Comments on: Lost Theory – Inverted Parentage (Spoiler Warning)

By: Lebowski Achiever

Lebowski Achiever — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:04:32 +0000

Nice thought, Could Widmore have taken a child while on the island like Ben did? Maybe Penny is truly not his daughter but a stolen/adopted child.

By: hey zeus

hey zeus — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:16:09 +0000

okay- if baby charlie is Charles Widmore then please do me a favour

take a good long look at Ms Hawking and tell me she isn’t Penny fifty years down the line.

especially after all the things she says to Des before he ditches young Penny.

Ms Hawking. single and sad all her days because she lost the love of her life in a sacrificial incident and her only child turned out to be her dad.

what a life. maybe she also has something to do with Kate/Annie leaving the island.

or maybe everything has something to do with everything.

By: Jay Long

Jay Long — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:33:56 +0000

Nice Futurama reference

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:26:42 +0000

It’s only consistent if the watch is completely unaffected by the passage of time– it would be infinitely old, so it’s nonsense.

By: HoJu

HoJu — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:51:51 +0000

Well, now everything is back as it was, and if history doesn’t care that our degenerate friend Charles is his own grandfather, then who are we to judge?

By: Lost 5.3 “Jughead” « The Cloud

Lost 5.3 “Jughead” « The Cloud — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:36:02 +0000

[...] he made some interesting points, such as gun-toting Other Ellie being Ms. Hawking and referencing a seriously crazy-ass theory floated over at Doc Arzt’s site about the parentage and heritage of Desmond and Penny’s [...]

By: Vayne81

Vayne81 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:06:11 +0000

Great guess at the childs name being Charlie! Very impressive But I’m going to take a stab that the baby was named after the Charlie who spent his last few moments of life communicating with Penny and letting Desmond know of it. After all, he got them to reunite with eachother.

If the baby was meant to be named after Penny’s father than they would have called him Charles… Then again, my parents called me Scotty when I was a baby, and not Scott lol. Ya never know whats going to happen, thats what is so great about this show.

But one thing I’ve been scratching my head about is, what the heck does “Jacob is in me.” mean? Apparently Locke has been to places in time that none of the others have been to. Perhaps he knows something we all don’t? I always thought that the old screen stills of Jacob resembled Locke. Any thoughts?

By: professorstotch

professorstotch — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:42:40 +0000

I just want to say that I’m actually amazed that the kid’s name was Charlie. Even though I posted this theory, I fully didn’t expect any part of it to come true. It was just an out of left field, fun, stupid guess.

Anyways, after Jughead, we learned two things:

1. Desmond and Penny’s little boy is named Charlie.
2. Widmore seems awfully concerned that his daughter remain safe at all costs.

Now the second part could just be because of the fact that it’s his daughter and…well…he cares about her. It could also be because of the fact that she’s not only his daughter…but his mother at the same time!

By: Hexonxonx

Hexonxonx — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:33:54 +0000

That’s not true. With all the talk about closed timelike curves, that’s exactly what this situation would be. The sequence of events isn’t contradicting itself, but rather causing itself to happen. It’s like the compass: Locke gives Richard the compass in 1954, and then Richard gives Locke the compass in 2006 (say), who then travels back to 1954. The compass has no proper origin but instead is in a closed timelike curve. It’s completely consistent.

Of course, all this only works in a universe in which there is effectively no free will.

By: preztige

preztige — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:09:44 +0000

Actually, now that I saw the episode and am re-reading this theory; I am really glad you wrote it. It’s plausible that Charlie may grow up to be Charles, and this is why Charles kept asking if “penny was safe” and suggesting to “keep her safe”. Why wouldnt he take his dad’s (desmonds) last name tho, if desmond were his father. And how would this tie in with Charles Widmore that we have already met in Islands past?

By: Vayne81

Vayne81 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:47:43 +0000

I think Charles Widmore plotted for Desmond to end up on that island, in that little boat race to earn his respect or whatever. Knowing that Penny would do anything in her power to find him… Ultimately, finding the island for him.

But hey, I’m really not doubting a loop theory… but I dunno, seems like one of those “my sisters aunts ex boyfriend was related to my doctors pet lobster…”

Well, whatever the case may be, it excites me to read all the theories, spoilers, than finding out what happens in the episodes. It’s such a rush at times

By: Melody

Melody — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:29:27 +0000

So Desmond has a child with his granddaughter?

By: Kara

Kara — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:04:35 +0000

But looking at the sneak peek the professor is referring to it is pretty clear that they were hiding from Widmore.

By: Bezmina

Bezmina — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:15:49 +0000

It’s write Prestige not right….

Also there are still spoiler free theories on this site.
Also what machine that Mrs H was working on? The one that there is already a theory on?

Just goes to show you can’t please all of the people all of the time.

Right I am out of here until Monday, I hope it is as awesome as I’m told it will be – alas I shall have to wait until Sunday night to find out, damn 4 day delay in the UK.

By: LT

LT — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:37:18 +0000

This does make sense that Desmond is his father. It would explain Charles’ anger towards Desmond. Also, since Charles hated his father, it would explain why he would use his mother’s maiden name. I don’t think this falls under what a paradox truly is.