"You Can't Change the Future"

Woah...I've just been mindf*cked by Lost.

It's interesting that constants have been brought up because I've been in the midsts of constant and regression discussions in class.

So Desmond's constant is Penny. Daniel's constant is Desmond.

Now suppose for a moment that everyone on the island must develop a constant, something to hold on to if they ever start shifting time. Add on the pairs we've seen.

Kate's constant in Aaron.
Jack's constant is Kate.
Hurley's constant is Charlie.
Locke's constant is Walt (though I think Locke thinks his constant is Jacob).

And there are other "pairs" forming in the show. I think this adds up to the possibility of future jumping. For instance, Jack goes back to practice medicine. If he's in a hospital, he runs a good chance of running into radiation, which could trigger jumps. Maybe he's been jumping during the season finale of last season. He contacts his constant, Kate, and wants to go back because he thinks that's his cure.

And maybe Kate doesn't want to be separated from Aaron in case she jumps. She said "he needs me," but maybe it's the other way around. Maybe she needs him for her own sake.

Time jumping may be a key to the series, because step back and think of the series itself. The motif of each show is a time jump. It started with flashbacks. Now, they are mixed with flashforwards. The way the show itself is told is a key to the show itself.

On another note, Penny's dad bought a book once owned by a Hanso that was an artifact of the Black Rock. I think he may end up being the ultimate villain to this whole series. I think he may be the economist Sayid was trying to get to in the future. I think that's his freighter out there, which is why they know not to answer Penny's calls. He has had connection with Dharma in the past and now he wants Ben because he led the purge. He wants the secrets of the island for his own personal gain. Maybe even to be immortal. Maybe he's been to the island and now he's trying to get back. Maybe he was on the Black Rock when it set sail. Penny said she knew about the island for three years before Desmond called. It seems like the likely person she found out about it from is her father.

Ultimately, I think people stay on the island because that's the only way they can survive. So, the Oceanic 6 devise their lies to tell the world so the world will leave them alone and not find out the secrets of the island. When you think about it, no one really should have survived that plane crash. That many people to survive would be damn near impossible. The island must have saved them. Now, they are trying to save the island. Maybe that's why they can eventually leave. They brokered a deal with the island's keeper (Jacob?) that allowed them to leave. The island gave them life, now they are trying to protect it.