Time and Age related theory

[NewEditionFan]

The crash survivors THINK they have been on the island for about 100 days (3-4 months) but several things look like this is not the case. I believe that while on the island time travels slower. Walt was "rescued" and then Locke saw him "taller and older". Did h leave the island and instantly age?

Did you notice how Kate looked during the first flash-forwards? A little older? And now Aaron... I believe that Jack doesn't want to see him because Kate kidnapped him to get him off the island. Claire didn't want to go. Jack knows this and knows they did the right thing but knows that Claire is still there without her child.

I think Kate, Jack and Aaron (maybe Juliet also) go on the helicopter to go to the freighter and Aaron instantly ages 3-4 years. To their shock Kate and Jack find out that they have been "lost" to the outside world for 4 years and not 4 months. This would explain Kate's mother saying that doctors gave her 6 months to live for the last 4 years. This would explain Walt's aging. This may also explain why people who get pregnant ON the island end up dead. It could be something to do with the development of the baby and the time-warping.

I also thought about Ben having the tumor. Jack thought he should have been dead. The slowing of time would slow the progression of his illness. I bet there are other things like this we could all think of to fit in with this.

[LostFan27]

I posted in another thread that after finding out the rocket sent by the freighter showed that the island is 31 min 21 sec slower than "real" time. That would mean that if they believe they have been on the island for 96 days, then (assuming the time differential is consistant and not based on other factors) it really has been 146 days (not the 4 years you suggest). But its possible the time change isnt consistant and there are other factors involved....but i just thought id share.

[NewEditionFan]

Yes, I saw that. It could also mean that since the freighter is closer, not as much time went by... but back on the mainland it could be years...

[LostFan27]

Originally Posted by NewEditionFan

Yes, I saw that. It could also mean that since the freighter is closer, not as much time went by... but back on the mainland it could be years...

Very true....there's no telling right now, and i love it

[No.78]

4 months to 4 years thing makes sense I can definetly see that happening, especially at the end of an episode.

"4 months? No... You've been gone 4 years."

*epic lost music*

LOST

[MsDee]

Originally Posted by No.78

4 months to 4 years thing makes sense I can definetly see that happening, especially at the end of an episode.

"4 months? No... You've been gone 4 years."

*epic lost music*

LOST

I was so convinced they were on the island for four year according to the real world but hen (and I posted this on another thread) The end credits, credit the child actor as the two year old. Now what?

[NewEditionFan]

Originally Posted by No.78

4 months to 4 years thing makes sense I can definetly see that happening, especially at the end of an episode.

"4 months? No... You've been gone 4 years."

*epic lost music*

LOST

I like that!!!

[Lukazs_]

Originally Posted by No.78

4 months to 4 years thing makes sense I can definetly see that happening, especially at the end of an episode.

"4 months? No... You've been gone 4 years."

*epic lost music*

LOST

I love your sense of humor.

[NewEditionFan]

Seriously though... I can't see any other way Will could be explained.

[lost_grrl]

I think that people are reading WAY too much into their assumed unnatural aging of Aaron. Think about how things go in real life...they would get rescued and have to be debriefed by various international authorities. After that, the Los Angeles (although that didn't make sense because Kate's crimes weren't committed in CA) DA would have to decide whether to press charges and then deal with all the pre-trial crap, not to mention the backlogged courts. It could EASILY be 2+ years after coming home before Kate actually stands trial.

Not to say that I don't think there is a time thing going on with the island. Clearly the rocket and helicopter delay confirm what many of us have thought since the beginning--that Lost time and Real time are not the same. I just don't think that Aaron's apparent age (not to mention that it is pretty difficult for most people to determine the age of a toddler) is the best "proof".