Consider the way that Shannon asked Boone if Locke was his boyfriend. The emphasis was all wrong for her to be mocking him for being gay. She was mocking him for choosing Locke.

FTR, I read that comment the same way that hayden did.

I like Boone. I don't love him, but I find him believable, and I'm looking forward to finding out more about his character, his family, and his motivations.

He's whitebread. And self-righteous. And whiny. And constantly bitching

Yes.

at his sister. Who is, yes, not helping, but bitching at her? Won't fix that.

As a brother? He's not my first pick.

Oh, you mean Boone. I thought you were talking about Somerhalder. I don't like either of them. As far as the character's concerned,

someone who wants to help so that he will be seen as helping, not because he's a getting-things-done kind of guy. He's hung up on his relative (lack of) status in the castaway hierarchy, and his decisions are driven by that, rather than any kind of purer altruism or even recognizeable self-interest (like Sawyer exhibits).

This is very perceptive, and I agree completely.

I think, if I were going to apply any meaning to anything, that he's trying to explain to his sister why she should help.

Altruism will not appeal to her, she needs to understand that people won't continue to feed and shelter her just because she's sitting there looking purty. If she continues to be useless, she won't be fed. She needs to pitch in, to be useful, in order to receive her daily bread, er, swine.

I don't think you're wrong, Allyson. I just know that, if my brother said that to me, I wouldn't respond well.

At least Shannon doesn't take Boone's abuse - she fights him right back. Next weeks episode will hopefully answer a lot of questions about why they interact the way they do, because I'm not sure if she deserves the crap she's been getting. Yes, she's lazy and selfish, but maybe she was driven into being that.

I would like to point out that that large plant Sun was carrying around? Basil. In flower. Not so tropical.

Pmoon suggests that the polar bears are very fond of pesto.

I just know that, if my brother said that to me, I wouldn't respond well.

But you probably wouldn't also be the other things Shannon is.

Whether or not Boone is driven by external approval, the only time we've seen him get her to do anything was by a dare, and she did it not because they needed food, but because she wanted to show him he was wrong.

It seems perfectly plausible that it's the closest thing she has to a motivator outside physical vanity.

To be honest, I'd rather be stuck on an island with someone like Boone than either Sawyer or Kate.

I think that BooneSawyer gives back what he gets. If Kate had treated him as her shining savior, he'd be Jack by now.

Nah. Sawyer's a soul sucking demon. I'm sure of it. /issues