carinaavila:moderation:GPOLW - Horace Goodspeed
A time traveler
- The 1992 date for the Purge (which is solely based on Horace’s “dead for 12 years” claim in Locke’s vision) is problematic in relation to Danielle’s presence on the Island, and Alex’s kidnapping. If later evidence shows an earlier date for the Purge, then Horace being a time traveller at some point (even if his death and nosebleed were caused by the gas, and not by time travel), would provide us with a way to explain the discrepancy.
- Also In Season 4’s episode, “Cabin Fever,” Locke saw a bloody nose Horace cutting down a tree. Probably many of you thought he was a ghost, but I think Horace time traveled to 2004 before his death. The evidence all has to do with the bloody nose. Remember Desmond, Charlotte, Juliet, and others all had bloody noses as they changed time zones when the flashes occured. Maybe this explains why Horace has a bloody nose. He is time traveling into the future, which leads him to 2004.
(via lostpedia)
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r3d: interesting … however, I think the horace we saw cutting down the tree WAS a “ghost”. First of all, Horace is doing the same thing over and over again, and the tree that he “cuts down” reappears after talking to Locke. Secondly, after this, Locke goes into the pit where all the dead people from the purge are, and he finds Horace’s body, with the blueprints for the shack.
Also… why is the date of the purge problematic with Alex’s kidnapping? Danielle’s distress call from the radio tower has been looping for 15 yrs. This would mean 3 yrs before when we are assuming that the purge was, in 1989. The distress call was recorded after she killed off her team, but we do not know exactly when. Alex is probably older than 15 yrs, so it is more likely that Danielle killed off her team, had the baby and Ben kidnapped the baby all before 1989, making Danielle more desperate to get out, she finds the radio tower, makes the call in 1989 and the purge happens 3 yrs after in 1992.
