BlackRock's First-mate... by Ricky

For once I'm just gonna post a real short and sweet theory here:

In the wake of recent "(insert known character name here) came on the BlackRock theories", I will attempt to stimulate your thinking muscles, so here we go:

Richard: we are all pretty much on the same page here. It is still a Quote Un-Quote mystery, but it's no "Jimmy Hoffa" thing, in fact I think it will be a bigger WTF moment if Richard doesn't arrive on the BlackRock, which means that is entirely possible too.

But now on to the real reason I'm posting this theory, now I must say that I have no proof of this, it is only speculation, but in my thought process it is, feasible, so bare with me.

Ok, in season four in the episode The Constant we were first really introduced to Daniel Faraday and his quirky ways, it was also in this episode that the Mystery of the "BlackRock Journal" was spawned. Coincidence I think not, because at the end of this episode we are also hit with the realization, that Dan really keeps a rather concise Journal,(up until then we knew he had one but thought he was just a crazy guy screaming about his journal).

Now in the Variable we find out that he has been off the island doing God knows what in "Anne Arbor", and his Journal is now filled to the brim with stuff. What was he doing in "Anne Arbor" for three years? Is it possible that he somehow time-traveled to the BlackRock times and got himself on that ship as the First-mate? Is it possible that he then copied his journal so that he could leave a copy on the island? Is it also possible that he is the one who put the steering wheel in the Frozen Chamber, or at the very least came up with the idea?

I just think it was way too big a coincidence that "The BlackRock Journal" Mystery was brought forward in The Constant with all the Daniel journal stuff also in that episode, seems kinda in your face when you think about it doesn't it?

To finish I would just like to say: Remember at the beginning of season 5 when we see Haliwax/Chang, wake up and go to the orchid because of the problem of the guy dying, and I don't know about y'all but I just thought it was some sort of Flashback, then we see Daniel look up right before the title card, That was a WTF moment for me, I can totally see the same thing happening now with the BlackRock.

Picture this:

It's sailing along, and see's the island in view, Statue and all, then bam! something happens, and it's sitting in the middle of said Island all these people start filing out , then it cuts to a scene with Richard Mopping the floor in the Galley or something, and someone telling him to get above deck to help get the survivors out, then we see Richard running up some steps and out to a gangplank, then down it but in the back ground we see a guy taking notes, the camera zooms in to reveal it's Ole Danny Boy with his trusty journal!!

Boom!!

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