Comments on: Fail Safe Key

By: cliff87

cliff87 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:43:49 +0000

TawaretsAnkh,

For Dan’s “If it didn’t happen, it can’t happen” theory, how did Jin/Roussou’s group(sp), Locke/Ethan, and Locke/Richard (1950′s) happen?

By: Sinster

Sinster — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:42:59 +0000

I love this theory…

less then 11 days people…

By: Roland

Roland — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:51:56 +0000

The idea of the bomb as the failsafe was written quite awhile ago by Highbrow who hasn’t been on this site much lately. I can’t remember his whole theory but I am going to go back and find it.

By: trinity

trinity — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:38:33 +0000

Although I’ve just realised that to have slight differences in the photos means there must be at least 2 versions, so it kind of makes my last point a bit redundant.

Sorry

By: trinity

trinity — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:36:57 +0000

I love this theory.

If they do decide to do an Alternate Reality of sorts next season then this is the perfect way to do it.

It’s already been done with Desmond, so why not?

Regarding Des and Penny’s photo, not only are there slight differences but there seems to be 2 copies (Desmond had one and Penny had hers framed next to her bed). From what I remember, they only had 1 copy printed.

By: I_Am_Jacob

I_Am_Jacob — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:42:47 +0000

I have always wondered the reason for a fail safe in the swan. it just seems odd that somebody needs to push a button every 108 minutes when at any time the fail safe key could have just been used. why wasn’t the fail safe turned right at the beginning to prevent all the hassle of setting up a button and then scaremongering people into pressing it?

Obviously the turning of the fail safe key was a far more important event than we have been led to believe. Locke who was there at the time has said almost nothing, neither did Charlie or Eko. Desmond just appeared naked with his mind now working at another level but why?!?! This part of the story hasn’t really been explained either.

Maybe turning the fail safe was the lesser of two evils – if the button remained unpushed and the fail safe key not turned, some sort of mega catastrophe may have happened.

(sorry for going off at a bit of a tangent!)

By: SawyersGirl45

SawyersGirl45 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:23:15 +0000

very good theory, it makes sense and im a non-believer of alt. timelines so to make me believe this is good then it must ACTUALLY be good!

With the photographs though, i think i read on lost wiki that it was just a continuity error.. unless theres another different photograph..?

By: Nikitis

Nikitis — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:12:51 +0000

Another thing I forgot to mention.

I think that the writers showed us the scene where Desmond actually asked for the ring because before the original incident, before the 815 guys crashed, before the timeline was screwed up, Desmond lived a happy life with Penny.

In showing the scene where he was going to take the ring, however, It was Desmond trying to live his correct timeline again, but something was still amiss (Keep in mind the universe trying to correct itself.). Eloise as an older lady was in the ring shop because her timeline is still jacked for her and others, she told him, your not supposed to take the ring. Thus disrupting the timeline for desmond again.

Also the photo of them being happy was taken if you remember on the marina by a photo business guy seeing a happy couple just before Desmond realized he had to go back and broke up with Penny moments after the photo was taken.

My theory is, if Desmond was that if Desmond was the only one who was affected, he would have fixed it by turning the key, but since he isn’t, things came back to interfere with his normal timeline.

By: Nikitis

Nikitis — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:03:22 +0000

Well after the hatch implosion, There were 3 people in the hatch at the time. Locke, Ecko, and Desmond. Desmond as we know was able to see the future after that, and was able to manipulate small variables, but it would eventually correct itself. (The multiple saving of Charlie’s life for instance.) However, even though it corrected itself by eventually Charlie dieing, Charlie was able to get a message via his hand to ultimately alter events. I think that if it becomes manipulated enough it runs out of control to where the universe cannot correct itself but will continue to try.

What if this weird energy a long time ago caused something like this to happen to someone somewhere and the whole story/situation the 815′ners are in are a result of the universe trying to correct itself.

Also, I’m not so sure that Desmond was in an alternate reality so to speak like this theory suggests, but your theory does bring up a good point. Since Desmond could see the future after the hatch implosion, you can bet that everyone who was near the hatch will be back in Season 6 Episode 1 discovering that they can see the future much like Desmond. Then we get to sit back and enjoy how the writers let it play out, as there are too many variables to discover their correct course of action for the show.

Speaking of unknown variables. We have no idea the radius of the explosion that the nuke caused. If it was just local it would have sent maybe those in the immediate area. But if it was big enough for the whole island, then it could have sent everyone back, including Ben, and Rose, and Richard, and everyone on the island. We’ll have yet to see. I don’t know about you, but I’m excited. Let’s hope that President Obama’s Address to the nation doesn’t interrupt LOST on Feb 2nd.

By: stone

stone — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:35:04 +0000

I think you could have hit the nail on its head with this theory. I love it.

I never noticed the difference between the two pictures, but I looked it up and indeed, they differ very much!