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I’ve previously hypothesized that several characters have had many of their dreams, wishes, desires come to fruition. Some of you were way ahead of me and others of you co-signed it as a possibility.

For your consideration: http://www.lost-theories.com/theories/2007/oct/23/get-what-you-ask/

I decided to cross-reference the word ‘wish’ with the transcripts of each episode, and had some interesting results. I admit up front that I’ve randomly selected instances in which the word is used and that there are other instances which don’t seem special, so this is an incomplete summary. Do with it what you will, but I think there’s something to it.

In short, I believe that as long as an individual’s desires don’t directly undermine the ‘greater good’(which I would define as literally a vote on the act…..if only 3 people are aware of it’s possibility and vote 2-1, it happens, if 50, 26…majority rules). I believe the crash was partly ‘willed’ to happen, and I believe a healthy portion of these quotes support my theory.

I’ve also decided to include off-island wishes, might as well, since Walt seemed to have off-island powers, Desmond’s flashbacks were off-island….even the real world in Lost is mysterious, so who knows?

maternity leave: 1. eko: Locke did not tell me anything. Who is he? I wish to speak to him. JACK: Speak to him about what? EKO: I wish to speak to him alone. Can you arrange this? JACK: Why should I do that? EKO: Because you wish to keep this a secret.

Eko blackmails Jack(compels Jack to want it), so in a sense, Jack ‘wants’ Eko to have his meeting, because it keeps Ben a secret.

2. ETHAN: I’m going to miss you. I wish — I wish you didn’t have to go. claire: Maybe I don’t have to go? ETHAN: We’ve been through this Claire. There’s not enough vaccine for you and the baby. claire: Well, I’m not, I’m not sick. ETHAN: Thank God. And once you’ve delivered you can go back to your friends and hopefully you’ll stay that way. claire: What if I want to see the baby? ETHAN: Hey, nobody’s going to take him from you unless that’s what you want. You have a choice. We’re good people, Claire. We’re a good family. But if you’re going to trust us with your child I want you to be sure. Okay?

Ethan wishes she could stay but his wish runs contrary to the rest of the Others. His comments concerning Claire’s wishes show the power of the individual’s will, much like Ms. Klugh willingly taking a bullet. Ethan doesn’t get his wish, Claire gets what we later know she wants, to be with Aaron.

hearts and minds: 1. kate: Can you believe we’ve been here for over 3 weeks? I was on my way to Bali. I travel a lot. I was looking forward to exploring the island. Somehow I ended up on a flight to LA, instead. Guess that falls under the category — be careful what you wish for.

This is pretty self-explanatory(again, I believe the majority of the Losties wanted to be on the island)

2. JIN [pointing at his fish]: [Says something in Korean.] hurley: You know what? Fine. You win, okay? You happy now? Keep your damn fish, I’m out of here. [Hurley throws his shirt-net away, and goes to walk off but steps on something.] hurley: Ow! Ow, ow, ow. And later……. HURLEY [handing over the papaya and knife]: Knock yourself out. You want to wish something on your worst enemy? Hope they step on a sea urchin. [Jin walks up and holds out a fish to Hurley.]

Jin thought to himself ‘stubborn bastard, I hope he steps on a sea urchin’, nobody was voting otherwise, he was the majority.

dave 1. hurley: When we first crashed here, I was like, this isn’t all bad — it’s, like, the all mango diet. I wasn’t turning any heads or nothing but I did drop a couple belt sizes. Then we found this hatch and it was full of food — tons of food. I tried giving it all away, but I guess I kind of kept some of it for myself. I wish I could just get rid of it. LIBBY: Then get rid of it. [Libby grabs a giant jar of ranch dressing and holds it out to Hurley.] LIBBY: You want to change — then change.

Hurley does in fact get rid of the junk food and begins eating better, he and Libby voting 2 to 0.

exodus pt. 3 1. Michael sees a picture of a watch drawn on paper with the word ‘watch’ written next to it. michael [to Jin]: Hey, your wife made this for you? JIN: Sun. michael: She sounded it out, huh — so you could learn English? JIN: Yes. michael: Yeah, I wish she had made one for me. JIN [offering the watch to Michael]: You.

Ok I know this might seem like a stretch but due to the convenient language barrier and unique style of writing, in a strange way, Michael is wishing for a watch. Jin notices the way Michael is looking at it and thinks why not give it to him after their new bond, Michael gets his wish, 2-0….he now has a watch that Jin made ‘I wish she made one for me’ referring to the watch instead of Japanese for dummies. A stretch? Maybe.

in translation 1. father [subtitled]: You are my son. It does not matter what you’ve done. JIN [subtitled]: I wish I could start over. FATHER [subtitled]: Why can’t you? JIN [subtitled]: I have responsibilities.

Here is Jin wishing to be on the island, albeit vaguely. Another vote on the plane is cast.

house of the rising sun 1. charlie: My guitar? Uh, 8 days, 11 hours, give or take. LOCKE: You miss it? [Charlie nods] Well, a lot of wreckage. It might still turn up. charlie: Undamaged? Still playable? I don’t think so. I mean, I wish, but there was this bloke at the counter made me check it in.

Self-explanatory, Charlie wishes for his guitar back and gets it.

Here are some other ‘wishes’ using different terminology

not in portland alpert: There must be something that he would respond to. juliet: If he were hit by a bus. How about that? That would work.

We all know how that worked out.

everybody hates hurley carmen: Falling down is not exercise. The only time you move is to lift a drumstick from the bucket. Everyday it’s the same thing, Hugo — you work, you eat chicken. You have to change your life, Hugo. You think someone else will change it for you? Maybe if you pray everyday Jesus Christ will come down from heaven, take 200 pounds and bring you a decent woman, and a new car. Yes, Jesus can bring you a new car.

Well how about that. Hurley starts losing weight, gets a decent girl, and a new car(VW van). Maybe he prayed for it to happen??

Jack wants ‘something to fix’ and his father to be alive, Kate wants a fresh start and freedom, Sawyer wants to kill the man that killed his parents, Locke wants to become a walking, hunter/leader/chosen-one and prove himself, Charlie wants to kick his addiction and live the family life like his brother, Eko wants to pay for his sins, Jin wants a new life with Sun away from her father’s reach, Sun was already trying to escape to begin with, Rose & Bernard both want to find the place where she can be healed, Michael wants to bond with Walt, Walt(Locke tells us he burned the first raft)fights leaving the island so at the very least he must somewhat wants to be there, Juliet wants her sister to be healed, Sayid wants to redeem himself for being a ruthless torturer and align himself with noble causes, Claire wants to be a mother and a good one….etc etc etc.

So there you go.

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