since the day you were born.

[antigone921]

Last night we watched "Turn Left," and almost a year later, I still wish that my cracktastic theory about Donna, the Doctor, and Rose had turned out to be true. The plotholes are so gigantic and glaring otherwise. Sure, fandom would've imploded if I had been right, but that would've been a small price to pay for a twist that would've fit so damn

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[antigone921]

It always felt like a personal moment to me, like Rose was trying to reassure Donna that's she's special. The way she says it, her word choice -- it just feels like she knew this prior to meeting Donna in the wrong!verse. Plus it feels, I dunno, very motherly, kinda like how the Doctor's "yes you are, you're brilliant" sounds VERY fatherly. Also, Dalek Caan's influence on events doesn't explain Donna being monitored since the very day she was born. I mean, who did the monitoring and why? If she were a half-human/half-Time Lord baby, I definitely could see the monitoring taking place immediately, esp. since her mum works for Torchwood. But if she were just an "ordinary" human child, why would she have been monitored by anyone? How would've that "red flag" come to anyone's attention? It can't be too obvious, 'cause the Doctor himself never picked up on it.

And oh, yes, the fallout would've been immense. It's kinda fun to think about 'cause I'm strange like that, but it would've been hell to experience. The theory went against everything I believed about the Doctor/Rose relationship ('cause, yeah, they definitely never had sex while she was traveling with him) and would've completely obliterated the nonincest-y fanfic possibilities for Doctor/Donna, and I loved/love those two together. But the unanswered questions still nag at me.