Buffy ,'Chosen'
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All very good questions, Nutty.
Each of the issues you raise can, I'm sure, be dealt with by a plant that Sun is familiar with and which grows on the island.
The fruit of the tampon tree (actually a herb!) will come in handy. As will the condom shrub, the match thistle and a type of succulent that oozes water-proofing Gortex when you squeeze it.
Aside from the whole shaving issue, what are the women going to do when they get their periods?
Cloth pads that they launder.
How will characters deal with sex if there aren't any (or are very few) condoms?
Not so effective rhythm and withdrawal methods that will be effective because island magic.
When they run out of matches, will Locke be able to teach everyone to start a fire from scratch?
There will be an eternal flame maintained.
What happens during the rainy season, when wet clothes begin to rot?
All naked all gay episodes.
What happens when Doctor Jack uses up all his quinine on the first person who gets malaria?
Sun finds healing plants
And are Scott and Steve edible? I think we are gonna run out of boars eventually.
The boars are mating as we type.
How will characters deal with sex if there aren't any (or are very few) condoms?
I figure once they run out of soap, it won't really be an issue anymore.
(Behind the HAWTness of the Kate/Sawyer kiss, I couldn't help wonder if either of them had brushed their teeth in the past two weeks.)
Also, if they keep proceding at one day per episode, by the end of the season, they'll only have been on the island for three weeks or so, so most of this won't even have to be addressed until next season at earliest.
What happens when Doctor Jack uses up all his quinine on the first person who gets malaria?
I mentioned malaria up thread. Surely there are mosquitos on the island.
what are the women going to do when they get their periods?
Go back to the rags, as it was pre-Tampax Revolution.
How will characters deal with sex if there aren't any (or are very few) condoms?
I am shocked, SHOCKED, to hear that there could be non-procreationary sex going on in there!
When they run out of matches, will Locke be able to teach everyone to start a fire from scratch?
Yes, because the island is new dawn of man and Locke is totally the Prometheus.
What happens during the rainy season, when wet clothes begin to rot?
All nekkid, all the time! Woo-hoo!
What happens when Doctor Jack uses up all his quinine on the first person who gets malaria?
Dude, if Jack had any quinine in his bag to start with, I'd eat my shorts.
Actually, I'm looking forward to the first episode in which Jack would have to deal with some kind of tropical infection.
Dude, if Jack had any quinine in his bag to start with, I'd eat my shorts.
Surely there was tonic water in the drink cart.
Surely there are mosquitos on the island.
polar bear mosquitoes
"I Shall Not Walk Alone" by The Blind Boys of Alabama.
Hey, cool, I wondered if it was them. I thought this week's ep was the best use of a montage so far (partly because it was so short).
Behind the HAWTness of the Kate/Sawyer kiss, I couldn't help wonder if either of them had brushed their teeth in the past two weeks.
No kidding. Maybe they're all using Sun's magical toothbrushes.
Vonnie's mapping is awesome. I realize now that Charlie is the perfect cross between Xander (earnestly dorky, rejected at first by almost all the ladies) and Oz (sweet, diminutive, musician, painted fingernails!). Also, a big yes to this:
Maybe Locke is Ethan, but they think that he is Giles.
polar bear mosquitoes
Big ass Jersey mosquitoes
Aside from the whole shaving issue, what are the women going to do when they get their periods? (One presumes they won't actually become malnourished enough not to have them.)
For real, yo. I mentioned this to my mom, who also said she hoped they had a stash of Advil for cramps.
Though serious trauma can make a woman miss her period, and if anything qualifies as "serious trauma" I'd say a plane crash onto an island that has funky shit going down definitely qualifies.