"Lost" - A Theory of Everything Part 4
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It appears that Widmore, Hawkins, Alpert, Jacob and Ben may know of five potential routes to this solution:
John Locke
Desmond Hume
Ray Shephard
Christian Shephard
Daniel Faraday
Sometime, well prior to Ben and Widmore leaving the island, Alpert and Jacob knowing the above (and then later too actually knowing the future events), enlisted the good hearted Ray Shephard to leave his son on the island and to sacrifice himself to come back to the island dead to try and change the past.
It may be that Jacob and Alpert with their knowledge of future events determined that it was someone from their family that could potentially fulfill the prophecy and stop the cataclysm. Ray accepts this and turns the wheel, leaves the island and his son Christian, but does not fulfill his duty and lives his days off-island in the future.
Sometime later, his son, Christian Shephard, making a second attempt, turns the wheel and moves off the island into the future. Like his father he also has issues with sacrificing himself and eventually becomes a doctor and has a son, Jack (named after Jacob). Christian has doubts about himself and his son. Jack is a man of science and not a man of faith, so even if Christian fulfills his duty and gets back to the island, he knows he will never convince Jack. In his desperation, Christian perhaps finds an alternate solution in having an affair with another woman who gives birth to Claire who gets pregnant with Aaron. While the Shephards appear to fail to fulfill their heroic destiny, Widmore and Hawking now also off-island have a wild card solution.
It's a man named Desmond Hume. Based on Faraday's interaction with Hume in 1996 explaining to Desmond of the need for a constant, and Hawking being Faraday's mother, it's apparent to them that Desmond is a candidate that can possibly have a future version of his mind switched into a past version of himself. In fact, Faraday later makes a bold attempt to utilize Desmond to change history by trying to plant a future memory into the past mind of Desmond while Faraday is time skipping. With the Shephards an apparent failure, both Widmore and Hawking work to get Desmond on the island. Fate begins to change Ben's plans, Desmond unknowingly is heading to the island as the wildcard, but he will also ultimately be the one who moves the events forward toward cataclysm. And yes they still all know about John Locke.
Christian Shephard soon dies and his son boards a plane with his body which will be going over the island. The plane carries all those who Jacob, Alpert, Ben, Widmore, and Hawking all know are vital to the events that lead to the destruction of the island and the end of the world. There are also individuals on board who might ultimately save the world. Other than Jack Shephard, Claire and the unborn Aaron, none of the other individuals are really particularly special. However, as the first seasons of Lost progress we see how time/fate corrected course and set up the events so that they would all end up on that flight to play their specific roles which cannot be stopped. But, Ben believes he controls fate, the island is stuck in time and this flight really does not matter. However, Ben ultimately controls nothing, and he is not aware that Desmond is on the island and has replaced Kelvin inside the Swan. In a major event, the wildcard, Desmond, does not reach the Swan in time to reset the computer. The system keeping the island at one point in time counts down past 0 and an electromagnetic pulse gets released which causes Oceanic 815 to crash upon the island. Ben, seeing the plane, immediately knows he has not prevented the future calamity and that there are those on the plane that possibly could prevent as well as move the calamity forward. There are also those aboard that could take leadership away from him and luckily Ben has a list. Christian Shephard is now back to the island in the past, prior to when he died and is thus resurrected. He then apparently makes his way to Jacob to see if the past can be changed.
Jack Shephard, the man of science, and possibly the savior of the island and world is now also on the island. Christian Shephard's backup plan, Claire (with the all important Aaron), are now on the island as well. These were all descendants of the original people and possibly the only ones who can save everyone. Also with them is the mysterious John Locke, a man who had appeared to Alpert in the past and said he was the leader of the future. And then there is Desmond Hume the ultimate wildcard. Additionally there are those on board who will ultimately cause the event that will end the world. The initial seasons of Lost record Jack's and Locke's interactions with all of these individuals. Now the goal of Ben and the rest is to keep them all on the island and do what he needs to do to take care of John Locke. Ben has to find a way to correct history. The island is still hidden, because Desmond utilized the failsafe. Also, if he wants to stay in favor with Jacob he cannot harm Jack Shephard.
Ben very likely does not know Christian Shephard is with Jacob. Also, Ben begins to fall out of favor with Jacob and the island and develops cancer. Ben must figure out a plan that still saves the world and keeps him as the leader. John Locke becomes Ben's avenue as well at the ultimate pawn for everyone involved. Ben knows that as long at the island stays fixed in time, and all of the parties who can cause the future cataclysm can be kept from ever leaving the island, Ben and the others can still control the future from happening. Unfortunately for Ben, Locke finds the hatch, releases Desmond and ultimately does not press the button propelling the island to the present time and making it visible to Widmore's people.
It appears that Widmore, Hawkins, Alpert, Jacob and Ben may know of five potential routes to this solution:
John Locke
Desmond Hume
Ray Shephard
Christian Shephard
Daniel Faraday
Sometime, well prior to Ben and Widmore leaving the island, Alpert and Jacob knowing the above (and then later too actually knowing the future events), enlisted the good hearted Ray Shephard to leave his son on the island and to sacrifice himself to come back to the island dead to try and change the past.
It may be that Jacob and Alpert with their knowledge of future events determined that it was someone from their family that could potentially fulfill the prophecy and stop the cataclysm. Ray accepts this and turns the wheel, leaves the island and his son Christian, but does not fulfill his duty and lives his days off-island in the future.
Sometime later, his son, Christian Shephard, making a second attempt, turns the wheel and moves off the island into the future. Like his father he also has issues with sacrificing himself and eventually becomes a doctor and has a son, Jack (named after Jacob). Christian has doubts about himself and his son. Jack is a man of science and not a man of faith, so even if Christian fulfills his duty and gets back to the island, he knows he will never convince Jack. In his desperation, Christian perhaps finds an alternate solution in having an affair with another woman who gives birth to Claire who gets pregnant with Aaron. While the Shephards appear to fail to fulfill their heroic destiny, Widmore and Hawking now also off-island have a wild card solution.
It's a man named Desmond Hume. Based on Faraday's interaction with Hume in 1996 explaining to Desmond of the need for a constant, and Hawking being Faraday's mother, it's apparent to them that Desmond is a candidate that can possibly have a future version of his mind switched into a past version of himself. In fact, Faraday later makes a bold attempt to utilize Desmond to change history by trying to plant a future memory into the past mind of Desmond while Faraday is time skipping. With the Shephards an apparent failure, both Widmore and Hawking work to get Desmond on the island. Fate begins to change Ben's plans, Desmond unknowingly is heading to the island as the wildcard, but he will also ultimately be the one who moves the events forward toward cataclysm. And yes they still all know about John Locke.
Christian Shephard soon dies and his son boards a plane with his body which will be going over the island. The plane carries all those who Jacob, Alpert, Ben, Widmore, and Hawking all know are vital to the events that lead to the destruction of the island and the end of the world. There are also individuals on board who might ultimately save the world. Other than Jack Shephard, Claire and the unborn Aaron, none of the other individuals are really particularly special. However, as the first seasons of Lost progress we see how time/fate corrected course and set up the events so that they would all end up on that flight to play their specific roles which cannot be stopped. But, Ben believes he controls fate, the island is stuck in time and this flight really does not matter. However, Ben ultimately controls nothing, and he is not aware that Desmond is on the island and has replaced Kelvin inside the Swan. In a major event, the wildcard, Desmond, does not reach the Swan in time to reset the computer. The system keeping the island at one point in time counts down past 0 and an electromagnetic pulse gets released which causes Oceanic 815 to crash upon the island. Ben, seeing the plane, immediately knows he has not prevented the future calamity and that there are those on the plane that possibly could prevent as well as move the calamity forward. There are also those aboard that could take leadership away from him and luckily Ben has a list. Christian Shephard is now back to the island in the past, prior to when he died and is thus resurrected. He then apparently makes his way to Jacob to see if the past can be changed.
Jack Shephard, the man of science, and possibly the savior of the island and world is now also on the island. Christian Shephard's backup plan, Claire (with the all important Aaron), are now on the island as well. These were all descendants of the original people and possibly the only ones who can save everyone. Also with them is the mysterious John Locke, a man who had appeared to Alpert in the past and said he was the leader of the future. And then there is Desmond Hume the ultimate wildcard. Additionally there are those on board who will ultimately cause the event that will end the world. The initial seasons of Lost record Jack's and Locke's interactions with all of these individuals. Now the goal of Ben and the rest is to keep them all on the island and do what he needs to do to take care of John Locke. Ben has to find a way to correct history. The island is still hidden, because Desmond utilized the failsafe. Also, if he wants to stay in favor with Jacob he cannot harm Jack Shephard.
Ben very likely does not know Christian Shephard is with Jacob. Also, Ben begins to fall out of favor with Jacob and the island and develops cancer. Ben must figure out a plan that still saves the world and keeps him as the leader. John Locke becomes Ben's avenue as well at the ultimate pawn for everyone involved. Ben knows that as long at the island stays fixed in time, and all of the parties who can cause the future cataclysm can be kept from ever leaving the island, Ben and the others can still control the future from happening. Unfortunately for Ben, Locke finds the hatch, releases Desmond and ultimately does not press the button propelling the island to the present time and making it visible to Widmore's people.
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