I like Ana, too. She could stand to lighten up a bit, but then, so could Jack.

I think the pit was in case they were able to capture one of the Others, they'd want a place to question them or hold a hostage. Or maybe the pit was already there, dug by one of Rousseau's crew way back when.

Maybe they caught boar in it. Maybe it was already there.

I'll bet digging a big hole would take less time than building the raft.

(Not so sudden, but inevitable x-post.)

Hell, maybe Rousseau had another bolt-hole boobytrapped with century old dynamite and the tail section people just made use of the results.

She also has a whole lot more leadership skills than say Jack. Not that it takes much.

Maybe if you consider tyranny to be leadership.

If "trust issues" lady was implying that people in her group got sick, maybe they threw them in the pit. Either that or they put their version of Ethan (does Cruise have any other working actor relatives?) into the pit.

Maybe if you consider tyranny to be leadership.

I don't think you can properly judge her leadership skills without seeing what shaped them. How she is might have been what it took to get even these few to where they are. Or it might have been why so few remain.

They haven't said.

Since The Others tm have apparently been preying (in some manner to be determined later) on the Tailenders, they've been losing people much faster than the Lostaways have. So it would make In-Charge person, whether Ana or whoever, much more pushy about trying to keep people in line, and alive.

I don't think it's fair to judge her--or any of them--by the same standards we'd judge the group we're familiar with. Their experience since the crash has been much rougher. It stands to reason they'd be less with the manners and the politesse.

ETA: Heh. Or What ita Said.

Now I'm speculating about Ana/Kate sparks.

Huh, maybe I have been reading slash too long.

They haven't said.

The problem is that they're not likely to say any time soon.

Of course not. They don't know.