Thanks beathen and T!C. Heading to spoilers, and down that long path...

the 31 nameless survivors on the island.

Shoutout to Baskin Robbins?

I'm going to have to look at that character sheed from WD some more.

Locke picked up on the strangeness of the island LONG before anyone else, in a way that seems to imply more than just practical know-how at play. Between that and his talk of destiny, sounds visionary to me.

Well, if I woke up after a plane crash and I could walk after 5 years of paralysis, I damn well bet I'd pick up some strangeness on the island.

But, point taken. :-)

Locke, Walt, Charlie, Sun, and Vincent will all be Fiver. They will be a Five-Man Band of Fiverosity.

Where do I buy this tee-shirt?

Keeping with the WD parallels a bit more, the initial crisis in WD was caused thanks to a rift between the rabbits who heeded Fiver's warnings about the upcoming disaster and those who wanted to keep the paranoid types from rocking the boat.

I could see a similar situation playing out as some of the survivors want to set up camp away from the beach while others hold out for rescue to come to the crash site and don't want to leave.

Heh. If we want to draw parallels between reading material shown on the show and and what's actually happening on the show, you can't leave out the comic book that Walt was reading. I know it was in Spanish, but I don't remember what the actual comic was, or if it was obvious enough to tell.

P-C, I'm not saying she is, but she could be. Fiver reads like a psychic, seer character, who is not physically capable, and must be protected by the rest of the group. Walt and Sun are the only two I can think of, offhand, who seem to have a to-be-protected mandate (I guess Claire (Pregnant-lady, right?) does, too, but I don't see her as at all Fiverish.

Bigwig was also an important adviser to Hazel, as was Blackberry (iirnamesc. Tech-bunny-with-the raft). Locke really does seem more like one of them (Probably in conjunction with Sayid, who I may have to start referring to as tech-bunny). I could see Locke bucking if he disagrees with Jack, which is much more like (early) Bigwig.

Where do I buy this tee-shirt?

It's on the rack with the "I Think P-C's Right" shirt.

I could see a similar situation playing out as some of the survivors want to set up camp away from the beach while others hold out for rescue to come to the crash site and don't want to leave.

I can definitely see this. Conflict!

I know it was in Spanish, but I don't remember what the actual comic was, or if it was obvious enough to tell.

A comics geek on TWoP identified it. I forget what it was, and I can't check cause the forums are down. I'm pretty sure one of the resident comics geeks could identify it as well; I believe it was Golden Age DC or its ilk.

It is important to note that despite the fun we're having with Watership Down, there's no outward indication beyond its cameo that TPTB are deliberately mapping characters to the book. What they have said is the show is very close to The Stand. My brother has the giant tome at home. I think I'll read it over Christmas.

Okay, guess I'll have to add The Stand to my reading list. Sigh.

It is important to note that despite the fun we're having with Watership Down, there's no outward indication beyond its cameo that TPTB are deliberately mapping characters to the book.

Agreed. Actually, I do think it's interesting that Sawyer (who was referred to on the TWOP boards as a redneck) is a) reading a novel and b) willing to be seen reading a novel with a bunny rabbit on the cover. If he knew what kind of book WD was before picking up (and especially if the book is one he brought with him on the plane), that adds some interesting depth to his character.

Also-- and I just remembered this about The Stand-- the main character in that book recalls reading WD (he thought it was a naval thriller before he started reading) and finding something analagous to their situation in the book.

Edited to whitefont mild The Stand spoiler.