The funny thing about Boone is that he has practically zero agency. He's been stuck in a dyad with Snickerbitch, where she leads him around by the nose; he works for his mother; he gloms onto Locke and becomes his pet project; the Island Voodoo casts him initially as a valiant savior/protector, only for him to fail. He doesn't even fight the invisimechasaurs -- they just snap the girl up behind him. As far as can be told, he still doesn't know what the invisimechasaurs look like.

And after that transformative Island Voodoo vision? Still zero agency. Now he's stuck in a dyad with Locke instead of Shannon, and he's still the lesser partner -- moreso, now.

He seemed vaguely aware that he was playing out a role, in his Shannon-chasing. Stuck, but aware he was stuck, and the bitch of his own stuckness. I don't think he has any idea that he has vision quested himself out of the frying pan and into the fire.

eta: Whoa! Psych 101 x-post with the Scrappy one!

However, she definitely had ulterior motives for fucking him. It wasn't just the "drunk fuck."

Didn't anyone else think "Well, THAT makes damn sure that he won't be running to Mommy to tell her how Shannon hoodwinked him out of money!"?

I think she was shutting him up, trying to cover over what he just learnt.

For her peace and future opportunity, though.

Yeah, I guess we define pity fuck differently. I don't see her actually pitying him, or if she does, letting that determine how she uses him.

Didn't anyone else think "Well, THAT makes damn sure that he won't be running to Mommy to tell her how Shannon hoodwinked him out of money!"?

Yes. That's pretty much what she said the next morning. We go back, you tell Mommy you rescued me, just like always.

I've decided Locke is The Best Satan Ever. You know why? Satan As Therapist.

It's a very entertaining notion.

heads up, all you LOST tapers/TiVoers...next week's show will run over again, ending at 9:03pm. same deal for Alias.

go ahead, shoot me...i didnt post this before this week's show b/c i thought you all already knew. yeah, eye = suck.

As far as can be told, he still doesn't know what the invisimechasaurs look like.

Even if he'd seen one, he still wouldn't know what one looked like.

Hallucinagenic!Invisimechasaur != RealLife!!Invisimechasaur

Didn't anyone else think "Well, THAT makes damn sure that he won't be running to Mommy to tell her how Shannon hoodwinked him out of money!"?

Raises hand.

Also, I'm of like mind as Robin and Nutty, which is good as their brains are very spicy.

Boone's relief at Shannon's death read perfectly valid reaction to getting out from under someone's thumb you're not strong enough to free yourself from.

Of course, now he's under Satan!Locke's thumb, so the relief will be short lived.

So, there was an article on Lost in the newspaper here yesterday, and in it Ian Somerhalder is complaining how Boone has no survival skills, whereas according to him, he has some.

"I grew up in Louisiana. We had horses and land. You learn how to survive. You understand the way things work in the woods, if you need to build a fire, tie a rope, make a rope out of something else. He didn't know any of these things. He was very fragile in that environment, where I wouldn't have been.

"Do you know how hard it is to stand around and have everybody say 'Do this, Do this,' when I know, Ian knows, that's what you do."

Dude. Maybe you should have gone and found out what this whole newfangled acting thing was, before taking a job in it.

ETA: edited to add a bit more context

"Do you know how hard it is to stand around and have everybody say 'Do this, Do this,' when I know, Ian knows, that's what you do."

I don't even understand this sentence. Is he talking about himself in the third person? And complaining about being told to do things? And what about survival skills now?

I've decided Locke is The Best Satan Ever. You know why? Satan As Therapist.

Love it, love it, LOVE IT!