So, firstly, Donna. It feels so horribly unfair (even though I know it could be worse, even though I know she'll never miss what she lost, even though I should be glad she's still alive) and it hits this personal tender spot I have for characters having their world-view changed without their knowledge, having their personal freedom to choose completely removed. It makes me upset. Not in the hating-RTD stage, but... upset. I can't explain it more than that, but just... oh.

Yes, yes, and YES. The lack of CHOICE really got to me, as well as the violation it represents. I even went back and rewatched 'Midnight', going, ha, Ten, how do you like it when your agency is removed?

And then I got to thinking about it, and a lot of this season is about choices, and when you have them and when you don't. From Pompeii to Turn Left, the largest and smallest choices have consequences, sometimes unintended. (And also how the Doctor will choose life if at all possible, and how that might not always be the best choice). I'm probably going to write up meta and post it in the next couple of days.

I'm also coping by writing "Donna is awesome, even if she doesn't remember anything" fic, which, um, I'll probably ask you to beta.