User blog comment:Emeraldblade95/PG Removal: Joy (Inside Out)/@comment-39032584-20191013121527

Yeah, cut her. Compared to earlier drafts of the film, where her negative traits were apparently more pronounced, she comes off as more misguided than anything else, but she still comes off as possessive towards Riley for much of the film, with most of it being dedicated to her learning that the more negative emotions, especially Sadness, are essential to Riley's wellbeing as well. She obviously didn't mean any harm by keeping her suppressed, but it was still obviously doing Riley more harm than good, not to mention it slightly came off as bullying towards Sadness. So yeah, again, she had very little intentional malice, if any, and she got better, but she was still being possessive and controlling in her own way for much of the film.