An Adventure Throughout Time

[RicoSlim]

With some of the rumors and spoilers coming through I decided to go ahead and throw this idea out there.

What if different areas of the Island were effected differently from the turning of "The Donkey Wheel."

Locke and the Others: 1000 years in the past

Daniel Faraday: Late 1970's

Sawyer and Beach Crew: Some point in the Future

Ben said that turning the wheel was a last resort and very dangerous. Darlton has said we would be confused of what time the events in Season 5 are taking place.

Just an idea what you guys think?

[Brian]

Interesting. All of those groups were in different places when Ben turned the wheel so I wouldn't rule anything out. If anything, I could definitely see Daniel's group being out of sync time-wise because they weren't actually on the Island when it vanished. What's going to be even more interesting, if true, is how they all sync up again at some point in the future...or if they even do.

[RicoSlim]

Interesting. All of those groups were in different places when Ben turned the wheel so I wouldn't rule anything out. If anything, I could definitely see Daniel's group being out of sync time-wise because they weren't actually on the Island when it vanished. What's going to be even more interesting, if true, is how they all sync up again at some point in the future...or if they even do.

I tried to come up with a way that might happen, but all I could think of is Locke resetting everything via the wheel again?? Which is why he is a dead man back in Season 4 finale.

[Brian]

That's a very real possibility. I can't imagine what would have to happen to make him leave that Island. I've believed since the early days of the show that Locke would never willingly leave the Island.

[RicoSlim]

That's a very real possibility. I can't imagine what would have to happen to make him leave that Island. I've believed since the early days of the show that Locke would never willingly leave the Island.

Same here.. that is why I had egg on my face when he was in the coffin...

[LOST lunatic]

You weren't the only one. I thought for sure it would be Ben. your theory is interesting, but how would it be explained ? I guess what I am asking or trying to say is that if it is important that someone, say in the future cannot change the past because it would mess things up for the present day, how would different parties moving to different times when the wheel turned possibly work? Wouldn't that screw something up somehow for the 3 different parties? Am I making sense?

[RicoSlim]

You weren't the only one. I thought for sure it would be Ben. your theory is interesting, but how would it be explained ? I guess what I am asking or trying to say is that if it is important that someone, say in the future cannot change the past because it would mess things up for the present day, how would different parties moving to different times when the wheel turned possibly work? Wouldn't that screw something up somehow for the 3 different parties? Am I making sense?

My only guess is that turning the wheel is very dangerous and that it opens up different time portals in different areas of the Island because of their being different properties near each... electromagnetism, exotic matter etc. all areas are affected differently from the wheel...

[LOST lunatic]

Ahhh....ok, I see what you are saying.

[Doc Manhattan]

In the same regard:

People on the island travels backwards. Among those people are Locke, Sawyer, Daniel, Miles, Charlotte, Juliet, Others, Redshirts, corpses, Rose, Bernard, Vincent, Richard Alpert, Smokey, fat Claire, half-dead Christian, Jacob, and some polar bears. And probably Jin.

And since it looks like some of them end up circa old Dharma days which range from the 50's to the 80's, we might have an explanation for one big mystery. Who is the one person who has shown up in those days looking non-aged? So, either Richard is going to run into his old self OR the Richard young Ben and young Locke ran into was present day Richard who travelled backwards. Remember, we don't know what the hostiles looked like in Ben's flashback. Could be that the hostiles are actually Locke and company and they have to set up events to place in the present.

[LOST lunatic]

^^^ Yes, I'm wondering too what would happen if the party moving back in time would encounter themselves. Wouldn't that kinda rule things out and sling them back to present time?

[RicoSlim]

^^^ Yes, I'm wondering too what would happen if the party moving back in time would encounter themselves. Wouldn't that kinda rule things out and sling them back to present time?

it is for sure a cause to rip the time space continuum.. remember Candle freaking out when the bunnies were near each other in the Orchid Video

[LOST lunatic]

Yes. So many questions and I can't wait to see how they explain them. That is just the sticking point for me, encountering themselves. Because if they move back in time say 50 years how would that work for the present day? Does that mean they never existed in the present day? that they never lived their lives up until this point?

[RicoSlim]

I tried to come up with a way that might happen, but all I could think of is Locke resetting everything via the wheel again?? Which is why he is a dead man back in Season 4 finale.

Was looking back at this old thread...im tooting, this is the only thing I think I have ever guessed right :)