It might also explain how the Black Rock could have wound up so far inland and relatively intact.
The Black Rock sailed from the other side of the continent, though.
Yeah, but you're an amateur fry cook and I come from a long line of fry cooks that don't live past 25.
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§ ita § - Jan 16, 2006 6:20:05 am PST #742 of 5968
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
le nubian - Jan 16, 2006 6:22:51 am PST #743 of 5968
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
geography means nothing!
Sean K - Jan 16, 2006 6:24:28 am PST #744 of 5968
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
It would likely take two of them, and Aussie and someone from the States. Otherwise, they might just assume that they're in the wrong hemisphere.
Except that, unless they are on a different planet altogether, they'd have to be in one hemisphere or the other. Constellations don't chage when you move east-west. They only change when you move north-south.
In order to look at the constellations and discover that they're someplace completely impossible (like a different ocean), they'd need a sextant and an ephemerus.
Nora Deirdre - Jan 16, 2006 6:26:21 am PST #745 of 5968
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Sextant and Ephemerus
Now there's a band name!
DebetEsse - Jan 16, 2006 6:39:29 am PST #746 of 5968
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Right, Sean. What I'm saying is, a person with an astronomy hobby from the States might not be able to make sense of the constellations and think they were in the Southern Hemisphere, while and Aussie would think they were in the Northern. Only by combining their knowledge would they get to "Hey, there's something really not right here"
le nubian - Jan 16, 2006 6:46:54 am PST #747 of 5968
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Following continuity from last season, aren't the castaways supposed to be experiencing the monsoon season soonish? There was a reason why Michael & friends had to set out on the raft when they did. The ocean should be pretty rought right now, no? There should be high winds.
DCJensen - Jan 16, 2006 6:49:20 am PST #748 of 5968
All is well that ends in pizza.
If we are talking about magic/theoretical portals or powers, maybe they are more effective at different points through the earth, or even trying to avoid the molton core...
You don't have to cut a cake neatly in two. A straight line across a circle (or through a globe) need not be a perfect opposite point.
DCJensen - Jan 16, 2006 6:52:01 am PST #749 of 5968
All is well that ends in pizza.
ren't the castaways supposed to be experiencing the monsoon season soonish?
They could do a montage...
le nubian - Jan 16, 2006 6:54:25 am PST #750 of 5968
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
But if they aren't actually in the Pacific Ocean, then that could explain why they aren't experiencing the monsoons.
It's the Langoliers, man. Everything comes back to Stephen King.
Sean K - Jan 16, 2006 7:07:06 am PST #751 of 5968
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Only by combining their knowledge would they get to "Hey, there's something really not right here"
Right. Now I get it.