“Moving the island” (Not really a theory)
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- “Moving the island” (Not really a theory)
- Created: May 9, 2008
- Last updated: Nov 12, 2008
- After episode: 4.11: Cabin Fever
- Status: Current
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So many perks of the island can be explianed if the island could have been moved physically.
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There has been a lot of talk about this. My friend gave me an idea, but I didn’t really think I should post it, and I believed it would get bashed around a bit, so I never posted it. Thats not the point though, so forget it, the point of this being that I believe he (Jacob, Ben, Whidmoor… who knows) wants to physically move the island.
So many perks of the island can be explianed if the island could have been moved physically. This can explain why there are polar bears. The island could have been moved to the Antarctic, somwhere near the snow and ice. We all know you have to enter the island at just the right coordinates. While the island was down there, a polar bear could have wandered in at JUST the right coordinates, hence finding sanctuary in the island.
Near the end of season 1, a person mentions how the island was just north of the south pole, which could explain that the island was once by the south pole, but moved a little ways north. Ben means that Whidmoor will never find the island in my opinion, because he moved it physically.
Oh and I know that there was something about Dharma creating polar bears that could survive in warm weather. this could be explained that the island was moved down to the southern pole to get some, or that Dharma’s experiments simply failed, and it’s largely coincidence.
Key characters
| Short Name | Full Name | Episodes | Theories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desmond | Desmond David Hume | 2.23, 3.17, 4.5 | 853 |
| Jack | Jack Shephard | 1.1, 1.5, 2.11, 1.11, 1.16, 1.20, 3.9, 3.22, 3.1, 4.10, 4.12, & 3” href=”/episodes/theres-no-place-home-parts-2-3/”>4.13 | 1451 |
| Kate | Katherine “Kate” Austen | 3.6, 1.2, 1.3, 2.9, 1.12, 1.16, 1.22, 3.15, 4.4, 4.12 | 711 |
| Sawyer | James “Sawyer” Ford | 3.4, 2.3, 2.6, 2.13, 1.16, 3.10 | 451 |
| Sayid | Sayid Jarrah | 2.14, 1.9, 3.11, 4.3, 4.12 | 388 |
Key episodes
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.22 | Born to Run | 5-11-2005 | Kate | 65 |
Key events
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| Jack, Kate, and Sawyer captured | 2.23, 3.1 | 204 |
| Michael and Walt released | 2.23 | 287 |
| Michael captured | 2.22 | 114 |
| Michael shoots Ana-Lucia and Libby | 2.20 | 121 |
| Pearl station discovered | 2.21 | 139 |
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| The crashed Nigerian plane | 1.19, 3.5, 1.21, 1.24, 2.10, 2.21, 3.14 | 153 |
| The Door “station” | 2.22 | 156 |
| Pala Ferry Pier | 2.21, 2.23, 3.2 | 157 |
| The Pearl station | 2.21, 3.5, 3.14 | 230 |
| The Swan station | 2.20, 2.23, 2.14, 2.17, 2.1, 2.2, 1.11, 3.3, 3.8 | 461 |
all that is well and good, but HOW DO YOU MOVE AN ISLAND?? Thats the real intriguing part….
How is there a flying smoke monster? How do pople’s mind go back in time? Yeah I suppose you could ask how about everything my dear friend, but with Lost… It’s different.
Things happen, we go with them and, make theories. :D
A half-thought out idea:
Picture the island as an ice cube floating in a glass of water. The water represents water here, and the glass represents the bubble around the island (the time wall or whatever).
What if instead of moving the island (ice cube) you just rotated the glass, so that the island (ice cube) stays in place, but the one-true bearing changes? Doesn’t the island become “hidden” again to the outside world, since those trying to get in the way that worked (325 or 305 or whatever) no longer works?
Interesting thought, freddybeanbag: If one can assume that the island or something on the island has extraordinary magnetic properties then those magnetic properties would affect a magnetic compass. Maybe the magnetic properties can be “dialed” or “tweaked” to effectively hide the island by throwing off compass readings.
On the other hand I don’t think GPS navigation would be affected by tweaking the island’s magnetic field since it depends on signals bounced off of satellites in space. And, if you can’t fool a GPS system, you haven’t “hidden” the island very well . . .
There are no polar bears in Antartica by the way. They are many thousands of miles away in the Arctic regions. Silly!!! Penguins maybe… Anyone seen any penguins?