- Sep 20, 2018
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Of course I've read the story, that's why I find her "poor little disabled girl" schitck so infuriating!
We're TOLD that the cured Amanda has no social skills of her own and will need to rely on her friends to develop them. That's not an unreasonable request at all. But look at what actually happens in game: we never get a chance to teach her better skills because she will invariably call out the latest transgression herself, then opine at length about how the rule she's breaking is silly and she doesn't need to follow it anyway. Amanda's social skills are just fine, she simply likes the excuse to misbehave.
I suppose you could argue there's a difference between recognizing a rule and having the discipline to follow it, that Amanda's problem is less about social skills than it is about impulse control. That might make sense, but if so we really ought to be able to push back a lot harder when she starts rationalizing her misbehavior.
As for treating the people she cares about differently, that may be true but it's largely irrelevant. As they say, even evil has loved ones. And frankly, I still see more than a little asshole in how she treats her friends. But just to make this clear, I'm not saying Amanda is evil or malicious, just that she's an unpleasant person I wouldn't want to spend time with.
