I was up late last night and thought of a question I'd had way back in season one that was never quite answered concerning how Walt knew that Locke was going to open the hatch when he'd never seen it and didn't know what the hatch even was.
I'm still not sure how he knew, circular time theories, shared memories, or whatever you may like, but I'm not hear to debate the reason, I'm more curious about the outcome.
Walt warned about opening the hatch, but nothing seemingly bad came of opening it, did it? Well there was that whole hatch implosion, sky turning purple thing, and as a result Desmond has a displaced in time condition and the Freighter was able to find the island.
The result of that was that Desmond used his time displacement to get Charlie to warn the others against contacting the freighter. That's an interesting dovetail of stories in itself but what it means to me is that there was something to Walt's initial warning all along. The hatch resulted in not only Desmond's condition and the freighter people, but the "rule change" we heard from Ben when Alex was shot, the need to move the island, and perhaps most importantly, the O6 leaving, which we're pretty sure they aren't supposed to have done. And even more importantly will be the season 6 calamity that befalls those still on the island. It's these events that Walt was ultimately warning about when he told Locke not to open the hatch.
So what if Locke had listened and kept it closed? I suppose the losties would have eventually been assimilated into the others and come to understand their purpose over time. Widmore would have never found the island and things would have just gone along as usual.
What does that mean then? Is Walt's warning an indication that the O6 leaving was bad or that Widmore finding the island is bad, or both?
My answer is that the O6 leaving is worse. Why? Because they have a destiny on the island for one, but also because there were a series of warnings. Walt warning not to open the hatch, Charlie warning not contact the freighter, and finally, Locke warning not to leave the island. Locke's warning not to leave tells me that the point of all of it was not to leave.
But how did Walt know to warn them, when he clearly didn't know what he was really talking about? That's an interesting thought, but have to believe that he knows for similiar reasons to how Charlie knew to warn them about the freighter. Charlie was guided to the answer by someone who had supernatural knowledge of the situation. Desmond has time traveled. Locke likewise had been visited by Alpert in the past along with spending time with Ben and Jacob and so have a more informed perspective. So Walt to me, had to have had contact with somebody. He's special, but why? And why if knew way back in season one, that opening the hatch would lead to all of the calamity we're seeing, was he ignored by the characters and then passed over by the story writers in terms of explaining his purpose.
I would say that he hasn't been passed over. I fully expect Walt to be revealed for who he is and his signficance to be explored, and my thought is that he has a similar condition to Desmond in that he is able to sense other time periods.
I don't know that this is the case, but he clearly had knowledge, and I wouldn't be suprised to find that the time effects that we've seen on the island allow someone to be simply aware of things going on in the past and/or future, almost like memories even though they don't know how they got them.
Therefore Walt to me is going to turn out to be some sort of hub, somebody in the middle who has no vested interest in the outcome but is simply aware of events and can help direct them. I heard an idea once that he is Abadon, and that seems to fit. Again I'm not predicting that but Abadon certainly has no clear motivation, and neither has Walt, ever. He was never supportive or against anybody including his father, with the possible exception of Locke. And Locke is the only one he's given advice to, by telling him not to open the hatch.
And that makes me wonder that Walt is going to have a bigger impact, so how is going to help Locke now?
Theory by locke4god
I'm still not sure how he knew, circular time theories, shared memories, or whatever you may like, but I'm not hear to debate the reason, I'm more curious about the outcome.
Walt warned about opening the hatch, but nothing seemingly bad came of opening it, did it? Well there was that whole hatch implosion, sky turning purple thing, and as a result Desmond has a displaced in time condition and the Freighter was able to find the island.
The result of that was that Desmond used his time displacement to get Charlie to warn the others against contacting the freighter. That's an interesting dovetail of stories in itself but what it means to me is that there was something to Walt's initial warning all along. The hatch resulted in not only Desmond's condition and the freighter people, but the "rule change" we heard from Ben when Alex was shot, the need to move the island, and perhaps most importantly, the O6 leaving, which we're pretty sure they aren't supposed to have done. And even more importantly will be the season 6 calamity that befalls those still on the island. It's these events that Walt was ultimately warning about when he told Locke not to open the hatch.
So what if Locke had listened and kept it closed? I suppose the losties would have eventually been assimilated into the others and come to understand their purpose over time. Widmore would have never found the island and things would have just gone along as usual.
What does that mean then? Is Walt's warning an indication that the O6 leaving was bad or that Widmore finding the island is bad, or both?
My answer is that the O6 leaving is worse. Why? Because they have a destiny on the island for one, but also because there were a series of warnings. Walt warning not to open the hatch, Charlie warning not contact the freighter, and finally, Locke warning not to leave the island. Locke's warning not to leave tells me that the point of all of it was not to leave.
But how did Walt know to warn them, when he clearly didn't know what he was really talking about? That's an interesting thought, but have to believe that he knows for similiar reasons to how Charlie knew to warn them about the freighter. Charlie was guided to the answer by someone who had supernatural knowledge of the situation. Desmond has time traveled. Locke likewise had been visited by Alpert in the past along with spending time with Ben and Jacob and so have a more informed perspective. So Walt to me, had to have had contact with somebody. He's special, but why? And why if knew way back in season one, that opening the hatch would lead to all of the calamity we're seeing, was he ignored by the characters and then passed over by the story writers in terms of explaining his purpose.
I would say that he hasn't been passed over. I fully expect Walt to be revealed for who he is and his signficance to be explored, and my thought is that he has a similar condition to Desmond in that he is able to sense other time periods.
I don't know that this is the case, but he clearly had knowledge, and I wouldn't be suprised to find that the time effects that we've seen on the island allow someone to be simply aware of things going on in the past and/or future, almost like memories even though they don't know how they got them.
Therefore Walt to me is going to turn out to be some sort of hub, somebody in the middle who has no vested interest in the outcome but is simply aware of events and can help direct them. I heard an idea once that he is Abadon, and that seems to fit. Again I'm not predicting that but Abadon certainly has no clear motivation, and neither has Walt, ever. He was never supportive or against anybody including his father, with the possible exception of Locke. And Locke is the only one he's given advice to, by telling him not to open the hatch.
And that makes me wonder that Walt is going to have a bigger impact, so how is going to help Locke now?
Theory by locke4god
