How come only some of the survivors got "flashed" to the 70's (Jack, Hurley, Kate, Sayid) and others (i.e. Ben, Sun) didn't?
We haven't seen any situation yet where an adult character is in the same time period as his/her younger self; i'm guessing that that just cannot happen...you cannot have two versions of yourself in the same time period.
We know for a fact that young Ben is in the 70's and that is why older Ben didn't get "flashed" there with the rest of the survivors. Sun didn't get transported either so i'm guessing that must mean that young Sun must be on the island too! Is she really Hanso's daughter or other form of relative? (that may be pushing it but who knows...)
That's probably also why Charlotte died when the final flash took them to that time period; because her younger self was already there and the laws of time won't allow that...
Yes, when the donkey wheel was broken, the survivors were flashed to time periods where they already existed but that's just it, the donkey wheel was broken and everything was off. Which is why they all started bleeding from the nose just like Charlotte... They probably would have died too if the donkey wheel was fixed in a time period where they were all there. That also explains why Charlotte was dying faster than the rest of them; because her younger self was in more time periods than the rest of the survivors, so everytime they flashed to a time period where she was already there, she would get weaker. The rest of the survivors were in far fewer time periods and they were therefore getting less affected...
As for Frank Lapidus, either his younger self is also there or, (more likely) he wasn't an original survivor and wasn't needed by the island.
Just another side thought: So far we have 3 ultra rich and powerful men; Ben, Widmore and Sun's father....Two of the three originate from the island (Ben, Widmore). Is Sun's father linked to the island as well? If so, that would tie in to my original theory above... Theory by Voila21
We haven't seen any situation yet where an adult character is in the same time period as his/her younger self; i'm guessing that that just cannot happen...you cannot have two versions of yourself in the same time period.
We know for a fact that young Ben is in the 70's and that is why older Ben didn't get "flashed" there with the rest of the survivors. Sun didn't get transported either so i'm guessing that must mean that young Sun must be on the island too! Is she really Hanso's daughter or other form of relative? (that may be pushing it but who knows...)
That's probably also why Charlotte died when the final flash took them to that time period; because her younger self was already there and the laws of time won't allow that...
Yes, when the donkey wheel was broken, the survivors were flashed to time periods where they already existed but that's just it, the donkey wheel was broken and everything was off. Which is why they all started bleeding from the nose just like Charlotte... They probably would have died too if the donkey wheel was fixed in a time period where they were all there. That also explains why Charlotte was dying faster than the rest of them; because her younger self was in more time periods than the rest of the survivors, so everytime they flashed to a time period where she was already there, she would get weaker. The rest of the survivors were in far fewer time periods and they were therefore getting less affected...
As for Frank Lapidus, either his younger self is also there or, (more likely) he wasn't an original survivor and wasn't needed by the island.
Just another side thought: So far we have 3 ultra rich and powerful men; Ben, Widmore and Sun's father....Two of the three originate from the island (Ben, Widmore). Is Sun's father linked to the island as well? If so, that would tie in to my original theory above... Theory by Voila21
