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Hordriss · 04-27-2008, 07:10 PM

A likely possibility. I was personally assuming that, after the purge, Ben and the Hostiles contacted DHARMA's mainland payrollers, including Hanso, Widmore and possibly Paik, and negotiated some manner of truce to keep the main DHARMA operations (particularly the Swan) running in return for no further incursions. Or, possibly, they used the Swan as a blackmailing tool to prevent any more incursions, gambling that Hanso / Widmore would not dare risk any danger to that station. However, the fact that Widmore is, or has been ignorant of the Island's location, suggested by his costly acquisition of the Black Rock logbook, does suggest that he could not be in cahoots with DHARMA, and may well have collaborated with Ben to eliminate their mutual rivals - possibly including Hanso, and it would be in character if Widmore did indeed view this whole plot as some exercise in ruthless capitalism. He certainly seems to have a possessive outlook on the Island.

However, I don't recall any of his products being in the food pallet. Surely they were all finest DHARMA-brand stuff?

04-27-2008, 07:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Hordriss Two Sides Survivor Join Date: Sep 2006 Fave Character: Desmond Lost Item: Orange Peel Posts: 216	A likely possibility. I was personally assuming that, after the purge, Ben and the Hostiles contacted DHARMA's mainland payrollers, including Hanso, Widmore and possibly Paik, and negotiated some manner of truce to keep the main DHARMA operations (particularly the Swan) running in return for no further incursions. Or, possibly, they used the Swan as a blackmailing tool to prevent any more incursions, gambling that Hanso / Widmore would not dare risk any danger to that station. However, the fact that Widmore is, or has been ignorant of the Island's location, suggested by his costly acquisition of the Black Rock logbook, does suggest that he could not be in cahoots with DHARMA, and may well have collaborated with Ben to eliminate their mutual rivals - possibly including Hanso, and it would be in character if Widmore did indeed view this whole plot as some exercise in ruthless capitalism. He certainly seems to have a possessive outlook on the Island. However, I don't recall any of his products being in the food pallet. Surely they were all finest DHARMA-brand stuff? __________________ We want information... and some friggin' answers.