I think you're overgeneralizing it. It didn't seem to be her sole motivation, just the overwhelming impetus behind her actions toward Echo, specifically. Even that, emotionally, appears to be more for the betrayal and abandonment than for the injury itself. To me, her narcissism and social ineptitude defined her more than the disability because she had adapted to the use of one arm (notice the one-handed keyboard? those things are cool!).
As far as Echo getting over her disability, I didn't give her any credit for that whatsoever. Echo is a Joss Whedon's Strong Woman(tm) superhero. When she needs to adapt to a situation, her brain unlocks the mystical secrets of deus ex machina and does it for her. You'd really think they'd have Topher trying to figure out where she hides all those other minds when they're wiping her.
Topher's biggest problem is that each and every person he works with has a type-a personality, and he gets pushed aside whenever one of them has an agenda. Their office interactions are based almost entirely on dominance and intimidation. I think he's also quite dependent on the security and familiarity of the dollhouse, so he becomes very anxious with anything that could risk removing him from it.
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Date: 2009-12-06 11:07 pm (UTC)As far as Echo getting over her disability, I didn't give her any credit for that whatsoever. Echo is a Joss Whedon's Strong Woman(tm) superhero. When she needs to adapt to a situation, her brain unlocks the mystical secrets of deus ex machina and does it for her. You'd really think they'd have Topher trying to figure out where she hides all those other minds when they're wiping her.
Topher's biggest problem is that each and every person he works with has a type-a personality, and he gets pushed aside whenever one of them has an agenda. Their office interactions are based almost entirely on dominance and intimidation. I think he's also quite dependent on the security and familiarity of the dollhouse, so he becomes very anxious with anything that could risk removing him from it.