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Originally Posted by D-Roc
The turning of, or rather the 'existence' of, the wheel has certainly openend up as many possibilities as it has wormholes. I like your idea of only making the forward jump to avoid paradoxes, as we have no evidence of anyone going back and forth time..except Desmond, of course. And possibly Alpert.
I still don't think the Polar Bear pushed the wheel however. Why would they need a bear to do what a human (i.e. Ben) can do?
I agree that possibly the moving of the island explains how the BR ended up so far inland (albeit somewhat 'coincidental' in the timing). It's been speculated for a while now and it's certainly seeming more and more likely, although I do still hold out for an alternative/unforseen possibility.
I'm not sure I agree with you Re: Mrs Hawking. Are you saying that she's a 'real person' from the past? I think that she's more of a representative of time (or one 'side' of it)..she possibly appeared in human-form in order for Desmond to understand her. Although Brother Campbell and their picture could suggest otherwise.
I like your take on the Incident. How would you say the "sickness"/"Quarentine" ties into it? An offshot of the high EM exposure?
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Ok, D-Roc... Part of this I already answered in my other response to you, so I'll make this one as brief as possible
As I said before, Des only time traveled back and forth via his consciousness, and was not bodily transported because that's only accomplishable w/ the Orchid or direct contact with the exotic matter in the chamber. I don't think Richard is time traveling at all, honestly, because of certain things Darlton has said in the podcasts, and he wouldn't really have a way of getting back to his "present" time without a portable version of the Vault or some exotic matter stashed on his person. I believe he actually is "ageless Alpert," as I will discuss later.
As for Ms. Hawking, yes... I do believe she is an actual person, and not a personification of time or some such thing. I think she is one of the original crew of the ship that crashed back in time on Earth which has become our Island, and that now she is monitoring the timestream to make sure the course of time is correct. There is also mentions by Darlton on the podcasts to which circumstantially support this, pointing to her being a "time cop." Again, more to come on this later.
Also, I'd like to state here, for the record, that I believe the traveling done by the Others which seems to be very timely and without a vehicle (such as Tom Friendly's trip to visit Michael in New York) was probably accomplished by them being sent off-Island via time travel done by using the Vault. I, for one, can't imagine that Ben and some of our key Others would know about the Orchid station and not use it to their advantage.
My, my... I think we might be ready for part 4!
