I actually think, possibly just in the alt, that Desmond has assumed Jacobs role. Something about his appearance on the plane seemed Jacob-esque, i can’t remember if he touched Jack though.

Maybe Widmore has brought ‘the package’ to the island because hes now aware that Jacob is dead and needs a replacement. I think theres been alot more behind Widmores attitude to Desmond from the start, and it could’ve been Widmores manipulation that got Des to the island in the first place.

Now i’m wondering, is Desmond a candidate? Maybe Jacob wasn’t even aware he was in that hatch.

I guess we’ll find out how Desmonds abilities will play into the story next week, i for one am happy about that, now if we could get some taller ghost Walt action…

Kim, why would anyone write you off? Oh, I see… because you used the A-word at the end of your comment! You’re absolutely right about Desmond… we don’t know much about him. It’s definitely possible that he’s related to the MIG. I’m not sure if he’s related as in MIG is his ancestor but it’s possible. He has something to do with him; I’m pretty sure about that. I’m leaning towards Desmond being to the MIG as Richard is to Jacob.

Desmond is in the hatch with Inman… eventually, in a fit of anger he kills Inman is pretty much the same way Richard killed the Doctor. He then finds himself “chained” to the Swan Station. MIG comes to him and puts a hand on him… they strike a deal. That doesn’t seem too farfetched to me.

Desmond is one of the few main players left where we know nothing of his background…specifically, his parents. For a show so enamored with the parent-child relationship and the influence of the relationship on who these Losties are and what they have to work through…Desmond’s lack of backstory is a bit…interesting.

AES, your comment about the possibility of Des being touched (inferring a history with Jacob) actually fits with this lack of information even more. We have mostly assumed his special abilities have to do with the influence of the island, but maybe there is more to it.

So here’s the crux of the most illogical, unfounded thing I’ve ever said: what if Desmond is somehow related to MIB? Do MIB and Jacob even have relatives? At one point MIB had a crazy mother, right?

Okay, I’m done sounding like a looney toon.

Overall, I just think if Des is as important as he has seemed/is seeming to be at this late stage of the game, perhaps there’s something more to his past. Of course, it could never get answered and all that it will really come down to is Desmond sacrificing himself for the bigger picture of the Losties…which would be going against everything that he was about in the past 4 seasons. Maybe that’s enough drama.

At least I’m not proposing aliens.

I do like the thought of Des being “touched”…but not his package…this is a Disney show…
But I also like the thought of Des NOT being touched is something that makes him special as well…add that to his previusly known abilities, and that really makes him free of time, space, and manipulation possibly.

btw…the last theory you posted…”Comments Off”…hands down the best thing you ever put on this site…

As for his importance, I seriously doubt that his time-abilitys are the only things that makes him special.

We have been Told that the Rules don’t apply to him

(Yet, I’m confused by some of Faradays claims, when he returned to the Island he was convinced that everyone could change things – that they were “variables” But we never got an explanation to how he came to this sudden conclusion after having himself debunked it whenever someone brought it up…but I digress, sorry)

and in the world of Lost, one thing or phrase tends two have several meanings, wouldn’t you all agree..?

There’s a lot of talk about Rules – and I don’t think any aply to Des – an Anomoly is an Anomoly – and usually that gives you a free-pass through most Rules.

Anyone willing to back me up on this?