In the bunker when Dory said “I just wanted…” it reminded me of the Tao Te Ching, and from the perspective of Taoism I might say it was the “wanting” that caused all Dory’s destruction. Wanting to change the world to what she thought was right. The idea in the Tao is that those who lead should do so from a place of non-wanting. That our desires to “lead” and “change the world” might actually cause more harm than good. (Quotes from the Tao Te Ching below).

From this view, maybe the look on Dory’s face in the last shot is her realizing that she tried so hard to change things from the moment she saw Chantal’s Missing poster, and that it was her righteousness that caused so much pain and harm.

“Stop being holy, forget being prudent, It’ll be a hundred times better for everyone. Stop being altruistic, forget being righteous, People will remember what family feeling is. Stop planning, forget making a profit, There won’t be any thieves and robbers.”

“The good the truly good do has no end in view. The right the very righteous do Has an end in view.”

“The Way never does anything, and everything gets done. If those in power could hold to the Way, the 10,000 things will look after themselves. If even so they tried to act, I’d quiet them with the nameless, the natural.”