Flagg1982
02-26-2005, 01:14 PM
just crawled out of the basement to put in my opinion.
I've always thought Alex is a girl and considering the timing aspect of Danielle's isolation, I think Alex is a teenager. I also think that Alex is the one that rescued Claire from Ethan.
There were scratches on Ethan's face. They looked like a woman's fingernail marks to me. I doubt they were from Claire because she did not remember anything, hence was probably not fighting for her life at the point of rescue. Therefore, that leaves me two choices: Danielle and Alex. Because Danielle is obviously living in fear and reluctant to engage in communication with anyone, I doubt she would approach Ethan. Alex, however, might have a bone to pick with the others. And Alex might have just enough courage to be a hero.
It's just a gut feeling.
We have no idea if Alex was a toddler when she arrived on the island or if Danielle gave birth to her there, but I suspect she was probably a toddler. A pregnant woman on an expedition? Probably far-fetched. A woman on a scientific endeavor with her child? Probably more realistic. So I'm assuming Alex is around 17-18.
We don't know how long ago Danielle lost her "child" but I'm going to assume it was practically immediately upon arrival. Danielle's fear seems to stem from the sickness that overcame her party and the infection that was spread through their association with the others. This is when Robert was killed and I think Alex disappeared and it was almost immediate.
I'm thinking Alex lived a relatively safe existence until a certain point and I think at that point, probably puberty, she escaped. Alex has been running wild on the island for some time, learning to live on her own, co-existing with the animal life, perhaps even spying on her mother.
I don't know if I believe the island itself has special properties, but I do believe these children have some kind of connection and a natural affinity for the island itself. Alex may have something that makes her special, but it's her relationship with the world around her that seems important to me. I think Alex holds the key to whatever connects them all together. Claire's child would then become an important thing to her and one worth saving.
I think Alex does feel a compulsion to be near Danielle and it's possible she watches and studies her but may have no idea why. Danielle's own isolation would be a drawing factor but without dialogue Alex would not know there is a connection between them. If Alex ran from the others she would not know who she can trust and would be suspect of anyone else on the island. She may be reluctant to approach Danielle, given Danielle's odd and erratic behavior.
Yet I think Alex did help Claire. This was probably because she saw the immediate danger to Claire and recognized it as similar to her own reasons for escape.
I do think though that Alex has a curiosity about our castaways. She's probably been watching the entire time. She may have been the one that hit Sayid and I think it's possible she has already met one. Vincent seems to go off on his own quite a bit and for some reason I see them together. A friendly dog would certainly help her to gain acceptance into a tribe of scared and suspicious castaways and given Alex's natural living conditions, I think her first affinity and trust would probably be placed in an animal.
Of course all of this is assuming that Alex is a human being. Half of those I talk to think Alex is far less than human. But I'm going on a mother's instinct here. I can't accept that any woman in Danielle's position would so insistently question a stranger about the whereabouts of anything but a human being. When Danielle stated that "Alex was my child" I sensed an emotional void and I refuse to believe any woman would feel such yearning for anything other than her own offspring.
I've always thought Alex is a girl and considering the timing aspect of Danielle's isolation, I think Alex is a teenager. I also think that Alex is the one that rescued Claire from Ethan.
There were scratches on Ethan's face. They looked like a woman's fingernail marks to me. I doubt they were from Claire because she did not remember anything, hence was probably not fighting for her life at the point of rescue. Therefore, that leaves me two choices: Danielle and Alex. Because Danielle is obviously living in fear and reluctant to engage in communication with anyone, I doubt she would approach Ethan. Alex, however, might have a bone to pick with the others. And Alex might have just enough courage to be a hero.
It's just a gut feeling.
We have no idea if Alex was a toddler when she arrived on the island or if Danielle gave birth to her there, but I suspect she was probably a toddler. A pregnant woman on an expedition? Probably far-fetched. A woman on a scientific endeavor with her child? Probably more realistic. So I'm assuming Alex is around 17-18.
We don't know how long ago Danielle lost her "child" but I'm going to assume it was practically immediately upon arrival. Danielle's fear seems to stem from the sickness that overcame her party and the infection that was spread through their association with the others. This is when Robert was killed and I think Alex disappeared and it was almost immediate.
I'm thinking Alex lived a relatively safe existence until a certain point and I think at that point, probably puberty, she escaped. Alex has been running wild on the island for some time, learning to live on her own, co-existing with the animal life, perhaps even spying on her mother.
I don't know if I believe the island itself has special properties, but I do believe these children have some kind of connection and a natural affinity for the island itself. Alex may have something that makes her special, but it's her relationship with the world around her that seems important to me. I think Alex holds the key to whatever connects them all together. Claire's child would then become an important thing to her and one worth saving.
I think Alex does feel a compulsion to be near Danielle and it's possible she watches and studies her but may have no idea why. Danielle's own isolation would be a drawing factor but without dialogue Alex would not know there is a connection between them. If Alex ran from the others she would not know who she can trust and would be suspect of anyone else on the island. She may be reluctant to approach Danielle, given Danielle's odd and erratic behavior.
Yet I think Alex did help Claire. This was probably because she saw the immediate danger to Claire and recognized it as similar to her own reasons for escape.
I do think though that Alex has a curiosity about our castaways. She's probably been watching the entire time. She may have been the one that hit Sayid and I think it's possible she has already met one. Vincent seems to go off on his own quite a bit and for some reason I see them together. A friendly dog would certainly help her to gain acceptance into a tribe of scared and suspicious castaways and given Alex's natural living conditions, I think her first affinity and trust would probably be placed in an animal.
Of course all of this is assuming that Alex is a human being. Half of those I talk to think Alex is far less than human. But I'm going on a mother's instinct here. I can't accept that any woman in Danielle's position would so insistently question a stranger about the whereabouts of anything but a human being. When Danielle stated that "Alex was my child" I sensed an emotional void and I refuse to believe any woman would feel such yearning for anything other than her own offspring.