BenIsTheMan
05-12-2009, 10:37 PM
Do you think it's a coincidence that the actor (31 y/o Keir O'Donnell) who played Tom (Aaron's dad in the flashback) looks EXACTLY like a younger Ben would look? What a co-wink-ee-dink? The fact that they are using an obvious wig on Ben (Michael Emerson--the older Ben's portrayer) might question what I am proposing. The actor who played the young Thomas (Keir O'Donnell) in 2008 was involved with 8 films and in 2009 was involved with 7 films might mean that he wasn't contractually available to play Ben in the "younger" Ben in scenes for this season.
More circumstantial evidence:
We know that there are at least 3 ways to get to the Donkey Wheel (DW): We first saw it when Ben blew up the Chamber (A), then through the well (B) and the third was wherever Christian came from (C).
A) The Dharma Initiative (DI) didn't know about the DW. They had a chamber built at what they thought was the center of the source of the (I will call it) Time Energy (TM). Why didn't they dig deeper/farther? Simply, they thought they were near the core and feared explosion, and they never imagined an ancient culture that used a DW. This is common sense.
B) The Well Entrance was graphically shown in all the time jumps. We saw John injured at the bottom of the well as he was caught mid Time-Jump and ended up talking with Christian, who told him what to do.
C) We know that Christian had to come to the DW from someplace. It wasn't the well, because it was filled-in at the time John landed at its bottom. We know that the Dharma "time" chamber was not from where Christian came---hadn't been dug or blown up.
The Hostiles discovered the DW a long time ago and they became The Others after they offed the DI. What we saw was that Ben knew about the DW and he knew he didn't have the time to go to The Other entrance, so he blew up the Chamber. He knew that the DW was in the area. He also knew that he would have to axe through ice and that it would be cold, and dressed accordingly.
Ben had used the DW to travel into the future, maybe many times. He met Claire, fell in love etc., etc., and fathered Aaron. On purpose or by accident, I don't think that matters for this theory. He wanted to stay there (in his future with Claire), but knew he couldn't. He told Claire that he "can't do this". He couldn't do this because there was a bigger issue---he wanted to stay, but couldn't.
Ben had a penchant for children. He wanted to be a better father than his own father and when he refused to follow the orders to kill Alex, he showed this. He "adopted" her and loved her as his own. I think one of the reasons they took the children from the Tail Section group was to protect them from all the crap to come.
Ben told Kate regarding Aaron, "He's not YOUR child" (meaning, "he's MY child". He worked hard to keep Aaron off the island when he knew that Kate had to go back. The Others kidnapped Claire and her unborn to make sure the child was born. He knew that his child was on the flight.
He also had a plan for when the Oceanic plane crashed. Within seconds of the plane coming down, he sent Ethan and Goodwin to the crash sites and ordered them to get a list of survivors. Why would he do this if it was a surprise. He knew that pregnant Claire was on the flight, but didn't know where her seat was and which section she came down in.
I can go on, but I want some constructive feedback because this may be a crucial point in the upcoming events. Waddaya think?
More circumstantial evidence:
We know that there are at least 3 ways to get to the Donkey Wheel (DW): We first saw it when Ben blew up the Chamber (A), then through the well (B) and the third was wherever Christian came from (C).
A) The Dharma Initiative (DI) didn't know about the DW. They had a chamber built at what they thought was the center of the source of the (I will call it) Time Energy (TM). Why didn't they dig deeper/farther? Simply, they thought they were near the core and feared explosion, and they never imagined an ancient culture that used a DW. This is common sense.
B) The Well Entrance was graphically shown in all the time jumps. We saw John injured at the bottom of the well as he was caught mid Time-Jump and ended up talking with Christian, who told him what to do.
C) We know that Christian had to come to the DW from someplace. It wasn't the well, because it was filled-in at the time John landed at its bottom. We know that the Dharma "time" chamber was not from where Christian came---hadn't been dug or blown up.
The Hostiles discovered the DW a long time ago and they became The Others after they offed the DI. What we saw was that Ben knew about the DW and he knew he didn't have the time to go to The Other entrance, so he blew up the Chamber. He knew that the DW was in the area. He also knew that he would have to axe through ice and that it would be cold, and dressed accordingly.
Ben had used the DW to travel into the future, maybe many times. He met Claire, fell in love etc., etc., and fathered Aaron. On purpose or by accident, I don't think that matters for this theory. He wanted to stay there (in his future with Claire), but knew he couldn't. He told Claire that he "can't do this". He couldn't do this because there was a bigger issue---he wanted to stay, but couldn't.
Ben had a penchant for children. He wanted to be a better father than his own father and when he refused to follow the orders to kill Alex, he showed this. He "adopted" her and loved her as his own. I think one of the reasons they took the children from the Tail Section group was to protect them from all the crap to come.
Ben told Kate regarding Aaron, "He's not YOUR child" (meaning, "he's MY child". He worked hard to keep Aaron off the island when he knew that Kate had to go back. The Others kidnapped Claire and her unborn to make sure the child was born. He knew that his child was on the flight.
He also had a plan for when the Oceanic plane crashed. Within seconds of the plane coming down, he sent Ethan and Goodwin to the crash sites and ordered them to get a list of survivors. Why would he do this if it was a surprise. He knew that pregnant Claire was on the flight, but didn't know where her seat was and which section she came down in.
I can go on, but I want some constructive feedback because this may be a crucial point in the upcoming events. Waddaya think?