though it was likely not what you were thinking about at all, since you were on the Impossible Girl.
Even though it wasn't what I was thinking about, you make an equally good point; the loss of Danny has just echoed the loss of her mother. When you consider that the PTSD I was thinking about has to do with a) being splintered across multiple timelines - being a good soldier to save the Doctor - and put back together (who knows how well), is akin to Danny's, or any soldier's, situation of being taken apart by war and imperfectly put back together. (I think all soldiers risk this, although many, thank god, do not suffer. Others, sadly, do.) And I think all Companions also suffer, or run the risk of suffering, some weird type of PTSD. Think about the things she has been through just traveling, even on the "successful" adventures!
In fact, I've been comparing her in my head to Tegan, at least in terms of the problematic relationship she has with the Doctor.
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Even though it wasn't what I was thinking about, you make an equally good point; the loss of Danny has just echoed the loss of her mother. When you consider that the PTSD I was thinking about has to do with a) being splintered across multiple timelines - being a good soldier to save the Doctor - and put back together (who knows how well), is akin to Danny's, or any soldier's, situation of being taken apart by war and imperfectly put back together. (I think all soldiers risk this, although many, thank god, do not suffer. Others, sadly, do.) And I think all Companions also suffer, or run the risk of suffering, some weird type of PTSD. Think about the things she has been through just traveling, even on the "successful" adventures!
In fact, I've been comparing her in my head to Tegan, at least in terms of the problematic relationship she has with the Doctor.