Ok, I haven’t posted any new Lost stuff in the last two weeks. Things have taken a very interesting turn. Sayid shoots young Ben. Kate and Sawyer bring Ben to Richard to “save” him. Here is the million dollar question:

Did the island bring back the group to ensure these events happened – or did the island bring them back to fix this history?

The group of time travelers all had a part in potentially preventing Ben from becoming an Other, but either choose not to do anything or take the wrong action. Sawyer told the lie that got them all in DHARMA. Jin runs off to find Sun, and gets Sayid caught by DHARMA. Juliet makes the suggestion to take wounded Ben to the others. Kate and Sawyer brought Ben to Richard and made the choice to have Ben become an other. Jack sat on his ass and did nothing to save Ben (hippocratic oath, my butt). If Jack would have saved Ben, then Ben wouldn’t be taken to Ben – AND Ben would lose interest in becoming an Other. Sayid, of course, puts a bullet in Ben. If none of these events happened or happened differently, Ben would have grown up a normal kid (albeit a sad, abused, messed up kid), but things wouldn’t have turned out so messed up.

Regarding Kate. I’m glad her character has grown up and has chosen to do something that doesn’t involve making a choice between Jack and Sawyer. I think that her mission the smartest one out of the survivors this far. Find Claire – bring her back to Aaron.

What about Sun? Why didn’t she go back in time to be with Jin? I think it’s either because she forgot to bring her daughter back with her, or she has a role to play in the upcoming war and the island needs her in the present time.

And let me reiterate my position that there is something fishy about the Christian Shepard Ghost character. He’s obviously not Jacob. If he is an agent of the island, then he’s making some odd choices. The first time we see Ghost CS, he tricks Jack into running off a cliff. Then he takes Claire but leaves Aaron. Then he appears in the Cabin (with a very relaxed/drugged Claire) and tells Locke to move the island. But where was Jacob?

Receiving Ben, Richard makes the statement that Ben would be “one of them” and will lose his memory of recent events and also lose his innocence. By becoming an Other, is this the process that they take? By being exposed by the secrets of the island, does that make them “special” and give them abilities like disappearing into thin air, healing themselves, and immortality? Is this same process that saved Ben and made him an Other, the same process that brought Locke back to life? Is Locke now officially an Other? I’m also getting the sneaky vibe that all the passengers aboard Ajira 316 are paid soldiers of Widmore. You can’t fight a war without soldiers right? And who are the armies on the island in Present day? The Others… and who else? All the Oceanic people have been either killed or tossed back in time.

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