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This is why I get so annoyed at fanfics that give Echo a second hand.

Disabilities aren't something you can just fix. They're something you have to learn and adapt to. Something that affects your entire life.

By removing Echos scomp, you are deciding that writing convenience is more important to you then character growth and disability representation.

Echo learnt and adapted to his new body. You shouldn't remove all his hard work just because you don't like having to write around his prosthetics.

There are literally thousands of other Clone troopers with two hands. Let disabled people have representation.

Let me tell you what an amazing job Star Wars did by giving us Echo

They gave us a traumatized physically disabled character, made him loving, caring, skilled and badass - and they “allowed“ his face to show the hardship he had to face. (Putting “allowed“ in quotes because obviously no one needs to be allowed to look the way they do.)

They gave him hollow cheeks, ashen akin and bags under his eyes and they weren’t tempted to “fix” him by changing his appearance over time.

I have some friends who have been through dramatic life-changing events like a heavy chemotherapy or the loss of a child, and they have their biography written all over their face. When you look at them you can see immediately that this is a person who had something happen to them. They have their happy moments like everybody else but even when they laugh you can see it, it is etched into their faces. What happened to them is a part of their biographies and always will be.

And that’s why I love how they made Echo. It gives those people who have been through something traumatic representation without raising unexpected expectations for them to finally get over it, “heal“ and get “healthy“ again. Not everyone can and they are just as beautiful and lovable as everybody else. 🫶🫶🫶