Kaylee ,'Objects In Space'
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Maybe the Others are just as much trapped as any one else by the "security system" -- maybe they can only go so far before they end up being taken back to shore. The island is protecting itself from being discovered by the out side world.
And the Others think that Walt can get them away with his creepy mind powers.
I like this theory. It still doesn't explain why they took Alex, but it still explains a lot.
How come everyone is so sure those Deliverance boat-folk were the Others? Did I miss something last night?
I thought it was implied by the French woman hearing the Others saying they were coming for the boy.
Walt's the annointed one.
How come everyone is so sure those Deliverance boat-folk were the Others?
Well, I put it in my head that Rouseau's talk of The Others wanting to take "the boy." and the creepy pirate dudes saying, "we'll take the boy" that they were the others. Rousseau is the only one who calls them that, though, so, the label means precious little. "The Others" is not very descriptive of a hell of a lot.
I think they are more guerrilla type fighters than all out attack people though (to answer, why don't they just storm the beach) an all out attack could cost them more than they think they can afford. So they infiltrate with Ethan, who only attacks Charlie and Claire. They kill Scott, coming from the sea, all sneaky like. They wait until Walt and very few protectors are 15 miles away from backup and escape.
It looked to me like the person who threw whatever it was that blew up the raft was female, and therefore maybe Alex. Could anyone tell for sure?
Looked that way to me too, Perkins.
A friend of mine thinks that Walt is just the latest in a series of young children stolen by the Others. We know of Alex, but Ethan could have been Alex's predecessor, and the line might stretch back further than that (maybe the slaves on the Black Rock included some children).
I liked the finale and Thin Red Line. I win!
Alex is a girl, though. Not that they necessarily knew that.
Maybe there aren't that many of them, and, while an all-out attack would work, there would be too much danger of one of them dying, whichis mroe than they can really afford.
I'm not convinced that Danielle isn't wrongfully grouping multiple groups into "the Others"