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Originally Posted by Oshe-Anne Icsix
Doesn't it just mean that Locke hadn't time travelled yet? Alpert was just checking, i think we are supposed to assume that Locke knew the right answer but hid it from Alpert.... why would he want to do that??? Oh by the way: I agree, Richard Alpert is fantastically gorgeous- i tingle all over when he appears!
Why is he the only one of the Others who travels through time (that MUST be what he's doing surely!??) I used to think he's ageless (like Jacob?) but not so sure now.  |
Hmm, I think my reply for this would be similar to what I said for the above post. I like the suggestion..although personally I wouldn't say that young Locke remember which item he was supposed to choose..that is, I don't think he purposely/conciously choose the wrong item. Perhaps he was drawn to the knife, and this may have been the past Locke urging him to do so (after all, what is the soul other than a little voice inside us?)
It's not yet clear whether Alpert is time-travelling. Whilst it's certainly a prominent suggestion I also think that he simply hasn't aged and has therefore lived through many many ages of man..perhaps to the point of where time repeats..or loops, if you will.
But yeah, both are huge possibilities, although
personally I prefer the the notion that he doesn't age and this is either a conseuqence or the result of him being assigned the role of nurturing and shaping the "chosen ones"
I could be wrong, however.
