Why didn't Richard's clan time jump with the Lefties?

[birdsong]

Maybe this has been addressed already, if so, sorry I must've missed it, but, if the Island was skipping through time, why aren't the others skipping through time as well? If it was the Island and not just the select group time jumping, it seems logical to assume Richard's clan would be time jumping too, therefore putting 2 of his people in 1977, and none in 2007. Is this a valid point, or am missing something?

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They seem to remember the Lefties when they encounter them, in linear time. Is this because they have already experienced it and therefore it is just a memory, or is the Island only selecting who is jumping? If that's the case then that would explain Rose and Bernard, and the rest. But I thought that the Island was jumping through time, and if that's true then Richard's group would have been jumping too as they have been living on the Island for who know's how long. We know that time jumpers can come in proximity to their other selves, but we have yet to see contact, that would just throw everything off kilter, IMO But locigally, the others would have to have been time travelling too. Therefore, they couldn't be in 2007 with Locke, Sun and Ben. Am I way off base here or what? If this has been discussed please let me know where, it's making me crazy...

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[Sillystuff]

I think the island decided who would go back, we know it isn't just that they were all on the plane together, it's a diverse group, some from the plane, some from the freighter and one other( or former other). And then when flight 316 came back, it cherry picked who it wanted in the past.
The question is why these people only? Why not the others , or Sun, Ben or Frank. Maybe it's a list thing with the island, heh

[CharliesHeroin]

I wondered this myself. I just passed it off as 'the Island decided who it wanted to take time flipping'.
But, imagine the mess if EVERYONE on the Island was time flipping - there would be a lot of confused people.
That said, all of the survivors of 815 were time flipping, weren't they? They only got separated when they flashed to a time when they started getting pelted by flaming arrows and everyone ran. I'd love to see that scene again from the shooters point of view (depending on who and WHEN they were), and I reckon we'll probably see that scene where they were in the outrigger and people started shooting at them. I'm real curious about that.

[Hunkyhurley]

I think this brings up another question- the Others didnt time jump. Juliet is an other, and she was jumping. So was she not a "true" other, or does the island decide that only certain people need to jump in order to "fulfill destiny"?

[caforrest2047]

Originally Posted by CharliesHeroin

(depending on who and WHEN they were

It was young Widmore and his cronies, and it was 1954, after they made it to the creek, Widmore and his people show up and take them to Richard at which point, Dan warns of the Radiation poisoning and tells them what to do with Jughead. I would like to see the scene from Widmores perspective, as well and the Ajira water bottle/outrigger scene too.

[Mesa]

Originally Posted by Hunkyhurley

I think this brings up another question- the Others didnt time jump. Juliet is an other, and she was jumping. So was she not a "true" other, or does the island decide that only certain people need to jump in order to "fulfill destiny"?

Wasn't Juliet branded by the Others, similar to being banished? That doesn't really matter though. Once she stopped caring about the Island, and just wanted to leave - the island knew.

[Sillystuff]

Originally Posted by Mesa

Wasn't Juliet branded by the Others, similar to being banished? That doesn't really matter though. Once she stopped caring about the Island, and just wanted to leave - the island knew.

Did she ever care about the island? After her six month tour of duty was over I think she felt it was more of a prison.

[birdsong]

That's what I'm wondering. Juliet is technically part of Richard's group. She was time jumping. His group was not. They were experiencing time as usual. So the Island must choose who jumps, but why, and how? I thought the who Island was jumping (according to Dan) but apparently not. So does that mean the rest of the Lefties are also not jumping? I just want to know. So many questions, so little time...

[Mesa]

Originally Posted by Sillystuff

Did she ever care about the island? After her six month tour of duty was over I think she felt it was more of a prison.

True. But she was still focused on her research, and had a purpose for the island.

[MichaelTheAngel]

It could also be that the Hostiles/Others were time jumping - they just know to go and hide to prevent running into, say, the ancient Egyptians or themselves.