ArsnalJ23 wrote:
I understand what you're saying, but logically that wouldn't work. If it already happened when he was a kid then he wouldn't turn around and die from that same wound as an adult, even if it is following one timeline of events (in fact, especially if that's the case). If he died as a kid he'd cease to exist at any age older than that. You're correcting history in the existing timeline you're living, but you're not changing the alternate one. Not to mention we'd have to assume that the event (the purge) is more important than the person responsible for it (Ben) if his death doesnt alter it in some way, and we don't know that yet. Sorry if this doesn't make sense, I'm tired and on my iPhone.
The writers of LOST might be using the fictional concept of hypertime. It's not based on logic by the way.
Hypertime is a superdimensional construct which, under very limited circumstances, can allow versions of characters from one continuity to interact withversions from another.
Hypertime works like this: the main, or "official" timeline is like a river, with a nearly infinite number of
distributaries-alternate timelines- branching off. Most of thetime, these alternate timelines go off on their own and never intersect with the main timeline. On occasion, the branches return, feeding back into the maintimeline - sometimes permanently, sometimes temporarily. Thus, history can sometimes change momentarily and then change back (or not). If characters from avery different Hypertimeline move into our own, this accelerates the process, causing more noticeable (but shorter) changes to the timeline.
Hypertime
Just something to think about in the LOST universe.
