ai2301
06-13-2008, 10:21 PM
Of course that's an assumption because we know that's how Ben came to leave the island in the last episode, but that may not even be true. Here's a theory of sorts that came to me. (I know this isn't the Theory section but it seems that during the off season this is where they get posted so here goes.)
Perhaps Jacob is pissed because the O6 left (remember, we still don't know who was on Jacob's list- or why) so maybe he wants them back.
Locke hops on Desmond's sailboat (equipped with the new coordinates to the island) and makes his way to Ben (perhaps Richard had a way of knowing where Ben was at in case they needed to contact him). He informs Ben that the O6 must return. Ben then devises a plan for Locke to try and appeal to the O6 to return. Once he's failed, Ben steps in.
Ben's line of thinking is that he can now get the O6 to come back (who knows why?) but he still has the issue of the "rule" that whomever moves the island must never return. Perhaps he feels that if he gets rid of Locke that he can make amends with Jacob upon his return and regain his spot as leader. So he kills Locke and then targets Jack (as the leader of the group) to convince him to come back first. We are talking about Ben here so he wouldn't be above flat out kidnapping the others if it came down to it. The reason Ben needs Locke's body is to prove to Jacob that he's really dead.
As far as the apparitions visiting people (Christian, Charlie) perhaps that's Smokey again, somehow brought to the states by none other than Ben.
A couple of notes:
**When Tom was in New York, he had a boyfriend there which hinted to me that New York might be a place that off-island Other folk frequented, so perhaps that's where Ben ended up getting contacted by Locke (which perhaps is why Locke's alias is credited with being from New York...)
** I think there's a good possibility that Locke did not move the island due to 2 hints given in Season 4.
1) the sailboat that Desmond had was mentioned as Ben's means of escape when he was talking to Sayid. We know this isn't true though.
2) Automatically many assumed that Locke moved the island because that's how Ben got off. This could be a red herring though- everyone has seemingly forgotten that Locke could have just as easily used the coordinates (whether there were new ones or not) to get off the island. I think we're supposed to assume he moved the island because that's what's fresh in our minds but I'm not so sure.
And this one is a biggie that I haven't seen addressed yet...
** If Ben has a plan for getting back to the island that means he knows where it is- the only way he could possibly know that is if Locke told him where the island was which is something Locke COULD NOT DO if Locke's last act before leaving the island was moving it! That's why I'm not convinced that Locke moved it. How could he exit the island by moving it and assume he'd be able to get the 06 back to the island? He would have no clue where it went!
Perhaps Jacob is pissed because the O6 left (remember, we still don't know who was on Jacob's list- or why) so maybe he wants them back.
Locke hops on Desmond's sailboat (equipped with the new coordinates to the island) and makes his way to Ben (perhaps Richard had a way of knowing where Ben was at in case they needed to contact him). He informs Ben that the O6 must return. Ben then devises a plan for Locke to try and appeal to the O6 to return. Once he's failed, Ben steps in.
Ben's line of thinking is that he can now get the O6 to come back (who knows why?) but he still has the issue of the "rule" that whomever moves the island must never return. Perhaps he feels that if he gets rid of Locke that he can make amends with Jacob upon his return and regain his spot as leader. So he kills Locke and then targets Jack (as the leader of the group) to convince him to come back first. We are talking about Ben here so he wouldn't be above flat out kidnapping the others if it came down to it. The reason Ben needs Locke's body is to prove to Jacob that he's really dead.
As far as the apparitions visiting people (Christian, Charlie) perhaps that's Smokey again, somehow brought to the states by none other than Ben.
A couple of notes:
**When Tom was in New York, he had a boyfriend there which hinted to me that New York might be a place that off-island Other folk frequented, so perhaps that's where Ben ended up getting contacted by Locke (which perhaps is why Locke's alias is credited with being from New York...)
** I think there's a good possibility that Locke did not move the island due to 2 hints given in Season 4.
1) the sailboat that Desmond had was mentioned as Ben's means of escape when he was talking to Sayid. We know this isn't true though.
2) Automatically many assumed that Locke moved the island because that's how Ben got off. This could be a red herring though- everyone has seemingly forgotten that Locke could have just as easily used the coordinates (whether there were new ones or not) to get off the island. I think we're supposed to assume he moved the island because that's what's fresh in our minds but I'm not so sure.
And this one is a biggie that I haven't seen addressed yet...
** If Ben has a plan for getting back to the island that means he knows where it is- the only way he could possibly know that is if Locke told him where the island was which is something Locke COULD NOT DO if Locke's last act before leaving the island was moving it! That's why I'm not convinced that Locke moved it. How could he exit the island by moving it and assume he'd be able to get the 06 back to the island? He would have no clue where it went!