Can't Sleep - So I'll Obsess About Lost

I have such a bad case of insomnia. It's a good thing I have Lost to think about! I have a few thoughts rummaging in my head. These are mainly notes to myself, but why not share with all 2 readers of my blog. . . *wave*

One came to me as I was commenting on DarkUFO:

I think she [Ellie] may be Eloise Hawking (and possibly Daniel's mum as well).

Somehow I see Ms. Hawking as a neutral character (representing destiny and the absence of free will) who is as likely to help Ben as she is to help Widmore; no matter what she does or which side she takes, she believes that things will "course correct."

Daniel could be her son and could also represent free will. He shows his willingness to change things by contacting Desmond and creating a new memory and by trying to find loopholes in the "rules" of time. I believe he will start taking this even further in future episodes, especially with Charlotte's life on the line.

His slowness in recognizing her could be related to how much time they actually spent together; he may have grown up only seeing her occasionally.
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I'm also thinking about the idea that Locke was shot in the leg near the drug plane and that is the exact spot where he has trouble walking when we see him go there for the first time with Boone.

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Could the voices (one of my personal favorite mysteries) be the time travelers? One voice heard occasionally sounds like Sawyer. The only thing that makes me think this is incorrect is that there is an obvious "Hi Sis" that sounds like Boone right before Shannon is shot. Boone is, obviously, dead at the time and not part of our current group.

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Does there have to be a dead person along for the ride when people crash on the island (Jack's Dad, Locke, probably dead slaves on the Black Rock, etc)?

I said before that the coffin Jack finds and beats to pulp in Season 1 looks a lot like Locke's coffin (white interior, same wood, etc). How would that fit into what we know about island physics and time "rules?" Could some of the debris near the cave be from them coming back to the island?

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Thoughts on Jughead

I just finished watching Jughead and some answers are starting to jell in my brain. Ellie, possibly the same person as Eloise Hawking, is almost certainly Daniel Faraday's mother. I suspect he could be Charles Widmore's boy too.*

Well, things on the island are certainly getting convoluted, that's for sure. Somehow I thought Jughead would be scarier than an atomic bomb - like something that could destroy the world and not just the island... or maybe, it is. Perhaps a blast of that magnitude so close to the island's special properties (exotic matter especially) could cause catastrophic devistation.

I think there is a special clue is Charlotte forgetting her mother's maiden name. Has something happened during the time travels that may have made Charlotte's existance/ birth precarious? Is that even possible? If we are to believe Mrs. Hawking it isn't. However, some people seem to be above the rules (such as Desmond). Certainly Charlotte was in no special position relative to the other castaways during the initial incident of the island moving. If anyone, Faraday was closest to the edge of the island "bubble." I suspect something happens in the past that hasn'thappened in the past yet to Charlotte (if you understand that sentence you are watching too much Lost).

Well, off to watch a second time and see if I can solidify my thoughts.

* On a side note, I'm not discounting Claire's boyfriend/ Aaron's father as Ben's boy either - they look so damned much alike. He could be Widmore's too though since Charles seems so fond of his artwork.

Maybe Alpert Ages After All

Alrighty, Here are some random thoughts about my favorite character (Alpert) after watching the Season 5 premier:

I think it's possible that Alpert ages just fine, but we have only seen present-future Alpert keeping an eye on Ben and John through most of the show. To Ben and John, Alpert would seem not to age much at all. Think back on the test he gives little-Locke:

Which of these already belongs to you?

The compass - it would already belong to Locke if Locke's consciousness had traveled to his younger self. It belongs to Locke only after Alpert gives it to him (which we just saw happen). It is possible that this scene, although in Locke's past, has not happened to Alpert yet?

In fact, maybe that's why Alpert says for Locke to give him the compass next time he sees him, so he can find when Locke is in time. Maybe Adult Alpert and young Locke scene IS the next time Alpert will meet John but not recognize him and Alpert is giving a heads-up on the right answer?

I'll admit, I'm probably not right about this. I just thought I'd share because the idea of it seemed intriguing to me. Now, with time travel in mind I plan to go back and watch previous episodes for clues. I think they have been showing people showing up in different times than they belong in for a while now; we just did not realize it because we thought only the consciousness and not the physical form could move. Wooohoo!