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I'm not going to go into a deep analogy of the hydrogen bomb. The only thing I know hydrogen bombs is that they go boom and cause a great deal of death and destruction. I'm not even going to try to relate it to the classic comic character from the Archie series. I read one or two issues when I was a teen, but that's about it. I just want to clarify something and either be wrong or right.

I think that Daniel's plan has merit and could, to a small degree, work. However, he has failed to take into account other variables. By variables, I mean other people's actions. Let's first deal with the plan, then I'll talk about what I think could happen.

The plan is to detonate the hydrogen bomb at or near the Swan construction site to negate the sudden and violent burst of electromagnetic energy that is released when the drilling begins.

Negate: (verb) to nullify or cause to be ineffective

Dan's plan is to render the electromagnetic energy burst ineffective.

Of course, now that Dan is dead, we have a slight, itsy-bitsy problem. Jack, Eloise, Richard, nor Sayid have a clue how to detonate the bomb, nor do they know when the drilling at the Swan site is supposed to start. This left me wondering.

Remember when Miles drove Dan to the Orchid? Daniel checked his watch, then consulted his journal. Written in the journal are key dates and times. I am assuming that Dan, indeed all of the survivors, have been experiencing the time loops over and over again, each time learning a little bit more information that will help them to stop the cycle. Daniel has written in his journal the time Radzinsky's drilling hits the pocket of energy, thus telling Jack when the bomb needs to be detonated.

What? Two explosions of out of this world energy? At the same time?

Yes. If positioned properly, and detonated at just the precise moment, both blasts can neutralize each other. Either that or the island is blown to smithereens and, blip, it's all over. But consider this. A synonym for neutralize is cancel. Each blast cancels the other, and we have a less destructive effect.

Now, let's get back to the variables I mentioned earlier. People. We have a scenario that seems to be overlooked. Remember that I posted earlier that Sawyer drew a map to the Hostiles in exchange for an exiting trip on the Galaga? This is where things change from other times the scenario was played out in the previous loops. What if Radzinsky decides to mount an attack on the Others, disguised as a rescue attempt to retrieve young Ben?

Radzinsky instructs his crew to start drilling, despite Chang's warning. Jack and the others detonate the bomb according to Daniel's instructions. But, with an other than expected result. Perhaps Chang tries to stop the drilling and loses his arm, which causes a delay, the bomb explodes and then the burst of energy is released. I just don't know at this point in the game and, as each minute passes that brings us closer to the finale, my mind is working over time.

But I know that, to me, Radzinsky appears confrontational, angry and aggressive. He has always appeared to me like this. I'm not even sure how he was ever deemed Dharma material if these are the only traits he displays. Dharma has guns, yes, but I think they were purely defensive. We have never seen Dharma be on the offensive, just the defensive. They want world peace. Which is why I have such a problem with Radzinsky's character.

It's not a perfect theory, and I haven't figured out all the minute details, but it could happen.

The Incident - What Is It?

As we all know the season finale is titled "The Incident".

The name itself leads us to believe something on a massive scale is about to happen, and many people are thinking that the incident involves the Hydrogen bomb, the Swan Station and something called Electromagnetism and it all coming together explosively. Indeed, many audience members are expecting such.

But, just a thought, what if the "Incident" doesn't really have anything to do with the H-bomb, the Swan or the infamous electromagnetic energy burst?

In Follow The Leader the last thing Sawyer trades to get himself and Juliet onto the sub is a map to the Hostiles. Radzinsky demanded it. Do you remember? I didn't even pay attention to that part of the scene until today, as I was thinking about what could be the incident.

Then I started putting two and two together and possibly have come up with eleventeen, but bear with me.

We know an "incident" occurred during of shortly after construction of the Swan.
Pierre Chang's right arm is unmoving and appears to have been amputated in the orientation video.

Ben and the Others apparently did not know about the existence of the Swan until after Locke and Jack had blown the hatch door (I am skeptical of this, but I'll explain later).
Despite the gassing purge of the island, Danielle survived, as did Radzinsky and Kelvin Inman.

Okay, so here's my blazingly brilliant thought.

What if the incident is Dharma attacked the Hostiles, a battle ensued and, in the end, neither side wins?

Just a thought.

The reason why I doubt that Ben and the Others didn't know about the Swan's existence is simple. There were enough people working on the project within Dharma, some of them actually wearing coveralls with the Swan insignia, that Ben would have noticed. Not only that, I believe Amy, Ethan's mother and Horace's wife, was a Hostile spy. I can think of no other way how Ethan would have been with Ben and the Hostiles in 1988 when Alex was taken. ClearwaterChica from the Lost Message Boards actually helped me to make the connection by pointing out the elderly Amelia. Amelia. Amy could be short for Amelia. Someone else on the boards also pointed out the pendant Amy's first husband wore around his neck, and how important it was to Amy. Which was the same symbol connected to the statue. Even if Ben himself didn't know about the Swan, I'm sure Amy, having Horace's confidence, would have known and told the Others.

"Uhm, hey, guys? Remember when I was living among the Dharma folks and having babies and sharing pillow talk with their leader? Well, he told me about a top secret station they were building in our territory.....And well, if you're gonna kill all these people, maybe you might want to take care of the ones in that station too. Just thought you'd like to know...."

Or something like that. The point is, the Others utilized every resource they could from Dharma and it stands to reason that they would make sure they had total control of the island by taking out whomever was in that station. Of course, they could have made a deal with Radzinsky to push the button and let him think he was saving the world. There is also the possibility that, with the duration of the term of service in the Swan, the station was sealed for that period of time automatically ( a kind of don't' open until Christmas idea) and, by the end of that time the Others had forgotten about it.

Or not. Soon we will see.

A super-hyped, getting really, really excited Arcticroses.