[ SECRET POST #5957 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5957 ⌋

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01. [SPOILERS for Doctor Who, Buffy the vampire slayer]




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02. [WARNING for rape/sexual assault]

[Oz]



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03. [WARNING for body horror]

[Monster Factory]


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04. [WARNING for discussion of pedophilia]




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05. [WARNING for discussion of child abuse]




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06. [WARNING for discussion of transphobia]


























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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, it was foreshadowed and poignant but that doesn't make it less cruel, even in the scope of the narrative. Knowing someone is going to "die" doesn't make it hurt less when they do, and for me, the hurt mostly comes from her being robbed in a way that other companions aren't. The glimpse we see of her at her wedding, with her loved ones still lying to her and knowing she was so much happier before, just rubs it in.

[(Anonymous)]

The glimpse we see of her at her wedding, with her loved ones still lying to her and knowing she was so much happier before, just rubs it in.

Yes it's a completely different life, but who says she's not as happy? That Donna is a completely different person from the one earlier in the episode but there's also nothing to say that she doesn't have the same potential to become a better person.

[(Anonymous)]

The problem is that the idea Donna is just as happy this way is totally at odds with everything that the show tells us about Donna up to that point.

[(Anonymous)]

Losing her memories of the Doctor was the cost of saving Donna's life from DoctorDonna who was killing her. It's tragic and unfair, yes, because Donna never wanted to become the Doctor in the first place. She only wanted to travel with him. Becoming DoctorDonna in the metacrisis was unintentional. The metacrisis ended up subsuming her. She was no longer Donna at the end because she spoke with the Doctor's voice, not her own.

Donna's happiness in the wedding scene is different than her happiness with the Doctor, yes. But it doesn't necessarily mean it's a lesser kind for her because when we first met her in "The Runaway Bride", marriage was something she wanted. Even though it may seem like that to the viewer.