Perhaps Walt is already too old (past the age of the conscience developing) to have enough 'power' to be a kidnapping target.
Although he does seem to exert more control over their surroundings than anyone else from the plane crash, cf. the dice scene from the last ep, and the scene in ep. 3 where Michael promises he'll go look for Vincent as soon as it stops raining, and immediately it stops raining. Plus, the polar bear-->comic book connection.
Did anyone think it was very forboding foreshadowing when Kate told Shannon that Boone being with Locke made him safe?
Yeah, I definitely got that vibe.
le nubian, I'm intrigued by your tag. Does it have anything to do with the number of people on the island? I noticed a while ago it was 46, and then shortly after we met Crazy Rousseau, it was 47, and now it's 48, shortly after the introduction of Ethan as a non-plane crash person.
Also, we don't know that Ethan is a psycho. We know that he kidnapped people by force and hung one of them
I'd say that your second sentence proves that Ethan is a psycho. YPsychoMV.
Where's Hec? He has a DSM IV.
Where's Hec? He has a DSM IV.
Yeah, revive the Batman argument. That always works.
Atkins! Seat belts! Prescriptivism!
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I have a DSM-IV here at work, but I'm also quite happy with my working definition of "psycho."
Y'all are assuming that Ethan has recognizable motives. If one of the main characters kidnapped someone and hung him or her, that character would be a psycho, because we've been made aware that they share common background, and therefore a common frame of reference on what is and is not socially and ethically acceptable behavior, with us. If Ethan is, say, of supernatural, extraterrestrial, or some other unforseen origin, he may be behaving in a way that is rational to him. We just don't know enough about who or what he is to throw around terms like "psycho."
Was the Terminator a psycho? Are cannibal cultures psycho? Are Hummer drivers psycho? (Well, ok, I'll give you that one.)
Taking a page from Richard Rorty, I prefer the term "non-essentialist."
Well, with the kidnapping and hanging, Ethan's certainly shown himself to be a *driven* personality. However, up until then he'd also shown himself to be patient and capable of maintaining normal social functioning for days or weeks at a time. A few creepy stares notwithstanding.
Ethan is a very different character depending on why he kidnapped and attemped hobbicide.
He could have a cunning, rational scheme to get off the island and his actions are in support of that.
Alternatively, he could have done it because his many-tentacled god (who talks to him via magical hatrack) told him to. His many-tentacled god tells him to do a lot of things that don't always make a lot of sense, but dammit he's TRYING and could you JUST GIVE HIM A BREAK, Etc.
He could also be a cluster of super-intelligent bacteria, or a hitchhiking alien from the planet Quarnax.
Not that any of that necessarily matters (especially to Claire and Charlie), but it does have an effect on how our heroes will be able to deal with Ethan.
He could also be a cluster of super-intelligent bacteria
I think that the evidence undeniably supports this. I mean, look at the guy's brow.
