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Originally Posted by harvey107
An excellent read, what would you say about Desmond's meeting with Ms. Hawking could this meeting have changed Desmond's memories or future actions as in the first place he was meant to not buy the ring for Penny and leave the shop but in 'Flashes Before Your Eyes' he talked and learned about the future and the working of things, (If any of this makes any sense at all I will be amazed  ) |
That's a good point (and it makes
perfect sense)..
Since I believe tha memories of the 'past' (be it the fixed past, the first interation of the past or a past which someone has returned to - via time-travel for example) are retained. Some memories are retained better than others. Some are literal memories - what Des seems to have of Hawking right now (I assume he remembers her, although we have no way of knowing whether he directly remembers encountering her, and can distinguish it from his previous 'experience' of not buying the ring. However I believe that other memories are not as clear - some may manifest in the form of a sensation or an impression, such as 'dejavu'..that faint distant memory which acts like a thin liquid film over the cerebrum.
So basically, I think that Desmond meeting Hawkin 'has' changed things - would he have known how to handle the flashes if he didnt meet Hawking? I'm not so sure he would have made the exact same choices has he not had the guilt, regret (re: missing out on Penny 'again') and Mrs Hawkings words in his mind. Of course Hawking says that he can't change what is meat to be..that the Universe governs all and paradox (changes not 'supposed' to happen) will be eradicated. However, Hawking has already changed Desmond's mindset - she acted as a pre-curser to his next time-travelling moment (The Constant), which has seen him redeem his relationship with penny somewhat, and has put him in touching distance of reuniting with her.
I would say that within the stepping stones of what is absolutely meant to be, there is scope for change and freewill. The Universe will move the pieces in certain directions, but then the Universe has the 'failsafe' of saying that 'this was supposed to happen', when someone
executes freewill above and beyond what the Universe originally wanted. How convenient
