In the "why wasn't the book wet?" department, Sawyer's been reading it for several episodes. It's had sufficient time to dry off. Granted, it still doesn't look like it's been in the ocean, but hey.

And I don't think Sawyer actually has the inhalers. Kate already made an offer to trade for them. If Shannon actually dies, they become valueless. There's no reason to horde them.

In the "why wasn't the book wet?" department, Sawyer's been reading it for several episodes. It's had sufficient time to dry off. Granted, it still doesn't look like it's been in the ocean, but hey.

I don't think anyone said "why doesn't it look wet?"

Books that have been soaking wet do not look nice and flat and smooth.

I was idly LJ surfing, and just came across this Watch'n'Post style entry of an unapologetically drooly fangirl, which made me laugh and laugh. The bits about the hazard of watching the show with her dad are particularly priceless.

Ha, she's one of my closest LJ friends. Really sweet, smart girl, but I have to skip her fangirly entries because I can't stand the drooly stuff. I wanted to scream after the pilot aired and every second poster on the episode thread at TWoP thought it would be fun to list the five characters they'd most like to have sex with, and even this week's thread there annoyed me with all the "Charlie can lick imaginary peanut butter off me" and "Sayid can tie me up anytime."

I love this thread, though -- lots of great points. Like Beverly, I am just reading and nodding. I especially like all the Sawyer=Faith analysis.

Haven't spotted Willow, yet.

Yes we have, it's Locke. Manipulative, thinks he knows what people need better than they know themselves, has been seduced to the dark side by the Rackasaur.

I don't think anyone said "why doesn't it look wet?"

This is what I read:

You'd think that they would have thought to make it wet, at least, if they didn't intend people to notice it not being wet.

Though I realize in retrospect, that libkitty probably meant that it didn't look like it had been wet in the past and people were chiming in on that. My bad. Brain not working quite right today, apparently.

Haven't spotted Willow, yet.

Yes we have, it's Locke.

No, not S6 Willow. The real Willow, the one who loves knowledge for its own sake and macks on the wise woman 'cuz the wise woman is shapely, and wise. S5 Willow.

I fear that Willow died in the crash, Gus. We will not see her in this show. We get only the magic crack addicted Willow this time out.

You know, the Buffy comparison may work better if we flip the sexes, at least for some of the main characters.

Jack = Buffy. Ostensibly the hero. Wishes to run from the awesome responsibility. Daddy issues.
Kate = Angel. Dark, unspeakable past. Currently on the side of good. May become soulless under the right circumstances.
Sawyer = Faith. OMG, such a perfect fit. Deathly jealous of Buffy, I mean Jack. Incredible self-loathing + death wish. Looks to Angel/Kate for salvation.
Sayid = Willow. Smart techie. Capable of a great deal of darkness.

The rest maps out better to characters of their own sex. Shannon = Cordelia seems obvious. Charlie = Oz, although I see some Xander there, too. Sun = Tara. Locke is like a dark side of Giles.

t has snuggly, oh, so wrong thoughts about Vonnie

Vonnie's mapping is HAWWWT.