[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

I just don't know.....If Whatever happened really always happened then why:


1)Charlotte, right before she died, told Faraday that he(Faraday) came up to her when she was a child and in a scary way told her to leave the Island and never come back? Now, he is dead and so far all we've seen is him talk to her in a calm(not scary) voice to leave the Island with her mother.....nothing was said about never coming back. Perhaps Faraday, in a small way, changed things even before setting off the H-bomb.

If you were a 4 year old child and a man you didn't know came up to you and told you to leave the only home you've ever known, that would be scary. I seem to remember him making her cry, because he was crying. Either that, or sloppy writing.

2)Did Faraday, biggest advocate of WHH, after 3 years of intense study off Island, come to the conclusion that things can be changed?

Here's a classic LOST cop out for ya - he was wrong.

3)Did Ben, right after Alex was killed, say Widmore changed the rules?

This has nothing to do with the timeline because Ben hadn't traveled through time. He just had supposed rules with Widmore which Widmore broke. No real explanation for "the rules" yet, but it may have something to do with the passing of Others leadership from Widmore to Ben.

4)Did Mrs Hawking go thru the bother of making sure Desmond took a certain path if he had always taken that path?

This is easy. The only reason he always takes that path is because Mrs Hawking always makes sure he does.

5)Do Charlie, Claire, Ana Lucia, Libby, and maybe even Christian keep popping up? Could it be that they are still alive in a Universe where the plane doesn't crash on the Island and that is why Charlie said to Hurley "Iam dead, but I am also here"???

Sure. Or a dozen other options. Here are some easy ones. 1. They are inhabited by Jacob, 2. They are inhabited by Esau, 3. They are inhabited by Locke's ghost, 4. Hurley talks to the dead but in a different way than Miles does, 5. The island won't let them go to the afterlife, as it is a very needy island...

Any other questions? I'd love to make up more answers. As the show has shown that they can do anything they want, I can make up any theory I want and it is just as viable as what actually happens. So I no longer have any trouble with inconsistencies.