I hate to shoot down your nice theory, Bev, but the Pitcairners are alive and fairly well except for the recent rape trial they had to fly lawyers, etc. in from Australia for.
No, I'm not making that up.
She just... she just did the math.
Kaylee ,'Objects In Space'
Lost: OMGWTF POLAR BEAR
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Theodosia - May 20, 2005 8:01:48 am PDT #8311 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Nutty - May 20, 2005 8:02:59 am PDT #8312 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Pitcairn Islanders are well known, and mapped, and have irregular but real contact with the rest of the world. Enough so that I read a big expose about their intrafamilial problems (child abuse) in the New Yorker some time in the past 6 months. Anyway, I think it was the New Yorker. Anyway, if National Geographic comes knocking on a quasi-regular basis, then the likelihood of the 815 survivors being rescued is quite large.
Also, you know what? Pitcairn is a fairly distinctive island, geographically. And looks very little (so far) like the Lost island. Better it should be Pitcairn's Bastard (but quite far away) Twin Island.
Ha to the x-post!
Theodosia - May 20, 2005 8:07:45 am PDT #8313 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
t high-fives Nutty
We could start referring to the island as Pitcairn-dark.
Yo-ho-ho and a baggie of heroin!
Nutty - May 20, 2005 8:16:52 am PDT #8314 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
There will be no yo-ho-hoing in the presence of Fletcher Christian.
(Who, if you'll recall, wasn't exactly a bastion of leadership. I think he survived less than two years on his chosen island, and his rule devolved into near-annihilating violence. By the end, IIRC, there was exactly one adult male left alive on the island.)
Beverly - May 20, 2005 8:30:31 am PDT #8315 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Well, I didn't mean the actual Pitcairn, it was a pitiful attempt at positing an AU Pitcairn. Sorry for not being clear, and thanks for the, um, being clear.
Yes, Pitcairn dark. Or two, or evil twin. Because the expectation has certainly been built that Black Rockians are eeeevil.
Frankenbuddha - May 20, 2005 8:31:52 am PDT #8316 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yes, Pitcairn dark. Or two, or evil twin. Because the expectation has certainly been built that Black Rockians are eeeevil.
In this AU, the island has a beard.
arby - May 20, 2005 9:30:52 am PDT #8317 of 10000
Guy #1: Man, there are so many hipsters around. I hate hipsters! Guy #2: You're at the wrong place. That's like going to Vegas only to say "I hate titties!" --The Warsaw, Williamsburg (OINY)
Rousseau said, "Montand lost his arm." Or maybe it was Montain.
Oh yeah, that's what I forgot to say! I heard that and thought "Montaigne" - which sounded vaguely familiar as another philosopher's name. Ring any bells? Signed, too lazy to Google
ETA - that really is too lazy, even for me, so here.
Liese S. - May 20, 2005 4:44:45 pm PDT #8318 of 10000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
So how many known wrecks do we actually have on the island?
Anne W. - May 20, 2005 4:47:24 pm PDT #8319 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Hmm.
1. Black Rock
2. Danielle's ship
3. The chock-full-o'-heroin plane
4. Flight 815
Am I missing any?
We don't know where the Adam and Eve came from. They could be some of Danielle's crewmates, or from the Black Rock. Or, they could be from an as of yet unknown wreck.
dcp - May 20, 2005 4:48:22 pm PDT #8320 of 10000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
One ship off shore, one ship well inland, one Beech 18 in the jungle, and parts of flight 815 in at least three different places.