Ok, not sure if this is really a theory but it's a question that I picked up after The Variable which seems pretty big to me but no one else has really picked up on... Where did Farady learn all his info about the future? He's been off island in the 1970's and somehow he's come back with precise details about the future!
- How did he know to go to meet Chang at the Orchid and at exactly that time (he looks at his watch and says 'right on schedule' when Chang pulls up)?
- Where did he learn about the 'incident', what is was, when and how it was going to happen (in precisely 6 hours)?
- How did he know that due to the incident Desmond would end up pushing the button every 108 minutes and that the one time he didn't (or was late to enter the numbers) it caused the crash of flight 815?
- Where did he learn that his mother was a Hostile and on the island in 1977? (Also did he learn Widmore was his father?)
[There might have been a few other points but I can't remember them of the top of my head]
The only explanation I can think of is that there must be someone else in 1977 who is from the future and told all this to Daniel whilst he was off island! I don't really like the thought of it but I can't think of another answer. Is it just me or does anyone else wonder how he had knowledge of everything?
I'm sure there will be some sort of Ann Arbour flash back at some point but it won't be for a while. What is his mysteryious source of knowledge? At that time Ben, Widmore and Eloise the main suspected leaders of this prophecised 'war' were all on the island and 30 years younger in the past, so whomever shared information with Daniel is either from one of their teams from the future or completely unrelated? Does it link to the 'What lies in the shadow of the statue' team? Are they the reformation of Dharma or somehow linked to the ancient origins of the island? Maybe they have knowledge of time travel or possibly of the the island's history, it's properties, it's future, how to manipulate it? I'm sure the details of the island's history are the key to the whole show and will be strung out as long as possible, but I can't wait to start learning about Jacob, Richard, the temple etc.
on a seperate note, I think there is some sort of time loop going on and that this is the one time when The Variable is going to change! I mean what would be the point of writing such an amazing show if it just ends up where it started going on and on forever in a loop? There has to be a break in the cycle and that's the whole point of the story, this is the one time when the future finally does change, when free will overcomes destiny! I don't believe it will wipe everything away and the plane will land again (I mean wasn't the plane already a few hundred miles off course?) but how it affects the future will be something we haven't even considered! And somewhere this War has got to fit into the whole equation! What it is and who it's between I'm not sure and I'm sure the only way we'll find out is to keep on watching!!
So yeah not much in the way of a solid theory but I'm trying to link together all the missing pieces as best I see to answer some of the questions.
- How did he know to go to meet Chang at the Orchid and at exactly that time (he looks at his watch and says 'right on schedule' when Chang pulls up)?
- Where did he learn about the 'incident', what is was, when and how it was going to happen (in precisely 6 hours)?
- How did he know that due to the incident Desmond would end up pushing the button every 108 minutes and that the one time he didn't (or was late to enter the numbers) it caused the crash of flight 815?
- Where did he learn that his mother was a Hostile and on the island in 1977? (Also did he learn Widmore was his father?)
[There might have been a few other points but I can't remember them of the top of my head]
The only explanation I can think of is that there must be someone else in 1977 who is from the future and told all this to Daniel whilst he was off island! I don't really like the thought of it but I can't think of another answer. Is it just me or does anyone else wonder how he had knowledge of everything?
I'm sure there will be some sort of Ann Arbour flash back at some point but it won't be for a while. What is his mysteryious source of knowledge? At that time Ben, Widmore and Eloise the main suspected leaders of this prophecised 'war' were all on the island and 30 years younger in the past, so whomever shared information with Daniel is either from one of their teams from the future or completely unrelated? Does it link to the 'What lies in the shadow of the statue' team? Are they the reformation of Dharma or somehow linked to the ancient origins of the island? Maybe they have knowledge of time travel or possibly of the the island's history, it's properties, it's future, how to manipulate it? I'm sure the details of the island's history are the key to the whole show and will be strung out as long as possible, but I can't wait to start learning about Jacob, Richard, the temple etc.
on a seperate note, I think there is some sort of time loop going on and that this is the one time when The Variable is going to change! I mean what would be the point of writing such an amazing show if it just ends up where it started going on and on forever in a loop? There has to be a break in the cycle and that's the whole point of the story, this is the one time when the future finally does change, when free will overcomes destiny! I don't believe it will wipe everything away and the plane will land again (I mean wasn't the plane already a few hundred miles off course?) but how it affects the future will be something we haven't even considered! And somewhere this War has got to fit into the whole equation! What it is and who it's between I'm not sure and I'm sure the only way we'll find out is to keep on watching!!
So yeah not much in the way of a solid theory but I'm trying to link together all the missing pieces as best I see to answer some of the questions.
