Just trying to rationalize some mysteries that have never been resolved since early in the show. The first one I was considering was Walt and Michael's story.
The Other's steal Walt, but why. Well Michael of course went after him, prompting the deal to be made with the other's for Michael to bring them Jack, Kate, Sawyer, and Hurley. Michael did bring them, and was allowed to leave. Since the whole sequence was initiated by the Other's then it stands to reason that the end result of letting Michael and Walt go was exactly what they wanted. And so both Michael and Walt's escape to the real world was needed.
We've seen that Ben used Michael on the freighter in later season's, and while we still have questions as to what Walt is doing in the 3 years after he's left the island, I believe the time travel element has revealed that his "older" appearances even within season 3 are due to this time travel effect. Those appearances were in some way of Walt in the future. Still not sure what he's doing though.
But why not just steal both Walt and Michael both off the raft at the end of Season 1 and tell them to leave. Why have Michael trick the other 4 into going with him to be ambushed by the Other's?
Ben and/or Jacob wanted Jack and co. to think of the Other's as their enemy. It would enhance his desire to leave the island. I'll get to why he needed to leave in a moment, but consider that Ben knew that Widmore was trying to find the island and thus had equipment to find it. Likewise Ben knew that tricking Locke into destroying the computer prompting Desmond to activate the failsafe would allow Widmore to find it and send his freighter. So he had Michael in place, and had given Jack the full desire to leave.
So in essence all of season's 1, 2, or 3, were one big game for Ben to get the pieces to where he wanted them. Nothing really serious happened. The meat of the story began at the end of season 3, when Jack finally made the call to the freighter.
While I'm thinking about it. What in the world was the whole "move to the caves" story all about? Other than finding "adam and eve" and teasing us with that potential, I don't know what else was accomplished. The losties didn't stay there. They've never gone back. The place just doesn't seem to have really had that much significance, although perhaps it enhanced the tensions between Locke and Jack on a few levels, and that is where we pick up in season 4 and 5.
Jack has left and is upset with himself for having left. Locke has stayed, but is confused and while he wants Jack back, he doesn't seem to know why. But Ben? Ben wanted this. He wanted Locke to stay and go through the events that take place after Jack left, and he wanted Jack to be off the Island so that Locke could go through this by himself.
Ben knew that Widmore would come and he would face some militaristic opposition, although he was confident that he couldn't be killed. I'm certain that his confidence in these situations stems from his knowledge that he commits certain acts in the future and thus he must survive to commit them. So Ben submitted to Widmore's men, freed Jack, and sent Locke on his way.
I'm going to write a conclusion to this, but so far what I have are the facts of what has happened. These aren't disputable, it is what has taken place and to speculate on what happens from here you have to have understand them. I'll continue tomorrow. Nighty night.
Theory by Locke4God
The Other's steal Walt, but why. Well Michael of course went after him, prompting the deal to be made with the other's for Michael to bring them Jack, Kate, Sawyer, and Hurley. Michael did bring them, and was allowed to leave. Since the whole sequence was initiated by the Other's then it stands to reason that the end result of letting Michael and Walt go was exactly what they wanted. And so both Michael and Walt's escape to the real world was needed.
We've seen that Ben used Michael on the freighter in later season's, and while we still have questions as to what Walt is doing in the 3 years after he's left the island, I believe the time travel element has revealed that his "older" appearances even within season 3 are due to this time travel effect. Those appearances were in some way of Walt in the future. Still not sure what he's doing though.
But why not just steal both Walt and Michael both off the raft at the end of Season 1 and tell them to leave. Why have Michael trick the other 4 into going with him to be ambushed by the Other's?
Ben and/or Jacob wanted Jack and co. to think of the Other's as their enemy. It would enhance his desire to leave the island. I'll get to why he needed to leave in a moment, but consider that Ben knew that Widmore was trying to find the island and thus had equipment to find it. Likewise Ben knew that tricking Locke into destroying the computer prompting Desmond to activate the failsafe would allow Widmore to find it and send his freighter. So he had Michael in place, and had given Jack the full desire to leave.
So in essence all of season's 1, 2, or 3, were one big game for Ben to get the pieces to where he wanted them. Nothing really serious happened. The meat of the story began at the end of season 3, when Jack finally made the call to the freighter.
While I'm thinking about it. What in the world was the whole "move to the caves" story all about? Other than finding "adam and eve" and teasing us with that potential, I don't know what else was accomplished. The losties didn't stay there. They've never gone back. The place just doesn't seem to have really had that much significance, although perhaps it enhanced the tensions between Locke and Jack on a few levels, and that is where we pick up in season 4 and 5.
Jack has left and is upset with himself for having left. Locke has stayed, but is confused and while he wants Jack back, he doesn't seem to know why. But Ben? Ben wanted this. He wanted Locke to stay and go through the events that take place after Jack left, and he wanted Jack to be off the Island so that Locke could go through this by himself.
Ben knew that Widmore would come and he would face some militaristic opposition, although he was confident that he couldn't be killed. I'm certain that his confidence in these situations stems from his knowledge that he commits certain acts in the future and thus he must survive to commit them. So Ben submitted to Widmore's men, freed Jack, and sent Locke on his way.
I'm going to write a conclusion to this, but so far what I have are the facts of what has happened. These aren't disputable, it is what has taken place and to speculate on what happens from here you have to have understand them. I'll continue tomorrow. Nighty night.
Theory by Locke4God
