, but you can see how devastated she is.
- In a weird and twisted way, J.D.'s final stand with Veronica in the boiler room. Most other movies would show such a confrontation as an intense, suspenseful, and epic one. This movie does not. Instead, it's played with sorrow and bleakness, and it's a little tragic as well. The way Jason depravedly rants about how Westerburg will be remembered as a reflection of society, almost in a tone that sounds like he's trying to win back Veronica. This, along with the depressing music playing in the background, comes off as less disturbing and intense and more just plain sad to see someone just go far off the deep end like that.
- Martha's failed suicide in the middle of the movie. While not as developed in the musical, the way it not only shows how painful she looks afterwards, but the fact that almost everyone just laughs it off and/or flatly ignores it just goes to show how freaking cold and mean this movie was. Heather's comments in particular.Get crucial. She dialed suicide hotlines in her diapers. Is that pâté?
- Heather Duke's bulimia is heavily implied to be at the very least worsened- if not outright caused- by Heather Chandler's verbal abuse of her.
- Real-life example: Kim Walker's death due to a brain tumour in 2001, only thirteen years after Heathers came out. She never got to see what the film became to so many people, and she never got to see the musical it became. She left behind a wonderful career, but it's still a tragedy. "Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast?" indeed.
- Heather McNamara's breakdown in the bathroom, especially when she admits that if everyone else jumped off a bridge, she would too, especially the way she's clearly aware of how goddamn sad that is. She isn't saying it because she thinks it's normal, she's just aware she can't stand up to peer pressure.
