Maggers Wrote:Too true, too true.
I have the strong suspicion that everything Widmore has done or not done concerning Desmond was to maneuver Desmond on to the Island, which somehow helps Widmore get to the Island.
Widmore was damn nasty to Desmond when Des came to his office to ask for Penny's hand in marriage. When did Widmore offer Des a place in the race? I don't remember such a scene. We know that Des got his boat from Libby, but we don't know exactly how he entered the race.
When Des went to the auction house and met up with Widmore in the bathroom, Widmore, after using a paper towel to touch the metal faucet so that his bare hand does not meet the metal, deliberately leaves the watering running, which is odd when you think about it. It is very rare that an odd action on LOST is in a scene for no reason. Desmond touches the metal faucet with running water and BLAMO, he's back in the future. I don't know the connection for sure, but I have the feeling that somehow Widmore had a clue that something like that would be happening to Desmond. And I think Widmore was so willing to give Penny's number to Desmond because somehow, don't know how, somehow Widmore knew that Desmond making that link with Penny would cement Widmore's ability to get to the Island.
These are all very loose links at this point in time, but I bet they will be shown to be more concrete in episodes to come.
Because we all have a love/hate relationship with Ben, and he's become so popular as a villain, I think he will come out smelling like a rose in the long run.
I didnt say that Widmore
offered a place in the race to Desmond.
As I said, he is strict and terse - constantly. But it also centres around his perception of Dezzie-bum-bum being a
coward. He could say NO to Dezzer entering his race altogether with a swish of a fountain pen, yet he doesnt. He raises the stakes, challenging Dezzer to earn the win, rather than be given it; "sure you can participate in my race, but first go find a boat." "sure you can have my daughter's hand in marriage, but first go get me a tin of stripey paint." It would all fit in with a scheme to make him perfrom 12 Herculean Tasks to prove he's worthy of his square-jawed drippy daughter.
I am reserving judgement over the touching metal business. Widmore could have been funding Dharma enough that he could have been to the Island in the past, but why would he be suffering from the same condition as Dez? Faraday is worried it may happen to him, but that's becasue of the device he was working with. Simply being to the Island isnt enough to cause Dez's condition, becasue many Losties have handled metal weapons and not warped through time and space. Only becasue Dez was sat on top of the thingy when the fail-safe fired can he do these things. Of course, Widmore might have been present when the first Incident occured....... but if that turns out to be the case, I'll be through with Lost.
Also, this Constant thing. Maybe I just don't get it, but it seemed to me just an excuse to have a soppy touchy-feely moment for a change. Dez needs a constant everytime he flashbacks (or, as in the case with Charlie's many deaths) flashforwards. Surely gravity is going to be constant? The fact that he breathes air will be constant wheerever he flashes? That his eyes contain both rods and cones, and that the rods detect fluctuations in light and dark, and the cones specialise in indentifying red, green or blue will be constant. The fact that France exists etc etc etc will all be constant no matter when he flashes. Was it entirely neccessary to have him sniveling and bawling and getting all wet with Penny?? Is it becasue of this meeting that she decieded to track him down? Did this scene happen before they met at the stadium where he was training? She seemed to like him well enough then.