Lost!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I'm scratching my head as to why Sun didn't warp back to 1977. What was different about her?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Yeah, there goes the donkey wheel theory.

Hmm, she's the only other one who saw Widmore in person, isn't she....

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

I'm scratching my head as to why Sun didn't warp back to 1977. What was different about her?

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Hmm, she's the only other one who saw Widmore in person, isn't she....

No, Lapidus, Ben, and Locke have all met Widmore..........oh, snap, they're with Sun Nice catch maybe

Nevertheless, I am thinking Sun having had a baby may have more to do with it than meeting Widmore.

Or it could just be a simple matter of the Island sending people where they need to be to obtain a desired outcome.....

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

No, Lapidus, Ben, and Locke have all met Widmore..........oh, snap, they're with Sun Nice catch maybe

Precisely, thus my use of "other".

Nevertheless, I am thinking Sun having had a baby may have more to do with it than meeting Widmore.

I thought of that, but I'm still trying to think more in terms of what the ones who stayed with the plane had in common, and I'm pretty sure Locke didn't have a baby.

Or it could just be a simple matter of the Island sending people where they need to be to obtain a desired outcome.....

Could be, but even if it turns out to be someone/thing making stuff happen, I continue to hope for a more satisfying conclusion that provides some clues as to the mechanics behind it all, rather then some omniscience/omnipotence.

[Pirate Bill]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

Or it could just be a simple matter of the Island sending people where they need to be to obtain a desired outcome.....

That's what it looks like to me. Their encounter with Christian makes it seem like they have a job to do. (Paraphrased: "You've got quite a journey ahead of you.") Are they going to somehow rescue the "Neithers"* from 1977?

*Neithers - the name my son gave to the group of Losties stuck in 1977. They're not Dharma, they're not Others, they're Neithers.