#dna without consent and when the doctor does the same thing to poppy in ep8 she doesnt have a problem with it!!!

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Im still thinking about Belinda. The biggest problem with the finale is not that she became a mother. You could have kept the Poppy storyline and had her become Poppy's mother. But for a character who from the off valued and pushed to have her agency respected, the fact that this child didn't come into her life through any choices she made should have had ramifications. It's the same problem as in Interstellar Song Contest. Belinda recognises that the Doctor is dangerous in episode 1. He essentially kidnaps her and nearly gets her killed multiple times after that so. As much as she can like the Doctor, how does it not become a sticking point to her that the Doctor TORTURED someone and nearly got her killed AGAIN. And then again in Wish World/The Reality War, she has a child, but it's because of Conrad and the Doctor's wish so when she realised this she could have still felt like "I have memories of Poppy and I am her mother and I want to keep her safe" and also "Doctor I just wanted to go home and now my life has been changed so radically without my consent" and when they were discussing the possibility of losing Poppy she should also have had a moment to recognise that because of the Doctor she is facing a huge huge huge loss. The loss of a child is no small thing. What im saying is there were no emotional ramifications that felt truthful to the Belinda of Ep 1 throughout this season. Her character was cheated of any lasting traits and personality. She could have even come to recognise that she wants adventures with the Doctor but still reckoned with the fact that she was right. He is dangerous. He is pretty words and talks of destiny and then wreaking chaos into her life and upending it without her say so. He's like fire. Stand too close and you get burned.