What happened to Donna broke my heart but I was really surprised to see people saying she would have been better dead because either a) she's worthless or b) her life without the Doctor is worthless.
Which gets a massive WTF from me.
Because:
a) Like you said she was totally awesome before the Doctor came along, it was just nobody saw it even herself (which is probably why she fell so hard and fast and determinedly when Lance showed her some attention). Now even though she might not yet see it, everyone else has and they are going to treat her differently which will change the course of her life. Plus as a piece of personal canon, I like to think that the little bit of the Doctor that might still be rattling around inside her is his curiosity and that that could help spark her own which was really well shown in Turn Left (if that makes any sense).
b) This seems to me like fandom buying into the whole idea that life without the Doctor can't be positive or meaningful, which ruined the Rose story for me in the end. Don't get me wrong, life with the Doctor is obviously fantastically mind-blowing (most of the time) but that doesn't mean that there aren't things to do and experiences to have and life to live on Earth too. Plus life on earth is rapidly expanding knowledge wise in the new universe. I've seen suggestions that the former idea is exactly what the programme is trying to suggest and it does in some storylines but others show that that's not true - i.e. Martha and Jack and post-School Reunion Sarah Jane. Plus we saw in Forest of the Dead that Donna could be happy with a normal life and that she does want to find love and have children - something that probably couldn't have happened if she'd stayed with the Doctor. So even though those were things I think she would have willingly sacrificed to be with him but that doesn't mean she cant have a wonderful satisfying life without him. We all have to make do with what's given to us but that isn't always a tragic disappointment. (Whups got a bit over-involved there)
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What happened to Donna broke my heart but I was really surprised to see people saying she would have been better dead because either a) she's worthless or b) her life without the Doctor is worthless.
Which gets a massive WTF from me.
Because:
a) Like you said she was totally awesome before the Doctor came along, it was just nobody saw it even herself (which is probably why she fell so hard and fast and determinedly when Lance showed her some attention). Now even though she might not yet see it, everyone else has and they are going to treat her differently which will change the course of her life. Plus as a piece of personal canon, I like to think that the little bit of the Doctor that might still be rattling around inside her is his curiosity and that that could help spark her own which was really well shown in Turn Left (if that makes any sense).
b) This seems to me like fandom buying into the whole idea that life without the Doctor can't be positive or meaningful, which ruined the Rose story for me in the end. Don't get me wrong, life with the Doctor is obviously fantastically mind-blowing (most of the time) but that doesn't mean that there aren't things to do and experiences to have and life to live on Earth too. Plus life on earth is rapidly expanding knowledge wise in the new universe. I've seen suggestions that the former idea is exactly what the programme is trying to suggest and it does in some storylines but others show that that's not true - i.e. Martha and Jack and post-School Reunion Sarah Jane. Plus we saw in Forest of the Dead that Donna could be happy with a normal life and that she does want to find love and have children - something that probably couldn't have happened if she'd stayed with the Doctor. So even though those were things I think she would have willingly sacrificed to be with him but that doesn't mean she cant have a wonderful satisfying life without him. We all have to make do with what's given to us but that isn't always a tragic disappointment. (Whups got a bit over-involved there)
I will miss her though.